BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, September 29, 2001: Devotees of Sri Ganapati Sacchidananda have scheduled a “swarna tulabharam” for Swamiji’s 60th birthday June, 2002. The money raised by weighing Swamiji against gold will go to benefit the Amma Vodi project to address the needs of destitute women through the establishment of a rehabilitation center in Hyderabad. This expression of gratitude is mentioned in scriptures such as Skanda Purana and has been performed from time to time. With the price of gold today, US$290/ounce, a 130-pound person worth his weight in gold would fetch $603,200.
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