The Talab completely dried out around 5th May and our masons immediately started to complete a missing lower strip of plaster at the north and west walls. It took several days including night shifts. When this work was finished we started with cleaning the sediment soil which is getting deposited at the bottom of Talab.
A few days after we shifted the rescued fish from drying out Talab to the Om Ashram water tanks, we noticed that one lizard – the Common Indian Monitor (Varanus bengalensis) - entered one of the tanks.
For the last four years, Rajasthan has been facing a severe drought. The extremely hot and dry climate during 6 months of the year, with temperature reaching 49 degrees, is a great challenge for humans and animals. Because there are almost no surface water recourses (like lakes and rivers) left, the habitants depend mainly on groundwater.
After returning to Jadan Ashram on 23rd April 2012 from visiting two ashrams in Jodhpur area (read here), Swamiji gave a very beautiful and a most inspiring satsang about Guru and disciple relationship and confidence.
On Monday, 23rd April 2012, our Satagurudev H.H. MM Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandji went along with MM Swami Jasraj Puriji and many of his sannyasins as well as other Jadan Ashram students to visit two ashrams in the Jodhpur area. Swamiji was invited there to initiate special occasions.
What is Mansic (mental) Puja?
It is mental worship or a mental ceremony. You may be poor, without the facilities for external puja and your Guru may be far away. So in this case you do mansic puja.
