Your Festival Contribution Opportunities Select Amount

$5001 Festival Grand Sponsor Mukhya Yajman for all Pujas, Daily Archana, Large Silver Item, Blessed Dhoti, Silk Saree, 1/2 Page Adv & Reserved Seating for 4 during all evening cultural programs

$2501 One Day Program Sponsor (Maybe Shared by max 2 Entities)

1/2 Page Adv in Brochure , 5 min Stage Time On The Sponsored Program Day, 6’x3’ Stage Side Banner, 8 Seats, Opportunity to felicitate the Artists, Aarti/Archana

$1001 Festival Sponsor Participate in all Pujas, Daily Aarti, 10 Archana, Large Silver Item and Donor Area Seating for 4 during choice of any 5 Evening Cultural Programs

$1001 Religious Sponsor (choose one) □ 1001 Laddu Prasad for MahaAbhishek, Siddhi Buddhi & Ganesh Vivah □ 12-Day Moola Murthy Siddhivinayak Alankar □ 12-Day Fragrant Flowers & Garlands from India & USA for Siddhivinayak □ Gold Plated Chhatra (Umbrella) for Moola Murthy Ganesha

10 Archana, Mukhya Yajman of Choice of 1 Puja, Medium Silver Item, Blessed Kalash, Dhoti & Silk Saree

$501 Patron Sponsor Participate in 1 Puja of your choice, 3 Archana, Medium silver item/coin, Donor Area Seating for 4 during choice of any 3 Cultural Programs

$501 Religious Sponsor, Mukhya Yajman (choose one) □ Kalyanam/Vivah of Ganesh & Siddhi, Buddhi □ 108 Kalash Maha Abhishek to Siddhi, Buddhi, Lord Ganesh □ Jyeshtha Kanishtha Gauri Puja (4-day)

Mukhya Yajman (Lead) of 1 Puja of your choice, Carry Kalash in MahaAbhishek or Perform Kanyadaan or Vadhu-Var Agaman Puja in Ganesh Kalyanam or Lead Puja during Gauri Aagaman, Pujan & Visarjan, Receive Blessed Silk Saree & Receive Blessed Kalash or Dhoti

$201 Family Sponsor 2 Archana, Small Silver Item, Donor Area Seating for 4 during choice of 1 Cultural Program

$111 Day Sponsor 1 Archana, 1 Small Silver Item

$111 Religious Puja Sponsor (choose one) □ 1st Day Ganesh Pran Pratishtha, Navagraha & Ganesh Yagna □ Daily Afternoon Moolamurthy Abhishek & Alankar □ 108 Kalash Maha Abhishek to Siddhi, Buddhi, Lord Ganesh □ Kalyanam/Vivah of Ganesh & Siddhi, Buddhi □ Jyeshtha Kanishtha Gauri Puja (3-day)

Participate in 1 Puja of your choice, Blessed Saree and Blessed Kalash or Dhoti

$51 Samagri Sponsors (Towards Material Needed For Festival) 1 Archana and Blessed Upavastram

Total Donation Amount (Please also fill the donation form on the back side and send with

enclosed no-postage-necessary BRM envelope)

Choose Your Festival & Religious Sponsorship Please cut this page, select your donation type, fill the form on the backside and mail

Donations by employees working with following companies can be doubled by corporate matching contributions:

• Aetna • Bank of America • CVS Pharmacy • eBay • GE • GSK • Honeywell • JP Morgan Chase • Merck • Morgan Stanley • Prudential • SIG • Truist • United Health Group •

• Vanguard • Verizon BCC also receives donations made through • Benevity Community Impact Fund • United Way Write Checks in Favor of Bharatiya Cultural Center for Corporate Match or else, please write

the checks in favor of Bharatiya Temple Inc. Please write PGF in memo field of your check.

Questions? Contact: Neelam Naik 610.715.8856 • Jayesh Parmar 267.210.0052

Dear Devotees, Namaskar. It is our immense pleasure to invite you to join Philadelphia Ganesh Festival’s 13th year celebrations at the beautifully renovated Bharatiya Temple. Looking forward to welcome you with family & friends.

Thousands of Ganesh devotees attend this festival. Our festival touches countless hearts and many devotees experience spiritual well being. We follow an all-inclusive mission. Every activity the of festival is organized to serve Lord Ganesha and HIS devotees like you. This has made a permanent mark on our Indian community and helped us receive a top rank as America’s First and Largest 10-Day Public Ganesh Festival. In this flyer, you will see as many as 20 cultural and spiritual programs are planned specially for Lord Ganesha and you.

This festival is possible only because of your voluntary donations. Please send your generous donations at your earliest convenience using the enclosed “No postage necessary envelope”. Please visit our website (www.PhiladelphiaGaneshFestival.org) for regular program updates and participation. Ganapati Bappa Moraya!

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Philadelphia Marathi Mandal, Plymouth Balvihar, Indo-American Club, Telugu Association, TANA, Philadelphia Telangana Association, Bharatiya Vidyalaya,

Bharatiya Cultural Center, SRUTI, UP Association of Greater Philadelphia, Gujarati Samaj of Delaware Valley, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, Sewa International, Navodaya

Kannada Koota, Tamil Association, North South Foundation, SEWAA

Bharatiya Temple 1612 County Line Rd, Chalfont, PA 18914, Phone : 215-997-1181

Www.PhiladelphiaGaneshFestival.Org Www.B-Temple.Org

AUG 24, THURS @ 8:30pm

Gujarati Sugam Sangeet

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Hema Desai AUG 25, FRI @ 7:45pm

Padmashree Malini Awasthi

Hindi Folk Songs

Marathi Play

Sakkhe Shejari AUG 26, SAT @ 7:45pm

Bengali Folk Songs

Parvathy Baul

Suva Devi & Ustad Arba Music Group

AUG 27, SUN @ 7:45pm

Rajasthani Gypsy Caravan

AUG 28, MON @ 7:45pm

Shree Krishna Parijatam Kuchipudi Dance

Guru Y. Hanumantha Rao

AUG 29, TUE @ 7:45pm

Young Star Concert AUG 30, WED @ 7:45pm

Shri N. Ravikiran & Smitha Madhav Vaadya Nrityaamrita • Chitraveena & Bharatnatyam

Hindustani Classical

AUG 31, THURS @ 7:45pm

Pt. Rahul Deshpande

SEPT 1, FRI @ 7:45pm

Riyaaz Qawwali

Sham-E-Sufi

The Land of Desserts Rajasthani Dance Entertainment Show

Benefiting Support a Child Organization

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SEPT 2, SAT @ 7:45pm

SEPT 2, SAT @ 12:00pm

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Hindi Orchestra

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Rajesh Panwar

SEPT 3, SUN @ 12:00pm

Local Kids Talent Show

SEPT 3, SUN @ 3:00pm SEPT 3, SUN @ 7:45pm

Ustad Shahid Parvez

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Every night photo shoot from 9:00pm - 9:15pm. Programs & schedule are subject to change. For program updates visit www.PhiladelphiaGaneshFestival.org

AUG 26, SAT @1:30pm Directed by: Sujata Deshmukh Written by: Sai Paranjapye