Wednesday and Thursday June 20-21
Thanks to everyone who came to the Soquel kids camp. It was a huge success! Srila Janardan Maharaj was very happy with the program. Scroll down to the bottom of the photo gallery to see a list of thanks to everyone who helped.
This is the first of three photo galleries with pictures from the camp. The following photos are from Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday was Gundicha Marjana so devotees came to help clean the temple as well as set up camp and Thursday was our first full day of activities.
Photos by: Bimala Devi Dasi (from Ecuador), Braja Mohini Devi Dasi, Murali Mohan Prabhu and Krsna Priya Devi Dasi
Laksmipriya Devi Dasi cleans
Ajita Krsna a.k.a. Charlie cleans
Naomi from Utah cleans
Shivani helps unload groceries
Dhanistha Didi made flautas for lunch
Srila Janardan Maharaj, Ramai Prabhu and campers at evening arotik and Tulsi parikrama
Lavanika and Nandini sing the evening kirtans
Kalindi Devi Dasi serves out prasadam
Tents are set up in the back yard
Srila Janardan Maharaj greets everyone at mangal arotik
Tulsi parikrama at six in the morning
Srila Janardan Maharaj read from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrtam every morning. During the camp he read the pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu at Ratha Yatra
Vidya Sundar Prabhu gave mridanga and kartals class everyday. By the end of camp children were playing along together and chanting
Bindu Madhava gets some one-on-one help
The sankirtan party
Nandini and Prem Swarup practicing
Jagannath practicing
Sita practicing
Divya Shakti Devi Dasi gave a class on temple etiquette and read from “Service Life”
The kids were very attentive during all the classes
And they asked Divyashakti Didi practical questions
Radhika Devi Dasi showed the kids how to make plum chutney
They learned how to cut the plums
And how to spice the cooked-down plums
Brajalalana and Shyama Mohini
After singing and performing bhoga arotik...
Ramai Prabhu talked about how he offers Guru puja to Srila Gurudev at the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir
The audience is attentive
The water conch
The bamboo fan
Devotees listening
The grand finale
Sushila Devi Dasi helps the children to make peacock puppets
Krishna Priya organized excellent craft projects
The kids were very happy with them
Nandini shows us her finished peacock puppet
Tulsi Devi class with Krsna Priya Devi Dasi
Diksavati Devi dasi, also know as "Rainbow the Clown" gives a magic show, makes balloon animals and does face painting to the delight of all
Rainbow the clown
Her magic book
Kalyani with her baloon animal
Anjali gets her face painted
Srila Janardan Maharaj with Sripad Parvat Maharaj
Shivani's face is painted like a butterfly
Sita is a puppy
Rainbow showed everyone a good time
Shreya has a flower
The audience is attentive once again
Tulsi puja in the evening
Sarvabhavana Prabhu reads from Sri Mahabharata
The following personalities were a great help to the Soquel Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram Kids Camp in 2012:
Srila Janardan Maharaj for his affectionate guidance
Sripad Parvat Maharaj for collecting bhoga from the farmers’ market
Hasyapriya Prabhu for maintaining the temple
Swaranangii Devi Dasi for helping in the kitchen
Madhumati Devi Dasi for help in organizing the bonfire, puppet making class and archery activities
Braja Mohini Devi Dasi for jumping in wherever needed and taking kids collecting
Sureshswari Devi Dasi for all the afternoon snacks
Ramai Prabhu for Guru puja class
Rajani Devi Dasi for help in the kitchen
Vidya Sundar Prabhu for mridanga and kartals class
Murali Mohan Prabhu for helping in the kitchen, collecting bhoga and photography
Sushila Devi Dasi for helping with arts and crafts and taking kids collecting
Vaidehi Devi Dasi for talking about collecting and for taking kids collecting
Devaki Devi Dasi for the discussion panel and cookie class
Premananda Prabhu for the discussion panel and helping around the temple
Damayanti (Daya) Devi Dasi for the tilak class and helping wherever needed
Narayani Devi Dasi for tilak class and helping in the kitchen
Vrinda Devi Dasi for the “Origin of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math” class and help in the kitchen
Divya Shakti Devi Dasi for the temple etiquette class
Diksavati Devi Dasi & “Rainbow the Clown”!
Ratan Krishna Prabhu for cooking and making the best pizza ever
Vidura Krishna Prabhu for the discussion panel
Abha Devi Dasi for rolling and cooking hundreds of chapatis
Sangita Devi Dasi for help in the kitchen
Jairam Prabhu for reading during the evening program
Sarvabhavana Prabhu for reading during the evening program
Premanidhi Prabhu for biking to the temple everyday to wash mountains of pots and pans
Nevine Krishna Prabhu for baking hundreds of cookies for collecting
Para Devi Dasi for helping Nevine and for taking kids collecting
Kalindi Devi Dasi for cooking and serving out tasty preps
Revati Devi Dasi for help in the kitchen
Bimala Devi Dasi (from Ecuador) for help in the kitchen and photography
Mallika Devi Dasi for help in the kitchen
Shatrughna Prabhu for help in the kitchen
Krsna Bushan Prabhu for help around the temple
Laksmipriya Devi Dasi for helping to clean on Gundicha Marjana