USA, June 8, 2004: Jagadguru Swami Pragyanand of Pragya Mission International is visitng USA first time after being conferred the title of Mahamandaleshwar by the oldest akhada (Community of Hindu Monks) of India, Avahan Akhada. Although he has visited the USA more than 60 times, this time it makes it a special honor for his devotees to welcome him as the head of Hindu monks of Avahan Akhada.
Vishwa Sant Param Sangh nominated him as a president of their holy organization to unite all saints around the world. He has fervently promoted global peace, universal love, brotherhood as a globetrotting monk known in most parts of the world as a cultural ambassador of India. He is dedicated and devoted to national integrity, unity & communal harmony based on the teachings and philosophy of Shridi Sadguru Sai Baba. Tens of thousand have been motivated by him to give up nonvegetarian foods, drinking and smoking within India and abroad. Swami Pragyanand has established centers in nearly 75 countries on all the continents for spreading the message of Satya Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism, the most ancient universal religion of the world) and also preaching spiritualism & Gayatri mahamantra. He has set up a multipurpose project combining general education, spiritual education. temples, eye hospital, general hospital, university, a eco-friendly habitat township estimated at US$23 million, sponsored by many other foundations as well as World Bank. He has already distributed tricycles, wheel chairs, hearing aids worth $35,000 to handicap and disabled people at Pragya Dham Katangi, Jabalpur, M.P.
In this spiritual pilgrimage, he will be visiting U.K, Spain, Holland, Germany, Belgium, South America, Suriname, Canada and USA. Swamiji will be presiding over Sai Surya Gayatri Mahayagya and Gyan Yagna in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Denver, Ottawa, New York and New Jersey.
Swamiji may be reached on cell phone 510 468 6500. For more details about yagnas and spiritual discourses, contact one of the following: Dr. B.L. Vasistha, 0044 207 624 2666 (UK); Dr. Sashikant Agarwal 732 895 3200 (USA); or Kailash Sharma (USA) 718 379 5449. P. Karthikeyan of Texas can be reached at “source” above.
