Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple@California
When I was asked by my friend
whether I could come to Hanuman Temple which is located in Gilroy, CA . I
was bit surprised to know that we have Hanuman Temple located in
Bay Area. The reason for this surprise
is that though I stayed for longer period in Bay Area, I didn't know about this
wonderful place.
One more phenomenon about this
place is that this temple is running mostly by foreigners. The reason behind
this is that they all are disciples of Baba Hari Das.Let me make you all to explore this self divining , serenity of senses and
blissful place through my experience .
Video Source Youtube@Chum 94555 user
History
A little about Guru
Hari Das
Baba
HariDas is a muted monk from Kumaan region of Northern India. He has not spoken
since 1952 and transforms his communication by writing in a small white board.
The history starts about 30 years
back from now . The Mount Madonna Center
is a private residential and conference centre
founded by students of Baba Haridas in 1978.
The temple was founded in 2003, when Guru Das swamiji was shown the Hanuman Murthi
by his disciples which was shipped
from India in 2001 , Babaji wrote on his
board "It needs Temple" and that's how Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple
was founded in 2003 which was running by the disciples of Baba Hari Das.
My Experience
The place is located in Mount
Madonna centre, Watsonville which is about 14-15 miles from Gilroy. Once we entered the zigzag road path we could see the exemplary scenic beautification of landscape. As we entered the entrance of Temple premises We
were welcomed by warm Namaste from foreigner. Helped us in terms of parking and
temple details.
Devotees during Yagna Process
Image Source @ Temple website
Pure bliss and euphoria is what I
felt when I saw the temple. The beautification sculptures of different idols, environment
, rocky hills, ringing bells made me for a while that I am in India. Apart
from Indian priests even I saw foreigner priests conducting pujas and offerings(prasad)
to Anjaneya.
Other Places visited
1.Went to Anjaneya's world cafe -
Had samosas, masala chai , coconut water
to satisfy my ravenous stomach.
2.Ocean View Gifts and Book store - Brought music CD's(one is temple made Devotional CD, the
blissful music from David Newman and Hand band(Kind of hobby and love to wear hand bands).
3.Visited the community building -
Took darshan of Baba Hari Das(Guru will be available for drashan every
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday's in Community Building)
4. The lion Fountain - The elegant rocky water fountain where I experienced the tranquility of devotion and soothing sounds of flowing water
Traffic Directions
For the newbie's there will be slight confusion if followed through GPS . A detailed info is given by Temple
community for driving directions.
In a nutshell my heart filled with pure bliss sensed with serenity. I recommend everybody
to do visit who are not aware of this
wonderful place. Finally I thank Rupesh Shiramalla for recommending and arranging a plan to visit this place. Namaste..:)
For more details about the temple
Nice informative post Vajra..:-)
ReplyDeleteThank You Nagini garu.
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