Swamiji starts the initiation process by pouring water energised through the Guru homa earlier in the day, over all those to be initiated.
Swamiji offers arati to the group.
The disciples wait in meditation for the initiation.
The seniormost disciple in the group of Brahmacharis, Sri Nithya Bhaktamayananda, gets initiated into the Naishtika Brahmachari initiation.
The 21 disciples who got initiated as Brahmacharis and Brahmacharinis are:
Sri Nithya Bhaktamayananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Dayananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Sharanagathananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Pranananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Paraananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Vishwananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Kamalananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Mokshananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Satwananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Gunananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Hitaananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Poojananda Chaitanya
Sri Nithya Chinmayananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Shantananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithyananda Bandhu Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Prajnananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithyananda Sree Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Devatananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Supriyaananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Muktikananda Chaitanya
Ma Nithya Ahalyananda Chaitanya
The youngest disciple in the group receiving Brahmachari initiation, Sri Nithya Chinmayananda, aged 14, receives the initiation.
The youngest lady disciple in the group - Ma Nithyananda Sree - receives the brahmacharini initiation.
Sri Nithya Medhananda from the ashram in Los Angeles receives the Vanaprastha initiation. The 7 disciples who received the Vanaprastha initiation are:
Sri Nithya Nirantaraananda
Sri Nithya Sevananda
Sri Nithya Medhananda
Ma Nithyaroopananda
Ma Nithya Mukthananda
Ma Nithya Lokanayakiananda
Ma Nithya Nirantaraananda
The oldest ashramite, Ma Nithya Muktananda, aged 82 receives the Vanaprastha initiation.
Ma Nithya Chandrananda receives initiation as an ashramite. The 11 disciples who received initiation as ashamites are:
Sri Nithya Bhairavananda
Sri Nithya Tejananda
Sri Ananda Ajit
Ma Nithyananda Bhairavi
Ma Nithya Kripananda
Ma Nithya Tejananda
Ma Nithya Jayananda
Ma Nithya Chandrananda
Sri Nithya Jyotirmayananda
Ma Nithya Jyotirmayananda
Sri Nithya Poornananda
Ma Nithya Sadananda receives initiation as an acharya (teacher). The 13 people who were initiated as teachers are:
Sri Nithyananda Sajeeva
Sri Nithya Nishkalankananda
Sri Nithya Nirbedananda
Sri Nithyananda Dhanapati
Ma Nithya Chandrananda
Ma Nithya Mangalananda
Ma Nithya Kamalananda
Sri Nithyananda Sadhu
Sri Nithya Siddhananda
Sri Nithya Sadananda
Ma Nithya Nirantaraananda
Ma Nithya Mukthikananda
Ma Nithya Sadananda
Sri Nithya Divakaran receives initiation as a GMA teacher. 24 people were initiated to be GMA teachers. Swamiji declared that these people will be referred to 'Oduvaar' as per the ancient tradition of referring to those who chant from the vedas.
Sri Nithya Dhruvananda receives Vidyaarthi initiation.
Ma Nithya Divojananda receives intitiation as a medium. 16 people were initiated to be mediums to give Ananda Darshan. They are:
Ma Nithya Sadananda
Sri Nithya Advaithananda
Sri Nithyatmananda
Ma Nithya Maneeshananda
Sri Nithya Sarvananda
Ma Nithya Nirantarananda
Ma Nithya Divojananda
Ma Nithya Gnaneshwari Mayi
Sri Nithya Pranananda
Sri Nithya Gnanananda
Sri Nithya Dayananda
Ma Nithya Nirmalananda
Sri Nithya Bhairavananda
Sri Nithya Jyotirmayananda
Ma Nithya Ramya
