Ocean of Bliss flowed in Sri Jagannath Puri Chariot Streets!

Nov 25. 2024
This date shall be etched in the memory of thousands of our satsang devotees!
Sri Swamiji had announced a grand nagar-sankirtan in the broad ‘Grand road’ just outside the Simha-dwaar of Puri Sri Jagannath temple this day at 7:30 am.

Just less than two thousand devotees assembled to participate in this unique divine experience of nagar kirtan, that too with our beloved Sri Swamiji, especially in the divine dhaam of Puri right outside Sri Jagannath temple East Entrance. Sri Swamiji arrived promptly with a Jagannathji shawl and a fresh flower garland.

More than a thousand and a half devotees with Love in their hearts and name in their lips eager to be with Sri Swamiji yet maintained great discipline. The sisters of our satsang to swamiji’s left on the back and brothers to the right!

Sri Swamiji started the kirtan with a shikshastakam shlokam and then the nectarine rain of mahamantra showered in the streets!

Sri swamiji soon started dancing sweetly to the chants of mahamantra. All the  devotees had heard about the divine bliss of mahamantra with Sri Chaitanya mahaprabhu through the lectures of Sri swamiji and many confided that they could experience what they heard this day!!

Sri swamiji chanted, clapped, danced, hopped, jumped, twirled, swirled, whirled, rolled with divine ecstasy!! A divine wave of bliss drenched the devotees who were present there.  And so were the devotees who witnessed this divine spectacle vicariously live in youtube.

The whole procession circumambulated the temple’s outer paths and Sri swamiji shared a divine secret with the devotees out of immense compassion and love

“It was November 2007. Our beloved Sri Sri Anna had taken lot of devotees for a Sapthaha Mahitsavam at the divine dhaam of Navadweepam in West Bengal. Sri swamiji used to send our Sri Venkatesanji wherever Sri Sri Anna travels for satsang yatras. That year was no exception. At Navadweepam one day morning Sri Sri Anna called Sri Venkatesan aside and said, “I had a divine vision today morning. In that I saw Muralidhara Swamiji doing Mahamantra kirtan in the temple streets Jagannatha Puri with thousands of fortunate devotees from South India. It shall come to pass soon.”

That fortunate event verily was this!
That fortunate day was this day!
Those fortunate devotees are these!
Jai Jagannath!!