Darshan - A Life Changing Experience

'Darshan' is dedicated to the noted Saint of our times and scholar, Sadhu Vaswani. It is a biographical museum that offers an insight into the life and therefore the teachings of Sadhu Vaswani. The museum is built in Pune, on a space of 10000 sq. feet; on the first floor of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission Building.

A journey into Sadhu Vaswani's life and activities, the museum creates an entertaining, educative and moving experience for the soul, through a series of immersive spatial experiences rich in audio, video and multimedia, culminating in the darshan of the humble kutiya, where he spent his last years. The show is also essentially a repository of his teachings – in the form of interactive and participatory exhibits engaging the visitors, young and old alike.

This show has been made by using a vast palette of museum based technologies; like real life mannequins, graphic panels, holographic screens, Peppers ghost, interactive, audio-visual material, films, et al.

The narrative and the dialogues, in the sound and light format, make it a very emotive experience; as opposed to the written format. This show is facilitated by ushers who guide visitors through the 8 zones in this space, each zone has various experiences from the life and teachings of the Great Master, in the narrative visitor will have choice of 2 different languages, viz Hindi and English.

The Person:
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani was a prolific writer, a poet, a mystic, a sage, a social emancipator and a servant of the poor. A firm believer in the values of India's ancient culture, he opened educational institutions; he established ashrams and centers of spiritual culture; centers of service and dispensaries for the poor. His work was inspired by the spirit of service and illumined by the love of God.

The Mission:
Sadhu Vaswani's philosophy of life finds expression in multifarious activities in several social, cultural and spiritual activities of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, under the spiritual leadership of Dada J.P.Vaswani. A renowned humanitarian organization with its headquarters located in Pune, and its centers all over India and abroad, the Mission strives to serve humanity in various fields- educational, medical, moral, social, cultural and spiritual.