Mahaveer Jayanti celebration through Anant's eyes

what a sparkling day it was !! undoubtedly the best 'Mahaveer Jayanti' of my life .. I know others would agree too :) Let's go through my last 36 hours:

12:15 PM (4th Apr, Wed):   Eyes eagerly waiting to get a glance of our own JYN t-shirt but the print guy still delaying.
6:00 PM:   after a series of phone calls and nail biting tension, tshirts reached jain mandir.

8:30 PM:   The beautiful first look demised all the worries. Jambu and Arpit boggling their heads in distributing them but couldn't find a size for Pratha and Sanyam :).
9:00 PM:   betting on JYN members turnout in Prabhat-pheri. I voted 13, Rini 10, Rahul 15, Arpit 20, Shweta 15, Jambu 8. I am grateful that no one won :)


5:30 AM (5th Apr, Mahaveer Jayanti, Jain Mandir):  Felt goosebumps when found only 4 JYN members in the mandir ji.
5:40 AM:  As twilight passed and dawn arrived, we started the Prabhat pheri. All eyes were flat and glad to see around 50 ppl including 24 JYN members with overflowing energy following our Jain flag.

                  

6:00 AM:   The air around sector 27 filled with chantings, bhajans and slogans .. and with the 'kesaria rang' of JYN tshirts.
6:15 AM:   reachd temple. Event very well appreciated by all with comments like, "best Prabhat-pheri ever in Noida history". Believe me, at that moment I felt proud to be Jain and a JYN member.
6:18 AM:  photo session .. photos, photos and some more photos :) wondering if we actually gathered for the Prabhat Pheri :P



6:30 AM:   Rahul and Swatantra facing hard time wearing dhoti-pancha :) Abhishek and Arpit rescued them.
6:50 AM:   After the abhishek by all JYN male members, 'Shanti Dhara boli' started with a mere Rs 11K but closed by JYN members for whooping Rs 26660/-

7:15 AM:   JYN members sat for the group pooja filling up a quadrant space of the temple.
8:30 AM:   Abhishek and Jambu left to give a hand in making sec 50 Jhanki.
9:45 AM:   spicy 'pohe' and tea for starving JYN members @ 'Prerna & sisters' home.

11:00 AM:  Juloos started with JYN members occupied the place in front of 'Bhagwan Ji Rath' and their chanting and dancing was unstoppable.





11:30 AM:   JYN members accompanying Sanyam's and other's stalls in distributing drinks and food items.
11:45 AM:   chanting and dancing contd with Jambu, Arpit and Rahul dancing on Himanshu, Ashish and my shoulders.
 

12:30 AM:   JYN members paying complete 'Ashtang' to Mahaveer Swami in the middle of the road.



1:15 PM:   My manager called me third time. Finally I told him, "aaj office nahi aa paonga".
1:30 PM:  JYN still chanting and dancing .. even the scorching sun couldn't decrease the enthu level.



2:00 PM:   Bullocks of the 'Bhagwan Ji Rath' were replaced by JYN members. We carried the 'rath' on our shoulders for the last 30 meters.



2:30 PM:   A lot of ppl were overwhelmed with the immense energy and fun imparted by JYN to the Juloos. Many appreciated JYN's work and tshirt :). Ulka aunty already informed Maharaaj shree that your group did a marvellous job today.

7:00 PM:   Himanshu, Jambu and I sitting in my house, phone rang, the voice from the other side, "I am a reporter from 'Amar Ujala'. Your JYN group did a fantastic job today. I am writing an article on the Jain Samaj event and would like to write a separate column on JYN. Please tell me everything about JYN and its activities". The interview went for 15 minutes.

Happy Mahaveer Jayanti to all !!

First JYN trip to BadeGaon

After a lot of efforts we have finally planned for our first ever trip to badagaon with the help of Majaraj Shri Trilok Bhushan Ji Maharaj.

 

Day 13^th Nov, Sunday, in the dark morning we have packed up to move our first trip and enjoyed a cheerful day which can’t be forgot by anyone who were there.

 

 We all assembled in mandirji by 7:15 and left at 7:30 to started our trip with intro to each other where no one left any moment to pull leg of other guys but the most interesting thing is that the guy giving intro also enjoying his ragging and this was the live example of explaining what JYN is.

 

And I think there is no need to remind what Jumbo did, he engaged everyone into conversation with his classi masttttiii, for which he was rewarded with extra chocolates as well. Along with him manoj shares his shayri with us and uncle ji’s interested real life examples.

 

 

 

 

After reaching to badegaon, we took blessings from parampujya achaya shri sanmati sagar ji maharaj and again started masti, first of all we all were took snaps with every spiritual and mandir ji’s those were around. Our biggest entertainment focus was the tallest trilok tirth where we all plan to go till 2^nd or 3^rd floor but eventually we were climbed over to 16^th floor which is the top of trilok tirth, where every floor was sakshi of JYN masti, at few floors we filled the empty vedis with the future acharyas including Rahul1, Himanshu, Jumbo, Abhishek..

 

After that we move to Ganne ka khet where we did same what Hanuman ji did in lanka before his meeting with Sita’s ji. Abhishek ne to sab kuch tahas nahas karke rakh diya tha, even two times we got warning from the local residents but no one was there who can stop JYN to stop their mastiiiiii.

 

 

 

After lot of masti when we all got hungry move to food stalls but due to crowd no one got their plates full of food. And a special thanks to uncle ji who brought food items to us especially gulab jamun.

 

Now returning time…..

While returning back again we had engaged in lot of fun which includes the competition of ganne ka ras between Rahul1 and Abhishek and all were dance in bus and antakshri played by all of us. We have not wasted even a single second

 

 
 With full of great fun all together our first trip was ended and all the cherish memories are gathered in our heart and soul for life long…………………..