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HH Mahant Swami Maharaj's Vicharan

16 May 2023, London, UK

Guruhari Darshan, 16 May 2023

Guruhari Ashirwad, 16 May 2023 Morning

Parabrahma Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Aksharmukta Gopalanand Swami

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna Bhagwan

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Param Pujya Mahant Swami Maharaj arrives in the upper sanctum for darshan on the morning of Yogi Jayanti

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Swamishri performing the morning arti in the central shrine

Swamishri performs the morning arti

Swamishri performing the morning arti

Swamishri entering the Nilkanth Varni Abhishek Mandap

Swamishri performs the abhishek of Shri Nilkanth Varni

Youths awaiting Swamishri's darshan

Youths engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Swamishri blesses young devotees on his way to his morning puja

Children showing handmade birthday cards for Yogiji Maharaj to Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses volunteers on his way to his puja

Swamishri commences his morning puja by applying a tilak on his forehead

Swamishri meditates during his morning puja

Children recite scriptural passages in Swamishri's puja

Swamishri meditating in his puja

Devotees sing kirtans while Swamishri performs his puja

Swamishri turns the mala as he remains engrossed in his puja

Swamishri engrossed in his puja

Children recite scriptural passages in Swamishri's puja

Devotees during the assembly

Swamishri offers thal to the murtis

Swamishri sanctifies water with the holy relics of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the Guru Parampara

Swamishri offers his reverence to the murtis

Swamishri offers a flower to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha

A child leads everyone in reciting the sadhana mantra and daily prayer in Swamishri's puja

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha on the morning of Yogi Jayanti

Aksharviharidas Swami sings the dhun while Swamishri performs his puja

A youth plays the flute during Swamishri's puja

Swamishri greets the devotees with folded hands

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Tyagvallabhdas Swami honours Swamishri with a decorative lotus flower garland

Aksharviharidas Swami honours Swamishri with a fresh flower garland

Anandswarupdas Swami honours Swamishri with a decorative garland with dry fruits

Swamis honour Swamishri with a decorative garland of cardamom and cloves

Swamishri blesses the flautist, Rikhil Raithatha

Swamishri attentively listens to the narrator as he introduces the Yogi Jayanti evening programme

In preparation for the Yogi Jayanti evening programme, the narrator asks a series of questions

Swamishri responds with vivid memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates his joyful memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's narration

Devotees enjoy Swamishri's narration

Swamishri departs from the morning assembly

An album of photographs of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes the decorative display of Yogiji Maharaj's photographs

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri blesses a decorative offering from the mahilas

Swamishri observes a devotional display about Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes the handwritten diary pages of Yogiji Maharaj from his stay in London in 1970

Swamishri arrives in the evening assembly being celebrated as Yogi Jayanti

Swamishri is greeted in the assembly by a kirtan evoking the divine form of Yogiji Maharaj

Gurukirtandas Swami delivers a moving rendition of <i>‘Mune vā’lu Jogīdā tāru mukhdu re’</i>

Gurukirtandas Swami delivers a moving rendition of ‘Mune vā’lu Jogīdā tāru mukhdu re’

‘Upar ovāru swargnu sukhdu re...’

Swamishri remains immersed in the divine form of Yogiji Maharaj as described in the kirtan

The Yogi Jayanti festival, titled <i>‘Amārā Jogi: Beyond The Smile’</i>, revolved around a series old cassette tapes that gradually revealed the true form of Yogiji Maharaj</i></i>

The Yogi Jayanti festival, titled ‘Amārā Jogi: Beyond The Smile’, revolved around a series old cassette tapes that gradually revealed the true form of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri listens intently to the narrators within the special programme, playing the role of an investigative journalist and temple volunteer

Swamishri enacted a number of characteristic mannerisms of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to rub his head

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to thrash his upper garment

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to pat someone on the back

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to sway from side...

...to side

Devotees enjoy Swamishri's interactions in the special programme

Swamishri watches a shadow play depicting an emotional episode from the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees engrossed in the Yogi Jayanti assembly

Devotees engrossed in the shadow play about the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in the shadow play about the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates the episode from Yogiji Maharaj's life himself

Swamishri narrating an emotional episode from the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri listens attentively to the narrators

Swamishri listening attentively to the narrators

Swamishri shares further memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes a re-enactment of the day Yogiji Maharaj ordained 51 youths, in Gadhada, in 1961

Swamishri engrossed in the festival programme

Swamishri engrossed in the festival programme celebrating the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri relives the diksha ceremony from 1961

Swamishri participates in the festival programme by reliving the diksha ceremony from 1961

Swamishri observes the elation of the diksha ceremony

Swamishri shares further memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri interacts with devotees from the time of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri watches on as more cassette tapes are discovered, each one revealing further layers of Yogiji Maharaj's divine personality

Swamishri participates in the festival programme

Swamishri watches a devotional dance performance

Swamishri relives the murti-pratishtha arti of the mandir in Islington inaugurated by Yogiji Maharaj in 1970

Devotees participate in the arti

Swamishri performing the evening arti

Devotees participate in the arti

Swamishri watches a devotional dance performance

Swamishri bathes the murtis of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj with water from the River Thames, as Yogiji Maharaj had bathed Shri Harikrishna Maharaj at the Thames in 1970

Swamishri bathing the murtis with water from the River Thames

Swamishri engrossed in the programme

Swamishri blesses the assembly

Swamishri blessing the assembly

Swamishri receives tape 8 from the set of cassettes discovered about Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri inserts the tape into the cassette player as a part of the special evening programme

Swamishri presses 'play' on the cassette player, which activates the sound of Yogiji Maharaj revealing his spiritual successors, Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reveals how to more fully understand Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri revealing how to more fully understand Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri performs the pujan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri lights a candle on a pile of puran poli for Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri offers the puran poli to Yogiji Maharaj

Tyagvallabhdas Swami offers a morsel of puran poli to Swamishri

Swamishri offers puran poli prasad to everyone in the assembly

Swamis honour Swamishri with a decorative garland

Swamishri adorning the garland

Swamishri showers the rose petals upon the devotees

Swamishri showering rose petals upon the devotees

Simultaneously, confetti rains down on the devotees in the assembly

Anandswarupdas Swami honours Swamishri with rose petals

Swamishri showered with rose petals

Swamishri interacts with Anandswarupdas Swami

Swamishri plays the kartals to the sound of Pramukh Swami Maharaj singing, <i>‘Yogī āvo te rang mune shid lagādyo’</i>

Swamishri plays the kartals to the sound of Pramukh Swami Maharaj singing, ‘Yogī āvo te rang mune shid lagādyo’

Devotees elated with the interactions of Swamishri

Devotees enjoying Swamishri's interactions

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Swamishri reads the letter he wrote to Yogiji Maharaj earlier in the day

Swamishri's letter to Yogiji Maharaj written that day

Swamishri blesses some of the cast and crew of the festival programme as he departs from the hall

Parabrahma Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Aksharmukta Gopalanand Swami

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna Bhagwan

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Param Pujya Mahant Swami Maharaj arrives in the upper sanctum for darshan on the morning of Yogi Jayanti

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Swamishri performing the morning arti in the central shrine

Swamishri performs the morning arti

Swamishri performing the morning arti

Swamishri entering the Nilkanth Varni Abhishek Mandap

Swamishri performs the abhishek of Shri Nilkanth Varni

Youths awaiting Swamishri's darshan

Youths engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Swamishri blesses young devotees on his way to his morning puja

Children showing handmade birthday cards for Yogiji Maharaj to Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses volunteers on his way to his puja

Swamishri commences his morning puja by applying a tilak on his forehead

Swamishri meditates during his morning puja

Children recite scriptural passages in Swamishri's puja

Swamishri meditating in his puja

Devotees sing kirtans while Swamishri performs his puja

Swamishri turns the mala as he remains engrossed in his puja

Swamishri engrossed in his puja

Children recite scriptural passages in Swamishri's puja

Devotees during the assembly

Swamishri offers thal to the murtis

Swamishri sanctifies water with the holy relics of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the Guru Parampara

Swamishri offers his reverence to the murtis

Swamishri offers a flower to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha

A child leads everyone in reciting the sadhana mantra and daily prayer in Swamishri's puja

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha on the morning of Yogi Jayanti

Aksharviharidas Swami sings the dhun while Swamishri performs his puja

A youth plays the flute during Swamishri's puja

Swamishri greets the devotees with folded hands

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Tyagvallabhdas Swami honours Swamishri with a decorative lotus flower garland

Aksharviharidas Swami honours Swamishri with a fresh flower garland

Anandswarupdas Swami honours Swamishri with a decorative garland with dry fruits

Swamis honour Swamishri with a decorative garland of cardamom and cloves

Swamishri blesses the flautist, Rikhil Raithatha

Swamishri attentively listens to the narrator as he introduces the Yogi Jayanti evening programme

In preparation for the Yogi Jayanti evening programme, the narrator asks a series of questions

Swamishri responds with vivid memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates his joyful memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in his memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's narration

Devotees enjoy Swamishri's narration

Swamishri departs from the morning assembly

An album of photographs of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes the decorative display of Yogiji Maharaj's photographs

Swamishri engrossed in the darshan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri blesses a decorative offering from the mahilas

Swamishri observes a devotional display about Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes the handwritten diary pages of Yogiji Maharaj from his stay in London in 1970

Swamishri arrives in the evening assembly being celebrated as Yogi Jayanti

Swamishri is greeted in the assembly by a kirtan evoking the divine form of Yogiji Maharaj

Gurukirtandas Swami delivers a moving rendition of ‘Mune vā’lu Jogīdā tāru mukhdu re’

‘Upar ovāru swargnu sukhdu re...’

Swamishri remains immersed in the divine form of Yogiji Maharaj as described in the kirtan

The Yogi Jayanti festival, titled ‘Amārā Jogi: Beyond The Smile’, revolved around a series old cassette tapes that gradually revealed the true form of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri listens intently to the narrators within the special programme, playing the role of an investigative journalist and temple volunteer

Swamishri enacted a number of characteristic mannerisms of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to rub his head

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to thrash his upper garment

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to pat someone on the back

Swamishri enacting how Yogiji Maharaj used to sway from side...

...to side

Devotees enjoy Swamishri's interactions in the special programme

Swamishri watches a shadow play depicting an emotional episode from the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees engrossed in the Yogi Jayanti assembly

Devotees engrossed in the shadow play about the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in the shadow play about the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrates the episode from Yogiji Maharaj's life himself

Swamishri narrating an emotional episode from the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri listens attentively to the narrators

Swamishri listening attentively to the narrators

Swamishri shares further memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri observes a re-enactment of the day Yogiji Maharaj ordained 51 youths, in Gadhada, in 1961

Swamishri engrossed in the festival programme

Swamishri engrossed in the festival programme celebrating the life of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri relives the diksha ceremony from 1961

Swamishri participates in the festival programme by reliving the diksha ceremony from 1961

Swamishri observes the elation of the diksha ceremony

Swamishri shares further memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri narrating memories of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri interacts with devotees from the time of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri watches on as more cassette tapes are discovered, each one revealing further layers of Yogiji Maharaj's divine personality

Swamishri participates in the festival programme

Swamishri watches a devotional dance performance

Swamishri relives the murti-pratishtha arti of the mandir in Islington inaugurated by Yogiji Maharaj in 1970

Devotees participate in the arti

Swamishri performing the evening arti

Devotees participate in the arti

Swamishri watches a devotional dance performance

Swamishri bathing the murtis with water from the River Thames

Swamishri engrossed in the programme

Swamishri blesses the assembly

Swamishri blessing the assembly

Swamishri receives tape 8 from the set of cassettes discovered about Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri inserts the tape into the cassette player as a part of the special evening programme

Swamishri presses 'play' on the cassette player, which activates the sound of Yogiji Maharaj revealing his spiritual successors, Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reveals how to more fully understand Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri revealing how to more fully understand Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri performs the pujan of Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri lights a candle on a pile of puran poli for Yogiji Maharaj

Swamishri offers the puran poli to Yogiji Maharaj

Tyagvallabhdas Swami offers a morsel of puran poli to Swamishri

Swamishri offers puran poli prasad to everyone in the assembly

Swamis honour Swamishri with a decorative garland

Swamishri adorning the garland

Swamishri showers the rose petals upon the devotees

Swamishri showering rose petals upon the devotees

Simultaneously, confetti rains down on the devotees in the assembly

Anandswarupdas Swami honours Swamishri with rose petals

Swamishri showered with rose petals

Swamishri interacts with Anandswarupdas Swami

Swamishri plays the kartals to the sound of Pramukh Swami Maharaj singing, ‘Yogī āvo te rang mune shid lagādyo’

Devotees elated with the interactions of Swamishri

Devotees enjoying Swamishri's interactions

Devotees engrossed in Swamishri's darshan

Swamishri reads the letter he wrote to Yogiji Maharaj earlier in the day

Swamishri's letter to Yogiji Maharaj written that day

Swamishri blesses some of the cast and crew of the festival programme as he departs from the hall

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