Five Day Ganesha Festival Sept 19 through 23
Sponsors can register or request a clay Ganesha online: http://www.hinduheritage.org/Default.aspx?pageId=44002
The five day program can be sponsored for $101 or Saturday or Sunday program can be sponsored for $51. Devotees can also sponsor 5 lb. clay Ganesha for $51. You may take clay Ganesha home, decorate and pray to before you 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.
Five foot high (sitting) Ganesha made of plaster will come out of hibernation and take center stage during the festival.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
(Vinayaka Chathurthi Day)
10 AM to 12 Noon: Ganesha Moola Vigraha Abhisheka, Vinayaka Stapana
6 PM to 9:00 PM: Swasti Vachana, Sankalpa Punyaha,Shodashopachara pooja, Gana Homa and Aarati, Prasadam
Thursday and Friday, September 20& 21, 2012
10 AM to 12 Noon and 6 PM to 8 PM: Nitya Poojas and Aarati
Regularly scheduled programs precede at 6 PM. Ganesha Pooja begins at 7 PM.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
10 AM: Ganesha Abhishekam (Utsava Vigraha), Balaji Abhisheka (Utsava Vigraha), Samoohika Vinayaka Vratam, Aarati
12:30 PM to 4 PM: Lunch sponsored by Tamizh Association
4 PM to 5:30 PM: Shodashopachara Pooja, Gana Homam and Navagraha Homam
Sunday, September 23, 2012
9 AM: Shodashopachara Pooja
10: 30 AM to 1:30 PM: Sahasra Modaka Homa and Poornahuti, Rathanga Pooja and Homa
Lunch Begins at 12:30 PM sponsored by Bhakta Brindam Group
1:30 PM: Ratha Yatra begins with Maha Laddu Auction
3 PM: Visarjan
