“Om bhoor bhuvah swah tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dheemahi dhiyo yo nah prachodayat “

GPYG, Pune

at a glance
 Formation & Expansion
• Established : October 2006
 Numbers…

Total Members : 85

5%
5%
10%
C o rp o ra te
S tu d e n ts
G o vt O ffice rs
B u s in e s s m e n

80%
Activities
 Activities
– Regular Activities
– Book Exhibitions and Stalls
– Motivational Talks
– Blood Donation Camp
– Yagya & Sadhna
– Environmental Protection
– Drug de-addiction
– Sewa-Aradhana
– Outdoor Activities
– Internet Activities
 Regular Activities
• Sunday Workshop
– Average participation of 20-25 every week
– 3-4 new youths every week
– Total hour :3(9-12)
– Activities: Yagya, Meditation, Group Chanting, Pragya Song, Listening Gurudev’s
lectures/Reading Literatures and interactive discussion, Update Meeting, Open house etc
– Book stall
– Meeting place for YG members
– Regular since January 2007

• Monthly Akhand Jap

– Continue since October 2008
– Each month new venue
– Local people gets invited
– Purnahuti by deep yagya
 Regular Activities
Global Samuhik Jap
•
Every month last Sunday
–
Group Chanting of Gayatri mantra with Gurudev’s voice for an hour
–

Daily Mobile book stall at strategic locations

•
Average sell of 500/- daily of small books
–
A total sale of 20000 per month through mobile stalls
–
sahitya vistaar patal expanded at 3 places
–

Yagya/sanskaar/Deep yagya
•
Average 50 yagya/sanskaar every month at homes, societies etc
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Focus on spreading Gurudev’s literature at any such program, sahitya sthapana
–
5 Marriage Sanskaars conducted till date
–

Annual Blood donation camp

•
Average 40 units get collected
–
Free medical check-up camps
•
Celebration of important festivals
•
 Regular Activities
• Pandharpur rath yatra

• Eco-friendly Ganesh Puja Celebration

– Average sell of 500/- daily of small books
– A total sale of 20000 per month through mobile stalls
– sahitya vistaar patal expanded at 3 places

• Celebration of important festivals

• Gayatri Jayanti, Guru Purnima
• Independence Day
• International Women’s Day
• Tobacco de-addiction day
 Shirdi Gayatri Mahasadhna
Abhiyaan
• Mega Book Exhibition
– 10 days
– 30 Youth volunteers from pune for all 10 days
– Literature of 5 languages
– Around 5 lakhs people visited
– Books of worth 9 lakhs sold
– Around 2000 AJ/YNY/PAs got subscribed

• Multimedia at Shirdi Gayatri Mahasadhna Abhiyaan

• Nukkad natak, safai abhiyaan, vyasan-mukti rally etc
• Decoration
Ralegan Siddhi Youth Camp
 Important Activities
• Book Exhibitions at
– Wipro
– SP college
– Sanskrit Mahasabha

• Jhola Pustakalaya
• Akhand Jyoti Drive
 Important Activities
• Talks at
– TCS -4 offices
– BEL
– SP college
– Jijamata Girls high Schools

• Bhartiya Sanskruti Gyan Pariksha

– 18 schools and colleges each year
– 2100 students
– Lectures on Indian culture at every school
 Important Activities
• Tree plantation
– 20 Mango and Neem tree plantation at samarth police station after safai
abhiyaan
– Working together with ‘vasundhara’ group
 Important Activities
• Yoga/Pranayam/Accupressure camps
– 20 Mango and Neem tree plantation at samarth police station after safai
abhiyaan
– Working together with ‘vasundhara’ group
 Important Activities
• Vyasan Mukti
– Nukkad natak
– Rally
– Mashal Rally

• Kureeti unmulan
– Rally against female foeticide on 8 Mar 09 in collaboration with Mahesh
Sansthaan

• Participation in Akola Youth Camp

 Important Activities
• Sewa-Aradhana
• Contribution of Rs. 33000 from Youth Group Pune for Bihar Flood
Relief Camp
• Visit to vanchit vikas nihaar, an ngo working for unpriviledged
children to give shelter, food and education
• Distribution of sweets and gifts at red light areas of pune during
Deepawali festival
• Visit to orphanage during holi
• Visit and contribution to Gowshala
 Recreational Activities
• Birthday celebration of every group member
• Group trip at different places of historical and religious
importance(Bhimashankar, Sajjangad etc) to promote team building
 Internet Activities
• Internet Activities
– Beautification of scanned Akhand Jyoti
– Prapagating through orkut, groups etc
– Online mantra lekhan
– Using Blog as channel (http://divineblog.wordpress.com,
http://uttishtha-bharat.blogspot.com)
– www.pune.awgp.org

• Marathi Translation Works

– Marathi translation of CDs

• Developing presentation skills

 Forthcoming Activities
• “Youth Camp Pune”
– On 6-7-8 November 2009 at Pune
• Regional Youth Camp at sanghli 2-3 May, kolhapur, goa,
nashik, ahmednagar to follow
• Doctors Seminar in July 09
• Gayatri Jayanti Celebration
Resources for running the show
• Anshdaan :
• Occasional contribution by capable members for specific
programs
• Average Rs. 100/- pm per GPYG member

• Samaydaan :
• About 6 -7 hours per week by every GPYGP member
• 2 DSVV students working for full time for mission’s work
• 4 DSVV students devoting time partially for mission’s
work using their skills
• Internship of DSVV students
 Achievements
• 125 new members of Akhand Jyoti in 2009
 Challenges
• Entry into IT Sector
– Mindset : ‘Spirituality is Religion’
– Leverage DSVV
• Instilling Self Discipline (especially time
management)
• Developing in-house Speakers
 Contacts
• E-mail : gpygpune@gmail.com

• URL : http://pune.awgp.org

• eGroup : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gpyg_pune

• Blogs :

• Sms group :

• DIYA mail id :
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