With the blessings of Munishri Kshamasagar ji , "Young Jaina award 2015" was held at Pawagiri ji Siddh Kshetra on 24th - 25th - 26th October .
It was first time that YJA was happening in the absence of Munishri, but during the award ceremony every awardee and audience felt the presence of Munishri.
In June, application form was floated and we got above 1300 application forms from all over India. And due to lack of accommodation at the venue only 125 students were invited to the ceremony held at Pavagiriji .
24th October
Enthusiastic and excited awardees were welcomed at respective nearby stations and were transferred to Pawagiri ji by Samooh members and volunteers.
Till 3PM registrations happened at the registration desk where awardees were given a welcome kit and needful guidance.
At 3 PM, There was a Manglacharan followed by commencement speech by Senior Young Jaina awardees. Then, there was an hour and half workshop by renowned speaker "Ravi Swaminathan" on Personal growth and development.
Delicious evening dinner was served to awardees , families and all our guest by Samooh members and volunteers. Post dinner with aarti and bhakti was performed in temple by the entire crowd . Post which a documentary on life of Munishri Kshamasagar ji was played in the main Pandal and after wathing it every individual was self-motivated to practice moral values with career . Now was the time for career guidance to our future leaders(all invited awardees) and this was done by our senior awardees, who have earlier received YJA in presence of Munishri . All senior awardees of YJA are now building blocks of Maitree samooh adopting the moral values preached by Munishri Kshamasagar ji while exceling in their careers.
25th October
Sunrise of 25th October was very different as it was carrying the special rays of blessings of Munishri Kshamasagarji and it was heartfelt by all of Maitree samooh members during Prabhat Pheri at 6 AM. Then, there was a Yoga workshop from 6 :30 AM – 7.00 AM . Then awardees were dressed up for Abhishek and Pooja in tradition wears (girls in salwar suit and boys in Dhoti Pancha). After Pooja and a quick bite, awardees quickly gathered for first session of the day in pandal which was Personality development by Ms Ganguly . This was a fruitful session and all awardees received valuable guidance and motivation. We dispersed for the lunch break , where Samooh volunteers served all our guest with love .
Main ceremony of the function started at 12:30 PM where all awardees seated up in disciplined way. All boys were wearing White YJA t-shirt and girls were wearing a white suit with red dupatta. Session was kicked off by a very thoughtful and brainstorming quiz conducted by experienced quiz master. Young Jain orchestra Jhansi added beauty to entire ceremony by graceful and lovely bhajans. Documentary on Young Jaina Award was played and watching which made every awardee feel proud to be part of such a gracious event. Award ceremony was then started , which was graced by presence of our chief guest Medhavi Jain (renowned writer and poet) . All the awardees were awarded with certificates, medals, trophies and other books by Munishri. Ceremony was dispersed off with a pravachan of Munishri and with every awardee taking an oath to practice moral values like avoiding non-veg food, alcohol and other vices for their lifetime.
26th October:
Day when all awardees went for darshan of Acharya shri Vidyasagar Ji ( guru of Munishri Kshamasagar Ji) and received immense blessings for a healthy, successful and prosperous life .