Rev. Sadhu Vaswani’s 139 th Birthday Celebrations commences in the city of Pune. Birthday observed world-over as Meatless Day

Devotees will converge from all over the world. It is also being celebrated worldwide at the various centers of the Mission with unique local programs and the campaign of the Meatless Day where people are encouraged to stay vegetarian on November 25 th.

Sunday, November 18 – 6:30 PM – Youth Meet
Monday, November 19 – 5:30 PM – Rath Yatra, at Pimpri.

Thursday, November 22 – 9:00 AM – ‘Peace Rally’ of students & animal lovers will be held at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission Grounds in order to awaken the feeling of compassion for birds and animals

Friday, November 23 – 6:30 PM – ‘Dada Leela’- a theatrical play by the students of St. Mira’s Institutions.
Saturday, November 24 – 6:00 PM – Rath Yatra, a chariot of peace. An annual tradition in the city of Pune, 3-hour journey through the streets of Pune with thousands in procession will start and end at the Sacred Samadhi of Sadhu Vaswani.

The route of the Rath Yatra is as follows:-

Sadhu Vaswani Chowk – Council Hall (right from signal) – Poona Club (straight from Hotel Blue Nile Signal) – Hotel Sagar plaza – Dorabjee (right from signal) – Hotel supriya – Rahim Petrol Pump – Cycle Society – Quarter Gate – Irwin Road – Padumjee Gate Police Chowky – Padumjee Compound – Nishat talkies – Agarwal Colony – Babajan Chowk – R.S.Kedari road – Bhopala Chowk – Mahatma Gandhi road – Aurora Towers – Dorabjee – Nehru Memorial Hall – Sadhu Vaswani Kunj – Shanti Kunj – Prem Kutir back to Revered Sadhu Vaswani’s Sacred Samadhi (at about 8.30 pm).

Sunday, November 25 — Sadhu Vaswani’s Birthday – 11:30 AM Satsang & Artificial Limbs Seva followed by Guru Langar; 6:30 PM – Offering Meatless Day Pledges, Sadhu Vaswani & Dada J.P. Vaswani’s Upadesh followed by Deepak Yatra; 10:30 PM – Bhakti Sangeet.

To commemorate Sadhu Vaswani’s birthday, November 25 th is observed as International Meatless Day and Animals Rights Day. People are urged to pledge via the newly launched ‘Simply Love’ app or via email at [email protected] for observing the Meatless Day on November 25. The slogan being used for the campaign is “25 th of November is a day to remember, it’s a Meatless Day”.

Free Cardiac Camp, Free OPDs and Other Sevas –
From Nov. 1 st to 30 th – different services organized including a free Cardiac Camp at Fabiani & Budhrani Heart Institute and free and concessional OPD consultations and pathology investigations at Inlaks & Budhrani Hospital & M. N. Budhrani Cancer Institute.

Every morning at 6:00 am tea & biscuits will be served to the homeless on the roadside. Every day, lunch will be served to the inmates for the Home of the Aged, the Blind and the Handicapped. Various other service programmes will be carried out including providing artificial limbs to the limbless.