Sahaja Yoga · Moscow

The year of the Sahaja Yoga Center establishment:

According to the Protocol of the Intentions on cooperation in the field of Sahaja Yoga research in the USSR signed in Moscow on August 9, 1989 by the Ministry of Health of the USSR and Life Eternal Trust International, “the meeting of V.I. Ilyin, the representative of the Senior Management in the field of science and medical technologies, and Mrs. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Mr. Yogeshvar Mahajan, Mr. Brayan Wells, Mr. Bogdan Shekhovich, the representatives of Life Eternal Trust International, took place on August 4, 1989. The parties agreed on the issues which were discussed”.

protocol of intentions

This process was also supported by the fact that there already were Sahaja Yogis in Moscow at that time (the first ones of them had received Self-Realization abroad). They had not only prepared the mentioned official Agreement in the Capital of Russia but also offered Shri Krishna Puja in Tver Region (350 km from Moscow).

Sahaja Yoga was spreading in Moscow with the speed of a fire. Active Sahaja Yogis went to other cities and conducted Self-Realisation programs there. In Moscow, the hall of the House of Culture “Red October” did not fit all the seekers of Truth. Several times afterwards the halls of Sahaja Yoga meetings were changed for bigger ones.

Shri Mataji in Russia in 1995

Moscow, September 17th, 1995, Shri Devi Puja

Active work with doctors was taking place. The first group of doctors who Shri Mataji gathered consisted of not more than 30 people but soon She had to prepare a Medical Conference for the next meetings. A talk by Shri Mataji with the scientists and university teachers was organized at the Biological Faculty of Moscow State University.

Shri Mataji in Russia in 1996

Shri Lakshmi Puja, Moscow, July 16th, 1996

Public Programs with Shri Mataji:

The first Public program conducted by Shri Mataji in Moscow took place at the Biological Faculty in Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov in May 1990. Shri Mataji talked to doctors, scientists and university teachers. Right after it, there was one more Public program in Mosiprotrance on 12 May 1990 which lasted during 2 days. The first Puja in Moscow was offered to Shri Mataji by Sahaja Yogis in May 1990.

During the first years of Sahaja Yoga in Russia, Shri Mataji came to Moscow several times a year. It was not an easy time for Russia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet Republics faced a severe economic crisis. On November 12, 1993 Shri Mahalaxmi Puja was offered to Shri Mataji in Moscow.

Shri Mataji in Russia in 1993