Inauguration of Chanakya Mandal

Chankya Mandal was the vision of Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari. Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari (Ex-IAS) founded Chanakya Mandal Pariwar, which is a network organization working in the field of career guidance, competitive exam training, entrepreneurship building and personality development since 1996.

Ishwar Parmar Group got the golden opportunity to frame Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari’s vision & built this school for Chanakya Mandal.

Chanakya Mandal Pariwar is for those gifted youth who believe that achieving excellence and creativity in their chosen field is in itself a service to the nation and who willingly and happily strive their utmost to attain their goals.

The inauguration ceremony was held on 31^st December, 2014 at 9 am. His holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to do the honors. Mr Anand Jain, one of the directors of Ishwar Parmar Group was invited for the event along with his wife Mrs. Darshana Parmar Jain.

             

The venue was beautifully decorated with flowers and rangolis. The students were dressed in white with orange pags. They volunteered to make the event a big success by having a perfect coordination amongst themselves and the organisers. The auditorium was decorated with fresh flowers and with the charismatic throne for his holiness the Dalai Lama.

 (The main stage area)


 His holiness the Dalai Lama was welcomed by Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari. He lit the diyas and was escorted by Smt. and Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari to the stage.

(His holiness the Dalai Lama lighting diyas; Smt. and Shri Dharmadhikari escorting his holiness to the main stage area)

Water from 29 holy rivers was bought and presented to his holiness. 29 personnel serving for our nation poured the holy water into the big kalash presented to his holiness the Dalai Lama. Before initiating the the event, his holiness the Dalai Lama enchanted mantras to purify the environment. Prayers were offered and Smt. Poorna A. Dharmadhikari gave the introduction of Chanakya Mandal and its achievements.

(Inauguration of event by pouring holy water from 29 rivers across India into the Kalash presented to His holiness the Dalai Lama)

Followed by Smt. Poorna A. Dharmadikari’s speech, a few former students came up to share their journey with the Chanakya Mandal and their achievements.

 

(Left : Speakers - Ex-students of Chanakya Mandal; Right – Smt. Poorna A. Dharmadhikari)

His holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to speak a few words by Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari on the occasion. His holiness showered his blessings and expressed how honored he was to inaugurate the ‘Temple of Knowledge’ - Chanakya Mandal. Finding Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari's views similar to his, he agreed to come and bestow his best wishes. He shared his thoughts on the teachings of the modern gurus and the traditional ones. He preached that with modern education, traditions and values should be combined and imparted. He also enlightened that “We human beings have the responsibility to gain right knowledge, holistic knowledge to build a happy world.” And “Peace must come from the inner peace.” 

He highlighted that India is a very religious country and he has been termed as “Son of India” because he is physically and mentally attached to India.

His holiness also took up an interactive session with the audience. Many questions were raised, like “How should we practice meditation, and how do you meditate?”, “How are the modern gurus and schools different from traditional gurus and gurukuls?” And a question raised by one of the Directors of Ishwar Parmar Group, Mr. Anand Jain, was “Can materialism and spiritualism exist together because India like China is becoming liberal in its economy and everybody is prospering, so when everybody starts materialistically prospering greed, can we spiritually prosper in this world?” He answered all the questions and made people aware that Buddha said "Oh my followers, you should not accept my teachings because of faith but by investigating.” Also that “Meditation should be logical and not based on faith.”

(Mr. Anand Jain asking a question)

After the interactive session, Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari gave his vote of thanks and expressed his gratitude. The audience was overwhelmed to witness his holiness the Dalai Lama and to listen to him live. His holiness then concluded the event by offering his blessing to the duo Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari and Smt Poorna A. Dharmadhikari.

(Event Closure by Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari)