BAPS UK & Europe

🇫🇷 🥇 BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha a été choisie afin de superviser la salle de prière hindoue aux Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris 2024, en France, en fournissant un soutien spirituel essentiel et un lieu de méditation aux athlètes du monde entier. 📰 Appuyez ici pour lire l’article en ligne et voir la galerie de photos. 🇬🇧 🥇 BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha was invited to manage the Hindu Faith Centre at the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris, France, providing essential spiritual support and meditation facilities to athletes from around the world. 📰 Tap here to read the web report and see the photo gallery.

⚽ The annual BAPS Charities 5-a-side youth football tournament, the Amrut Cup, took place on Saturday 7 September 2024. 👥 The competition saw over 300 players from across the UK, Ireland, and also the Netherlands participating. 📰 Tap here to read the web report and see the photo gallery.

CHANDRA GRAHAN Scriptural Instructions 📜 Shikshapatri 86-87:

At the time of a solar or lunar eclipse, instantly stop all activities and chant the name of God in a purified state. After the eclipse, householders should bathe with the clothes they are wearing and then make donations according to their means.

📖 Satsang Diksha 264-265:

During a solar or lunar eclipse, all satsangis should discontinue all activities and engage in Bhagwan’s bhajan. During that time, one should not sleep or eat, but sit in one place to sing kirtans dedicated to Bhagwan and undertake other forms of devotion until the eclipse is over.

🤝 Tap here to offer seva, as per the agna of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in the Shikshapatri.

🇫🇷 🥇 Le samedi a eu lieu la parade des champions à l’Arc de Triomphe clôturant les jeux de Paris 2024 en France. Les bénévoles de BAPS ont été invités à cet événement ayant été responsables de la salle de prière hindoue au centre multiconfessionnel du village olympique et paralympique des athlètes tout au long des Jeux de Paris 2024. 🇫🇷 Mananbhai, un bénévole du département Outreach pour BAPS à Paris, a trouvé l'occasion de présenter le projet du Mandir de Paris au Président de la République Française Emmanuel Macron, qui était heureux d’échanger au sujet du premier temple traditionnel hindou en France. 🇬🇧 🥇 On Saturday, the Champions Parade took place at the Arc de Triomphe closing the Paris 2024 Games in France. BAPS volunteers were invited to this event having managed the Hindu Faith Centre throughout the Games. 🇫🇷 Mananbhai, a BAPS Paris volunteer, found the opportunity to present the Paris Mandir Project to President Macron, who was pleased to learn about the first traditional Hindu temple in France.

⏪ Relive all 20 visits of the Satpurush to the UK between 1970 and 2017. 🎥 41 video clips capture the highlights of Yogiji Maharaj's, Pramukh Swami Maharaj's and Mahant Swami Maharaj's vicharan in the UK. ▶️ Tap here for the playlist or visit the BAPS UK & Europe YouTube channel.

🦚 The auspicious Hindu festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated at BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu mandirs and centres around the UK and in Europe. The celebrations comprised a host of devotional festivities, including a ceremonial offering of the annakut, singing, chanting, and discourses. 📲 Tap here to read the web report and see the photo galleries.

13 September 1933 (Bhadarva vad 9, Samvat 1989) Jabalpur, India Exactly 91 years ago, His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj was born to Dahiben and Manibhai Narayanbhai Patel in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

A glimpse into the more than nine glorious decades...

🎉 Watch HH Mahant Swami Maharaj's puja darshan live on his 91st janma jayanti (by date) in Mumbai. 🗓 Thursday 26 September 2024 ▪ 1.45am BST ▪ 2.45am CEST 🔗 livepuja.baps.org Note: There will be no puja darshan on Thursday 26 September 2024, Mahant Swami Maharaj’s janma jayanti (by tithi).