Naked Voice Facilitators Association

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£8-10

Benefit Concert for the Ashram free school

An evening of Indian devotional music. The whole culture and spirituality of India is contained within the beautiful and traditional bhajans. The concert will present an authentic experience of typical village devotional musical poetry (bhajan) and responsive singing of the Names of the Divine (kirtan). Swamiji has many years experience of singing and performing, and will offer the traditional music heard within an Indian ashram (spiritual center). Each bhajan will be explained before it is sung with a view to giving a greater understanding of Indian music and culture to the listeners.

Swami Mangalananda is an American who has been coming to India since 1973. He received Initiation directly from Sri Anandamayi Ma, and has been living as a monk in Her ashrams in America and India ever since. In 2001 he returned to India for permanent residence, and has been living in Ma’s ashram in Omkareshwar, central India, where he passes his time in meditation and yogic practice. He also teaches in the ashram school. He is the author of two books, and regularly contributes articles for several spiritual publications in both India and America.

The School
Mata Anandamayi Tripura Vidyapeeth is a non-profit philanthropic institution run in full by Mata Anandmayi Peeth, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Omkareshwar, a small wilderness area in the rolling hill country of central India. It provides a completely free education for the local village tribal children (“Adiwasi” or aboriginals). These children are all from the poorest possible backgrounds and have no other source of education, upliftment and refinement other than the opportunities provided by this school. At current there is an enrollment of over 450 students, both boys and girls, and the school runs from Nursery age through 10th Standard. Every year an additional grade is being added.

The children are given free uniforms, study materials, meals and day education. About twenty selected boys live full time in a hostel within the ashram premises. Our goal is to provide an adequate campus, teachers and materials all the way up through 12th Standard, plus vocational training and job placement for all the children of the surrounding area.

The school is run entirely through donations,