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Shibir 2009 - Sports Day
 
Participants pray to Lord SwaminarayanBapa Swamibapa before the start of the shibir sports day events Participants pray to Lord SwaminarayanBapa Swamibapa before the start of the shibir sports day events Participants are briefed on the programme for the day Participants are briefed about the first set of track and field events
Participants line up for press-ups Participants line up for press-ups Participants line up for sit-ups The team races towards the first track and field activity
The first team activity: all team members have to jump over the hurdles All team members have to jump over the hurdles The second track and field team activity: all team members have to pass underneath the pole as quickly as possible All team members have to pass underneath the pole as quickly as possible, whilst the younger members have to balance across the pole
The third track and field team activity: All team members must balance across each of the beams All team members must balance across each of the beams The fourth track and field team activity: Younger team members must do five chin-ups The fifth track and field team activity: Each team member must run weaving past the poles
As a young child, Jeevanpran Swamibapa used to play on the banks of the river Vatrak in Kheda. Jeevanpran Swamibapa used to make beautiful temples out of sand and place Lord Swaminarayan's murti inside the temple. In memory of this, the shibir teams gathered and took part in a competition to build the best temple from sand Team members get involved in building the temple Maninagar team members get involved in building the temple Team members are involved in building the temple
Team members building the temple This first credit crunch effort will not do - try again! The teams gather to play kabadi The defending team bring down the attacker playing kabadi
The defending team surround the attacker playing kabadi The defending team try to bring down the attacker The attacker tries to tag members of the defending team playing kabadi The team have surrounded the attacker but need to hold him there until his breath runs out
The attacker attempts to escape back to her side after tagging her opponent The attacker tries to escape back to her side after tagging members of the defending team playing kabadi All team members build part of the temple before joining the pieces together The final touches are applied to the temple
Local vegetation is used to decorate the temple surroundings and the temple itself The final touches are applied to the temple The temple built by team Bhuj is under going heavy construction work Participants break for prasad lunch
Participants break for prasad lunch Participants break for prasad lunch Participants break for prasad lunch in the field The completed temple made by team Delihi
The completed temple made by team Delihi The completed temple made by team Surat The completed temple made by team Surat The completed temple made by team Bhuj
A close up of the completed temple made by team Bhuj The completed temple made by team Maninagar A close up of the completed temple made by team Maninagar The crowd support the teams taking part in the shibir activities
Team participants compete in the tap ni mara Team participants compete in the tap ni mara Team participants compete in the tap ni mara The remaining team members after continously performing the tap ni mara pose
Team shibir members compete in the tap ni mara The paricipants remaining as team shibir members compete in the tap ni mara Team participants compete in the 100m dash Team participants compete in the 100m dash
Team participants compete in the 100m dash      
 

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