{"id":857,"date":"2014-07-26T00:06:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/?p=857"},"modified":"2014-07-26T00:16:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:46:19","slug":"invoking-gurus-grace-guru-purnima-celebrations-nerul-ashram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/857","title":{"rendered":"Invoking the Guru\u2019s Grace: Guru Purnima Celebrations at Nerul Ashram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2014\/07\/Worship-of-Ammas-Holy-Feet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\nIt was a day dedicated to the veneration of the Guru, as hundreds gathered at the Nerul Ashram on Saturday, 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2014 to celebrate Guru Purnima. The day-long program commenced at 9.00 a.m. with the Guru Paduka Puja, followed by a community prayer for peace and prosperity, which included the Mahaganapati Homam and the Navagraha Shanti Homam. On conclusion of the Puja, lunch was served to everyone\u00a0present.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-862 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2014\/07\/Community-prayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" \/>A group of around 150 tribal locals from Ransai, the village adopted by the Ashram under the AmritaSeRVe initiative, enthusiastically participated in the proceedings. They enthralled one and all with an impromptu dance, infused with energy and vigour. Rice and clothes were distributed among them.The dignitaries who graced the occasion included Additional Commissioner of Police, Thane, Shri Dnyaneshwar Phadtare, renowned film director, Ms. Kalpana\u00a0 Lajmi, and senior architect and founder of Barve Associates,\u00a0 Shri S.R.Barve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-864 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2014\/07\/the-dignitaries-at-the-event.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-863 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2014\/07\/distribution-of-rice-clothes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cultural program by children extolling the glories of Lord Krishna through a musical play was a colourful culmination of the event.\u00a0Devotees dispersed after the Maha Arati at 7.00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a day dedicated to the veneration of the Guru, as hundreds gathered at the Nerul Ashram on Saturday, 12th\u00a0July 2014 to celebrate Guru Purnima. The day-long program commenced at 9.00 a.m. with the Guru Paduka Puja, followed by a community prayer for peace and prosperity, which included the Mahaganapati Homam and the Navagraha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}