Darshan Museum
  Location within Maharashtra | |
| Location | Sadhu Vaswani Mission building, opposite Sadhu Vaswani Chowk, Pune, Maharashtra |
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| Coordinates | 18°31′27″N 73°52′33″E / 18.524147°N 73.875890°ECoordinates: 18°31′27″N 73°52′33″E / 18.524147°N 73.875890°E |
The Darshan Museum[1] is a museum in Pune, India, dedicated to the noted Sindhi Saint and scholar, Sadhu T. L. Vaswani. It is a biographical museum that offers an insight into the life and therefore the teachings of Sadhu Vaswani. The museum is built on a space of 10000 sq. feet; on the first floor of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission Building.
A journey into Sadhu Vaswani's life and activities, the museum creates an entertaining, educative and moving experience for the soul, through a series of immersive spatial experiences rich in audio, video and multimedia, culminating in the darshan of the humble kutiya, where he spent his last years. The museum is also essentially a repository of his teachings – in the form of interactive and participatory exhibits engaging the visitors, young and old alike.
This museum has been made by using a vast palette of museum based technologies; like real life mannequins, graphic panels, holographic screens, interactive, audio-visual material, films, et al.
The narrative and the dialogues, in the sound and light format, make it a very emotive experience; as opposed to the written format. This museum is facilitated by ushers who guide visitors thru the 8 zones in this museum, each zone has various experiences from the life and teachings of the Great Master, in the narrative. Visitors have a choice of 2 different languages, viz Hindi and English.
The museum was inaugurated[2] by famous Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on 1 August 2011. At the function he went on to felicitate the people who contributed majorly to the project and held a candid question and answer session[3][4] with revered J. P. Vaswani.
The Sadhu Vaswani Mission is a charitable organisation based in Pune with branches all over the world. Originally known as the 'The Brotherhood Association' it was renamed to Sadhu Vaswani Mission upon the demise of its founder and spiritual head, Sadhu T. L. Vaswani. The organisation is well known for its philanthropic work in the fields of education, healthcare, rural development, spiritual upliftment and feeding of the poor through its community kitchens. Its current spiritual head is noted humanitarian, educationist, philanthropist, poet and modern saint, J. P. Vaswani who is affectionately called 'Dada' (meaning elder brother) by his followers.