MahaShivratri celebrations at Brahma Kumaris, Shanti Sarovar

9^th March 2013.

On the eve of Maha Shivratri 10^th March which is a Hindu festival celebrated to worship Shiva, Brahma Kumaris organized a grand fair having various good events like Inspiring talks, mediation, cultural events, Drug deaddiction stall and many more. 

My wife, who is very spiritual and religious by nature, somehow came to know about the event and shared the idea of visiting the place and as we didn’t planned anything for the evening, I thought it is worth to try. Also, it was very near to our residence. Initially, I was bit hesitant to attend this event but my wife successfully convinced me which is very common. And now I must say it was one of its kind events and I really enjoyed that evening much beyond I imagined. It is always good to spend time on the new experiences than spending money in shopping and restaurants as the gratification is really high and lasting in the former. 

Let me describe the day. We entered the Brahma Kumaris, Shanti Sarovar, Hyderabad at around 6 pm and Parked our 2 wheeler and looked around. It was a beautiful campus sprawled in 34 acres area of Land having a good number of fountains, waterfalls and amazing green cover. It was a very soothing view and calm and peaceful atmosphere was enough to make us relax.  From outside, nobody can imagine such a beautiful calm campus amidst the high rise buildings and traffic. In the campus, one can read the positive and inspiring quotes written on small boards everywhere. I at once realized that it was a perfect place to relax, unwind ourselves from the daily stressful life and to recharge our inner self. Luckily, I had carried my small little camera that day.

 

 As soon as we entered in the beautiful garden where all the events were planned, we were nicely welcome and it was an amazing feeling. At one side, all the Jyotirlingas i.e 12 were beautifully created. Although, i was bit shy to use a camera there but i captured.

12 Jyotirilingas beautifully arranged in a row

Amazing green cover. Walking without footwear on it was soothing

After we visited all the Jyotirlingas, somebody instructed us to visit the big shivling next. It was really beautiful and quite large. 

Huge Shivling bounded by small shivlings

As we completed Darshan, we visited various stalls in the garden teaching some beautiful wisdom, telling us our purpose of life and some other amazing life skills. However, pathetic me stuck in this rat race forgot about all the lessons. Now, I am not able to recall any. We also purchased some good posters like Importance of silence, Anger is one word less than Danger and many more and some good literature which I believe i will never read. There was 1 stall teaching you about importance of meditation in this competitive world. After visiting all that, we settled on the ground to see some cultural events planned during the evening. 

9 goddesses whom we worship in Navratras

In one of the event, 9 goddesses were showcased along with their specialty and at the same time, there was some commentary at the background telling us about the importance of each Goddess.
It was very informative. Let me give you 1 example: Goddess sitting on extreme left wearing sky blue colored saree is Santoshi Devi who is also called as 'Mother of Satisfaction' and responsible for the satisfaction level in our life. It is believed that if you worship her regularly, then your greedy nature will be lessened and you will be more satisfied in your life.

Excerpt from a Drama

There were large number of small events conceptualized to keep the interest of everyone, however some of the programs were in Telegu (Regional Language) which bored us. In the last, there was some play based on the theme of 'How love can be the only solution to calm down the angry and negative energy in us.' The scene in the play was taken from the very famous serial, Devo ke Dev Mahadev, telecasted on Color channel these days. Luckily, I have watched that episode 2 days before and thus enjoyed the scene more.

Finally, at 10, we went to our home. It was a very beautiful evening spend with my wife.  At least, it was far far better than visiting any shopping mall. I was feeling rejuvenated instead of feeling exhausted.

I am looking forward for more visits at Shanti Sarovar to experience that calm and serene environment. It is a very good place for someone who like to spend their time with nature. Also, There are no charges of any kind like parking etc. Everything is absolutely free.