Part of the NSP program is a naming ceremony wherein those who wish to receive a spiritual name from Swamiji may do so, adopting the new name legally as well. 475 participants wished to recieve spiritual names from Swamiji. On the night of the third day, there was a grand birthday celebration for them, marking their spiritual birth as a culmination of the intense emotional cleansing processes which were part of the program. Following are pictures from this celebration.
30 Jul - Swamiji arrives at the venue on the concluding day of the program.
30 Jul - Discourse and meditation in progress.
The Ananda Galleria (Divine Shop) offers books and cassettes to participants.
30 Jul - Swamiji is seen outside the meditation hall where fire was grown for participants to offer their desires, guilt, fear, and all such emotions they had brought to surface over the past days of meditation and take on a new birth henceforth.
30 Jul - Swamiji is seen ready for Ananda Darshan - wherein he gives a touch of the Divine Energy to each and every one present.
