Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), Ranchi celebrated its founder, Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda’s 132nd Janmotsav. Celebrations began in the morning with a special commemorative group meditation and a talk on “Paramahansa Yogananda’s World Transforming Mission” by Swami Shraddhananda Giri, followed by joyous chanting of bhajans led by Brahmachari Shambhavananda and Kaivalyananada along with Guru puja and yajna at the Shiv Mandir. The highlight of the day was a bhandara for devotees as well as people from the city of Ranchi and neighbouring villages. The celebrations concluded with a special meditation in the evening.
The spiritual organization founded by Yoganandaji marks his Janmotsav every year with meditation, kirtans, and this bhandara. Like every year this year also locals and other visitors who got to know about the Bhandara through word-of-mouth, participated in large numbers. It commenced at 12 noon and went on till late afternoon, long queues started forming at the gate of the ashram leading to a huge maidan inside where scores of YSS devotees eagerly served prasad of khichdi, chutney, and laddoo to the guests. Around 11000 persons were served Guru prasad through this bhandara.
On 3rd Jan, ashram conducted seva activities to honour the Guru by feeding the poor and needy inmates of colony for leprosy-affected people in Ranchi and on 10th Jan will distribute blankets in the same colony.
YSS was founded by Yoganandaji in 1917, to make available, in India and neighbouring countries, the universal teachings of Kriya Yoga, a sacred spiritual science originating millenniums ago in India.
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