AvadhootaDatta Peetham

 

Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji graced the San Francisco Bay Area July 9-10 and led the devotees through a wonderful ride of Hanuman Chalisa chanting and Datta Kriya Yoga.  

 

Arriving on July 8, Pujya Swamiji was received by devotees at airport in San Jose.  Only the morning of July 9, Saturday, Pujya Swamiji received a warm welcome from over 800 people waiting to chant Hanuman Chalisa in the presence of Pujya Swamiji at the Jain Center of Norther California in Milpitas.  Mehul Patel, the president of Dashavatara Yoga Center delivered the welcome address after which Pujya Swamiji led the divine Hanuman Chalisa chanting.  Swamiji mentioned that he had originally planned on doing 9 rounds of Hanuman Chalisa, but decided to double the count once he entered the hall.  

With the celestial troupe accompanying Pujya Swamiji’s divine singing and commentary, the devotees were treated to an exhilarating chanting session that thrilled every body present.  At the conclusion of the chanting, the volunteers of Dashavatara Yoga Center offered a crystal award to Pujya Swamiji to commemorate the golden jubilee of Avadhoota Datta Peetham.  The mayor of Milipitas Jose Esteves presented Pujya Swamiji with the symbolic key to the city.  

On the morning of Sunday, July 10, Pujya Swamiji led the Datta Kriya Yoga session in the India Community Center, Milpitas.  Prior to the class, Pujya Swamiji briefly visited the Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple adjacent to the venue and gave a wonderful benedictory message to the people assembled there about the purpose of human birth and God before proceeding to the India Community Center.  As nearly 500 people in the room awaited Pujya Swamiji’s arrival for Datta Kriya Yoga class, the room was filled with meditation tunes of Pujya Swamiji that set the tone for what was to come. Pujya Swamiji led the class to one amazing hour of Nadi Shuddhi exercises, Pranayama and Omkara chanting.  At the conclusion of the class, Mike, the adjudicator for Guinness World Records announced that this event was a world record in a new category.  494 people participated in the largest breathing lesson to make this the 4^th Guinness World Record in Pujya Swamiji’s name.

Pujya Swamiji then performed Sri Chakra Puja and blessed the devotees as they filed along in front of Him.  Sunday afternoon, Dashavatara Yoga Center organised Srinivasa Kalyanam followed by bhajans by the Celestial music troupe in the evening.  Pujya Swamiji was present during the bhajan session and gave a benedictory message encouraging Dashavatara Yoga Center to grow the team.  This concluded a wonderful two day program in the San Francisco Bay Area.