Ananda Seva Continues
ABOUT 110 members of Ananda Yaan (Byculla & Dr. E Moses) (a joint initiative of Dignity Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay) visited the Varadvinayak Ganapati Temple at Mahad (Khopoli district) on December 11.
The Varadvinayak Mahad Ganapati Temple is the seventh Ganesha temple among Ashtavinayak to be visited during the Ashtavinayak Darshan yatra/ tour. There are a total of eight temples. This was the first ever joint programme of both centres. Over 90 per cent of the senior citizens who visited shared that this was their first visit to an Ashtavinayak temple. Almost all had heard about these famed eight temples. However, they never imagined that they would actually visit them.
Ananda Yaan members reached comfortably by around 9.30 am and started their darshan an hour later. We had specifically chosen a week day, which would see fewer crowds. All AY members did a long and comfortable darshan; there was no pushing or jostling. After the darshan, the members attended the temple langar for their lunch.
Members of Byculla and Dr. E Moses chatted with each other well and shared stories about their centres as they ate and while relaxing in the temple premises before leaving. They shared that they were most grateful to Dignity
Foundation and the Rotary Club of Bombay for this rare opportunity.
While returning, the members were played Hindi and Marathi music to which they danced and sang in the bus. All the members felt invigorated and happy as they reached back home.
