Three Day Ganesha Festival August 29-31
Sponsors can register or request a clay Ganesha online: http://www.hinduheritage.org/Default.aspx?pageId=44002
The three day program can be sponsored for $101 or Saturday or Sunday program can be sponsored for $51. Devotees can also sponsor the small clay Ganesha for $25 and the bigger one for $51. You may take clay Ganesha home, decorate and pray to before you bring them to the Temple on Aug 31, Sunday for the final pooja, Rathotsava and visarjan. You can also opt to have the clay Ganeshas decorated by volunteers and have it be part of the poojas conducted at the Temple. Only Temple sourced clay Ganeshas are accepted for Temple poojas, Rathotsava and visarjan.
Five foot high (sitting) Ganesha made of plaster will come out of hibernation and take center stage during the festival.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
(Vinayaka Chathurthi Day)
10 AM to 12 Noon: Ganesha Moola Vigraha Abhisheka, Vinayaka Stapana
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM: Swasti Vachana, Sankalpa Punyaha,Shodashopachara pooja, Gana Homa and Aarati, Prasadam
Saturday, August 30, 2014
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Ganesha Abhishekam (Utsava Vigraha), Balaji Abhisheka (Utsava Vigraha), Aarati
12:30 PM to 4 PM: Lunch
4 PM to 5:30 PM: Shodashopachara Pooja, Gana Homam and Navagraha Homam, Aarati and Prasadam
Sunday, August 31, 2014
9:30 AM: Samoohika Vinayaka Pooja
11: 00 AM to 1:30 PM: Sahasra Modaka Homa and Poornahuti, and Rathanga Pooja.
Special Lunch Begins at 11:30 PM sponsored by Marathi Mandal, Menu:
Potato Bhaji, Black-eye Beans Usal, Tomato-Cucumber Spiced Salad, Masala Bhaat, Mattha, Sooji Halwa, Chapati, Pakoda, and Jilebi. - Jilebi sponsored by Devon Grocery Store
1:30 PM: Ratha Yatra begins with Maha Laddu Auction
3 PM: Visarjan
