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Summary Reporton
World Peace Prayer
HeldAt: Santaram temple, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
On: 18th ay, !"1#
Or$ani%ed &y: on' u'e(h Anand
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BACKGROUND
Nadiad, a city )ith a population o* o+er !"","""people, (er+e(
a( an admini(trati+e center o* theheda di(trict in the Indian state
of Gujarat-
Santram Mandiri( a prominent temple (ituated in Nadiad- It i(
home to SantramMaharaj, )ho i( a holy *i$ure in Gujarat- .he (eat(
o* Santram aharaj and the Santramandir are important not only *or
their religious folloing, &ut *or the pu&lic
ser!i"ea"ti!itiesunderta'en, (uch a( *ree medical care *or
lo)/income indi+idual( and *eedin$pro$ram( *or the poor and (adhu(,
a( )ell a( +ariou( cultural acti+itie(- ore in*ormationi(
a+aila&le at the *ollo)in$ )e&(ite:
http:00)))-(antram-or$
http://www.santram.org/http://www.santram.org/
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AC#I$I#I%S CONDUC#%D
We or$ani%ed the World Peace Prayer at Santaram .emple, Nadiad
on &'th Ma(, )*&+ Iti( e(timated that clo(e to &,)**
-eo-le . "hildren, de!otees and mon/s )ere a part o*the e+ent( on
thi( oca((ion- .he entire day )a( *illed )ith +ariou( acti+itie(,
to in(pire+ariou( $roup( o* people and (pread the me((a$e o*
peace:
1) S"hool Children and #ea"hers0A lar$e part o* the day )a(
(pent )ith o+er 1o(sandgirls children *rom +ariou( (chool( at
Nadiad- A*ter $i+in$ them &ac'$round conte2ta&out the
(i$ni*icance o* the date, )e tal'ed to children a&out the
im-ortan"e of-ra(er, and a&out s-reading -ea"e- 3+eryone
o&(er+ed silen"e and -ra(ed,*ollo)ed &y meditationand
s-ee"hes &y +ariou( a(hram mon'(-
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Acti+itie( al(o included readin$ +er(e( *rom theBhagad Gita, a
(acred te2t o* theHindu(- 4iterally meanin$ 5.he Son$ o* the God6,
the 7ha$)ad Gita i( a ""/+er(e(cripture that i( part o* the Hindu
epic aha&harata-
9i(cu((ion( )ere al(o held on ho) the children could ta'e
learnin$( *rom the day andapply them in their daily li*e, &ac'
in their (chool(- .he tru(tee( o* the Santram .ru(t )ereal(o
pre(ent on thi( oca((ion-
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! Mon/s and De!otees0 In the e+enin$ di**erent mon'( and
de+otee( deli+ered(piritual (peeche( on )orld peace- .he attendee(
included mon'( *rom Allaha1ad,the (econd/olde(t city in India,
)hich play( a central role in the Hindu (cripture- We(an$ Bhajans
2-ra(ers3in the $roup- .hi( )a( *ollo)ed &y (ilence meditation
andpeace prayer-
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; Shree Ramdasji,the pre(ent ahant o* the Nadiad temple, and the
ninth ahant onthe Gadi o* the temple
