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Online Family Shibir, UK & Europe

12 Jul 2020

The day began with families performing samuh puja, using an online tutorial with the puja darshan of Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj

Families then watched the delayed webcast of Mahant Swami Maharaj's puja from Nenpur, India

Yogvivekdas Swami inaugurated the Family Shibir with the auspicious deep pragatya

Swamis of BAPS London sang dhun and prarthana to prayerfully commence the shibir

Akhandyogidas Swami introduced the morning session of the Family Shibir, which focused on thal

Dharmacharandas Swami narrated the prasang of the murtis in Bhavnagar - later installed in the first shrine at Gondal Mandir - accepting the thal devoutly offered by Yogiji Maharaj

Families heard an audio recording of Yogiji Maharaj narrating the prasang himself of the murtis in Bhavnagar accepting food from the thal he had devoutly offered

Yagnatilakdas Swami covered a number of 'Dos & Don'ts' about offering thal in a ghar mandir

Sadguru Pujya Tyagvallabhdas Swami, from Vidyanagar, demonstrated the correct method of arranging and offering thal

Prabuddhmunidas Swami narrated inspiring prasangs related to thal from the lives of the Gunatit Gurus

Tyagratnadas Swami narrated inspiring prasangs related to thal from the life of Mahant Swami Maharaj

Adhyatmajivan Swami, from Rajkot, shared a personal prasang with Pramukh Swami Maharaj where he revealed the correct way to offer thal to Thakorji

Swamis sang various lunchtime thals in front of the shrines at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London

Delegates at home were able to have live darshan of Parabrahma Purushottam Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Aksharmukta Gopalanand Swami being offered lunchtime thal at London Mandir

Ghanshyam Maharaj being offered lunchtime thal at London Mandir

Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna being offered lunchtime thal at London Mandir

Nilkanth Varni Maharaj being offered lunchtime thal at London Mandir

Paramtattvadas Swami introduced the evening session, focused on the ghar mandir and arti

A short skit narrated the need for a proper ghar mandir in every home

In the skit, a child questioned his father why they had a large TV but only a small ghar mandir

The father realised the mistake and replaced the small ghar mandir with one more befitting of their home, where they could properly offer their daily devotion to the murtis

Sadguru Pujya Bhaktipriya Swami (Kothari Swami) shared insightful guidelines on how to offer devotion in a ghar mandir

Anandpriyadas Swami narrated inspiring prasangs related to arti and devotion from the lives of the Gunatit Gurus

Yogikirtandas Swami narrated inspiring prasangs related to arti and devotion from the life of Mahant Swami Maharaj

Munibhushandas Swami shared helpful guidelines on performing the devotional practices of a ghar mandir

Tyagprakashdas Swami conducted an interview that shared further inspiration on offering daily devotion

Satyavratdas Swami shared personal insights on offering daily devotion

Bhaktivallabhdas Swami shared personal insights on engaging in daily devotional practices

Vishwaprakashdas Swami delivered a presentation on making arti divets at home

Vishwaprakashdas Swami's talk was supported by a helpful demonstration

Adarshyogi Swami shared inspirational incidents of Sadguru Pujya Swayamprakashdas Swami (Doctor Swami) and his engagement in daily devotion

Sadguru Pujya Doctor Swami provided potent inspiration on improving personal satsang

Yogvivekdas Swami answered a number of questions about daily devotional practices submitted earlier by the delegates

Several new features on the myBAPS app were launched which aid in daily devotional practices such as mansi, puja, arti, thal and cheshta

The evening session concluded with the sandhya arti of the murtis at London Mandir

Sandhya arti of Ghanshyam Maharaj at London Mandir

The evening session concluded with the sandhya arti of the murtis at London Mandir

Delegates at home joined in the sandhya arti of Nilkanth Varni Maharaj at London Mandir...

... followed by abhishek of Nilkanth Varni Maharaj

The shibir concluded with families singing the cheshta together to the accompaniment of a webcast reviving memories of Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj