Late Jimmy McGilligan Memorial Sustainable Development Week - concludes with interfaith prayer service
The entire program was zero waste, steel utensils from Municipal Corporation's utensils Bank and all home grown food.
Indore
Jimmy McGilligan Memorial Sustainable Development Week organized memory of late James (Jimmy) McGilligan husband of Padma Shri Janak Palta McGilligan .James R McGilligan (Jimmy) the Champion of Sustainable Development Recipient of Order of British Empire, concluded week long programs with a prayer meeting at her residence Giridarshan in village Sanawadiya last evening. on the 1st anniversary of his death. 2024,
Bahá'í Ridwan Festival & Jimmy McGilligan Memorial Sustainable Development Week concludes with interfaith prayer service.
Invocation of God Tapan Mukherjee and Dr. Bharat Rawat by blowing the conch sound ,was followed by singing of Bahá'í sacred verses by Janak Palta McGilligan about God Loves Deeds not the words " After this, her brother Subhash Palta, his sister Neelam Verma and sister-in-law Poonam Palta and his daughter Abha and her son Advay, sister Vandana Verma Priya. sharma, Aryama Sanyal chanted prayers from different Holy Books Gurbax recited the sacred text from Guru Granth Sahib!
Sangeet Gurukul's Guru Gautam Kale and his disciples devotional Music ,Bhajan s .Everyone was filled with joy by paying homage to Jimmy with prayers and bhajan tributes. Environmentalist Anurag Shukla from Mhow, Nisha from Silver Spring and Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Dr. Shefali, Bharti Batra sang the praises of the Lord.
Respected Prof. Saroj Kumar of Indore, Shri Arun DikeK, Gujarat's world famous solar engineer Deepak Gadhia paid tribute to Jimmy McGilligan by reciting emotional reminiscences of him as a quiet, gentle dedicated Baha'i servant who left his business, home, family and his country Britain. For years, he came to Indore and rendered selfless service to the tribal communities and Sanawadiya with all his heart and soul. He will always be remembered for his love and dedication to solar energy and the environment. For him, work was worship and service was prayer. He lived a life full of "Duty + Love + Sacrifice = Service". Janak Didi said that whatever she has been able to do is because of the sacrifices made by her husband "for me and Mother India, which inspires me to pursue whatever we have planned together... Jimmy & Janak McGilligan Foundation for Sustainable Developments' Trustee Veteran social worker “Virendra Goyal said, world famous class solar cooking energy experts Deepak Gadhiya, Ajay Chandak and Ghanshyam Lukhi along with Janak Didi inaugurated the Solar Cooking Food Festival on 15th April 2024 along with prominent persons associated with sustainable development. He thanked them for motivating and inspiring thousands of students at IIT Indore, Manav Chetna Kendra, Acropolis, Oriental University, Serum Nursing College for giving their valuable time to help the world by making India pollution free with green technologies like thermal solar cooking and biogas. He also thanked Aditi Gautam Kale for conducting th progrm and conveyed heartfelt thanks to Sangeet Gurukul and all the guests and family members. The entire program was zero waste, steel utensils from Municipal Corporation's utensils Bank and all home grown food.
