Five Day Ganesha Festival Sept 3,4,5, 6 & 7
The entire five day program can be sponsored for $101 or Saturday or Sunday program can be sponsored individually for $51 for each day. Devotees can also sponsor 5 lb clay Ganesha for $51. They may take clay Ganesha home, decorate and pray to before they bring them to the Temple on 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. Last year, we found store purchased Ganeshas were not suitable for visarajan (not bio compatible).
Five foot high (sitting) Ganesha made of plaster will take center stage during the festival.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
10 AM: Ganesha Moola Vigraha Abhisheka, Vinayaka Stapana
6 PM to 9:00 PM: Swasti Vachana, Sankalpa Punyaha, Shodashopachara pooja, Gana Homa and Aarati, Prasadam
Thursday, September 4, 2008
6 to 8 PM: Nitya Pooja and Bhajans
Friday, September 5, 2008
6 to 8 PM: Nitya Pooja and Bhajans
Saturday, September 6, 2008
10 AM: Ganesha Abhishekam (Moola Vigraha), Balaji Abhisheka (Utsava Vigraha), Samoohika Vinayaka Vratam, Aarati
12:30 PM: to 4 PM: Lunch served by Dosadatha volunteers - $6 per plate
4 PM to 5:30 PM: Shodashopachara Pooja, Gana Homa and Navagraha Homa
CULTURAL PROGRAM,DINNER,FIREWORKS - 6 pm - 9/6/08
ADMISSION DONATION: $10 FOR ADULTS & $5 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM : Cultural Program includes Odissi dance by Champaign children http://www.artists-india.com/resume/gullapudi_raman.php
7:30 PM to 9 PM : Dinner sposnored by Marathi Mandal
9 PM: Fireworks
Sunday, September 7, 2008
9 AM: Shodashopachara Pooja
11: 00 AM Sahasra Modaka Homa and Poornahuti
12: 30 PM Ratha Yatra
1 to 4 PM: Lunch & Visarjan
Lunch provided by Annadatha volunteers - $6 per plate
