HTCI Invites You to Sponsor & Participate in the
Temple’s 2009 Brahmotsava
A Three Day Celebration with Divine Homas, Kalyana, Pallakki Utsavas & Rathotsava
A three day religious retreat to seek well being for self, family, community, Temple and the world we live in.
Program May 29, 30 & 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
10 AM to 12:30 PM: Wake up prayers; Well Wishes and prayers for program success; Self/family resolve/request for well being; Holy showers for Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva and Lord Venkateshwara; Present dhotis to the Priests; Daily poojas and Aarati
5 PM to 8:30 PM: Self/family resolve/request for well being; Assign priestly duties; Installation of Kalashas and invocation of Gods; Purification of Pooja paraphernalia and Fire pit area; Adorning of sacred thread; Collection of soil and planting the nine grains; Hoisting of the Temple flag; Daily Homa and Baliharana; Pallaki parade of Goddess Girija and Lord Shiva followed by Ganapathi Homa and Aarati
8: 30 PM to 10: 00 PM: Dinner
Menu: Lemon Rice, Yogurt rice, kala chana sundal/usali and payasam
Sponsors: Bhaskar and Seeta Damera and family
Saturday, May 30, 2009
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Wake up Prayers; Daily Pooja; Holy Showers for Lord Srinivasa with 108 Kalashas; Sudarshana Homa and Baliharana; Divine Sreenivasa Kalayana and Aarati
12: 30 PM: to 2 PM: Lunch
Menu: Poori, Jeera Rice, Chole, Cauliflower/, alu mutter, Gujarathi Kadhi, Halva and Besin Laddu
Sponsors: Nawal & Seema Bhardwaj, Puja and Jinal Shah, Anuja and Hetal Lala, Nisha & Harish Pithadia, Nisha & Vikash Rometra, Nina & Tejish Shah, Mona & Hrishikesh Thakar, Lajja & Bhavin Vyas, Nilakshi & Ajay Warhekar, Vinoda & Nagaraja
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM: Fire ceremonies (Homas: Rudra Trishati, Purusha Sookta, Durga Sookta and Nitya); Pallakki parade with peacock for Lord Murugan followed by Chandi Homa and Aarati
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM: Children's Cultural Program and General Body Meeting
1. Prayer.-Song 2. Dasavatharam Slokam - By Junior Balavihar
3. Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu- Slokam Dance
4. Slokam praising kalaivani Saraswati-Slokam Dance
5. Alarippu - Bharatnatyam 6. Krishna Sudama- Play by Balavihar 7. Madurai Meenakshi- Dance
8. Mahadevasutham - Bharatnatyam 9. General Body Meeting
10.Play-Senior Balavihar- 11.Adigo Adigo Bhadragiri- Dance
12. Alaipayude kanna-Dance
7:30 PM to 9 PM: Dinner
Menu: Roti, mixed vegetable kurma, puliyogare, yogurt rice, fruit salad and mango ice cream
Sponsors: Jyothi Parupalli and Friends
9 PM: Fireworks for Children
Sunday, May 31, 2009
8:30 AM: to 12: 30 PM: Wake up prayers; Daily Poojas; Holy showers for 108 Shiva lingas; Three major Homas (Rudra Trishati, Lalita Trishati and Nitya); and Homa for Chariot and Chariot Pulling (Brahmotsava ) & Mahamangalarati
12: 30 PM to 2 PM: Lunch
Menu: Roti, palak paneer, chana rice, plain rice, raita, rava laddu and payasam
Sponsors: Mugdha Pattekar and friends
Rotis for two meals are to be prepared by : Aruna Setty, Anupama Ambharkhana, Anupama Bhide, Indira Gowda, Latha Satish, Leela Gowda, Kalai Asokan, Padmini Prasad, Rekha Hiremath, Ramya, Roopa Patil, Shanthi Maadesh, Sudha M, Sreethi Arindam, Soujanya Avatapalli, Shoba Patil, Sunitha Chintamani, Leena Koli, Jyotsna Gupta, Anita Deoskar, Kamalesh Saxena, Pushpa Choudhari, Sunita Joshi, Ritika Khurana, Vaishali Malpani, Sakshi Kale and Shipra Mittal
2 PM to 5 PM: Daily Pooja; Baliharana; Nitya Homa & Final concluding Homa; Removal of wrist thread; Lowering of the Temple Flag; Honoring the attending Priests; Prayer for well being of self/family, community, nation and world; Mangalarati and Peace prayers.
5PM: Light Dinner
