Swadhyaya is a non profit organization headed by Rev. Pandurang Shastriji Athavale. Swadhyaya, meaning self-study, is also where I go every Sunday to learn more about myself. Not just culturally, but personally too. Swadhyaya incorporates the culture and religion when generalizing issues and topics but it can be applied to any

religion and/or culture. Swadhyaya helps me grow spiritually and intellectually, something that the regular day-to-day schools don’t do, and gives me spiritual knowledge as opposed to bread-oriented knowledge. Swadhyaya is also where I meet new people and learn to interact with them. It also helps me make new friends and maintain strong relationships. There are a lot of activities which are centered around the youth. One of them is the annual camp held in the United States, but invites Swadhyayees from all over the United States as well as Canada. This is a youth camp for ages 14-24 and it lasts for

about 2-3 weeks. During these couple of weeks youth get together and arrange cultural activities, sports, shows, and discussion topics, which are then supervised by adults. Last year’s (’98) camp was a great experience for me since it was my first time going. I had never thought that I would go, but

now that I went, it has been the best time of my life.Here are some of the pix from the camp...
Here are some peepz from the chi~town and the MD click......	And of course the bus ride to the cruise.....

....some raas pix...

...pathik, monica, me and praps @ the outing...