PUNE:
Sadhu Vaswani Mission
recently celebrated the 141st birthday of
Sadhu T L Vaswani
amidst virtual satsangs, kirtans and bhajans, sevas, and telecasts of recorded talks by mentors Sadhu Vaswani and Dada J P Vaswani.
The headquarters in Pune and its centres worldwide organised week-long web telecasts taking the celebrations to a global platform.
November 25, which is also observed as an
International Meatless Day
and
Animals
Rights’ Day in homage to Sadhu Vaswani received a global response despite the pandemic times.
Sadhu Vaswani
Mission
schools organised activities, competitions, solicited pledges from institutions and companies and pledged to go vegetarian on November 25. The Hyderabad centre held virtual telecasts with stand-up comedian, Atul Khatri and celebrity chef Vicky Ratnani. The Adipur centre with Bridge Builders, youth wing of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Gandhidham put up hoardings in the town and on highways while personally approaching slaughterhouses to close for a day. The Bangalore centre organised a ‘Global Talent Hunt’ on the theme — ‘Live and Let Live — An Eco-Friendly Choice'.
Animal sevas were carried out by the Pune headquarters and other centres on this day. The Pune headquarters carried out the distribution of rice (700 kgs) and biscuits (25 cartons) to 1700 animals sheltered at Mission Possible in Shankarshet Road and Saswad; rice Kani and biscuits to animals at Prani Seva Kendra, MG Road. Rice, poha and biscuits were donated to Vaishali, an independent stray-feeder at Charoli and Vishrant Wadi, among others.
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Read MoreNeha Madaan is a senior feature writer at The Times of India, Pune. She holds an M A degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from University of Pune. She covers tourism, heritage development and its conservation, apart from an array of subjects such as civic issues, environment, astronomy, civic school education as well as social issues concerning persons with disabilities. Her interests include metaphysical research and animal rights.
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