HINDUS from all over the world descended on South Lakeland to celebrate the teachings of a man who founded one of the religion’s
BLAZE of colour and hum of Asian pipes filled the streets of a Lake District town as hundreds of Hindu worshippers headed to the area for a pilgrimage to their religious figurehead. The holy day in memory Gurudev Adya Acharyapravar Jeevanpran Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa - founder of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan - saw a procession through Bowness, a ceremonial tree planting and a picnic. The event commemorates his visit to the Lakes on August 30 1979 and his death later that same evening. Centre stage, in the form of a swan float, was his heir and the head of the religious group, Acharya Swamishree, being led through the procession with a line of followers behind him dressed in bright orange clothes to symbolise their devotion to him. Acharya Swanistree’s float, which represented all that was good in nature, was in the middle of an array of musicians including Dhol drummers a Gadi pipe band, with worshippers singing in front and behind the float.
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