23 December 2001, Sunday, Atlanta, GA
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, ATLANTA celebrated H.D.H Pramuk Swami Maharaj’s 81st Janma Jayanti Samaiyo on Sunday, December 23, 2001 at 3:45M to 6:30PM. People atteneded this samaiyo on a rainy day right before Christmas holidays. Atlanta bal mandal celebrated whole samaiyo first time ever. Dhoon, Prathna, Kirtan, Drama, and Dance were performed by bal mandal group 0, 1, and 2. All balaks and sanchalaks stayed over at mandir from last three weekends to do practice for samaiyo. Pankajbhai of decoration department guided all balak and balika to do decoration and exhibition. Stage was decorated with balloon arches. Two sides of the mandir hall was decorated with balloons, streamers, P.bapa’s prasang and photographs. Shrine was decorated with P.Bapa’s suvakyo, books, toys and Cakes.
Samaiyo started with Dhoon and Prarthana, Balaks presented speeches on swamibapa’s panch vartaman (Nishehi, Nirmani, Nirloghi, Nishkami and Niswadi) two of which ere done in Gujarati. During the samaiyo, Bal group 0/1 carried Pujya Bapa’s savari on decorated Rath from entrance to the decorated stage with “valam vadhamana…” kirtan playing in background. Bal1 also performed a dance on “Aava…swami avya re avya….” Kirtan. The last item of samaiyo was SwamiBapa’s Janma jayanti –2001 celebrations video from Sankri. After video, everybody participated in “Samuh Aarti” and proceeded for Mahaprasad.