HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Indian American community members got together for an annual fund raiser Satsang event organized to support Sadhvi Ritambhara Devi ji’s ‘Vatsalyagram’ at Asa Mai temple in Hicksville, Long Island on Saturday. Didimaa ( as she is lovingly known to her followers ) could not attend due to a last minute illness, and sent her main disciple Sadhvi Sattyapriya Didi to address her followers.

The ‘Jyoti’ or ‘flame of selfless service’ also gets reignited in the compassionate hearts by Sadhvi Ritambhara Devi ji through her words and deeds. Vatsalyagram in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh is the only one-of-a-kind community project in the whole world that brings together abandoned / orphan children. Destitute women and widows who are otherwise not biologically related raise them as families in a community environment.

Mohan Wanchoo shared details about this project to start off the evening with a short video. Dr Urmilesh Arya moderated the evening filled with an inspiring speech, Many members in the audience praised the concept of Sadhvi Ritambhara Devi ji. It has also found a mention in the ‘Golden Book of World Records’.

Sadhvi Sattyapriya ji inspired and enlightened everyone with her address. She made a distinction between information and knowledge and emphasized the importance of thirst for knowledge. Sadhvi Ritambhara Devi ji’s love for Bharat, that reverential feeling for the mother land was also coming across in the expressions of her main disciple, Sadhvi Sattyapriya ji. The key idea of not restricting one’s evolution to sensual pleasures and seeking the ultimate gift available for human beings and practicing human values was conveyed by her with the example of family structure created at ‘Vatsalyagram’. Sadhvi ji also talked about the importance of Guru’s grace in a seeker’s spiritual growth. Devotees enjoyed melodious devotional and patriotic songs and the Mahaprasad at the end of the program.
(Press release)