Events
OUR CELEBRATIONS
Kundanikaben never approved of the celebration of her birthday. Hence we - the core group only gather in Ashram and meditate sitting at her favourite place વનદેવતા - the place where God of plants is worshipped. Kundanikaben used to meditate there and get direct messages whenever required.
The great masters can never take the exit, though bodily abesnt. It can be truely felt at any site of Nandigram any day by the seekers. Yet on this special day we together pray to him to bless us all to continue our jounery on the path he has shown, without distraction.
Ishama took her final flight on this day, leaving all of us behind and went to meet Pujya Bhai there as it was also their marriage anniversary. Reading her spiritual literature and performing some physical activities (shrama - yagna) of her choice, Nandigram celebrates the day in her sweet memories.
Hanumanji is not merely worshipped as Diety here, but is also considered the protector of Nandigram, a source of energy and devotion. Apart from the prayers etc. the safron flag is changed and hoisted on 'Hanuman Madhi' as a symbol of spiritual victory.
Nandigram was founded as per the direct guidance from Pujya Bhai's inner voice - the voice of supreme. So this auspicious day is celebrated to evalutate our own spiritual growth as well as to assess the services renderd throughout the year.
The day of Makrandbhai's divination is celebrated with safron flag hoisting at 'Hanuman Madhi' in Nandigram. Friends & followers of Nandigram used to gather for Pujya Bhai's blessings & direct guidance. Now his literature and recorded lectures are our guide in his physical abscence on this auspicious day.
Makarandbhai's 'Janma Jayanti' programme started with 'Bhajan Sandhya'on 12th November - the eve of his birthday at Vikramshila. Bhajans, poems & songs were presented by an eminent artist Mr. Dhruv Gadhavi and the followers of Nandigram.
On 13th November morning, friends and well wishers of Nandigram gathered to wish Pujya Bhai with 'pranams' in the pious, serene atmosphere of 'shekinah'. It was followed by the flag hoisting at 'Hanuman Madhi' and then the programme of prayers, reading Bhai's literature, meditation etc. at 'Sadhana Tirth'. It ended with Pujya Bhai's recorded speech.
A devoted social worker and a famous, spiritually oriented poet Shree Dalpatbhai Padhiyar was the chief guest in the post breakfast session, who guided in the performance of socail obligation. The celebration ended with garaba (dance) - 'Gamatano Kariye Gulal' where the whole staff of Nandigram and all freinds & followers together participated actively.
The foundation day of Nandigram was celebrated for the first time. The event began with a presentation of the vision behind Nandigram, articulated and written by Pujya Makarandbhai and Pujya Kundanikaben.
Following this, the shlokas from the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, focusing on the qualities of Sthitaprajna were recited by the youngsters and explained in detail by Dr. Mahesh Parikh.
A group of 14 sadhakas had conducted their 3 days residential shibir at Nandigram from 20th september 2024 to 22nd september 2024
Post graduate students of Architecture – SEPT Ahmedabad had stayed at Nandigram from August 3rd to 8th. They were total 12 students from the department of land scaping with their 2 visiting faculties. They had the project work at 2 nearby villages named Barumaal and Hinglaaj.
Atul foundation runs different educational institutes in Valsad, Dharampur, Kaparada and Navsari Talukas. 2-3 representative teachers from each institute- total 14 teachers had come on 14 August from morning to evening to visit Nandigram.
A group of 30 people mainly the Ayurvedic Practitioners and teachers had visited Nandigram on 23rd august. Most of the time from morning to afternoon they were at ‘Ishavasyam Aushadhivanam’ – a garden of medicinal plants) and were highly exited to see some rare species of medicinal plants.
9th August - the foundation day of Nandigram was celebrated on 17th August, Sunday this year. It was a different celebration where all the staff members of Nandigram as well as the students of our ‘Chhatralay’ (Hostel) and the people connected to institution, mostly from the nearby vicinity had participated. So the whole atmosphere was homely and full of enthusiasm. Even the event could bring out the hidden talents of shy tribal staff as well as the students.
The program started with ‘Ganesh Pujan’ dance performed by young girls following the ‘Deep Pragatya’. Immediately after that, there were Dangi dances (Local tribal dances) which requires very high energy and talents too. Majority of the participants were included in the next performance- Garaba dance. The audience also joined at the end of Garaba and all enjoyed a lot.
Then a nice drama was enacted, depicting the beginnings of Nandigram and its initial development. It was a very nostalgic experience for the audience with tears in the eyes. The program concluded by live demonstration of ‘Karate skills’ presented by our hostel inmates.
Nandigram is proud of the innovative talents of its children and members. The whole function was designed by them only. So also all the preparations of each and every item i.e. the scripts writing of the drama, choreography of the dances & garba and dressing up the participants etc were done by Nandigram group exclusively.