Very nice handover ceremony of head position of Chinmaya mission from Swami Tejomayananda to Swami Swaroopananda in 2017

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinmaya_Mission : "The Chinmaya Mission is a Hindu religious and spiritual organization engaged in the dissemination of Vedanta, the science of the self as expounded in the Vedas, particularly the Upanishads, and other Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita.[2][3] The Chinmaya Mission was established in India in 1953 by devotees of the renowned Vedanta teacher Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati from present-day Kerala, India.[4]

Administered by the Central Chinmaya Mission Trust in Mumbai, India, the mission was later headed by Swami Tejomayananda and is now headed by Swami Swaroopananda. There are over 313 mission centres all over India and abroad. North America had more than 30 centres.[5]" [Wiki References for above quoted paragraphs:

2. "Chinmaya Mission | CMLA". chinmayala.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

3. "History of Chinmaya Mission". cseweb.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

4. "Chinmaya". Chinmaya Mission. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

5. today it has over 300 centres across the world.. Times of India, December 25, 2001.]

Pujya Guruji's Handover Ceremony, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bp0Mc690KU, 1 hr. 33 mins., streamed live on 19th Jan. 2017 by ChinmayaChannel.

It was very nice to see such a warm and loving handover of head position ceremony of a noted Hindu spiritual organization in India in 2017. I saw the main parts of the video including the initial welcoming of Swami Tejomayananda and Swami Swaroopananda, a short 'thanksgiving' video of/on Swami Tejomayananda (from around 21 mins to around 32 minutes in the video), immediately followed by Swami Tejomayananda's speech till around 47 min, immediately followed by Swami Swaroopananda coming on the stage and taking blessings of Swami Tejomayananda, and Swami Swaroopananda's speech till around 1 hr. 12 mins.

I was very impressed by the loving and full of devotion and missionary zeal speeches of both Swami Tejomayananda and Swami Swaroopananda. The event happened in Mumbai with the centre of the mission being based in Mumbai. I am so happy to see such an ideal succession ceremony for a noted Hindu spiritual orgn. based in Mumbai, my former home city.

Some info. about Swami Tejomayananda from his wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejomayananda is given below: 

Swami Tejomayananda Saraswati (born 30 June 1950), also known as Guruji and born Sudhakar Kaitwade, is an Indian spiritual leader. He was head of Chinmaya Mission from 1994–2017, until he was succeeded by Swami Swaroopananda in 2017. [1]

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After attending couple of talks of Swami Chinmayananda on Bhagavad Gita, Sudhakar Kaitwade was inspired to join Chinmaya Mission's residential Vedanta course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai. Upon completing the course in 1975, he was initiated as Brahmachari Vivek Chaitanya and also studied under Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya) who was conducting the long-term resident course.[2][1]

On 21 October 1983, Swami Chinmayananda initiated him into sannyasa, bestowing upon him the name Swami Tejomayananda.[1]

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Swami Tejomayananda was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2016. [3]

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Swami Tejomayananda has published more than 100 books on Vedanta. [4]

[Wiki References]

1. "Swami Tejomayananda" , https://web.archive.org/web/20080531224613/http://www.chinmayamission.com/swami-tejomayananda.php. Chinamaya Mission. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

2. http://www.arshavidya.in/newsletter/aug09/swamiji-his-life-and-work.pdf [permanent dead link]

3. "This Year's Padma Awards announced" , http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783  (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

4. "Books written by Tejomayananda" . Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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