Shri Ram Katha, Lakadganj.
Nine days in Lakadganj
From to , O J Agrawal Charitable Trust organised a nine-day Shri Ram Katha at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Kachhi Visa) Maidan in Lakadganj. Entry was free and open to all.
The katha was told by Jagadguru Swami Shri Rambhadracharya Ji Maharaj, in the presence of Acharya Ramchandra Das Ji Maharaj. It opened with a Shobha Yatra that walked from Shri Geeta Mandir in Hivri Nagar to the katha ground, with dhol and tasha, saffron flags and kirtan.
A free eye camp was announced at the same ground, so the gathering carried a practical form of care as well.
Shri Nitin Gadkari came on 27 December and took the Jagadguru's darshan. On the closing day, Shri Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Revenue Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister of Nagpur district, attended and took darshan too.
In the months that followed
On , members of the Trust took darshan at Shri Jam Sawli Hanuman Ji. On , Dr. Ravi Agrawal and Shri Suraj Agrawal took darshan at the newly built Shyam Baba Mandir in Arvi. On the Jagadguru came to the family home.