New Year's Eve

Every celebration in the ashram is part of the spiritual practice with which we strive to bring our consciousness back to the True Self - the divine essence in every being.
We celebrate New Year’s Eve at Sri Neem Karoli Baba Mandir. Ma will not be in the ashram on New Year’s Eve this year.

The ashram opens at 17:00 and there will be chai and biscuits to settle in. At 18:00, the festivities begin in the kirtan hall with an aarti dedicated to Sri Neem Karoli Baba. Following the aarti, we sing the Hanuman Chalisa together 54 times, the sacred mantra in honour of Lord Hanuman. Both the aarti and the chanting will be broadcast via livestream.
From 19:30 onwards there will be a buffet. The livestream will conclude after the last Hanuman Chalisa and we will enter into the new year 2025 in silence. At midnight the horns will sound to welcome the new year. The ashram closes at around 1:00 am.