Home > News > India > Sarangpur > Swamishri Celebrates Jal Zilani Festival > Swamishri Celebrates Jal Zilani Festival 29 August 2001

Swamishri Celebrates Jal Zilani Festival, Sarangpur, India

29 Aug 2001

Swamishri Celebrates Jal Zilani Festival 29 August 2001

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sarangpur

Shri Dham, Dhami and Mukta

(L to R) Shri Mulji Brahmachari, Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gopinathji Maharaj and Radhaji

Shri Dharmakul

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj adorned as a boatsman in Swamishri's puja

Engaged in humble darshan of Thakorji during puja

Utsav murti during the procession

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj graces the village with His darshan during the procession

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj being carried in a palanquin by devotees

Thakorji was paraded for darshan in a colorful, devotional procession of 40 tractors and floats through the streets and outskirts of Sarangpur village

Swamishri performs the maha-puja rituals on the boat-shaped main stage in the middle of river Utavali

Sadhus and devotees are engaged in darshan of the rituals from the river bank

Swamishri engaged in the rituals of 'sankalp' during the maha-puja

Shri Ganeshji, Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Lalji Maharaj during the maha-puja

Shri Ganeshji and Shri Harikrishna Maharaj in the maha-puja ritual

Shri Ganeshji

Swamishri offers mantra pushpanjali

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj

... finally offering flowers to Thakorji

Swamishri performs arti

Swamishri happily claps to the tune of a bhajan being sung by sadhus

A large makeshift canopy hall provides shelter to sadhus and devotees engaged in chorusing and clapping to a bhajan

Swamishri happily claps to the tune of a bhajan being sung by sadhus

Swamishri with Thakorji and Ganeshji during the ritual five time circumambulatory boat ride in river Utavali

Swamishri with Thakorji and Ganeshji during the ritual boat ride in river Utavali

... with Sarangpur mandir and main gate in the background

Yagnapurush dam in the background

Swamishri and Mahant Swami with Thakorji in the front part of boat

Sadhus and devotees avidly engaged in darshan by the river bank

Devotees eagerly engaged in the divine darshan

Swamishri bathes Shri Harikrishna Maharaj with the holy waters of Mansarovar on a platform besides the main boat-stage

Devotees eagerly engaged in the divine darshan

Swamishri bathes Shri Harikrishna Maharaj with the holy waters of Mansarovar on a platform besides the main boat-stage

Swamishri sprinkles the sanctified water into the river and on the sadhus

...places the murti of Shri Ganeshji on Krishnapriya Swami's head

Swamishri gently releases Shri Ganeshji into the waters of the river Utavali

Swamishri in a jovial mood with sadhus after the Shri Ganesh visarjan ritual

Mahant Swami bathes Swamishri with potfuls of water

Swamishri takes a ritual dip

Swamishri swims to the shores of the river bank

... and blesses the joyous sadhus and devotees by showering them with water

Swamishri then returns to the satellite stage in the middle of the river

Attendant sadhus then bathe Swamishri with clean tap water

Swamishri is being towed to the river bank on the satellite stage