The
Nada
Prasara tour starts. Sri Swamiji in the small airplane in the Mandakalli
airfield, just outside Mysore city
Sri Swamiji tries the European instrument Lier
The scenic central France gave much needed three days of rest to Sri Swamiji
before the actual tour commenced from Russia
The lilac colored flower of the butterfly tree gently massages
More flower ornaments
Giant yellow flowers brings smile on Sri Swamiji's beautiful face
Sri Swamiji points at the central bud of the flower
Sri Swamiji explores the river area behind the house
Sri Swamiji brings home vegetables and gives them to Kusumakka to prepare food
Sri Swamiji in a sunflower field
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Swamiji commenced the European Nada Prasara tour on the 21st July 2004 at 8 AM. Sri Swamiji left Mysore Ashrama after the Maha Ganapati Homa Purnahuti. Sri Swamiji first visited Hyderabad Ashrama to review the Amma Vodi project. The prayer hall in Ashrama resembled like in the yugadi festival times. Teeming with devotees. More than three thousand people had Darshan of Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji performed Purnahuti of the Homa there and then spoke. The message said that people should support and assist the Ammavodi project undertaken by Sri Swamiji in the Ashrama there. In the evening Sri Swamiji went around the construction site with all senior trustees of Ashrama and with Dr.D.R.Rao, the co ordinator of the project. Sri Swamiji expressed satisfaction and gave valuable suggestions.
The next morning on 22nd July, Sri Swamiji visited the house of Mani Shankar. He is well known to Datta devotees as the director of video programs - nada brahma, yoga brahma, manasa brahma etc.
in the evening Sri Swamiji flew to Delhi. Hundreds of devotees had Darshan. They were delighted to hear that Sri Swamiji will visit Delhi in December for one week. Sri Swamiji boarded the flight to Paris in the early morning of 23rd July.
Arriving in Paris at 7 AM, Sri Swamiji traveled to Rouy, a tiny village in central region of france. Sri Swamiji rested for two days in Moulin des pres of the Schroeder family.
The photos above speak about the happenings there. Sri Swamiji walked, played music, visited a garden and spoke on the concepts of Rutha Sathya and Dharma (Right, Truth and Action). It will be published when Sri Swamiji approves the text. Sri Swamiji wrote and read some Hindi books.
On 26th July 2004 morning Sri Swamiji traveled to Russia.