The birth anniversary of lord Dattatrey was celebrated at Suryoday Ashram here on Saturday with full religious honours. Besides, spiritual leader Bhaiyyuji Maharaj and other invited dignitaries, a large number of devotees and followers of Bhaiyyuji Maharaj from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and other neighbouring States were present on the occasion.
Since early Saturday morning, devotees had started thronging Suryoday Ashram to take part in lord Dattatrey birth anniversary celebrations. This was followed by ‘Datta Yaag’ at Anand Mohan Mathur auditorium premises from 6 am to 10 am wherein devotees and `gurubandhus' of Shri Bhaiyyuji Maharaj performed ‘hawan’ in the presence of scholarly priests. All those who took part in ‘Datta Yaag’ were also presented with `Siddh Paaduka' by Bhaiyyuji Maharaj.
‘Gurubandhi Sammelan’ was organised at Anand Mohan Mathur auditorium wherein invited dignitaries hailed social initiatives of Bhaiyyuji Maharaj. Thereafter, Bhaiyyuji Maharaj gave discourse and `diksha' to his devotees. On the occasion, five books written by Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, four DVDs of his discourse, six souvenirs, calendar of the coming year 2015 were also unveiled by the guests. In addition to this, a website Jiyo Kisan under Bhaiyyuji Maharaj's flagship
project — Suryoday Dhartiputra Abhiyaan' was also launched. The website intends to provide updated information on agriculture in Hindi, English and Marathi languages.
Earlier, Shri Sadguru Datta Dharmi Evam Parmarthik Trust chairman Sharad R Pawar gave brief details of various projects being run by the trust for the socio-economic upliftment of the poor and downtrodden community in the society.