From 4-6th of December Swami Swaroopananda conducted a Chyk camp ‘Restart’ for over 70 youth from all over Australia. The atmosphere, the activities and the knowledge gained were beyond what we had anticipated as the organizing committee. Much of this was due to the participants who enthusiastically took part in all the activities, from behaving like farm animals to breaking through wood.

From the 7th - 13th of December 2009, Swami Swaroopananda captivated a crowd of over 400 people in Melbourne, Australia with discourses on Kishkinda and Sundar Kand of the Tulsi Ramayan. The atmosphere of this devotional portion of the text, where Hanumanji meets Shri Ramchandraji, was heightened by the bhajans and the Ramayan arati each night. The crowds were greeted with the traditional rose water, chandan and kumkum at the foyer and special Balavihar stall and competition was set up by the volunteers.» Read more

Swami Swaroopanandaji, Regional Head of Chinmaya Mission Australia, will be visiting Australia from November 19 - December 13. On the tour Swamiji will be taking a variety of sessions from free public discourses on the Ramayan in Melbourne to Geeta talks and a Family Camp in Sydney, and more. Please click on links below for more information.

Sydney
November 20-26
Free public talks on "Gateway To The Soul" - Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 15. Please click here for more information.

On the 9th and 10th of July 2009, Chinmaya Mission Australia (Sydney) Brisbane Centre held their first Balavihar day camp at the Chelmer Community Hall, which turned out to be a huge success. Over 30 kids attended the camp over the 2 days and many sevaks and volunteers helped out to make this a camp to remember. Br Gopal Chaitanya was the Acharya of the camp on the topic Lord Ganesha ‘The Success Giver.’

In our camp, Gopalji told us the whole story of Lord Ganesha incorporating it with many other fun activities. Some of these activities included