An Unexpected Jayanti Gift

In the afternoon, following the Jayanti padapuja, the monks set up a surprise gift for Bodhinatha: a 45-minute helicopter ride. Without letting Bodhinatha know what was happening, Sadasivanathaswami led him to the Umbrella Ganesha were everyone held a surprise parade, leading him all the way down San Marga to the cow pasture by the rudraksha forest. There, a helicpter dropped from the sky to fly him away. With room for five others, Sivanathaswami, Brahmanathaswami, Mayuranatha, Dayanatha and Sivarathna all boarded the flight with Bodhinatha.

Ready to fly away!

A surprise parade is called, to lead Bodhinatha to the landing zone

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s a long walk past Iraivan and up San Marga'

Bodhinatha later explained that he knew there must be some sort of gift at the end, but he never expected a helicopter ride

Here it comes

A nice surprise

They are introduced to the aircraft by its pilot

Sivarathna is the first to board

Bodhinatha then gets in beside him

Everybody is else in

off they go!

45 minutes later, they come back for a landing

Everyone said they had a wonderful flight

Group Photo. Happy Jayanti!

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