*India: Over 125 city, town and village visits
*South Africa: Lenasia, Johannesburg, Durban
*Botswana: Gabarone
*Zambia: Lusaka
*Malawi: Blantyre, Lilongwe
*Zimbabwe: Harare
*Kenya: Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisumu, Chowakali, Kericho, Nakuru
*Egypt: Cairo
*Israel: Tel Aviv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem
*Tanzania: Dar-es-Salaam, Mwanza
*Uganda: Kampala, Jinja, Tororo

 

 

Murti Pratishthas


India:

* Hari Mandirs: Zarola, Sabarmati (Amdavad), Vachhra, Kadodara, Mandvi (Surat), Bajipura (Surat), Galonda (Surat), Nani Tambadi (Silvassa), Visavadar, Vaso, Kailashpuri Laat, Mahudha, Padgol, Bhatiel, Kavitha.
* Shikharbaddha Mandirs: Mahelav (22-1-99), Kosamba (Tithal, Dist. Valsad; 28-6-99)

 

Abroad:

* Hari Mandirs: Durban (South Africa), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Kampala (Uganda), Jinja (Uganda), Nakuru (Kenya).
* Shikharbaddh Mandir: Nairobi (Kenya; 29-8-99)

 

Total: 20 hari mandirs; 3 shikharbaddh mandirs.

 

Dikshas

 

* 28-7-99 : 9 youths given parshad diksha.
* 15-12-99 : 35 youths given sadhu diksha.
11 youths given parshad diksha.

 

Major Celebrations

* Special ceremonies honouring Harikrishna Maharaj at Badalpur, Vidyanagar, Himatnagar, Sarangpur, Navsari, Kosamba, Silvassa, Mumbai, Nadiad, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Eldoret, Kisumu, Bhuj, Anjar, Gandhidham, Junagadh, Shahpur, Bharuch, Surat.
* Uttarayan festival at Amdavad - Over 17,000 devotees attended (14-1-99)
* Fuldol Festival at Sarangpur - Over 50,000 devotees attended (2-3-99)
* Shri Hari Jayanti celebrations at Bhuj (25-3-99)
* 50th Pramukh Varni Day at Mumbai (17-6-99)
* Guru Purnima at Bochasan (28-7-99)
* Sharad Purnima at Gondal (24-10-99)
* Annakut festival at Gondal (8-11-99)


Special Highlights

*Tribal Villagers' Assembly at Khedbrahma (23-2-99)
*'Divya Sannidhi Parva' at Sankari - attended by over 700 children's, youth and women's activities coordinators (22-4-99 to 28-4-99)
*Tribal Villagers' Assembly at Dharampur - over 8000 tribals attended(3-5-99)
*Meeting with President of Botswana, (5-8-99)
*Meeting with Daniel Arap Moi, Prme Minister of Kenya, in Nairobi(26-8-99)
*Visit to birthplace of Jesus Christ in Bethelehem (4-9-99)
*Meeting with Rabbi Lau and Rabbi Bakshi, in Tel Aviv (5-9-99)
*Visit to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem (5-9-99)
*Meeting with former Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, in Tel Aviv(6-9-99)
*ll World Religions Assembly in Mombasa (12-9-99)

 

Inaugurated

*Performed ground-breaking ceremony for Hari Mandirs at Padgol (23-1-99); Tajpur (11-3-99); Limdi (12-3-99); Dabhasi (30-3-99); Dumas(18-4-99)
*'Pramukh Swami Sarvoday Vidyalay' at Badalpur(30-1-99)
*'Pramukh Swami Computer Institute' at Vidyanagar(29-3-99)
*Ground-breaking ceremony for new students hostel in Surat (17-4-99)
*Bhumi Pujan for Akshardham in Mumbai (13-5-99)
*'Glorious India' exhibition in Nairobi Mandir (26-8-99)
*Premier Academy Primary School in Nairobi (26-8-99)


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