Swami Kalyandev Seva Trust

“ AN INTRODUCTION TO SHUKTEERATH ”
TODAY WE WILL SHOW YOU SACRED PILGRIM CENTRE, POPULARLY KNOWN AS , SHUKTEERATH. THIS IS THE PLACE, WHERE A HUMAN BEING RECEIVED SALVATION, FIRST TIME, AFTER LISTENING TO BHAGWAT-KATHA OF SHRIMAD BHAGWAT.TO REACH SHUKTEERATH, FIRST YOU HAVE TO REACH MUZAFFARNAGAR, WHICH IS APPX.140 KILOMETERS, AWAY FROM NEWDELHI. FROM HERE, YOU HAVE TO PROCEED TO SHUKTEERATH, ON THE BANKS OF HOLY RIVER GANGA, AT A DISTANCE OF APPX 30 KMs.
VAT-VRIKSHA: FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GLIMPSES OF HISTORICAL SPOTS.THIS IS AN ANCIENT BANYAN-TREE OR VAT-VRIKSHA. HERE APPX 5000 YEARS AGO SHRI SHUKDEV MUNI JI, HAD RECITED SHRIMAD BHAGWAT KATHA, TO RAJA PARIKSHIT AND BLESSED HIM SALVATION, THE MOKSHA. RAJA PARIKSHIT WAS GRANDSON OF GREAT WARRIOR ARJUNA OF MAHABHATAT PERIOD. THIS HOLY TREE IS TREATED AS LIVE-REPLICA OF SHUKDEV JI.NON-HANGING ROOTS AND EVER GREEN BRANCHES, EVEN AT THE TIME OF FALL, ARE UNIQUE FEATURES OF HIS GREAT TREE. DEVOTEES TIE-AROUND SACRED THREADS, AND CLOTHES ON ITS TRUNK, FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THEIR WISHES AND PROSPERITY. DEVOTEES ALSO READ HOLY EPIC SHRIMAD BHAGWAT , UNDERNEETH THIS TREE.THEY BELIEVE , THIS WILL LEAD TO THEIR SALVATION.THERE ARE MANY OTHER BELIEFS RELATED TO THIS TREE.LIKE ,IF A PARROT IS SPOTTED ON ITS BRANCHES,YOUR DESIRES WILL BE FULFILLED. ALSO, THERE IS A MIRACLOUS IMAGE, COMING OUT ON ONE OF ITS BRANCHES, LOOKING LIKE AN IMAGE OF LORD GANESH.WHOEVER COMES HERE TO PAY OBESIENCE, SEES THIS IMAGE, AS A MUST.
ANCIENT-TEMPLE:-THIS IS AN ANCIENT TEMPLE, UNDER THIS BANYAN TREE , THERE ARE IDOLS OF SHUKDEV JI AND RAJA PARIKSHIT AND THEIR FOOT-IMPRESSIONS. JUST OPPOSITE TO BANYAN TREE IS A MAJESTIC TEMPLE OF SHUKDEV JI, WHEREIN PROMINENT SAINTS’ IDOLS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF 88000 SAGES OF THAT PERIOD. LET US HAVE MAGNA –VIEWS OF THEM. CENTRE OF ATTRACTION IS IDOL OF LORD KRISHNA, PLAYING A FLUTE. NEXT TO HIM IS SHUKDEV MUNI JI, RECITING SHRIMAD BHAGWAT, AS A SAGE, RAJA PARIKSHIT IN DEVOTION WITH FOLDED HANDS. NEXT TO SHUKDEV JI, IS
IDOL OF RISHI VED VYAS JI, THE CREATOR OF 18 PURANAS, 6 SHASTRAS AND 4 VEDAS, ALONGWITH RISHI VISHWAMITTAR AND RISHI VASHISHTH. NEXT TO RAJA PARIKSHIT, IS MAHARISHI SHAMEEK, WHO WAS GARLANDED BY RAJA PARIKSHIT WITH A DEAD SNAKEAND NEAR SHAMEEK RISHI, IS HIS SON SHRINGI RISHI.
BHAGWAT-BHAWAN:- VERY NEAR TO SHUKDEV MANDIR IS DONGREJI BHAGWAT-BHAWAN, A SPACIOUS AUDITORIUM , NAMED AFTER FAMOUS BHAGWAT-SAMRAT,LATE SHRI DONGRE JI MAHARAJ.DEVOTEES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL CORNERS OF INDIA COME HERE FOR KATHA-RECITAL. ADJACANT TO THIS HALL, IS SWAMI KALYANDEV BHAWAN, WHICH CAN ALSO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL RUSH OF DEVOTEES.
YAGYA SHALA:- THIS IS YAGYASHALA OF THIS ASHRAM, WHERE A YAGNA IS PERFORMED EVERYDAY, WITH VEDIC-MANTRAS. ALSO YAGYAs ARE ARRANGED, TIME TO TIME FOR WORLD PEACE. THIS IS SANSKRIT COLLEGE GURUKUL RUN BY THIS ASHRAM, WHERE EDUCATION IS AS PER VEDIC-SYSTEMS. STUDENTS COME FROM ALL OVER INDIA AND ABROAD & GO TO SERVE SOCIETY AND NATION.
GAUSHALA:- THIS IS OUR GAUSHALA, THE COW-SHED.AS PER HINDU MYTHOLOGY GAU-MATA, MOTHER-COW, IS SUPPOSED TO ENSHRINE 330 MILLION GODS & GODDESSES. GAUSHALA’S COW-MILK IS USED HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY KITCHENS FOR SERVING DEVOTEES.
AUDITORIUM.THIS IS MOST -SPACIOUS PLACE FOR KATHA-RECITALS, AT THIS ASHRAM.PROMINENT KATHA-VACHAKs, LIKE DONGRE JI MAHARAJ, SHRI MURARI BAPU, SHRI RAMESH BHAI OJHA, SHRI KIREET BHAI AND OTHERS, HAVE BEEN HERE FOR KATHA-RECITALS.PERSONS WHO ARRANGE KATHA-PROGRAMSEE , THIS TEERTH INSPIRES THEM PROFUSELY.THEY ALSO ARRANGE CONSTRUCTION OF DHARM-SHALAs, IN THE NAME OF THEIR ANCESTORS, FOR THE COMFORTS OF OTHER DEVOTEES.
SAMADHI-MANDIR.THIS SAMADHI, THE FINAL RESTING-PLACE IS OF GREAT SAINT SWAMI KALYANDEV JI MAHARAJ ,WHO HAD SERVED THIS NATION AND SOCIETY TO SUCH AN EXTANT,THAT WE INDIANS WILL ALWAYS BE INDEBTED TO HIM.HE ,NOT ONLY RENOVATED THIS ASHRAM, BUT ALSO ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 300 EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. FOR HIS SELFLESS SERVICES GOVT OF INDIA HAD CONFERRED, PADMA-SHREE, IN YEAR 1982 AND PADMA-BHUSHAN IN 2000.HE LEFT, FOR HIS HEAVENLY ABODE ON 14th JULY,2004.LET US ALL PRAY FOR THE DEPARTED SOUL.PRSENTLY, HIS DECIPLE SWAMI OMANAND JI MAHARAJ, IS FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS, IN MANAGING AFFAIRS OF THIS ASHRAM AND AFLIATED INSTITUTIONS. NOW, LET US LISTEN TO SWAMI JI,WHO WILL KINDLY TELL US ABOUT HIS MEMOIRS.
MARKET-PLACE:- THIS IS SHUKDEV MARKET OF SHUKTEERATH. HERE DEVOTEES CAN PURCHASE OFFERINGS FOR THE WORSHIP.THIS IS SHUKDEV CANTEEN, WHERE DEVOTEES CAN HAVE GOOD RFRESHMENTS AND BEAVERAGES.
GANESH-DHAAM:-THIS ABODE OF LORD GANESH JI, THE GOD OF RIDHI & SIDDHI i.e PROSPERITY,WHO IS ALWAYS WORSHIPPED FIRST OF ALL, WAS CONSTRUCTED BY SHRI BALMUKAND JI AND SHRI SURENDER KUMAR JI, OF MUZAFFARNAGAR. HEIGHT OF GANESH JI’S STATUE IS 42 FEET, WHEREIN 725 SHIV-LINGAMS ARE ENGROSSED IN IT.CONSECRATION CEREMONY OF THIS STATUE WAS PERFORMED BY LATE SHRI SUDARSHAN CHAKRA JI IN YEAR 1986. NOW LET US GO AND HAVE FULL VIEW DARSHAN OF THIS GREAT PLACE.
HANUMATT-DHAM:- THIS HANUMATT-DHAM, ENSHRINES A MAJESTIC 77 FEET HIGH STATUE OF LORD HANUMAN JI WAS CONSTRUCTED BY LATE SHRI SUDARSHAN JI MAHARAJ.THIS STATUE, CONSTRUCTED IN YEAR 1986, ENGROSSES 7 BILLION NAMES OF BHAGWAN RAM.PRESENTLY,THIS SHRINE IS BEING PRESIDED AND MANAGED BY SHRI KESHWA NAND JI MAHARAJ.NOW, LET US HAVE DARSHAN.
SACRED RIVER GANGA:- THIS RIVER GANGA, WORSHIPPED AS MOTHER-GANGA, IS FLOWING SINCE GENERATIONS AND IS A RESULT OF PENANCE BY RAJA SAGAR, WHOSE 60000 SONS GOT SALVATION, IN IT. LAST-FURERAL-RITES OF HINDUS ARE ALSO PERFORMED, ALONG ITS BANKS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT, WITH THESE RITES A SOUL GETS SALVATION OR MOKSHA.
KARGIL MEMORIAL PARK:-THIS MEMORIAL IS IN THE MEMORY OF MARTYERS OF ‘BATTLE OF KARGIL, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES, IN THE DEFENCE OF MOHER-INDIA. SWAMI KALYANDEV JI, GOT THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED, ON THE BANKS OF GANGA, AS A TRIBUTE TO OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS. ANY ONE TAKING A HOLY DIP, WILL NATURALLY, PRAY TO MOTHER GANGA TO BLESS PEACE AND SALVATION TO THEIR DEPARTED SOULS.
MURARI-BAPU’S KUTIYA:-THIS IS MURARI BAPU’S HUT, WHO COMES HERE TIME TO TIME,AND PERFORMS RAM-KATHA RECITALS, FOR DEVOTEES.THIS PLACE IS RAMANUJ-CULT OF SHUKTEERATH, ESTBLISHED BY LATE SHRI JAGANNATH JI MAHARAJ, PRESENTLY MANAGED BY SHRI VISHNU ACHARYA JI MAHARAJ.
SHIV-DHAAM:- THIS STATUE OF LORD SHANKAR, WAS CONSTRUCTED BY AN ARDENT DEVOTEE ,WHO BELONGED TO MUZAFFAR NAGAR, A NEARBY CITY. IT’S HEIGHT IS 101 FEET. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST STATUES, IN THE WORLD . COME, LET US HAVE DARSHAN.
DURGA-DHAM:- THIS SHRINE WAS, ALSO BUILT BY A DEVOTEE FROM MUZAFFARNAGAR. HERE, HEIGHT OF GODDESS DURGA’S STATUE IS 51 FEET. AT THE FEET OF THIS STATUE , THERE IS A CAVE, ENSHRINING NINE IDOLS OF GODDESS DURGA JI.THIS TEMPLE PREMISES ALSO HOUSES A SHIVLING, OF 41 FEET HEIGHT.
TILL NOW, WE WERE HAVING GLIMPSES, VIEWS AND DARSHAN OF THIS ANCIENT, HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL SITE, SHUKDEV ASHRAM AND SHUKTEERATH.OUR GOOD WISHES TO ALL OF YOU. WE PRAY TO SHUKDEVJI, TO BLESS YOU A LONG, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LIFE.


“JAI SHRI SHUKDEV JI”