returing from shegaon 18.1.2009

Today i.e. 18th Jan i got up at 4.30am in the mrng to attend 'kakad arti'. During this arti, load was given bath with curd, milk etc. Sewak came n took me to temple from spl gate. I could see it closely. But they do not allow devotees to stand there long. I could watch it for 5mins only. Then took a round of temple n rtn to room. Dhyaniji n rajguru were still sleeping. Tea n milk was sent to room arnd 7am. After that other two got ready n we went for brfst. Had upma, rava dosa n sheera. Sheera was not in menu. I just ask whether sheera is there they sevred it. It was too good. on way we stopped at akola ofs to meet Mr Patel JCIT who stays in guest house on 2nd floor of aaykar bhavan, akola. after staying for 30 mins we left for ngpr. we realised that it is really difficult for Mr Patel to spend time on sat n sundy. Firstly he is staying in ofs bldg where no1 comes. Though on satdy few officer comes, but sundy is totally deserted. Further akola is a small town n not much places n activities. Since fmly is not there, it is a difficult task to spend time. We r luck there is group of 7 of us in nagpur. We move together, watch movie together etc. It becomes easy to spend time.From akola it took 4 hours to reach nagpur. Roads were ok. I drived car only 2/3 way. Then dhyani drove it. It was a memoral trip.

shegaon visit on 17.1.2009

today in the mrng we i.e. I, dhyaniji n Rajguru left early in mrng at 6.15am for shegaon. On way we first stopped at amravati bye pass to have juice. Then we stopped at akola for brkfst. nagdeve ACIT at akola joined us. Then we went to his ofs. After some time we left for shegaon. road was ok. At some place it was bad. But toll road was very good.At shegaon, ITO at Khamgaon made arngmnt for room at ashram. We got good room. We had lunch. There was separate room for lunch for us. after lunch, we took rest in the room. We all slept. We were so tired that we did not want to get up. But we got up n left for temple at 4.15pm. in temple we were taken to main temple from separate entrance. Then CA who was also there took us to various places. Mr Vikram Pandit of citibank donoted 70 cr. It is used to reimburse medical expenses of nearby villages. Their sevaks have gone village to village n done survey of fmily. They have mntnd their recods. Their is separate section for scrutinisng bills.They r 3000 plus sevaks who stay there only. Morethan similar sevaks in waiting list. Prasadam is distrubed in the mrng. Thsnds of devotes take prasadm daily in mrng. there is store room for food items. Ladies were cleaning mustard, pluses etc. One senior lady was simultanously chanting bhajan n other ladies while cleaning pluses etc were also chanting.All the section like kitchen, medical section, store, accounts etc r well mngd.Then v went to ANAND SAGAR. It is made on baron land. An articial lake is made in 40 acres. In btwn a replica of vivekanand rock is made. One side there was musical fountain. In the garden they made replica of laxman jhula also. Garden is btful. There were statue of peacock, krishna etc. All r well made. 'ankhein hatane ka maan hi nahi karratha'.Jasie hi koi karchra neche girta hai, sevakdar ush ko usee samay udha lethe hai. Cleaniness is supreup. Sevakdar always there to help u.