THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS BUILT ON A STONE REJECTED BY THE BUILDERS
SWARGA DWAR IS LOCATED ON THE OLD MUMBAI - PUNE HIGH WAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO VILLAGES TALOJA - ROHINJAN.
COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE LEPROSY CHILDREN
ON 6TH OF MAY 2009 THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE LEPROSY PATIENTS IS LAID DOWN IN SWARGA DWAR. fR. carlo TORRIANI is offering the prayer with a hindu "poojari" before laying down the foundation stone.
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| Sr. Luigina is receiving Aarathi during the ceremony |
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| Fr. Carlo Torriani is breaking the coconut |
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| Sr. Luigina is blessing the site |
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IT WAS STARTED IN 1983 BY REV. FR. CARLO TORRIANI AND ORSOLA MARCHESI.
IN 1981 ONE DAY FR. CARLO FOUND A LEPROSY PATIENT CALLED MANIKYAM ON THE FOOTPATH OF MUMBAI. MANIKYAM WAS CURED OF LEPROSY BUT NO PLACE TO LIVE. AFTER GETTING CURED FROM LEPROSY, NEITHER THE FAMILY NOR THE FRIENDS WERE ABLE TO GIVE HIM HOSPITALITY BECAUSE OF HIS DEFORMITIES. FR. CARLO ALONG WITH MANIKYAM SERACHED A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR THIS LEPROSY PATIENT WHO HAS COME BACK TO ROAD EVEN AFTER GETTING CURED OF LEPROSY. ON THAT DAY FR. CARLO VISITED MANY HOUSES LEPROSARIUM TO ADMIT MANIKYAM, BUT.... NO USE...NO PLACE FOR MANIKYAM IN WHOLE CITY OF MUMBAI... AGAIN HE BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE HE PICKED HIM UP AND LEFT HIM ON THE ROADS. THAT SAME NIGHT FR. CARLO STARTED THINKING OF A CENTER WHERE HE COULD PROVIDE A PLACE TO DIE PEACEFULLY FOR THOSE LEPROSY PATIENTS WHO ARE REJECTED BY THE SOCIETY. HIS IDEA HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH LOT OF HARDSHIPS AND SACRIFICES UNDER THE TITLE OF SWARGA DWAR: A GATE OF HEAVEN. THE LEPROSY PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT REJECTED BY THE FAMILIES/FRIENDS AND SOCIETY WILL HAVE ALWAYS A PLACE TO LIVE A LIFE WITH A HUMAN DIGNITY.
HERE, IN SWARGA DWAR THE LEPROSY PATIENTS ARE NOT BEGGARS BUT MASTERS AND GURUS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T MAKE USE OF THE TALENTS GIVEN BY GOD. THEY ARE THE TEACHERS FOR ALL VISITORS WHO WOULD GO OUT OF SWARGA DWAR WITH SOME SPIRITUAL OR HUMANITARIAN INSIGHT WHICH CAN SURELY ENLIGHTEN THEIR LIVES.
FR. VIJAYKUMAR RAYARALA P.I.M.E