Honoring Baba Hari Dass

Join us for our annual aradhana (honoring ceremony) for Baba Hari Dass, affectionately called “Babaji” – beloved teacher, guru, and inspiration behind the founding of Mount Madonna Center, Mount Madonna Institute, and a number of other organizations and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, and northern India. The aradhana includes a puja (ceremonial offering) and yajna (fire ceremony) at the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple at Mount Madonna.

The date of Babaji’s passing was September 25, 2018, during the period called Pitru Paksha in traditional Hindu culture. It is an auspicious 16-day period beginning on the full moon day in late August to early September. Babaji passed on the second day of Pitru Paksha, the day after the full moon. Pitru Paksha is an important time for annually honoring ancestors with tarpanam (making offerings) and shraddha (ritual paying homage). If one leaves their body during that period, as Babaji did, it is considered particularly auspicious.