“Om bhoor bhuvah swah tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dheemahi dhiyo yo nah prachodayat “

GPYG, Pune

at a glance
 Formation & Expansion
• Established :
– March 2005 in divine presence of Adarniya Dr. Saheb during 108
kundiya Gayatri Mahayagya, Pune
– Registered at shatinkunj on Oct 06 itself with a member panel of 40
youths
– Presently more than 100 members from diverse backgrounds
– Conducted more than 100 small-big social programs
– Expanded to Sanghli, Shirdi, Goa etc.
 Numbers…
Total Members : 105
Activities
 Regular Activities
• Sunday Jeevan Sadhna Workshop
– Regular since Vasant Panchami 2006
– Average participation of 20-25 every week
– 3-4 new youths every week
– Total hour :3(9-12)
– Activities: Yagya, Meditation, Group Chanting, Pragya Song, Listening Gurudev’s
lectures/Reading Literatures and interactive discussion, Update Meeting, Open house etc
– Book stall and Meeting place for YG members

• Monthly Akhand Jap

– Continue since October 2008
– Each month new venue
– Local people gets invited
– Purnahuti by deep yagya
 Regular Activities
• Global Samuhik Jap
– Every month last Sunday
– Group Chanting of Gayatri mantra with Gurudev’s voice for an hour

• Daily Mobile book stall at strategic locations

– Average sell of 500/- daily of small books
– A total sale of 20000 per month through mobile stalls
– sahitya vistaar patal expanded at 3 places
 Regular Activities
• Yagya/sanskaar/Deep yagya
– Average 50 yagya/sanskaar every month at homes, societies etc
– Dedicated & skilled 2 youth teams for Yagya/sanskaar
– Focus on spreading Gurudev’s literature at any such program,
sahitya sthapana
– 1/3/5/9/11/24 kundiya yagya almost every week in and around pune
– 5 Marriage Sanskaars conducted till date
 Regular Activities
• Annual Blood donation camp
– Average 40 units get collected

• Free medical check-up camps

 Regular Activities
• Eco-friendly Ganesh Puja Celebration
– Competition arranged for celebrating eco-friendly Ganesh Festival with
defined norms
– Prizes given in terms of literatures to winning mandals

• Celebration of important festivals

– Gayatri Jayanti, Guru Purnima etc
– Independence Day
– International Women’s Day
– Tobacco de-addiction day
 Regular Activities
• Pandharpur rath yatra
– Each Year During June-July
– Around 20 lakh people from whole Maharastra participate every year
in this yatra where they carry palki/rath of great saints from Alandi
to Pandarpur
– Pune Gayatri Pariwar also participates every year in it, where they
carry Palki of Gurudev-Mataji and also create awareness among
pilgrims
 Shirdi Gayatri Mahasadhna
Abhiyaan
• Mega Book Exhibition
– 10 days
– 30 Youth volunteers from pune for all 10 days
– Literature of 5 languages
– Around 5 lakhs people visited
– Books of worth 9 lakhs sold
– Around 2000 AJ/YNY/PAs got subscribed
 Shirdi Gayatri Mahasadhna
Abhiyaan
• Exhibtion & Multimedia
• Nukkad natak, safai abhiyaan, vyasan-mukti rally etc
• Decoration
Shirdi Gayatri Mahasadhna
Abhiyaan
 Important Activities
• Ralegan Siddhi Youth Camp
– Participation of more than 250 Youths from Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Nagpur & Baroda
– Serene environment of ideal village
– Guidance from Dr. Saheb as well as noted social-worker Anna Hazare

• Talks at
– TCS -4 offices
– BEL
– SP college
– Jijamata Girls high Schools

• Bhartiya Sanskruti Gyan Pariksha

– 18 schools and colleges each year
– 2100 students
– Lectures on Indian culture at every school
 Important Activities
• Book Exhibitions at
– Wipro
– SP college
– Sanskrit Mahasabha
– Ganga Satellite

• Jhola Pustakalaya

• Akhand Jyoti Drive

• 125 new members of Akhand Jyoti in 2009
 Important Activities
• Tree plantation
– 20 Mango and Neem tree plantation at samarth police station after safai
abhiyaan
– Working together with ‘vasundhara’ group
 Important Activities
• Yoga/Pranayam/Accupressure camps at different
schools, colleges, societies etc
– S P College
– JSPM
– Wonder City
– Deaf-and-dumb school
– Ganga-Hamlet Society
– Khadki Army Camp
 Important Activities
• Vyasan Mukti
– Nukkad natak
– Rally
• Swachchata Abhiyaan
– Cleaning of Mula-Mutha river, societies etc
 Important Activities
• Nari Jagran & Kureeti unmulan
– Rally against female foeticide on International Women’s Day in
collaboration with Mahesh Sansthaan
 Sewa-Aradhana
• Sewa-Aradhana
• Contribution of Rs. 33000 from Youth Group Pune for Bihar Flood
Relief Camp
• Visit to vanchit vikas nihaar, an ngo working for unpriviledged
children to give shelter, food and education
• Distribution of sweets and gifts at red light areas of pune during
Deepawali festival
• Visit to orphanage during holi
• Visit and contribution to Gowshala
• Free tuition for children of slum areas
 Recreational Activities
• Birthday celebration of every group member
• Training of Yagya, Sanskaar, Daphli, kutir uddyog etc to interested group
members
• Group trip at different places of historical and religious
importance(Bhimashankar, Sajjangad etc) to promote team building
• Developing presentation skills
• Developing in-house Speakers (Marathi/English)
 Internet Activities
• Internet Activities
– Prapagating through orkut, eGroups etc
– Online mantra lekhan
– Using Blog as channel (http://divineblog.wordpress.com,
http://uttishtha-bharat.blogspot.com)
– Web Swadhyay Group
– Discussion on various discussion group related to Gurudev’s teachings
on various forums
– Beautification of scanned Akhand Jyoti
– www.pune.awgp.org

• Marathi Translation Works

– Marathi translation of CDs
 Forthcoming Activities
• “Youth Camp Pune”
– On 6-7-8 November 2009 at Pune
• Regional Youth Camp at sanghli 2-3 May, kolhapur, goa,
nashik, ahmednagar to follow
• Pandharpur Rath Yatra (June 09)
• Doctors Seminar in July 09
• Gayatri Jayanti Celebration
 Resources
• Anshdaan :
• Occasional contribution by capable members for specific
programs
• Average Rs. 100/- pm per GPYG member

• Samaydaan :
• About 6 -7 hours per week by every GPYGP member
• 2 DSVV students working for full time for mission’s work
• 4 DSVV students devoting time partially for mission’s
work using their skills
• Internship of DSVV students
 Contacts
• E-mail : gpygpune@gmail.com

• URL : http://pune.awgp.org

• eGroup : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gpyg_pune

• Blogs : http://divineblog.wordpress.com
http://uttishtha-bharat.blogspot.com

• DIYA mail id : pune@diya.net.in

• SMS Group : GP_Pune

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