March 2006

Our Best Wishes to you all on the upcoming festival of Yugadi which falls on March 30. This festival marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year. May the coming year be auspicious for you.

Yugadi also happens to be the birthday of Param Pujaneeya Doctor ji, whose life was completely dedicated to the service of the society. Doctorji was like rushi Bhageerath who brought down the Ganga on earth in the form of the Sangha. The best way to pay respect to this great soul would be follow his footsteps. ‘Shivo Bhootva Shivam Yajet’ – worship Shiva by becoming like Him.

In this issue of PRAGNYA, we have an article about importance of physical purity versus spiritual purity, informative articles on Yugadi, Maha Kumbh Mela, and Navagrahas (the nine planets), an article describing inspiring incidences from the life of Shri Guruji, an article on the ideal of Service before Self, a report about Karyakarta Orientation Varga and finally a poem by Swami Vivekananda.

Also, we would like to invite you all to become contributors in PRAGNYA – which means WISDOM - our collective Wisdom.

Best wishes,
Editorial Team