LONDON, ENGLAND, September 13, 2002: Gods and Goddesses were enlivened in elaborate Vedic ceremonies held the middle of September at the southeast London Maha Lakshmi Vidya Bhavan. Devotees from the United Kingdom, Canada, America, Finland, India, Guyana and Trinidad pilgrimaged to the 3-day event called the Murthi Sthaapna celebration. Spearheaded by Param Pujya Swami Gopal Sharan Ji Maharaj of Shri Golok Dham Ashram, New Delhi, the grand puja culminated on Sunday, September 15 when the murthis were decorated with jewels and beautiful garlands. “Tears of happiness, joy and blissfulness filled the hearts of all, the external world became nonexistent as the focus on the Murthis was so intense,” Pandit Ramesh Charan, founder member and priest of the Mandir hosting the event, said. “This is truly a historic occasion in the reawakening of Divinity in the hearts of all present here.”
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