Feeling blessed to have my children celebrate my 60th Birthday (Shashtipoorti) celebrations at Art of Living International Center, Bengaluru. With years and years of vaidic chanting and meditators meditating, serenity and calmness was in the air. Sattvic food and beauty of the décor arranged by ashram team was mesmerising. Panditjis explaining significance of the homas added essence and meaningfulness. Usually when setting up such events we drain energy, but the arrangements done by the team here ensured, we had all things in place and actually we ended up gaining energy . Gurudev’s divine darshan and blessings is out of the world experience . Highly recommended place for multiple events they cater like wedding, vaidic samskaras, birthdays, anniversaries for all age groups

Life is about celebration. Birthdays, festivals, vacations are all there to add to uplift the spirit. In a similar vein, children out of love for parents like to make them happy in their sunset years. Shashtipoorthi and Bhimaratha Shanti at age 60 and 70 years are very old customs followed in the South Indian tradition where the parents go through a wedding ritual in the presence of the Guru, friends and family. I for one felt overwhelmed on both these occasions when my children had it organized for me. I had the pleasure of reaffirming my love not only for my life partner but also for the entire family and extended family. The pandit explained the significance of the chants and the three short Homas that purified the atmosphere. The abhishekam that followed was an awesome experience. The change to fresh clothes after that gave me a feeling of a new life begun! The sit down lunch on banana leaf with all the guests was indeed so traditional and special. All told, I would highly recommend this half a day function as a great celebration and binding factor for all families. Apart from the spiritual element there is an air of great bonhomie and fun!