murugan temple newsletter - october, november, december 2011
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Murugan Temple Newsletter - October, November, December 2011TRANSCRIPT
Message from the president
Dear Beloved MTNA Devotees
I am extremely happy to inform all our Ardent Murugan Devotees throughout the USA that our temple activities are progressing well. We had two major Festivities in the year 2011. In January 2011, Durga i Amman Prathishtai was celebrated for 2 days in a very grand manner by offering Annadhanam to
more than 500 Devotees in plantain leaves. The entire function and all the expenditures were all met by donations from $51 to $7200 each. Next we had our 12th year Maha Kumbhabishekam on May 13th, 2011 in a spectacular manner. Hundreds of Murugan devotees donated generously and lots of Volunteers did work very diligently. During that period, the main Sanctum Santorum was repaired and decorated with wooden carving ceiling; all 5 Moolasthanams have been beautified with Engraved beautiful doors. Plenty of Volunteers devoted their valuable time to make our Temple beautiful before our Maha Kumbhabishekam. Two Silpis helped us during that time to repair and painted our Gopuram &
Constructed several Homaguntams.
The function went on very well in a grand scale
for a Week.
After 2 years of hard work by the Planning committee and the architect, we have a floor plan accepted by all devotees for the Rajagopuram & Temple extension plan. Since we were busy with the Maha Kumbhabishekam, we will be ready to start our Rajagopuram project, beginning with the commercial Kitchen ASAP. Please come and participate in the committee and be a grand sponsor for the projects in the Rajagopuram and
Temple extension plan.
On behalf of MTNA, I would like to acknowledge and thank all dedicated Devotees and Volunteers for their financial, physical and moral support to the Murugan Temple of North America
all along.
Lord Washington Murugan blesses you and your family in good health and happiness. Endrum Anbudan
President/MTNA
Annual Fundraiser on Oct 22nd featuring Bharatanatyam artist Sheejith Krishna
The Fundraiser is an annual event at the Temple. The function includes cultural programs, auction, raffles and delicious dinner. This is a great opportunity for devotees to contribute to the Temple.
On October 22nd, Mr. Sheejith Krishna an outstanding Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, teacher and versatile artist who currently works at Kaleshetra Foundation, Chennai will be giving his solo or combined performance with Ms. Tharini Shanmugarajah. Tharini has been learning Bharathanatyam for the past seventeen years from her mother, Kalyani Shanmugarajah and has been actively involved in the Kalapeetham dance school, established by her mother in 1990.
Date: October 22nd—Dance by Sheejith Krishna and Tharini Shanmugarajah.
Time: 5:00PM-10:00PM
Place: MTNA auditorium
Tickets (with snacks and dinner): $30/person or $40/person for front rows.
For tickets or information, contact
Lakshmi Iyengar 410-551-4308
Raghavan (manager) 301-552-4889.
Upcoming events
Navarathri celebrations—Sept 27th—October 5th
The grand Navarathri celebrations include special Abhishekam to Meenakshi and recitation of Lalitha Sahasranamam on all days. On October 1st, Sunday, there is Ganesh Puja by children at 4:00PM. All children are welcome. On October 4th, Durgashtami, Chandi Homam will be performed at 9:00AM. Ther is also special abhishekam to Durga at 1:00PM fol-lowed by Deeparathanai.
Skanda Sashti celebrations—October 27th—November 1st and November 5th
The Skanda Sashti will be celebrated on a magnifi-cent scale from October 27th to November 1st. The grand concluding celebrations to be held on Novem-ber 5th include Sangabhishekam to Lord Murugan, procession and Thiru Kalyanam. For schedule, refer to the calendar on page 3 or Temple calendar.
Thiruvannamalai Karthigai Deepam on December 8th
Swamimamali Karthigai Deepam on December 10th
Index Fundraiser 1 Upcoming events 1 Message from the president 1 List of Donors 2 Avani Avittam 2 Projects 2 Calendar 3
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Nallur Festival: Ratham completes another run successfully for the third
consecutive year (Refer to the blog for more photos)
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Avani Avittam at MTNA: The tradition continues
On the morning of Nallur festival, the Murugan Temple was home to yet another
r i t u a l i s t i c c e l e b r a t io n :
The avani Avittam. More than 25 brahmacharis assembled early in the morning along the footsteps of the Temple’s side entrance as priest Sri. Visveswaran prepared all the materials for the ritual. The brahmacharis piously followed the instructions of Sri. Visveswaran, who initiated them into the new sacred thread. The Avani Avittam celebration stated at the Murugan Temple last year. We hope more people will
join us for this auspicious event in future.
Thanks to all the devotees who have contributed generously to the Temple for Maha Kum-babishekam. (List of donors not included in the July-Sept 2011 issue of Seval continued ).
Nanadavanam We are always looking for volunteers, plants, and any other material that you will like to donate towards the temple garden. We will be using the flowers at our daily Poojas.
Recognition of Graduates on October 2nd We will be recognizing our new graduates, and the students who learn Tamil during their out-of-class hours at the Temple on Sundays from Virginia, Bethesda, and Ellicott City. please send us the name, address, and other details fresh graduates. The ceremony will be held at 3PM before Pooja on the Vijayathasami Day. If they are in an out of state college, the parents can receive it for them, and forward it to them.
Thanksgiving Meal on November 19th We annually feed the men, women and children in the shel-ters at Prince George’s County - Prince George’s House & Shepherd Cove. We also provide each of them with a bath towel. If you like to make a large or small tray of food, or donate towards the items to be purchased including contain-
ers, napkins, cutlery, and towels, please let us know.
For more details, contact the Temple manager or
Elyathamby Vignarajah at [email protected]
Combined Federal Campaign: Now available for MTNA
Federal Government Employees can contribute year end contribution to Murugan Temple of North America. CFC #
for MTNA 69386.
You can now donate to your Temple
through your mobile devices too.
BECOME A LIFE-TIME DEVOTEE OF MTNA—DONATE A DOLLAR A DAY TO THE TEMPLE
Dear Lord Murugan Devotees:
The Murugan Temple of North America [MTNA] Manage-ment sincerely thanks all devotees for their devoted participa-tion in Temple activities. There is a need of MINIMUM $28,000 PER MONTH to pay the Mortgage, Priests’ Sala-ries, Health Insurance, Utilities and other day to day opera-
tional expenses
We request you to donate just one Dollar a Day for the successful operations of the Temple , which will be FULLY TAX DEDUCTABLE. By this commitment, you and your family will be honored as a Life-Time Devotee of MTNA. OUR TEMPLE NEEDS YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
DONATE FROM BANK ACCOUNT: Arrangements have been made with a local bank for an automatic transfer every month for the amount you commit to contribute from your checking or savings account. Please complete the Au-thorization Form for Automatic Payment (available at the Donations section of the Temple website or ask Temple manager), include a voided check and mail to the above
address to the attention of M. P. SELVAM /MTNA.
DONATE BY CREDIT CARD: Specify Recurring while filling in the Shopping Cart on the Temple Website. Mention ‘Dollar a day’ and Sankalpam details in the ‘Special Instruc-tions’ field. Fill in the recurring payment settings such as frequency of deduction in the checkout screen. In apprecia-tion of your contribution, the Temple will perform a special Pooja every month in your and family name. Also on the birthdays or on the day you specify, the Temple will perform an Archanai for you and members of your family. Please complete and return the Sankalpam Form. Our immediate goal is to have a minimum of 500 life-time ardent devotees. Your immediate response is highly appreciated. Remember this is Just a cost of one cup of coffee per day. Please kindly send back the forms at your earliest convenience and CON-
VINCE YOUR FRIENDS TOO!
May Lord Washington Murugan Bless you and your family with good health and prosperity.
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Special Temple fundraiser program: Sheejith Krishna performs at Bellflower, CA on October 16th
The fund raising committee of Murugan Temple of North America requests your whole hearted support for a fund raising event in Southern California. You will have one of the most beautiful experiences in life. A highly talented young Bharatanatyam artist from Kalakshetra of Chennai, India, Mr. Sheejith Krishna will perform with Miss. Tharini Shanmugaraja. All expenses for the event are being borne by devotees Raj and Brinda Prasad. So every penny of your tax deductible money will go to the temple. The temple has no Rajagopuram and the funds will go to the Rajagopuram fund. (Tax ID number for the temple is 52-1203667). The tickets will be $100, $75, $50 and $25 (students $15). Date: October 16th, 2011 Time: 04:00pm Venue: William Bristol Civic Auditorium, 16600 civic
center drive, in Bellflower, CA 90706.
Two of the Brahmacharis
with priest Sri Visveswaran
Diwali Mela: October 8th 2011
The Association of United Hindu and Jain Temples brings to you Diwali Mela on October 8th from noon to 10:00PM at FedEx grounds, Home of the Washington Redskins. The celebrations include fireworks also. All are invited. Please refer to http://www.dcunitedtemples.org/ut/diwalimela/for
more information.
Swami Bodhinatha gave a stellar talk on Sacred Temples describing the importance of Temples in our spiritual develop-ment during the
Nallur festival.
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Ganapati Tunai “Why Fear? I Am Within You and Protect You Always” — Murugan
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Mail: The Murugan Temple of North America, 6300 Princess Garden Parkway,Lanham, MD 20706 – Please address checks to MTNA.
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Navarathri Day 5—Oct 1st
10:30AM Meenakshi Special Abhishekam
06:00pm Lalitha Sahasranamam
Navarathri Day 6—Oct 2nd
10:30AM Meenakshi Special Abhishekam
04:00pm Ganesh Pooja by children
06:00pm Lalitha Sahasranamam
Navarathri Days 7 & 9—Oct 3rd & 5th
11:00AM Meenakshi Special Abhishekam
07:30pm Lalitha Sahasranamam
Navarathri Day 8—Durgashtami Oct 4th
09:00AM Chandi Homam
01:00pm Durga Abhishekam
01:45pm Deeparathanai
07:30pm Lalitha Sahasranamam
Sani Pradosham—Oct 8th
06:00pm Siva Special Abhishekam
Deepavali—Oct 25th
07:00pm Meenakshi Special Abhishekam
07:30pm Lakshmi Kubera Pooja
Skanda Sashti Celebrations
Day 1—Oct 27th
09:00AM Ganapathi Homam/Abhishekam
09:45AM Subramanya Homam
10:30AM Kavadi and Pal Kudam
11:00AM Murugan Abhishekam
08:00pm Murugan Sahasranamam
Day 2 & 5—Oct 28th & 31st
09:30AM Kavadi and Pal kudam
10:00AM Murugan Abhishekam
08:00pm Murugan Sahasranamam
Day 3 and 4—Oct 29th & 30th
10:30AM Kavadi and Pal kudam
11:00AM Murugan Abhishekam
08:00pm Murugan Sahasranamam
November
Day 6—Nov 1st
09:30AM Kavadi and Pal kudam
10:00AM Murugan Abhishekam
08:00pm Murugan Sahasranamam
Skanda Sashti grand celebrations— Nov 5th
08:30AM Ganapathi Abhishekam
09:00AM Subramanya Homam
10:00AM Kavadi and Pal kudam
11:00AM Sangabishekam
12:45AM Deeparathanai
01:30pm Lunch
03:00pm Thiru Kalyanam and Murugan procession
Annabishekam for Siva—Nov 10th
10:30AM Annabishekam
Sani Pravesam—Nov 15th
09:00AM Navagraha Homam and Abhishekam
December
Thiruvannamalai Karthigai Deepam –Dec 8th
09:00AM Ganapathi Homam
10:00AM Siva Abhishekam
10:30AM Kavadi and Pal kudam
11:00AM Murugan Abhishekam
07:00pm Palani Andavar Special Abhishekam
Vinayaka Vratam begins (21 days) - Dec 9th
09:00AM Ganapathi Homam
09:30AM Ganapathi Abhishekam
07:00pm Ganapathi Sahasranamam
Pillaiyar Kathai will be read on all 21 days after Sahasranamam
Swamimalai Karthigai Deepam— Dec 10th
Vinayaka Vratam ends—Dec 29th
09:00 AM Ganapathi Homam
09:30AM Ganapathi Abhishekam
07:30pm Ganapathi Sahasranamam
08:15pm Ganapathi procession
New Year eve—Dec 31st
07:00pm Lakshmi Kubera Pooja
Monthly events
Pradosham—Oct 24, Nov 7 & 22, Dec 7 & 22
06:00pm Special Abhishekam to Siva
Thirumurai recital—Oct 9, Nov 13, & Dec 11
Noon Thirumurai recital in front of Siva
Poornima—Oct 11, Nov 9, Dec 9
07:00pm Meenakshi Special Abhishekam
Karthigai -Oct 14, Nov 11, Dec 8
07:30pm Palani Andavar Special Abhishekam
Adhi Parasakthi Pooja at 02:30pm—Oct 30, Nov 20, Dec 18
Friday Bajans at 08:00pm —Oct 7 & 21, Nov 4 & 18, Dec 2 & 16
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TEMPLE SERVICES: Please call the Temple Manager at 301 552-4889 to make prior arrangements for ceremonies at the Temple or in your home.
Also, ask for information about local hotels.
TEMPLE HOURS: Monday – Friday 9 am – 12 noon & 5 pm - 9 pm; Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays 9 am – 9 pm
AUDITORIUM: The Temple’s auditorium capable of seating about 200 people in the basement is available for rent by Devotees. The Temple has also ample parking space. Call the Temple Manager at 301 552-4889 for reservations.
DIRECTIONS TO MURUGAN TEMPLE: From I-95 (also 495, Capital Beltway), take exit 20-A, Lanham (Rte 450 East), then follow the signs to Princess Garden Parkway. Turn right on Princess Garden Parkway. “Murugan Temple” is on your left within half a mile (6300 Princess Garden Parkway)
From Baltimore-Washington Parkway take Exit to Rt. 193 East Greenbelt Road. Turn left on Greenbelt Road. Turn right on Hanover Parkway, which becomes Princess Garden Parkway. Drive about 2.5 miles. The temple will be on your right.
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The Murugan Temple of North America is a traditional Saivite Tem-ple. It has a floor area of 7000 sq. ft with main sannidhi for Murugan (Karthikeya) and 4 small sannidhis for Vinayaka (Ganesha), Nataraja (Siva), Meenakshi and Palani Andavar. We also have an auditorium that is available for community use.