Guest guest Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 World's Biggest Fire Ceremony Planned for Allahabad News Report ALLAHABAD, INDIA, February 2, 2004: The world's biggest Mahayagna with 100,008 yagna kunds (fire altars) will be held at Sangam (the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers, where the Kumbha Mela is held) from January 26 to February 6. The religious event would attract as many as 100 top politicians and ministers from different political outfits and States besides delegates from foreign countries. The occasion would be Laksh Astottar (100,008) Kundiya Shri Seetaram Mahayagna organized by Swami Anjani Nandan Das Mission near Triveni Sangam from Basant Panchami (January 26) to Maghi Purnima (February 6) in 2004. During the 12-day program nearly one million devotees, followers and people will participate. Along with the Nepal king and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, ministers and representatives from Mauritius, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries are also likely to participate, said Rastriya Sant Shri 1008 Swami Anjani Nanda Dasji on Saturday. The preparation for the Mahayagna is in full swing. Ten tractors were leveling the ground near railway bridge, New Jhunsi, in the mela area. Nearly 100 houses at New Jhunsi and scores of houses at Bharadwajpuram (Allahpur) would be voluntarily provided by the people to accommodate the delegates, he said and added that Sant Gram was being constructed to house the saints, belonging to different sects, who will be arriving in January. To be used in the ceremonies: 2.5 million bricks for construction of the fire altars 10,000 tons wood of mango, sycamore, peepal, banyan, pakar tree for burning 250.000 kilos material required for the fires 50 tons ghee, 2,500 kilos camphor, 12 tons yellow rice 5,000 kilos "ilayachi-dana" 125,000 packets incense sticks 201,000 pots one million betel nuts 1.5 million coconuts ------------------------- How about the world's biggest sankirtana yajna HARE KRISHNA party? krsnadas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dervish Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 World's Biggest Fire Ceremony Planned for Allahabad I'm sure they had bigger in tetra yuga. How about the world's biggest sankirtana yajna HARE KRISHNA party? Now that would be a nice seva for Sri Pancha Tattva! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govindaram Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 The Yajna for this Age is Sankirtana, chanting the Holy Names of Krishna, so your right! Why not just have a mass kirtan, its freeeeeeeee!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulapavana Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 regardless of your valid criticsm prabhus /images/graemlins/wink.gif this IS very impressive. if we were smart, we would get in on the act and do some serious Hari Nama sankirtan as a side show /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 What is fire ceremony? Is it the same thing as vedic yajna, sacrifice to fire god? But I thought those things were applicable only in those times when people were primitive? It is very confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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