We welcome you to join us for a time of celebration at Kashi!
Traditionally Ma's birthday at Kashi was a time of great festivity and activity. People flew in from all over the country (and beyond) and there were VIP receptions, a huge tent with performances and awards, and a sit down dinner for up to 500 people! The birthday cakes were out of this world, always bigger and more fantastic than the year before!
The dinner would then be followed by a Fire Puja, and In later years by an ancient ceremony where Ma ordained new Sannyas and/or Acharyas.
Although Ma is not with us in body anymore, we continue the celebration of her life with us. This year we will celebrate Ma's actual birthday on Thursday with stories and a cake. On Friday we will have a presentation about Ma's Sacred Art. Following dinner on Saturday we will have a Fire Puja. We are excited to announce that after the puja Yashoda, Yoga Acharyas Swami Jaya Devi and Swami Laxman Das, and the Kashi sannyasin will ordain Shakti Durgaya as a new Yoga Acharya of Ma's lineage yoga, which she called Kali Natha Yoga.
Acharya means esteemed teacher. Sannyasin is a renunciate. Both are holders of the teachings of this lineage.