Guess who just came for a week long visit to Mayapura...Auntie Jill & J! It was their first time here and we had a blast. They were asked to do some special circus seva and hooped, juggled and danced their way into the heart of the community...check out the pics!
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| A visit to the goshala of course... |
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| Granmaria sent candy cane Christmas presents with Jill for all of us to open when they arrived. |
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| We visited Bala Nitai @ the Mayapur Academy. Here, he is busy practicing for his final assessment--16 upacharas (offering of 16 items to the Deities during bathing, dressing and bhoga). His test is this Thursday... |
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| This is what Nitai ordered one night--we didn't realize the dosa would be 2 ft. long! He ate it all no problem... |
Jill and J were asked to inaugurate an after school program @ the International School here in Mayapur. They did a little demo, then Jill taught the girls and J taught the boys. They covered juggling, hooping & staff.
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| Jill and I got some mendhi done one night by some friends of ours--pretty, huh? |
Saturday night, we all went to the Hati Parade (elephant procession where Radha Madhava are taken around campus, remember?).
Along with the after school workshop, J and Jill were asked to do a performance for the community Sunday night. Everyone was so excited, especially after the kids workshop. The show was excellent and it brought the devotees so much joy.
We also got a special opportunity to visit the elephants in their home. We brought 2 bags of carrots (way too little!) and the trainers took us out to where the elephants were grazing.
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| I think the elephant wanted to eat my bangles... |
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| They are so sweet! |
After the fire show in the park, Jill and J were asked to teach a workshop at the boy's gurukula! This was really cool because this is normally a closed campus and not just anyone is asked to come in.
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| On our way out to the gurukula--we had to somehow negotiate carrying all the props from the International School out to the Gurukula...the bike came in handy! |
Right before they left, Nitai, Jill & I quickly paid a visit to Mother Ganga.
Now, they're on a train heading to Varanasi...safe travels, we love you!
4 comments:
I'm smiling from ear to ear! good to see all of you guys together and what awesome memories to have all together!
I agree with Mani...very happy to see all of you together and it looks like it was a great visit!! It'll be fun to hear about their journey when they return. Much love!
Thank you. :)
It was such an amazing week! Mayapur was absolutely lovely and the community there is awesome Oh, and delicious food for sure! Thank you for showing us such a great time! Love you! :)
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