Jai Shree Krishna

Yes. Jagdish bhai, the conclusions infered by you are very apt.

We as Vaishnavs, ought to be very clear in our perception of What areHavelis.

1) Havelis, are Traditionally the residential place of Shree Vallabhkul.

2) The Thakorji Biraajman in the Haveli is the Nidhi/sevya swaroop of Shree Vallabhkul.

3)A Vaishnav visits Haveli, to offer his repects to Shree Vallabhkul.

4)A Vaishnav is allowed to have darshan of the Biraajmaan Thakorji, by the Krupa of Shree Vallabhkul

5)A Vaishnav while doing the Darshan, not only offeres his obscience to the lord, but also is inspired by the Devine ambience. He learns the finer nuances of Raag-Shrungaar  too through darshan.

6)A Vaishnav also by follwoing the various behavioral patterns is exposed to the finer aspects of the Marg.

7)A Vaishnav by visiting the Haveli, gets and seeks calrification of the various doubts he/she may have either from Shree Vallabhkul himself, the Mukhiaji, or the Vaishnavs themselves.

8)A Vaishnav keeps himself abrest with the various news and views of the marg by visiting the Haveli.

9)By offering the various sevas (Tanuja seva) a Vaishnav improves his/her personal skills in those sevas, and also learns the right way of doing them.

10)By offering Vittaja seva, a Vaishnav contributes towards wellness of the Haveli itself, an important karthavya of us Vaishnavs, as the Haveli is the living place of our beloved Shree Vallabhkul and Shree thakorji. And it is our duty that such a devine place is not devoid of facilities and faculties.

11)Last but not the least, With the krupa of Shree Vallabhkul, The Haveli, also serves as a centre for a Vaishnav to fullfill his/her manoraths be it to Shree Thakorji or Shree Vallabhkul.

But to think this is the Start and the end is the mistake a Vaishnav should never make.

The param sukh of doing seva of Shree Ang,  the devine experience of Shree Thakorjis mand manda muskan after offering him shrungaar, the innumerous manoraths that one develops for Shree Thakorji, in offering Samagri, Vastra, abhushana etc. is all possible only by doing Gruhseva of our own Sevya swaroop.

The inculcation of Prema Bhakthi, the  jagrutta of bhaav, the transition of Prem to Askthi and then the wait for Vyasan can be truely and most vividly expereienced through Gruhseva. In fact, with Gruhaseva, the dhrudta catapulates manytimes faster. I am sure, all those who do Gruh seva will vouch ofr such experiences.

It is important here too remember that Gruha seva too needs to be done with absolute bhaav, to offer kriya padhi seva on a day to day basis again is no seva at all.

Haripriya.

Jai Shri Krishna,

Shreekant Bhai Thank You  for your kind words and indeed for such a wonderful way in summarising all the main key points above. All really well placed and illustrated. I agree with dadaji's statement.

One more point that comes to mind is that it is important (if not critical) for the Vaishnavs should recognise/realise their own sevya swaroop is their personal swaroop into whom we are projecting the 'reflection' of the actual Thakorji who is actually with and within us. Who guides us day and night, etc.. I feel that we sometimes tend to forget this and in ignorance at such times, give more importance to someone else's child than our own.. Please excuse the choice of words in this context.

This also brings forward something that was said, along the lines that there are countless swaroops of Thakorjis all over, in all the universes/creation as there are His devotees.

Best Wishes
jagdish

Jai Shree Krishna

It is of utmost importance to have dhrudta in ones own sevya swaroopa. With this drudtha and ananyatha, one cannot devolop asakthi, and with out asakthi to move forward is impossible.

Jai Shri Krishna,

I have always experienced a spiritual atmosphere in Havelis and it is also free from distractions. Moreover, all special days and festivals are celebrated in a better way in Havelis giving a lot of meaning to the occassion. For example, naav na darshan is only possible in Haveli. Sevaks have lot to do in Haveli if they are devoted to seva and they can chant bhajans while doing seva. No doubt Gruha Seva is equally important to build a relationship with Lord and we should consider ourselves blessed if we can make most out of both.

Building Havelis can be considered as Landmark of Religion and best place for future generations to gain knowledge of Pushtimarg and follow them at home.

Kindly correct me, if I am wrong,

Jai Shri Krishna

jsk

great list is described by shrikant bhai  to give a glimpse of havelies and dutieds of vaishnavs

but nothing is more important then happiness of your sevya swroop at home

any activity of vaishnav related to havelies should never be performed at the cost of nitya seva of thakurji

at home

jsk jiger shah

Jai Shree Krishna

It is important for us as Vaishanvs to always - sada and sarvada remember, that in Seva, Quality of seva is most important not quantity. The bhaav should always take precedence to the Pomp and show.

While we may not be able to perform the Naav manorath to our sevya swaroopa, it is important to be inspired from the Haveli darshan and atleast place a small Naav in a Thaali in front of our own Shree Thakorji and express to Prabhu our bhaav of the manorath.

Jai Shri Krishna,

Thanks Shreekantbhai for your guidance.

Pranav

Haripriya.