Seventh Anniversary Celebrations of the Bengaluru Upasana Kendra

The seventh anniversary of the Bengaluru upasana center was celebrated on Febryary 7, 2010. The event started at 8am in the morning at the Hindu Balika Pathasala, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru, 560001.

The schedule was as follows:
8:00 - 9:00 Sadguru Bapu's Paduka Arrival and Dindi
9:00-10:30 Chinmay Paduka
11:00-12:00: Satsang, Aarti and Gajar.
12:00 - 12:15 : Chanting of the following japs. Om Manasamarthyadata Shri Aniruddhaya namah, Gayatri Mantra, Sadguru Gayatri Mantra, Shiva Panchakshari Stotra, and Om Namah Shivay, Ramraksha Stotra and Ghorkashtoddharan Stotra.

2:00 - 4:00 : Quiz contest "Imtihaan Shraddhavaan Ka"

The organizers came up with a novel quiz contest called "Imtihaan Shraddhavaan ka" in the post-lunch session. The pramukh sevak played the anchor in this quiz. The Shraddhavaans were rendomly divided into three groups named "Bapu", "Nandai", and "Suchit Dada". The quiz had six rounds overall and it was based on Bapu, Sanstha activities, The Grantharaj, Matruvatsalya Vindanam, Shree Ramrasayan, and Shree Sai SatCharit. Questions like how many times does one write "Ram"naam in one Ramnaam book, what does the acronym DMV stand for, tested the general awareness of Shraddhavaan. In a bitterly fought contest that went down to the last few questions the "Suchit Dada's" team emerged as the winner.

The quiz was followed by Maha Mangal Aarti, Gajars, and Aniruddha path. The celebrations concluded with Paduka Darshan.