September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function

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4 Sep 1989 - Earliest recorded Public function by The SPH - Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations

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The photographs below are the first available photographs of a public function organised by the SPH, making it the first recorded grand public function - Ganesh Chaturthi, HDH celebrated when He was around 11 years of age. It was inside the Arunācaleśvara temple in Tiruvannamalai, His birthplace, on the fifth circumambulation path inside the temple. It is the occasion when He had done alankār (decoration) to the Ganesha with sandal paste as can be seen. He along with His first teamily (family plus KAILASA's first team of volunteers) He had formed to revive KAILASA the ancient enlightened Hindu Civilizational Nation, made it like a public function. He and His team called even the official temple instrumental troupe to play for the occasion! The Ganesha deity is located under a sacred Banyan tree, on whose branches the SPH would be playing when He came away from school during school hours. Only the temple watchman Sri Pottu Rajendran knew that He could be found atop this tree. The photographs show the whole area of the sacred Banyan tree and Ganesha deity.

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When I was 10 or 12, I conducted the first or at least we can say that, the first available photographs we have, is My public enriching activity, is the Ganapathi Chaturthi, Ganesh Chaturthi, I conducted in Tiruvannamalai, when I was 10 or 12. If you see even the photographs of that time and if you talk to the people, reminiscence of the people, who were with Me volunteering, the first batch of Kailasa Volunteers. If you talk to all of them, you can see very clearly, you can get it from them, the details - first collecting donation. Whoever gave, we had our own notebook, in that we noted down and all the expense is done properly, like making a pandal and paying for the musician, buying the sandalwood paste and doing all the rituals properly and conducting the pooja. After the pooja is done, taking the prasadam in bicycle, going to home to home whoever donated, distributing that prasadam to all and then finally bringing the accounts and remaining we had little money and with that money and that accounts paper, the whole thing was put into Arunachaleshwara temple Hundi as offering, surrender of the whole thing. I think, maybe we had some 75 paise or something remaining money, after all the expenses over. With that money, with the accounts slip, We offered the whole thing to Arunachaleshwara temple Hundi.

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At the age of eleven I organized my first public festival – Ganesha Chathurthi – in Arunachaleshwara temple, with my teamily, my first teamily, organising. That’s all is the problems I had at those days. But I was so sure, whatever I had, having, going to have, I was so sure, this Advaitha completes me, and that is enough to solve all the problems. And they solve all the problems! That strength of Advaitha, that strength.....! (AT THIS POINT, A PHOTOGRAPH OF SWAMIJI AS A YOUNG BOY WITH HIS FRIENDS IS SHOWN). (Swamiji, pointing to the photo): You can see the photograph of my first teamily and the first celebration I organized....maybe it should be around ten – eleven only, I don’t think more than ten - eleven....with my whole teamily, first teamily. Alright! The kind of a strength it provided and settled into my core, stayed and staying forever! I

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Following are photographs of the area around this Banyan tree and Ganesha.

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