Pujya Sri Swamiji in Alaska, Anchorage & Denali National Park

  • 14 Jun 2023 - 26 Jun 2023
  • Alaska, USA

Pujya Sri Swamiji in Alaska, Anchorage & Denali National Park

 

Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska from the 17th to 24th June 2023. Arriving in Seattle from Hyderabad - Dubai, Sri Swamiji rested for two days in Seattle. Sri Swamiji gave Darshana to devotees in the evening of the 15th June 2023. Devotees presented a birthday cake to His Holiness. 

 

Arriving in Anchorage airport in the afternoon of 17th June from Seattle, Sri Swamiji was received by a small group of devotees from Canada. 

 

This was the second visit of Pujya Sri Swamiji to Alaska. IN 1985 on July 2nd Pujya Sri Swamiji had visited Barrow town, the north most point of United States and taken bath in the freezing polar waters of Arctic Ocean. 

 

On 18th June 2023, Sri Swamiji was taken in a private boat - Glacier Quest -  to see the Blackstone glacier near the town of Whittier. 
 

On 19th, Sri Swamiji visited the Alaska Native heritage Center near Anchorage. The museum explores the traditional and contemporary ways of Alaska’s Indigenous cultures.

 

On 20th Sri Swamiji visited the Alaska animal preservation center where many orphaned animals like grizzly bears, brown bears, moose, musk ox etc are there. Later Sri Swamiji went on the Alyeska aerial tram to the snowy reaches of the mountains. 

 

On 21st, Pujya Sri Swamiji was taken in car from Anchorage to Denali National park. 

On 22nd June, Pujya Sri Swamiji was taken in an airplane to show the Denali mountain range and the mighty Denali peak. 

On 23rd, Pujya Sri Swamiji walked around the Savage river banks. 

The sun never sets in Alaska during summer and Sri Swamiji waited till past midnight to have Surya Darshana midnight at 12 AM. 

 

On 24th Sri Swamiji travelled Denali - Anchorage - Honolulu. 

On 25th, Sri Swamiji visited Kailasa Nilaya and gave Darshana. 

On 26th June evening Pujya Sri Swamiji travelled Honolulu - Dallas and arrived at 6 AM on 27th June 2023. 

Pujya Sri Swamiji in Seattle Darshana program. A birthday cake was offered to Pujya Swamiji to celebrate the 81st Birthday on 15th June 2023
Captain Ian welcomes Pujya Swamiji aboard the Glacier Quest ship to visit the Blackstone glacier at Whitter, Alaska on 18 June 2023
Blackstone bay at Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji on Blackstone bay, Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji on Blackstone bay, Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji on Blackstone bay & Blackstone glacier, Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji on Blackstone bay & Blackstone glacier, Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Blackstone glacier, Whittier in Alaska - 18 June 2023
Pujya Swamiji holds a small iceberg from Blackstone glacier in Alaska on 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji admires the small iceberg from the mighty Blackstone glacier in His divine hands - Alaska, 18 June 2023
Blackstone Bay in Alaska on 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji with a large chunk of glacier ice that drifted to the boat at Blackstone glacier in Alaska on 18 June 2023
A bird shaped snow at Blackstone bay in Alaska on 18 June 2023
A glacier fed waterfall behind Pujya Sri Swamiji at Blackstone bay in Alaska on 18 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji visited Alaska Native Heritage Center near Anchorage, Alaska on 19 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on 20 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji looks at brown bears at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on 20 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji looks at brown bears at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on 20 June 2023
Sri Swamiji went on the Alyeska aerial tram to the snowy reaches of the mountains on 20 June 2023
Sri Swamiji went on the Alyeska aerial tram to the snowy reaches of the mountains on the evening of 20 June 2023
Sri Swamiji went on the Alyeska aerial tram to the snowy reaches of the mountains on the evening of 20 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji arrived in Denali National park, Alaska on 21st June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji flew around the Alaska's Denali mountain range in a helicopter on 22nd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji flew around the Alaska's Denali mountain range in a helicopter on 22nd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji flew around the Alaska's Denali mountain range in a helicopter on 22nd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji by the banks of Savage river in Denali National Park, Alaska on 23 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji on the banks of Savage river in Denali National park on 23 June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji in Denali National park, Alaska on 23rd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji in Denali National park, Alaska on 23rd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji in Denali National park, Alaska on 23rd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji in Denali National park, Alaska on 23rd June 2023
Pujya Sri Swamiji in Denali National park, Alaska on 23rd June 2023
The second Alaska tour of Pujya Swamiji ended with Darshana of Surya Deva at midnight on 23rd June 2023