November 25, 2024 marked the 145th birth anniversary of saint Sadhu Vaswani. Weeklong service activities and celebrations were organised by the Sadhu Vaswani Mission and its centers and institutions including day-long sessions in Pune. The sessions featured recorded discourses by Sadhu Vaswani and Dada J.P. Vaswani, and LIVE talks by Didi Krishna Kumari. Didi Krishna Kumari, speaking at the occasion, emphasised, “Let us become helpers and healers. Let us not hurt and kill. Let us pray for everyone and send out blessings to all.”
Highlights of the event
· Sadhu Vaswani’s message of compassion was featured at the TIMES SQUARE in the heart of New York City, USA!
· Peace Rallies was organised by various Centres in collaboration with school students at Gandhinagar-Kolhapur, Bilaspur-Chhattisgarh, Indore, Ahmedabad and Rajkot. A bike rally was organised by Adipur Centre.
· 2,00,000+ students participated in a Meatless Day Drawing & Painting Competition in collaboration with the Pune District Art Teachers Association and the Pune Zilla Parishad Primary & Secondary Education Department.
· A campaign entitled GREENHANDS was organised by the USA center which was well received. Awareness was spread via social media. Actress, vegan advocates, spiritual leaders, animal lovers, supported the cause.
· The state of Uttar Pradesh, India and various cities including Bairagarh-Bhopal, Lonavala, Ahmedabad, Kondhwa-Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Vadodara, and Rajkot declared the closure of all slaughterhouses on November 25.
· The State Minister for Youth, Sports and Health along with few others dignitaries in Malaysia pledged to go meatless on November 25.
· A new music video was released promoting the Campaign.
· 700 Muslim brothers & sisters in Karachi, Pakistan pledged to go vegetarian on 25th November.
· Some hotels at West Africa, Pune and New York City either shut down for the day or served only vegetarian food on 25th November.
· Veggie Festival was organised in London and New Jersey, USA.