Page 34 - Amrit Varta - Issue Feb. 2023 - English

24 MA ANANDAMAYEE AMRIT VARTA Vol. 27, No.1, February2023

26th August 1966. The five days of Jhulan Utsav started from today the
day of Ekâdashi, and will conclude on 30th August, the day of Jhulan Purnima,
which is also called as ‘Rakshâ-Bandhan’. On this very auspicious day in the
year 1922 Ma’s ‘swayang-diksha leela’ or Ma’s play of self-initiation had
occurred. Every year on this day meditation is held from 11:45pm to 12:15am,
by everyone (in every Ma’s Ashram). Also kirtan is held before and after the
meditation.
Shri Krishna Avdyutji (residing in the Ashram) has taken the responsibility
of decorating the Ashram Hall and hence the Hall looked very beautiful and
quite different from other years. Usually this decoration is done by the girls of
the Ashram. Shri Avdyutji has also made arrangements for a Râs-Leelâ in the
evening, which was held in the verandah of the Chhaliyâ Mandir. Shree Shree
Ma and all the spectators watched the Leela by sitting in the open courtyard in
front of the Mandir. On the day of Jhulan Purnima, the final Leelâ was held in
the morning within the Hall. Avdyutji had placed eleven swings beautifully
decorated with flowers and garlands in the Hall and during the Leelâ, eleven
pairs of Radha-Krishna swung in these swings. It gave such an enchanting effect.
The Râs-Leelâ again started in the evening and continued till eleven in the night.
Shree Shree Ma was present for the Râs-Leelâ both in the morning and evening.
* * * * (to be continued)
List of Festivals
Paush Shankrânti January 15, 2023
Republic Day January 26, 2023
Shree Shree Saraswati Puja January 26, 2023
Mâghi Purnima February 5, 2023
Gurupriya Di’s Birthday February 13, 2023
Maha Shivratri Mahotsav February 18, 2023
Holika Dahan March 6, 2023
Holi (Dol Purnima) March 7, 2023
Shree Shree Basanti Puja March 27-31, 2023
Shree Shree Annapurna Puja March 29, 2023
Shree Shree Ram Navami March 30, 2023
Shree Muktanand Giri Sanyâs Divas April 14, 2023
Akshay Tritiya April 23, 2023
Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti April 25, 2023
Nirvan Tithi of Baba Bholanath April 28, 2023
S.S. Ma Anandamayee Janmotsav May 3, 2023
Buddha Purnima May 5, 2023
S.S. Ma Anandamayee Tithi Puja May 8-9, 2023
Ganga Dusshera May 30, 2023