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A brief report on Vira:t Bhagavad Geeta Pa:ra:yanam conducted by Paramahamse:thya:di Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna Srimanna:ra:yana Ra:ma:nuja Jeeyar Swa:miji on Geeta Jayanthi day

Reported By: Sri Ve:nkata Vinod Sriperumubuduru Ra:ma:nuja Da:sa

Paramahamse:thya:di Sri: Sri: Sri:manna:ra:yana Ra:ma:nuja Jeeyar Swa:mi celebrated geetha Jayanthi day (ma:rgasira month, ekadasi, eleventh day from no moon) with devout and purposeful devotees in thousands at NRI Hospital grounds, Guntur.

A Vira:t Bhagavad Geetha pa:ra:yanam (recitation) is performed in which thousands united their voices to chant the entire Sri:mad Bhagavadgeetha with Sri: Swa:miji. Sri: Swa:miji's explanations of significance of Sri:mad Bhagavadgeetha, compassion of Lord Sri: Krishna, summary of each of the eighteen chapters in the presence of Paramahamsa Parivra:jaka A:cha:ryas Sri: Sri: Ashta:kshari Sampath Kumara Ra:ma:nuja Jeeyar Swa:mi, Sri: Sri: Aho:bila Ra:ma:nuja Jeeyar Swa:miji amidst thousands of devotees is the grandeur of the event. Cultural performances of dance and singing has complimented to the joy of witnesses.

At a time, when the world is rocked with various varieties of extremism and people are feeling increasingly unsafe, and the last messenger of peace on earth, Mother Bha:rath herself threatened by violence and terror, His Holiness Sri: Swa:miji has made all people infront of holy candles pledge that "we practise the religion of our ancestors, and respect every other belief, no matter what caste, creed, sex, religion we may belong to, and we will also make sure that others will respect our's own culture. Together we march for the peace and prosperity of the world with the divine message of Lord Sri: Krishna."