The three day program can be sponsored for $101 or each day can be sponsored for $51. Devotees can also sponsor clay Ganeshas; the 5 lb Ganesha for $51 and the 10 lb for $75. They may be taken home, decorated and prayed to before they are brought back to the Temple on Sunday for the final pooja, Rathotsava and visarjan or Devotees can opt to have the clay Ganeshas decorated by volunteers and have it be part of the poojas conducted at the Temple. Five foot high (sitting) Ganesha made of plaster will take center stage during the festival.
Friday, September 14, 2007
6 PM to 9:00 PM: Swasti Vachana, Sankalpa Punyaha, Vinayaka Stapana, Shodashopachara pooja, Gana Homa and Aarati, Prasadam
Saturday, September 15, 2007
10 AM: Ganesha Abhishekam (Moola Vigraha), Balaji Abhisheka (Utsava Vigraha), Samoohika Vinayaka Vratam, Gana Homam, Navagraha Homam, Aarati
12:30 PM: to 4 PM: Lunch
4 PM to 5:30 PM: Shodashopachara Pooja
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM : Cultural Program
7:30 PM to 9 PM : Snacks
Sunday, September 16, 2007
9 AM: Shodashopachara Pooja
11: 00 AM Sahasra Modaka Homa and Poornahuti
12: 30 PM Ratha Yatra
1 to 4 PM: Lunch & Visarjan
Call for Ganesha Festival Cultural Program Entries
Ganesha is supposed to be a lover of the arts – dance and music; Let those that have the talent (adults and children) come and perform on the occasion of Ganesh Chathurthi – may it be a dance, a group song or a group Bhajan. Please Call Ratna Babu today at 208-3788 with your item – preferably prior to September 9, 2007
