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Hon. Swamiji has continued this culture of the village. We
were all used to go for his pravachanas. We children used to
sleep in amidst of the pravachan. And later, our parents used
to carry us to home.
Now, Siddhagiri Monastery has also been renovated.
It has got a spiritual and modern head. The head of the
monastery is known as ‘ Adrushya Swamiji’ and since I have
travelled the world, I can say he has built up the world’s best
museum that showcases the rural culture. The Miracle divine
gardens of this village are same as in fact are of much higher
quality than the ones in Dubai. There is a home stay as well
as the big lunch and dinner facility for the tourists.
Also there is a facility of 250 beds hospital, Naturopathy
Centre and Ayurvedik health centre .
There is a Goshala. Swamiji has also set up Agro Tourism
Center to fascinate youth to the agricultural business. Swamiji
has also established a residential "Gurukul University"
that helps to bring out the best youth of the country. Also
Kadsidheshwar Highschool is there in the village. Now,
siddhagiri monastery is a tourist place. People from all over
the world come here to visit this place. That is creating a huge
employment for the youngsters of the village.
We were a joint family. My father’s name is Ramchandra.

My father has five brothers. My father was the eldest among
six brothers. He was a simple, selfless adamant human being.

I am the same being his son. Hence, everyone has not even
missed a single chance of teasing me. And I too get teased
easily. He was a harmonium player and a bhajan singer.
Hence, his younger brother Raghunath was a responsible
head of our joint family. He was a worker in Packo engineering
at Udyam Nagar Kolhapur. He used to paddle the cycle to
his workplace. We used to call him and my father ‘Anna’.
Both of them had a typical dressing style of dhotar, white
shirt and a black cap on head. They both loved the every
child of the family. My uncle Dinkar Nana was a farmer. He
used to sing along while watering his farm. He used to wear

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