2018 : Pragat Utasav Details
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Phoenix (Arizona)
॥ Jai Gajanan !!! Shri Gajanan !!!
Pragat din Utsav of Shri Gajanan Maharaj in Phoenix AZ celebrated on 10th Feb 2018. We Shri Gajanan Maharaj devotees were very excited to celebrate this event as this was first ever pragat din festival to mark his presence in phoenix (AZ) All of the preparations started two weeks before the festival. Shri Harshal manadalkar prepared beautiful Maharaj's palakhi at his home.
We GM phoenix parivar devotees were too excited to help Shri Mandalkar for decorations
Maharaj's Pragat din news spread all over the phoenix ,and all of a sudden young,old, families started looking to be part of pragat din celebrations. The much awaited auspicious morning came. The venue of the utsav ; residence of Mr and Mrs Bhiwapure was beautifully decorated. Volunteers were roaming around for the preparations. All the envirnoment was so blissful. Our devotees made lovely Rangoli at the entrance
After entering in the house beautifully decorated Maharaj's aasan was there .
The Puja began by Shri Abhijeet Bhiwapure and his son's Samrat and siddharth Bhiwapure. Pran pratisthapana began and devotees recited Shri Atharvshirsha during ganesh vandana. Following it was Gajanan Maharaj's Avahan for kindly inviting his presence. Positive vibrations and all blissful good energy were roaming in the room as “Gan gan ganat bote” jap offered by each of us. Next was the palakhi time. Each of us were so delighted , devotees preapred palakhi with Shri Maharaj's photo, paduka and murti and offer jai Gajanan Shri Gajanan jap while roaming around in the housing society with the palakhi.
Soon was the time for Gajanan Maharaj Ashtak , bawanni, bhajans of Shri Maharaj and chakri parayan seva.Devotees were eager to offer Parayan seva. All of a sudden there was a peaceful silence around the roonm while offering Gajanan Vijay Adhaya . Everone was feeling Maharaj's presence during the process of parayan seva. After that it was a time for mahaaarti and mahaprasad.
The persistent efforts of all the volunteers, Hosts ,strong support and guidance from "Gajanan Maharaj America Devotees Parivar" all played a major role in getting up all devotees together and successfully celebrating this lifetime event. Thank you All.
Namasmran he Gajananache gan gan gant bote akhand chintan Gajananache gan gan ganat bote
Jai Gajanan
Manasi Kulkarni.
॥ Jai Gajanan !!! Shri Gajanan !!!
Pragat din Utsav of Shri Gajanan Maharaj in Phoenix AZ celebrated on 10th Feb 2018. We Shri Gajanan Maharaj devotees were very excited to celebrate this event as this was first ever pragat din festival to mark his presence in phoenix (AZ) All of the preparations started two weeks before the festival. Shri Harshal manadalkar prepared beautiful Maharaj's palakhi at his home.
We GM phoenix parivar devotees were too excited to help Shri Mandalkar for decorations
Maharaj's Pragat din news spread all over the phoenix ,and all of a sudden young,old, families started looking to be part of pragat din celebrations. The much awaited auspicious morning came. The venue of the utsav ; residence of Mr and Mrs Bhiwapure was beautifully decorated. Volunteers were roaming around for the preparations. All the envirnoment was so blissful. Our devotees made lovely Rangoli at the entrance
After entering in the house beautifully decorated Maharaj's aasan was there .
The Puja began by Shri Abhijeet Bhiwapure and his son's Samrat and siddharth Bhiwapure. Pran pratisthapana began and devotees recited Shri Atharvshirsha during ganesh vandana. Following it was Gajanan Maharaj's Avahan for kindly inviting his presence. Positive vibrations and all blissful good energy were roaming in the room as “Gan gan ganat bote” jap offered by each of us. Next was the palakhi time. Each of us were so delighted , devotees preapred palakhi with Shri Maharaj's photo, paduka and murti and offer jai Gajanan Shri Gajanan jap while roaming around in the housing society with the palakhi.
Soon was the time for Gajanan Maharaj Ashtak , bawanni, bhajans of Shri Maharaj and chakri parayan seva.Devotees were eager to offer Parayan seva. All of a sudden there was a peaceful silence around the roonm while offering Gajanan Vijay Adhaya . Everone was feeling Maharaj's presence during the process of parayan seva. After that it was a time for mahaaarti and mahaprasad.
The persistent efforts of all the volunteers, Hosts ,strong support and guidance from "Gajanan Maharaj America Devotees Parivar" all played a major role in getting up all devotees together and successfully celebrating this lifetime event. Thank you All.
Namasmran he Gajananache gan gan gant bote akhand chintan Gajananache gan gan ganat bote
Jai Gajanan
Manasi Kulkarni.
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Seattle (Washington)
The extremely awaited event of 'Shri Gajanan Maharaj Pragat Utsav' celebration on 10th Feb 2018 was witnessed with immense joy, enthusiasm and devotion by the Seattle Parivar of Gajanan Maharaj Devotees. It was the first Pragat Utsav to be celebrated after Shri Gajanan Maharaj's Moorti Sthapana at Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in Redmond on 08th April 2017. For Gajanan Maharaj's devotees, 'Pragat Divas Utsav' is the most auspicious celebration as it marks the first known appearance of Shri Gajanan Maharaj in Shegaon in February 1878.
With everyone already prepared to make the event a great success, the devotees gathered at the temple by noon. The temple was adorned the previous day itself by a few volunteers who specially decorated the gorgeous backdrop and palkhi for Maharaj for this auspicious occassion. Very pretty flowers were hanging through the top and sides of the decorated portion and other portion was glorified by exquisite golden net cloths artistically decorated to provide an elegant backdrop for Maharaj. A beautiful floral arch was setup which was placed behind Maharaj's murti. A graceful palkhi also decorated with floral veils was resting ready to be carried by the devotees with the frames of Shri Gajanan Maharaj and Shri Shridi Sai Baba. The devotees were overwhelmed to arrive at the temple to see such pleasant preprations to celebrate the Utsav. The devotees then offered the delectable 56 bhog to Shri Gajanan Maharaj.
The spirit of the Utsav was rising and everybody was ready to offer their prayers whole heartedly to get soaked in the blessings of Shri Gajanan Maharaj!
The devotees unified and offered the holy parayan to Shri Gajanan Maharaj. This was followed by the chanting of Vakratunda Mahakaya, Gururbrahma Mantra, Gajanan Maharaj Nitya Smaran, Atharvashirsha, Shri Swami Samarth Naam Japa, Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Naam Japa, Gana Gana Ganat Bote Jap. A special Gan Gan Ganat Bote jap offered by the little kids made the atmosphere even more cheerful and energetic and it was definitely one of the best and distinguishable part of the prayers. Bhajans were also offered by a few devotees and the divine mood of the crowd was lifted up even more. This was followed by Gajanan Maharaj Murti Abhishek.
The immense aura of Shri Gajanan Maharaj's murti after the abhishek was compelling and devotees were getting spiritually enlightened with their offerings of Chalisa, Naamavali, Ashtak and Bavanni.
The chants of Gan Gan Ganat Bote echoed through the route of the Palkhi in the temple campus as the devotees then headed to carry the Palkhi of Shri Gajanan Maharaj & Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. When the Palkhi arrived back to the temple, aarti was offered to Shri Gajanan Maharaj & Shri Shirdi Sai Baba along with pooja by the priest.
The celebration came to an end when the most joyuous lot among the devotees, beloved kids, excitedly cut the cake for Shri Gajanan Maharaj's birthday. The cake was relished and the devotees then headed to get the Mahaprasad which was made available through an arrangement of Annadan seva by the contribution offered by the devotees.
The efficient planning and deliberate execution through the efforts of the devotees made it possible to make this event a huge success. It is definitely true that in this modern day busy lives of ours, there is no greater soul satisfying experience than purely offering whole hearted prayers to the almighty.
Jai Gajanan
Ankita Deshmukh
The extremely awaited event of 'Shri Gajanan Maharaj Pragat Utsav' celebration on 10th Feb 2018 was witnessed with immense joy, enthusiasm and devotion by the Seattle Parivar of Gajanan Maharaj Devotees. It was the first Pragat Utsav to be celebrated after Shri Gajanan Maharaj's Moorti Sthapana at Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in Redmond on 08th April 2017. For Gajanan Maharaj's devotees, 'Pragat Divas Utsav' is the most auspicious celebration as it marks the first known appearance of Shri Gajanan Maharaj in Shegaon in February 1878.
With everyone already prepared to make the event a great success, the devotees gathered at the temple by noon. The temple was adorned the previous day itself by a few volunteers who specially decorated the gorgeous backdrop and palkhi for Maharaj for this auspicious occassion. Very pretty flowers were hanging through the top and sides of the decorated portion and other portion was glorified by exquisite golden net cloths artistically decorated to provide an elegant backdrop for Maharaj. A beautiful floral arch was setup which was placed behind Maharaj's murti. A graceful palkhi also decorated with floral veils was resting ready to be carried by the devotees with the frames of Shri Gajanan Maharaj and Shri Shridi Sai Baba. The devotees were overwhelmed to arrive at the temple to see such pleasant preprations to celebrate the Utsav. The devotees then offered the delectable 56 bhog to Shri Gajanan Maharaj.
The spirit of the Utsav was rising and everybody was ready to offer their prayers whole heartedly to get soaked in the blessings of Shri Gajanan Maharaj!
The devotees unified and offered the holy parayan to Shri Gajanan Maharaj. This was followed by the chanting of Vakratunda Mahakaya, Gururbrahma Mantra, Gajanan Maharaj Nitya Smaran, Atharvashirsha, Shri Swami Samarth Naam Japa, Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Naam Japa, Gana Gana Ganat Bote Jap. A special Gan Gan Ganat Bote jap offered by the little kids made the atmosphere even more cheerful and energetic and it was definitely one of the best and distinguishable part of the prayers. Bhajans were also offered by a few devotees and the divine mood of the crowd was lifted up even more. This was followed by Gajanan Maharaj Murti Abhishek.
The immense aura of Shri Gajanan Maharaj's murti after the abhishek was compelling and devotees were getting spiritually enlightened with their offerings of Chalisa, Naamavali, Ashtak and Bavanni.
The chants of Gan Gan Ganat Bote echoed through the route of the Palkhi in the temple campus as the devotees then headed to carry the Palkhi of Shri Gajanan Maharaj & Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. When the Palkhi arrived back to the temple, aarti was offered to Shri Gajanan Maharaj & Shri Shirdi Sai Baba along with pooja by the priest.
The celebration came to an end when the most joyuous lot among the devotees, beloved kids, excitedly cut the cake for Shri Gajanan Maharaj's birthday. The cake was relished and the devotees then headed to get the Mahaprasad which was made available through an arrangement of Annadan seva by the contribution offered by the devotees.
The efficient planning and deliberate execution through the efforts of the devotees made it possible to make this event a huge success. It is definitely true that in this modern day busy lives of ours, there is no greater soul satisfying experience than purely offering whole hearted prayers to the almighty.
Jai Gajanan
Ankita Deshmukh