namaste Venetia bhagini,
As I mentioned to you over phone today, I'd like to invite your family to a special event in July. Please circulate to interested parties as well.
Godavari pushkaras are coming up in July. A pushkara is a once-in-12-year holy event where a particular river's water gets spiritually charged, and a river bath during that time is both healing and highly elevating spiritually. Godavari is one of the 7 most holy rivers of India that goes through Andhra Pradesh state, the lush green granary of South India.
An organization called Saundarya lahari is arranging to provide the experience of traditional Indian rituals to interested non-Indians and NRIs (non-resident Indians). This initiative is taken by my guru varya, Sri karunaamaya (diiksha naama of Sri Kompella Subba Rao, an accomplished Sri-vidyaa aachaarya in Rajamundry). His YouTube channel is at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb750k3jqC9mD0P9Hp15KugI will send out a formal invitation with the exact dates in a follow-up mail, but
the program consists of
1) arrangement for a 3-4 day stay in Rajamundry with comfortable accommodation and local travel.
2) pushkara snaana in a special ghat of the Godavari river during those days (isolated from the crowd. They are arranging a few VIP passes from the local govt).
3) First-hand experience performing a short homam (Vedic fire ritual) by themselves.
4) introduction to the ritual side of Indian spirituality with its deeper psychological significance.
They are trying to put an upper limit of 40-50 slots for logistics, and need confirmation by February 2015 time frame to make all the arrangements. They're planning to publicize this event in local media to raise awareness about the respect for Indian traditions among non-Indians.
If you know of any non-Indians and/or NRIs who might be interested, please forward this message to them and ask them to contact the organization directly at
bhavadiiyaH,
- Sai.