GURU SWAMI

Namasthe ,

         World Ayyappa Seva Trust is the largest Ayyappa Devotees Organization which is inclusive of all Ayyappa devotees in the North American Continent and around the World. Its overall goals include uniting Ayyappa devotees around the world by enhancing the education in SANATHANA DHARMA philosophy among the Hindu community, creating a forum to build family networks, and by providing direction for spiritual activities. Since its inception in the year 1988 it has won support from thousands of devotees from all parts of the United States and Canada. WAST conducts SEVAS every year such as the Sivarathri Celeberation , Paimkuni Uthram , Ekadishi , Karkidaka vavu , Thaippoyam , Avanai Avittom , Ponkala and Makara Sankarthi Festival and Ayyappa Padi Pooja Maholsavam  .

This year WAST will conduct a Ayyappa Bhkatha Sangamam  and Ayyappa Yajnam to celebrate its Silver Jubilee, which will be held on the dates of October 12 & 13  2013,  Saturday and Sunday . Also being its 25th anniversary, this year’s convention will be magnificent. Over 1000 People will converge into the Mahwah Convention Auditorium in New Jersey to celebrate Ayyappa Yajnam  in a  mind blowing retreat which brought together by a variety of cultural programs, Poojas, interactive discourses, family network, and youth programs. There will be a Dance Drama extravaganza by Beena Menon and Mukthambar Fine Arts .  This organization filled with high ideals of hope that our culture does not fade in the background as our next generation grows into various inroads of the society and as our children take up commanding and respectable positions in this far away land from our origin. They should not forget their roots and should hold on to their cultural and religious history and be proud of the fact that they believe in  " Thathawamasi " .

                To commemorate the Silver jubilee of World Ayyappa Seva Trust we are organizing the first ever World Ayyappa Bhakatha Sangamam .  Irumudi Procession , Ayyappa Yajnam and Naree Pooja are also being performed in this convention. This will be the highlight of Mahwah WAST convention. Ayyappa Yajnam begins with the Grahashanti Homam. Holy water collected during Ganga Pravaham is carried as a procession. This ceremony famously known as Saptha Nadee Theertha Kalasa Radhayatra is accompanied by in numerable devotees of the WAST. There is also Naree Pooja during this time, a number of significant poojas also are performed during this day. Quiet remmiscent of the great Upanishad adage “Tat Twam Asi” underlines the age old theory of our great teachers that each individual is a spark of the great fire called God. Human life, after all, is a voyage of the Jeevathma to be one with the Paramathma. Behind all this animate and inanimate object of this universe, what we find is the generous and loving touch of god.

                On behalf of the convention committee members and WAST I would like to invite each and every one of you and your family to participate in this memorable event and immerse yourself in this festival of arts, culture, Poojas , Bhajans and Yajanam and even the tastiest foods from different  south Indian states such as Kerala , Tamil  & Telugu  Style you can think of.