News on Anandanagar for the month of April, 2013 may be found in the above link.
Celebration of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ji’s 103rd Birth Anniversary in Ananda Nagar –
The 103rd birth anniversary of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ji was celebrated at the Baba Memorial in Anandanagar from May 21 to May 23, 2024, with various events. These included kiirtan parikrama, promotion of kiirtan greatness, prabhat pheri, akhanda nam sanmkiirtan, distribution of clothes to the needy, provision of notebooks and pencils to students, fruit distribution to patients in hospitals, water distribution, free health services at Abha Seva Sadan, and Narayan Seva.
On the morning of May 22, 2024, at 5:00 AM, the spiritual environment of the Memorial was filled with the sound of Panchajinaya, marking the beginning of 24-hour akhanda Baba Nam Kevalam nam samnkiirtan. On May 23, 2024, after collective Panchajinaya, Prabhat Sangeet, Kiirtan, Iishvar Pranidhan, Varnarghyadan, ashirvacan(blessings), and reading and explanation of Anandavanii, a collective breakfast was held. Following breakfast, a cultural program based on Prabhat Sangeet was conducted. The main event concluded in the afternoon with collective Iishvar Pranidhan, followed by collective lunch and Narayan Seva.
In the evening, various villages in Anandanagar hosted Dharmachakra and various other events.
News on Anandanagar for the month of April, 2013 may be found in the above link.
Activities performed in Anandanagar during March, 2013 is sent in the attached file. Please click on the attached file to view details.
ASTHI PAHAR: “HILL OF BONES” by Late Acarya Kiirtananda Avadhuta Once when we were walking with BA’BA’ on a particular hill southwest of ANANDA NAGAR. Ba’ba’ said, “Let me sit down here. You go and search for any stones that look peculiar to you. If you find any, call me.” So we searched and found a very large, strange looking stone and called BA’BA’ over to it. BA’BA’ touched it, smelled it, hit it with a stick and listened to the sound and then said, “This is a fossil of a dinosaur. Look at the bottom and you will see the tail. It would be nice if we could bring it to my museum in Calcutta, but who will carry it? If I ask you to carry it, can you do it?” I answered, “BA’BA’, if Rector Master (then Acarya Amitanandaji) helps me, then I can do it.” BA’BA’ laughed and said, “Here nobody is Rector Master, everybody is Fossil Master!” Then i saw another peculiar reddish stone and brought it to BA’BA’. He said, “That is a fossil of a giant pterodactyl [prehistoric reptilian bird] with reddish eyes – a very dangerous predator, so ferocious that it used to fly carrying elephants in its claws.” That day BA’BA’ found many fossils. We said to BA’BA’, please give the name of this Hill.” BA’BA’ paused and then said, “This Hill will be called “ASTHI PAHAR”, the “HILL OF BONES”. Then BA’BA’ told us that during the ice age all the prehistoric animals came here to die – huge reptilian birds and dinosaurs as big as twelve elephants. There was two types of dinosaurs, vegetarian and non-vegetarian, but all of them had very small brains and very stupid. They always used to quarrel among themselves and ate their own eggs. Gradually they became extinct. The stones on Asthi Pahar are very old – so old that if you crush them with your fingers they crumble into dust. The water on this hill, as elsewhere at ANANDA NAGAR, is full of iodine and other minerals, and is very good for health, especially for digestion.
On 1st February, 2013 Copy books and pens were distributed to 12 girls at Baglata village. These girls study in class V to X to encourage study of girls students.