Makar Sankranti is a great Hindu festival celebrated by Hindus all over the world. It is an auspicious day to give alms to the needy, the returns of which are thousand folds.
It falls on the 14th January of every year. It is also considered as the festival of kites. On this day, the skies are full of colourful kites. Jalebee and Undhiyu is the special dish of this auspicious day.
Young kids at Swamibapa Temple celebrated this day on 14th January 2020 by flying colourful kites in the company of sants and devotees. The temple was fully decorated with kites of various shapes, sizes and colours. During the evening katha congregation, the highly talented sants from India gave a thorough explanation of the origin and benefits of this auspicious day.
His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree Purushottampriyadasji Maharaj is the spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the current and fifth heir in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan. He is the incumbent Acharya of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi.
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Shree Swaminarayan Temple Nairobi
Shree Swaminarayan Siddhant Sajivan Mandal
Swamibapa Road
off 2nd Parklands Avenue
P.O. Box 11752 - 00400
Nairobi, Kenya
T: +254 20 374 2947 / 5757
F: +254 20 374 3685
Nairobi@SwaminarayanGadi.com
