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It was a special evening in Omkarananda Ashram, when honourable Dr. Deep Goel, Director of the Department of Surgery in B.L. Kapur Hospital, New Delhi, and 34 associates and relatives visited Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas. They all arrived on 11th May 2012 from Delhi in the early afternoon and stayed in the Ashram's beautiful guest house Omkarananda Gita Sadan, which is situated directly at the Ganga, in Muni-ki-reti, via Rishikesh. After they had refreshed themselves they all went up to the Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas Headquarter, situated on the top of a Hill in Omkarananda Nagar, Muni-ki-reti, with view over the Ganga. First the whole group received the Blessings of Omkarananda-Kamakshi-Devi in the Temple. All were touched by the deeply spiritual atmosphere and the divine Beauty of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas and its Temples. After they had Darshan of Omkarananda-Kamakshi-Devi Mandir and other surrounding Temples, all the guests were guided to Omkarananda Vidya Bhawan, the Ashram's auditorium, where they could sit and relax and were served tea and snacks. The honourable guests from Delhi surrounded Swami Vishveshwaranandaji, the President of Omkarananda Ashram, and asked him a lot of questions and also requested him for solutions to some of their problems. Swamiji patiently listened to all of them and suggested solutions to help them to overcome their problems. All were very happy and grateful, that they could talk to Swamiji. On the next day, on 12th May 2012, everybody could enjoy a dip in the holy Ganga and in the evening all of them again came up to the Omkarananda Ashram Headquarters to take part in the special Arati for Omkarananda-Kamakshi-Devi. Afterwards a function was organized in Omkarananda Vidya Bhawan to honour Dr. Deep Goel. The auditorium was nicely decorated and small colourful lights spread a warm atmosphere. Swami Vishveshwarananda welcomed all the distinguished guests in his kind and charming and joyous way and invited them to watch an Indian Classical Dance performance.
The audience could enjoy 4 different dance-items. The first was a Bharatanatyam Solo Dance by Kumari Somashekhari, which was rewarded with great response. Then followed a Devi Dance by Soma along with her student Neha and again one Devi Dance Solo by Somashekhari. The performance was concluded with an Arati Dance. The light of the Arati was offered to everybody in the Auditorium.
Swami Vishveshwarananda thanked the artists and spoke inspiring words to the noble guests. He then offered a special flower mala to Dr. Deep Goel and praised his outstanding work in the field as a surgeon. In turn Dr. Deep Goel offered his thanks and appreciation to Swamiji for the wonderful time he and his friends and relatives could spend in Omkarananda Ashram and also for the dance performance. The charming Madam Preety (sister of Dr. Deep Goel), who is a talented Artist and Fashion Designer, praised Somashekhari for her excellent performance and thanked her for the nice evening. Thanks were also offered to Shri Sukumarji, who took care that everything was nicely organised.
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