Ganapatipule
Sahaja yogis heaven
Ganapatipule is one of the most spectacular beaches along the
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Aside from its clean beach and clear waters, Ganapatipule is rich in flora, including mangroves and coconut palms. Here, you can leave the hectic world behind as you laze around on golden sands or explore the many trails that lead from the beach.
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Malgund is a small village about 1 km. away from Ganapatipule, and the native place of the famous Marathi poet, Kavi Keshavsoot. You can visit the poet’s house, which has been renovated and converted into a students’ hostel. The memorial to the poet, built by the Marathi Sahitya Parishad, is also worth a visit.
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Velneshwar: The beautiful
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Ratnagiri: About 25 km away from Ganapatipule lies the district headquarter town, Ratnagiri. The region has a long illustrious past and is even mentioned in Indian mythology as the place where the
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Pandavas settled after their 13-year pilgrimage. There are three main attractions here: The Thibaw Palace, the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak and the Patit Pawan Mandir. The Thibaw Palace is where Thibaw, the last king of Burma India India
Jaigad Fort Resting on a cliff, at the entrance of the Sangameshwar river just 35 km away from Ganapatipule, is Jaigad Fort. This 17th century fort offers a commanding view of the sea and an almost unique view of Konkan village life.
Location: Ganapatipule is approximately 375 km. south of Mumbai, along the Konkan Coast
Languages spoken: Marathi is the most widely spoken language. Hind and English are understood and spoken by many.
Climate and clothing: The climate is moist and humid but the air is invigorating and free of pollution. From March, the temperature starts rising but rarely crosses 380C. May is the hottest month. The monsoon lasts from June to October. Rains are usually plentiful and regular. The winter season is perhaps the most pleasant with temperatures dropping at nights. Loose cottons and light woolens during winter nights are recommended. Don’t forget to carry your swim wear.
Local Festivals: Many festivals are celebrated along the Konkan Coast
Other festivals like Holi, Gudi Padva and Diwali are also celebrated with equal fervor, and to be here during this time is an experience in itself.
Other festivals like Holi, Gudi Padva and Diwali are also celebrated with equal fervor, and to be here during this time is an experience in itself.
Shopping and food: Ganapatipule offers a variety of local preparations, like ambapoli (thin pancakes of crushed and dried mango) and phanspoli (thin pancakes of dried and crushed jackfruit). Fish curries and the kokam kadi (a pink – coloured digestive drink) are also worth trying. Vegetarians can feast on simple, yet tasty, fare: dal, vegetables prepared with a coconut base and modak – a sweet (and a favourite dish of Lord Ganesh). If you’re here in summer you can also relish Devgad Hapus, the most famous variety of mangoes in the world.
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The nearest railhead is Bhoke, on the Konkan Railway. However, Ratnagiri is more convenient.
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Mumbai-Ganapatipule (via Mahad) is 375 kms. Pune-Ganapatipule (via Satara) is 331 kms. Kolhapur-Ganaptipule is 144 kms. |
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“Sahajayoga Miracle in Ganapatipule”
Miracle in Ganapatipule
‘Why didn’t you notice this before?’ Shri Mataji asked Chavhan, and he said that he only came here now for the first time after Sahaja Yoga. Shri Mataji then said that this place would be used for our international seminars. Shri Mataji spoke about the swayambhu. It has got the powerful vibration of Shri Ganesha and also the very powerful vibration of sea, void, power of Adi Guru Dattatreya. So by coming here, at least two chakras can get cleared out, Mooladhara and Void. Chavhan then started thinking about how to arrange all of this and thinking, ‘I don’t know anyone here to do this’ — and getting in a state.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sahaja Yoga in Konkan
“On the weekend of 15 February 2008 we, a small group of Sahaja Yogis from Mumbai, went to the Konkan Agricultural College Austria 
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Ganapatipule is an ancient pilgrim centre on the western coast of Maharashtra known for its serene beach and its Swayambhu Ganapati temple. It is is the only location in the world where Ganesha meets the Father principle, the ocean. During the sixteenth century, a villager left his village. On his journey he stumbled upon the naturally formed Ganapati (Ganesha) swyambhu. He settled there and built a temple. People subsequently gathered and gradually settled in the area establishing the village of Ganapatipule
Marriage
For about twenty years, Sahaja Yoga has been offering the opportunity for divine marriage. In 2001 between Sep and Dec, approximately 300 hopefuls submitted marriage applications.
“Sahajayoga Miracle in Ganapatipule”
Miracle in Ganapatipule
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Just before the programmes at Ganapathiphule started, Mr. Chavhan and seven yogis went with Shri Mataji to do a public programme in Ratnagiri. After the programme was finished, they were to catch a ferry back to Mumbai. On being told that this ferry would be very late, Shri Mataji said that they should still leave now for the ferry. The ferry was to be taken from a place called Jaigad. I knew that it was way too early and also that there was nothing to do there for timepass.
‘Mother,’ I told Shri Mataji, ‘there is a Ganesha temple on the sea, which we could go and see. It is only about a half an hour away, so we will easily be back in time.’
Shri Mataji said it was okay. We all packed into cars and went to see this Ganesha temple. It is at sea level and sometimes the sea enters into the temple at high tide. Shri Mataji went inside the temple, where the swayambhu was at sea level, to check the vibrations. Then Shri Mataji came out and told us that this swayambhu is very awakened and very powerful. In fact, it is much more powerful than the astavinayakas in Maharashtra . These are the eight Ganesha swayambhus in and around Maharashtra — swayambhus from Mother Earth.
‘So you are now worried about how to do this,’ Shri Mataji said. ‘Don’t worry. I will do everything and will tell you what to do in good time and automatically everything will work out.’ After this, we all decided to go and watch the sunset and have a foot soak.
‘Now I am going to show you a miracle. Look out over the ocean and tell me what you see,’ Shri Mataji said.
‘Mother, we see the waves all coming in our direction from all the sides. The waves are coming towards us.’
‘Now watch. I will change the direction of the waves,’ Shri Mataji said.
‘Mother, we see the waves all coming in our direction from all the sides. The waves are coming towards us.’
‘Now watch. I will change the direction of the waves,’ Shri Mataji said.
Shri Mataji then walked towards the south and the waves all went in that direction. Then Shri Mataji walked in the other direction and the waved all went the other way. Then, when Shri Mataji stood still, all of the waves also stood still. They seemed to be standing, waiting for the next instruction.
‘You may be doubting, and thinking that possibly the wind is doing this, so I will show you again,’ Shri Mataji said. She then did everything all over again. Shri Mataji said this is the second time that She had done this miracle. The first time was in America
‘Now I will show you all another miracle. The Ganesha temple is in that direction.’ Shri Mataji said, and pointed, ‘Now look. Do you see anything over there?’
‘No, Mother, we can’t see anything,’ they all said.
‘No, Mother, we can’t see anything,’ they all said.
Shri Mataji again pointed in the same direction and told them to look again. As they looked, they could see, slowly appearing a huge stream of light. It was like a huge cylindrical circle of light, as if thousands of volts were coming out of Mother Earth and going straight into the heavens.
Sahaja Yoga in Konkan
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Konkan is the coastal plain between Mumbai and Goa in Maharashta , India
Sahaja Yoga events have been taking place on a regular basis for the last seven years or more in this area and a number of new Sahaja Yoga centres have been established there as a result.
The report below tells the story of recent Sahaja Yoga programs in Konkan.
On the weekend of the 1st March there was a mela (fair) at a swayambhu, Anganewadi Taluka Malvan, a Devi temple in southern Maharashtra, in the village of Bharadi , between Goa and Ratnagiri, near Ganapatipule. We had a Sahaja stall to give realisation to people who came to pray there. We distributed about 15,000 leaflets, and were given the balcony of the local school, because the stall was too small. We put the photo of Shri Mataji on the balcony and gave realisation to crowds of people, in batches.
We are not sure how many people got their realisation – we were too busy to count – but probably about 10,000, maybe more, and there were not many of us Sahaja Yogis. Many of those who received realisation asked for the address of their local centres so they could follow up, because they came from all over Maharashtra and even further away. There were many students, teachers, businessmen, artists, stall vendors and even the police who were on security duty there.”
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Ganapatipule is an ancient pilgrim centre on the western coast of
The temple is on the beach at the base of a hill considered sacred and a perennial spring flows from the hill to a pond besides the Temple
Since the mid-1980s, Ganapatipule has become the location for annual International seminars of the Sahaja Yoga meditation movement. In presence of Shri Mataji, there use to be whole week collective gathering in last week of each December. Mothers loving presence on every evening was the greatest joy for all Sahajis. “Sahaj Marriages” use to be one of the part of Collective gathering. The first seminar started with 140+ yogis which eventually reached to 10000+ by year 2003.
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Marriage
For about twenty years, Sahaja Yoga has been offering the opportunity for divine marriage. In 2001 between Sep and Dec, approximately 300 hopefuls submitted marriage applications.
 His mother was loosing hope that her son would ever marry. Joshua's parents were delighted to offer their permission and support for an arranged marriage. |
| The traditional Indian marriage procedure takes too much time (more than six months) and is too expensive. Also the bride must endure too much abuse. Heera's sister had married into a Sahaja Yoga family two years back. The marriage has been successful and her parents felt that Sahaja Yoga attracted high quality people. They gladly approved the application. |
| Of course the main reason that we applied for marriage in is because we both wanted a partner with the subtle understanding ofvibrations which can easily be felt after self-realization. The submission deadline was Dec 7. The forms were collected in Shri Mataji carefully examined all the forms and decided the matches. Unfortunately there were too few gents and some ladies could not be matched. |
| On Dec 24, the 300 marriage applicants and about 9000 yogis from around the world arrived at the international Sahaja Yoga seminar at Ganapatipule, |
| Every day the stage is decorated with the creativity of the hosting countries. This year we enjoyed paintings of Mother's eyes in the form of various deites. |
| Ganapatipule seminar started with the performance of Christmas Puja -- we worshipped the mother in the form of Jesus the Christ and Mother Mary. |
| On Dec 26, we enjoyed a skit based on traditional folk song of |
| The matches were announced around 19:00 on Dec 27. We had about 36 hours to take a decision. The dance in this photo is called Bharat Nataym. |
Most divine marriages are successful. While a few end in disaster, these cases represent a much lower percentage than in the population as a whole. We carefully exchanged more information about our qualifications. |
| We felt that it was such a good match that after only one hour we decided to proceed with the marriage. While waiting for the actual marriages, we enjoyed two more evenings filled with dance and music performances. |
| Both of us had our hands decorated with mehendi. Actually mehendi is traditionally only for women (not men), but many of the grooms wanted to try it. i had tried it only once before so i found it fascinating. |
| The haldi program involved lots of loud music, dancing, and tumeric. |
| The marriages took place on the evening of Dec 29. The beautiful background artwork shows two eyes, one male and one female. The ceremony requires the help of some of the bride's relatives. Of course it is best if the real relations are present, but none of our relations were at the seminar. We recruited substitute relations to perform the requisite rites. |
| After the marriage havan, we were served dinner and Shri Mataji ate some food with us. Then each bride and bride-groom were asked to spontaneously compose couplets for Shri Mataji. Marriage Dinner We would like to humbly offer a recipe for giving self-realization at the divine lotus feet of Shri Mataji. |
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Some link with give you a memories of Ganapatipule
1985- Music at Ganapatipule
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talking to the Sahaja yogis before Puja in Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talks about Incarnations, Swyambhus, and the protocols of Puja. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1990. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1990. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja (1992)
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1993
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1994. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1995. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1996. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1997. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 1998. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 2000. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 2001. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 2002. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India
H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Christmas Puja 2003. Ganapatipule, Maharashtra , India