Shri Guru Bhagavat Janam Diwas Celebration
Dr. Satpathyji had initiated the composition of Shri Guru Bhagavat by writing the first four lines in Odia language on the Kartik Purnima of 2001. This is the 'Janma Tithi' or the birthday of Shri Guru Bhagavat. Since then, the epic treatise has been released in seven volumes in Odia, containing more than 29000 lines. Some of the volumes have been translated in more than 10 Indian languages. The Guru Bhagavat Janma Tithi was celebrated globally by various trusts and temples through activities like Guru Bhagavat Parayan, Recitation and ‘Akhand Paath’ (24 Hours) conducted in various places such as Dallas, Seattle, Belleview, Arizona, Santa Barbara and Minnesota as well as in USA, UK , Germany, Austria, Finland, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. The event was also celebrated by devotees in several parts of India such as Puri, Iginia, Tankapani Road, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Keunjhar, Baripada, Gopalpur, Cuttack, Charpali, Aathagarh, Nuagaon, Shyampur in Odisha, Danapur, Chakradharpur, Naubatpur and, Patna in Bihar, Guwahati and Nagaon in Assam, NCR, Gurgaon in Haryana, Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Pune in Maharastra, Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Hosur in Tamil Nadu and Cochin in Kerala. In Sai Ka Aangan, Gurgaon the sevan volumes of Shri Guru Bhagavat in Odia were taken to the Sabha Mandap in a traditional procession (along with its other translated editions) where it was sung, followed by Shabad Kirtan.

