Youth Sabhas
After Shastriji Maharaj returned to Akshardham, what youth organization did Yogiji Maharaj gradually establish?
Bal/Balika Mandal
Complete Yogiji Maharaj's statement: "Youths are my ____." (Yuvako maro _____ chhe)
heart (hriday)
How many educated youths did Yogiji Maharaj initiate into the sadhu-fold on May 11, 1961?
51 educated youths.
Which two regions did Yogiji Maharaj visit to spread Satsang outside India?
Africa and United Kingdom
Yogiji Maharaj is which guru in our guru parampara?
The fourth guru.
What did Yogiji Maharaj tell youth organizers to do when only a few youths attended their assemblies?
Be patient, bring new youth friends, conduct discourses, and explain Satsang messages.
Name two things Yogiji Maharaj taught youths during their village trips.
Kirtan, Chesta, Swamini Vato, Vachanamrut
On whose birthday were the 51 educated youths initiated?
Yogiji Maharaj's 70th birthday.
In what year did Yogiji Maharaj first visit East Africa and Aden?
1955
Who led the sanstha for 45 years after Yogiji Maharaj?
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
How much profit did Yogiji Maharaj say one should be willing to forgo to attend weekly Satsang assembly?
25 000 rupees
Name two bad habits Yogiji Maharaj helped college students overcome.
Smoking, eating paan, and visiting the cinema.
What was the name given to the group of nine parshads by Yogiji Maharaj?
The nine Yogeshwars.
Name the three African cities where Yogiji Maharaj consecrated murtis during his 1960 visit.
Kampala, Jinja, and Tororo.
Name the two shikharbaddh mandirs Yogiji Maharaj built.
Ahmedabad and Mahelav.
What was the central idea of Satsang assemblies?
Conducting discourses and explaining Satsang messages, values and spreading the Akshar Purushotttam upasana.
What food did Yogiji Maharaj personally prepare for the youths?
Rotlas
What was Yogiji Maharaj's vision for the number of sadhus Pramukh Swami Maharaj would initiate? How many did Pramukh Swami Maharaj initiate?
700 sadhus, Over 1100 sadhus '
During his 1960 tour, how many miles did Yogiji Maharaj travel and how many centers did he visit?
35 000 miles and 103 centers in seven countries
How many years did Pramukh Swami Maharaj remain as the guru for the sanstha after Yogiji Maharaj?
45 years.
What did Yogiji Maharaj do to encourage youth centers and keep track of their progress?
He established youth centers in every village or city he visited, kept records, and regularly wrote letters to the members to encourage them.
What did Yogiji Maharaj do at the mandir gate when youths were leaving after vacation?
He walked to the mandir gate to see them off.
What student facility did Yogiji Maharaj inspire in Vidyanagar?
The BAPS student hostel.
In which area of London did Yogiji Maharaj perform the murti-pratishtha ceremony?
Islington, East London
What did Pramukh Swami Maharaj say about building a mandir on the moon?
Even building a mandir on the moon would be Yogiji Maharaj's sankalp.