My Road to 42 Years of Shree Hanuman Chalisa!

Hi Friends,

I always had a dream to do Shree Hanuman Chalisa for every day I am here living on Planet Earth. I got his idea long back and even printed the Excel sheets which was going toll 2,500 count and this remained with me for the last 14-15 years or so. So during lockdown when everyone was preparing Banana Cake and Coffees etc. I was devoted to this exercise of completing the Hanuman Chalisa for the years that I have lived here. 

I did one jap of Hanuman Chalisa for every day I am alive and the target was to complete this exercise before my 42nd birthday on 22 July 2022. This exercise was taken up as a thank you to Lord Bajrang Bali Ji for always blessing me in my life. 

• 18 Years - 9 March 2021
• 19 Years - 14 March 2021
• 20 Years - 21 Mar 2021
• 21 Years - 23 Mar 2021
• 22 Years - 31 Mar 2021
• 23 Years - 7 Apr 2021
• 24 Years - 20 Apr 2021
• 25 Years - 30 Apr 2021
• 26 Years - 19 May 2021
• 27 Years - 09 June 2021
• 28 Years - 08 July 2021 - 10227
• 29 Years - 13 July 2021 - 10592
• 30 Years - 23 Aug 2021 - 10958
• 31 Years - 12 Oct 2021 - 11323
• 32 Years - 21 Dec 2021 - 11688
• 33 Years - 03 Jan 2022 - 12053
• 34 Years - 11 Jan 2022 - 12419
• 35 Years - 21 Jan 2022 - 12784
• 36 Years - 31 Jan 2022 - 13149
• 37 Years - 28 Feb 2022 - 13514
• 38 Years - 10 Mar 2022 - 13880
• 39 Years - 26 Mar 2022 - 14245
• 40 Years - 18 Apr 2022 - 14610
• 41 Years - 03 May 2022 - 14975
• 42 Years - 22 May 2022 - 15341

So finally I could finish it well ahead of my time I was thinking of completing this exercise by July 2022 but could do it a month before. I really felt grateful to the Lord Almighty for providing me with the power to do so. 

I really felt grateful to Almighty Lord that I could complete my pending task that I promised and now I have completed the same as well. The strength given to me and the time spent in the devotion is really supreme. I felt divinely connected in my soul and I have lived the principles but some of them are totally missing inside me so maybe in future I will get some of them too. 

I see that I have not captured the date for the previous counts of 18 Years as I didn't think that I would be writing this post. I also used to burn the pages so that they meet their makers once the page was full on the tracking diary from my friend and owner of Karnal Livestock Development Services (P) Ltd. in India. Our friendship also started when I gifted him a small purse version of Shree Hanuman Chalisa to tell him that he would soon come on the free seat and also join the Computer Engineering he wanted to do and that happened in less than a month or so after giving him the Chalisa. After that, he immediately invited me to his home and we became friends for life! Thanks to Lord Hanuman Ji! There are so many such stories that have happened in my life because of Lord Bajrang Bali ji where he was involved for sure. Will tell you the same as and when I could collect my thoughts around the same. Keep Praying! Keep Jap, Tap and Meditations going!

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish
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#TheLifesWay Ideas To Implement - Hanuman Chalisa For Each and Every Day Of Your Life

Hi Friends,

I generally don't talk about religion in my blog posts but that doesn't mean my faith is not strong or I am an atheist. I have a lot of incidents in my life that can happen only with the blessings of the Supreme Lord whom I refer to as Lord Bajrang Bali Ji or as Lord Hanuman too. There are three Supreme Lords in Hindu Culture and they are the creator, keeper and destroyer of life in this Universe - Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva. To understand that better, Lord Hanuman Ji is a God who remains unmarried and as per Hindu Mythology and Culture, he is one of the few people who are still alive today. He is a divine follower of Shri Ram who is the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. Lord Bajrang Bali Ji has an image or we call it ansh of Lord Shiva in himself. In Northern India, we celebrate Tuesday as Lord Bajrang Bali Ji's day where people flock to the temples all day especially in the evening with Prasad (offering) called Boondi (sweet) and there is so much fun to eat that boondi after the visit to the temple. I was born on Tuesday and so despite being born in a Jain family, I still feel more connected with Lord Bajrang Bali ji as during all my problems I only call him and pray to him for giving me strength and courage to fight with all these problems. 

A lot of instances in my life has happened, where some kind of supernatural power only saved me as it was too difficult for my little, fragile human body to achieve that task. To thank him for my existence here on Planet Earth, I wanted to chant his verses formed in the booklet named - Hanuman Chalisa for all the days I have lived so far which came out to be around 365.25 * 42 Years = 15340. The goal was formed a long ago when I was only 30-31 years of age or maybe before that too but never had the strength to finish. It was lying just like any other goal of bodybuilding, running 5kms etc but during the lockdown, it came to life and since 2020, I sincerely started to complete the daily numbers so as to reach 15340 times Hanuman Chalisa. I have only crossed 34 Years of Hanuman Chalisa so far as on date today and the intention is to reach 42 Years of Jap (Chanting) of Hanuman Chalisa by my 42nd birthday on 22-July-2022. 

My strongest belief has been that if I do 108 times Hanuman Chalisa on Tuesday in a single go, no work, no wish or no need will go unfulfilled. 

I have tested it again and again and it has brought whatever I desired during the times where I needed Almighty Lord's blessings. I have not kept this a secret as people closer to me know about it and I also have recommended doing 108 times Hanuman Chalisa if they are stuck in life. I made the goal to complete 15000 times Hanuman Chalisa as something of a big goal which I am slowly and steadily moving towards. I am reproducing Hanuman Chalisa in this blog post for your easy reference and you will find a lot of websites dedicated to Bhakti and also a lot of Youtube videos from Lata Mangeshkar to Hariharan to Sudesh Bhonsle to Sonu Nigam to Amitabh Bachchan to Anuradha Paudwal singing the Hanuman Chalisa. Based on your liking you can listen to any of them too. 

Shri Hanuman Chalisa!

Shri Guru Charan Sarooja-raj Nija manu Mukura Sudhaari

Baranau Rahubhara Bimala Yashu Jo Dayaka Phala Chari

Budhee-Heen Thanu Jannikay Sumirow Pavana Kumara

Bala-Budhee Vidya Dehoo Mohee Harahu Kalesha Vikaara...

Jai Hanuman gyan gun sagar Jai Kapis tihun lok ujagar

Ram doot atulit bal dhama Anjaani-putra Pavan sut nama...

Mahabir Bikram Bajrangi Kumati nivar sumati Ke sangi

Kanchan varan viraj subesa Kanan Kundal Kunchit Kesha

Hath Vajra Aur Dhuvaje Viraje Kaandhe moonj janehu saje

Sankar suvan kesri Nandan Tej prataap maha jag vandan...

Vidyavaan guni ati chatur Ram kaj karibe ko aatur

Prabu charitra sunibe-ko rasiya Ram Lakhan Sita man Basiya

Sukshm roop dhari Siyahi dikhava Vikat roop dhari lank jarava

Bhima roop dhari asur sanghare Ramachandra ke kaj sanvare...

Laye Sanjivan Lakhan Jiyaye Shri Raghuvir Harashi ur laye

Raghupati Kinhi bahut badai Tum mam priye Bharat-hi-sam bhai

Sahas badan tumharo yash gaave Asa-kahi Shripati kanth lagaave

Sankadhik Brahmaadi Muneesa Narad-Sarad sahit Aheesa...

Yam Kuber Digpaal Jahan te Kavi kovid kahi sake kahan te

Tum upkar Sugreevahin keenha Ram milaye rajpad deenha

Tumharo mantra Vibheeshan maana Lankeshwar Bhaye Sub jag jana

Yug sahastra jojan par Bhanu Leelyo tahi madhur phal janu...

Prabhu mudrika meli mukh mahee Jaladhi langhi gaye achraj nahee

Durgaam kaj jagath ke jete Sugam anugraha tumhre tete

Ram dwaare tum rakhvare Hoat na agya binu paisare

Sub sukh lahae tumhari sarna Tum rakshak kahu ko darnaa...

Aapan tej samharo aapai Teenhon lok hank te kanpe

Bhoot pisaach Nikat nahin aavai Mahavir jab naam sunavae

Nase rog harae sab peera Japat nirantar Hanumant beera

Sankat se Hanuman chudavae Man Karam Vachan dyan jo lave...

Sab par Ram tapasvee raja Tin ke kaj sakal Tum saja

Aur manorath jo koi lavai Sohi amit jeevan phal pave

Charon Yug partap tumhara Hai persidh jagat ujiyara

Sadhu Sant ke tum Rakhware Asur nikandan Ram dulhare...

Ashta-sidhi nav nidhi ke dhata As-var deen Janki mata

Ram rasayan tumhare pasa Sada raho Raghupati ke dasa

Tumhare bhajan Ram ko pavai Janam-janam ke dukh bisraave

Anth-kaal Raghuvir pur jayee Jahan janam Hari-Bakht Kahayee...

Aur Devta Chit na dharehi Hanumanth se hi sarve sukh karehi

Sankat kate-mite sab peera Jo sumirai Hanumat Balbeera

Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Gosahin Kripa Karahu Gurudev ki nyahin

Jo sat bar path kare koyi Chutehi bandhi maha sukh hoyi...

Jo yah padhe Hanuman Chalisa Hoye siddhi sakhi Gaureesa

Tulsidas sada hari chera Keejai Nath Hridaye mein dera...

Pavan Tanay Sankat Harana, Mangala Murati Roop...

Ram Lakhana Sita Sahita  Hriday Basahu Soor Bhoop.

There are so many methods you can pray to Lord Bajrang Bali ji but Hanuman Chalisa is one of the easiest ones to follow and the other one is Sundar Kaand. You can buy the Hanuman Chalisa book from Indian stores or get it printed or even have it on a visiting card size which I also use. Some years ago, I distributed around 100s of Hanuman Chalisa to various temples and devotees in Gurugram, India. I intend to do it again and will bring some back to distribute here in South Africa too. My maid from Zimbabwe also knows this by heart which is a great achievement for her in itself. I will start another series where I could surely say that Bajrang Bali has significantly improved my life by his blessings and carrying me on a daily basis where I could not even walk or run. 

I have never shared my mental journey with anyone other than myself and the Almighty Lord but I was once on the brink of depression and taking some negative steps way back in my life after my engineering graduation in 2002-03 and I can only say that Lord Hanuman Ji and some other people really kept me going in real life. There are many such stories that will continue to come on my blog posts soon and much more as I concentrate on sharing all my ideas, thoughts and the real me with you openly. Thank You for your time and May God Hanuman Bless You too! Jai Bajrang Bali Ji Ki Jai!

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Photo Walk - Radhey Shyam Mandir #Marlboro #Jozi #Indian #Temple

Hi Guys,

As an Indian born into an Hindu family, temples are the first thing your parents take you for seeking Almighty Lord's blessings. Indian Temples always gives power and hope to those who goes looking for the same. 

 I have been lucky to see a lot of them all around the country in India as well as in London, UK, Singapore and now Johannesburg, South Africa. 

 Every temple will have it's own decorations and deities. The people governing them will do the daily prayers in the mornings and evenings. 

 Indian Temples in foreign countries never stop any person who wants to enter if they can keep their shoes out. Hats off to B.A.P.S who has kept the Indian traditions alive in all the countries where they operate the Indian temples. I have seen Neasden Temple in London, and here in Laudium, Marlboro and Lenasia. 

 There are always celebrations during the various festivals from Diwali to Dusshara, from Hanuman Jayanthi to Janmasthmi, every occassion is celebrated with full enthusiasm. 

These photographs are taken using Nikon D7000 (18-105mm lens) on the occasion of Diwali in 2015. Do visit the temple whenever you get the time, the peace it gives to your heart is immense and you stay connected to roots wherever in the world you belong to. 

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