Dr. Satpathyji started composing the Shri Guru Bhagavat by penning down the first four lines in Odia language on the Kartik Purnima 2001.  This is the 'Janma Tithi' or the birthday of Shri Guru Bhagavat. Since then, the epic treatise has been released in six volumes in Odia containing more than 24,000 lines. It has already been translated into more than 10 Indian languages.

This year, The Guru Bhagavat Janma Tithi was celebrated globally by various trusts and temples. Activities like Guru Bhagavat Parayan, recitation and ‘Akhand Paath’ (24 Hours) were conducted in several cities in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Finland, Australia, New Zealand and India.

The event was celebrated by devotees in several parts of India such as Puri, Iginia, Tankapani Road, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Keunjhar, Baripada, Gopalpur, Cuttack, Charpali, Aathagarh, Nuagaon and Shyampur in Odisha, Danapur, Chakradharpur, Naubatpur and Patna in Bihar, Guwahati and Nagaon in Assam, Gurugram in Haryana, Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Pune in Maharastra, Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Hosur in Tamil Nadu and Kochi in Kerala. Shri Guru Bhagavat Parayan was done in the Jagannath temple. In Sai Ka Aangan, Gurugram the complete set of the sacred volumes of Shri Guru Bhagavat in Odia was taken to the Sabha Mandap in a traditional procession along with its other translated editions. Dr. Bhagirathi Nanda addressed the audience on Shri Guru Bhagavat. The participants were dressed in the traditional costumes of each state they represented.