Most respected Shri Varshneyji, Tiwariji, I.D. Joshiji, Sharmaji Maharaj,

My heartfelt adorations to all the great Senior Citizens of Rishikesh.

First of all, I am very proud of India, then I am very proud of Uttarakhand, and finally I am so proud of Rishikesh and of all the Senior Citizens who have come over here.

For me, my dear friends, you are very special. We have to honour the Senior Citizens, they have the experience, they have the knowledge, they have gone through everything. Rishikesh is what our Senior Citizens are - great, wonderful and dynamic. It is tremendous what I have seen today, the Yoga presentation, singing presentation and the dance, everything was marvelous.

I always appreciate you, I feel, all of you are very special. For me the Senior Citizens are the born Saints and I am proud that they are in Rishikesh and Rishikesh is very, very special. Rishikesh is the main city of Yoga, which everybody of us has seen here. I am grateful and thankful to you that you have come to honour us. As far as the praise is concerned, we will work in the same way or rather even better. Any inch, whatever we have moved, whatever we have done, it's not we, it is purely Swami Omkarananda. Without His guidance, without His knowledge, without His request to come here to India, all the things would not have been possible. Swamiji says: Regard each and every

citizen as a light of the Divine, serve them, work for them, help them, and do the maximum for them. Swamiji's love is here in Rishikesh, Muni-ki-reti. Swamiji is Rishikesh and Muni-ki-reti. And a very special Thanks to our highly, highly dynamic Varshneyji. You have chosen him as a President. I think nothing could be better than that. Such a wonderful educationist! I have seen him years before, the way he is managing, the way he is looking for each and every thing, simply marvelous! Varshneyji, you are really extraordinary! So, I am very, very thankful to you, but because time is very short, I don't want to bother you much, I can only say, I am proud of all of you. For me, all of you are very, very special and if there is any chance, we like to help you. I would like to offer a shawl to our great, great Varshneyji for his outstanding work in the field of education, in the field of social services. Give a clapping hand for Varshneyji!

And I came to know our great, great Sharmaji is here. He is Secretary of Senior Citizens. Please allow me to honour you with a shawl. A special clapping for Sharmaji Maharaj!

Thank you, thank you very much! I am also very thankful to Dr. Rekha Aggarwala, Director of our Omkarananda Management Institute, a highly dynamic personality, who wants to bring the students to the greatest heights.

Adorations to all of you!

Swami Omkarananda Maharaj ki Jay!