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6 July 2024 – Gurupurnima is the festival of spirituality, a celebration of guru tattva. Gurupurnima is also a remembrance of the day when the sun's rays touched the Earth for the very first time. As in every year, Vishwaguru Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwaranadaji will celebrate Gurupurnima day in India, but devotees from Europe always get a special grace from him for that occasion, with a Gurupurnima celebration in Europe. This time it was at Mahaprabhudip Ashram in Strilky where a three-week seminar is currently going on. 

21-28 June 2024 – Vishwaguru Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwarandaji, accompanied by Swami Avatarpuriji, has arrived at Mahaprabhudeep Ashram in Strilky where the first week of the Yoga in Daily Life summer retreat has just started, with a celebration of the International Day of Yoga. 

On Tuesday, 18 June 2024, Vishwaguruji arrived in Vienna after more than two months of intensive travel and meetings in India.

13 June 2024 – Vishwaguru Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Ji paid a visit to the Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University in Jodhpur.

12 June 2024 – Ms Jashodaben Modi Ji, wife of the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi Ji, visited Vishwaguru Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwaranada Ji at the OM Ashram.

During his stay in South India, Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Ji visited his dear friend Dr Veerendra Ji, the Heggade of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple in Udupi, Karnataka. 

23 May 2024 – Vishwaguruji's darshan and blessings from an evening walk.

While staying in Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, Vishwaguru Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwaranandaji visited Sri Puthige Sri Krishna Math in Udupi and was warmly welcomed by current main pujari, Sri Sugunendra Teertha Swamiji.

A mahamandaleshwar diksha (initiation ceremony) is always a special spiritual occasion, where a large number of mahamandaleshwars gather to give their blessings and recognition to the swami receiving the initiation of one of the highest titles in the Sanatan Dharma tradition. This time the ceremony was held in Sojat, Rajasthan, a city very near to the OM Ashram, and where the new mahamandaleshwar of Maha Nirvani Akhara, Swami Chetan Giri has his ashram.