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Following is the pooja schedule for the Sampoorn Pran Prathishta Celebrations on September 12th, 13th and 14th.

 

September 12th, Friday, 9:00AM to 11:00AM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA

Vighneshwara Pooja
Punyahavachanam
Acharya Anugna




Devata Anugna
Ganapati Havan ( Homam) OPEN TO PUBLIC Suggested donation $25.00 GOU Pooja (Cow Pooja)
Jaladhivaasam
Poornahuthi
Ganesha Abhishekam
Mangalarati
Teertha Prasadam

Vishwaksena Aaradhana
Vasudeva Punyahavachanam
Acharya Ruthvig Varuna

 

  

 

September 12th, Friday, 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA

Vighneshwara Pooja
Punyahavachanam








First Kaala Yaaga Pooja*



Dhanyaadhivaasam
Yajamana Sankalpam
Vaastu Homa
Mritsangrahanam
Ankuraarpanam
Rakshabandhanam
Lakshmi Havan (Homam) OPEN TO PUBLIC Suggested donation $25

Poornahuti
Shayyaadhivaasam
Mangalarati
Teertha Prasada

Vishwaksena Aaradhana
Vasudeva Punyahavachanam








Chatusthanarchana Pooja*

 

 

 

September 13th, Saturday, 8:00AM to 11:30 AM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA

Vighneshwara Pooja
Punyahavachanam





Second Kaala Yaaga Pooja*



Netra Unmelanam for dieties
Sudarshana Havan (Homam)
(Vishnu Sahasra namam)
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Suggested Donation $25


Vishesha Dravya Homam (Havan) Poornahuti
Mangalarati
Teertha Prasada

Vishwaksena Aaradhana
Vasudeva Punyahavachanam





Chatusthanarchana Pooja*

 

 

 

September 13th, Saturday, 1:00PM to 8:00PM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA






Vighneshwara Pooja
Punyahavachanam

 


Third Kaala Yaaga Pooja*

YANTRASTHAPANAM
NAVARATNA STHAPANAM PANCHAUKAGHA STHAPANAM
MOORTY PRATISHTAPANAM
MAHAVIR STHAPANAM


Durga Pooja (Lalita Sahasra Naama)
OPEN TO PUBLIC




Poornahuti
Mangalarati
Teertha prasada






Vishwaksena Aaradhana
Vasudeva Punyahavachanam



Chatusthanarchana Pooja*
Lakshmi Narasimha, Rama Parivara, Radha Krishna Swaminarayan, Nadi Sandhanam, Shodashanyasam

 

 

 

September 14th, Sunday, 7:30 AM to 12:00PM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA

Vighneshwara Pooja
Punyahavachanam
Vedika Archanai*
Tatvarchanai, Jeevanyasam, Nadisanthanam(Shiva Privara, Durga)






Vishesha Dravya Homam (Havan)
Maha Poornahuti
Yatradanam
Maha Kumbha Pradakshanam
Maha Kumbhabhishekam
Maha Abhishekam
Mangalarati
Teertha Prasada

Vishwaksena Aaradhana
Vasudeva Punyahavachanam
Chatusthanarchana Pooja*
Pranaprathista Homam

 

 

 

September 14th, Sunday, 3:00PM to 5:00PM

SHAIVA

COMMON

VAISHNAVA

Valli Devayani sameta Sree Subramanya Kalyana Utsavam
or
Gouri,Shankar Kalayana Utsavam





Mangalarati
Teertha Prasada
Vidvat Sambhavane

Maha Vishnu Sridevi/ Bhudevi Kalyana Utsavam
SeetaRama Kalyana Utsavam, BhamaRukmini sameta SreeKrishna Kalyana Utsavam.

 

* Chatusthanarchana Pooja, First Kaala Yaaga Pooja, Second Kaala Yaaga Pooja, Third Kaala Yaaga Pooja and Vedika Archanai includes Ankura pooja, Yaagashala Pravesha, Dwaraaradhana, Deepa Kumbhaaradhana, Kalasha Sthapana, Chakrabja Mandala Pooja, Ashtamangala Pooja, Pradhana Kumbha Aradhana, Agni pratishtapana and Pradhana Homa rituals.

 

 For further details about above mentioned rituals, see below:

 

Ganapathi Pooja
Ganapathi and Vishwaksena (or Senadipati) are synonyms. Vishwaksena Pooja, prior to a religious ritual, is prescribed in Vaishnava agamas to remove obstacles from evil and to ensure proper organization. While Ganapati idols are ubiquitous, that of Vishwaksena are rare.

 

Punyavachanam
Punyavachanam is a purificatory rite to achieve purity of body, mind and the equipment used in the ritual.

 

GAU Pooja (Cow Pooja)
The Hindu beliefs state that there are 33 crore devathas in the Gau Maata (cow). Thus the very space occupied by a cow is holy ground and we worship.

 

Rakshabandhan
Sampoorn Prana Prathishta is a huge event which may run into obstacles unforeseen.  Rakshabandhan is performed to protect all devotees from these obstacles.

 

Lakshmi Havan (Homa)
This is performed to appease Mahalakshmi and pray for prosperity.

 

First Kaala Yaaga Pooja / Chathusthanarchana Pooja
This is the first pooja done for the Kalasa on the first day.

 

Netra Unmelanam
This is the ceremony in which life (soul) is instilled in the statues of the deities. Shilpies bring life to the deity by carving the following using gold and silver needles: eyes, nose, mouth, finger tips, belly button and toe tips.

 

Sudarshana Havan (Homa)
Sudarshana is the main weapon that Vishnu uses for protection. This havan is performed to protect the temple and devotees.

 

Vishesha Dravya Havan (Homa)
Various roots and herbs are offered in the havan.

 

Yantrasthapanam
Before each deity is installed, the yantram (a copper sheet on which the bijakshara mantra of the deity is inscribed) is placed along with navaratna (9 types of gems) stones and panchaloha (5 kinds of metals) in the base.

 

Nadi Sandhana
Nadi is a cord composed of six different types of threads (darba, copper, silk, cotton, silver and gold) together. During this ceremony, the power is transferred from the Kalasa, Sun god and the Pandit to the deity.

 

Prana Prathishta Havan (Homa)
It is a havan performed by the pandits to help transfer the power to the deities.

 

Yatradanam
To help the safe and successful transfer of all the power from kalasa to the deities, the following are offered: rice, yogurt, fruit, beetlenut leaves and dakshina.

 

 

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2008:

 

12.00 PM - LUNCH

 

6.30 PM - CULTURAL EVENTS

 

 

1. WELCOME ADDRESS - TARU PATEL/ SARLA PURI

 

2. A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT - V.J. DESAI

 

3. INTRODUCTIONS AND MEET THE PRAN PRATHISHTA COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

4. INTRODUCTION OF CULTURAL EVENTS BY SMITA CHANDRA / SWATI DESHPANDE

 

5. CULTURAL PROGRAM: BHAJANS ORGANIZED BY SWATI DESHPANDE AND SMITA CHANDRA

 

Wonderful kids of Grand Rapids community come together and offer prayers to welcome the deities to our temple, while offering flowers, fruits and Deepjyoti to the Gods. The Bhajans are offered to Sri Ganesh, Sri Krishna, Sri Mahavir Swami, Sri Ram Chandra, Sri Amba ji , Sri Lakshmi Narashima, Sri Shiva-Parvati and Sarva Devas.

 

ARTISTS:
Nishanth Shastry, Karthik, Sandhya Subramanian, Janvi Mukka, Akash Premkumar, Anish Premkumar, Adithya Venkatesh, Sukhi Rajan, Ajay Arunkumar, Teja Ravi, Sailesh Gundepudi, Praneeth Gundepudi, Tanishka Shenoy, Sharanya Sundaram, Sharath Sundaram, Alekya Vudathu, Shivam Tickoo, Simran Tickoo, Anshu Das, Khyatee Desai, Ruchir Gupta, Suchir Gupta, Palavi Vaidya, Anika Deshpande, Deevena Savadi, Anushka Dogra, Adithya Reddy, Advith Reddy, Praneeth Reddy, Varshini, Sai Bolla and Deepak Bhagavathula

 

6. CONCLUDING REMARKS:

  

 

8.00 PM- DINNER

 

9.00 PM TO MIDNIGHT - MATA KI CHOWKI and GARBA

 

 

Mata Ki Chowki is a very significant festival in Northern India. Every day of the year, a mass of humanity surges up steep pathways that cut across the hillside for mile after mile to view Holy Pindis, hidden in the cave at Trikuta mountain.

 

Popular belief holds that anybody who walks the Himalayan trail to her abode to ask for a boon rarely goes back disappointed. There are many who journey here year after year to pay obeisance regardless of their faith or belief, creed or class, caste or religion, for Mata Vaishno Devi transcends all such barriers.

 

As the legend goes, more than 700 years ago Vaishno Devi, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, used to pray to Lord Rama and had taken vow of celibacy. Bhairon Nath, a tantric (demon-God) tried to behold Her. Making use of his tantric powers, Bhairon Nath was able to see Her going towards the Trikuta mountains and gave chase. The Goddess felt thirsty at Banganga and shot an arrow into the earth from where water gushed out. The Goddess then meditated in the cave at Adhkawari. It took Bhairon Nath nine months to locate Her, the reason why the cave is known as Garbh Joon. when the demon-God located Her, Mata Vaishno Devi blasted an opening at the other end of the cave with Her Trident.

 

Sheranwali Mata on arriving at the Holy Cave at Darbar, she assumed the form of Maha Kali and cut off Bhairon Nath’s head which was flung up the mountain by the force of the blow and fell at the place where the Bhairon Temple is now located. The boulder at the mouth of the Holy Cave according to the legend is the petrified torso of Bhairon Nath who was granted divine forgiveness by the benevolent Mata in his dying moments.


  

 

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

 

12.00 PM - LUNCH

 

8.00 PM - DINNER

 

9.00 PM - 10.30 PM - BHAJANS BY SWAMINARAYAN GROUP

 

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

 

12.30 PM - LUNCH

 

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

 

  Taru & Pravin Patel

(616) 676-5522

taruppatel@hotmail.com
  Sarla & Suresh Puri

(616) 956-5955

sarla_puri@hotmail.com
  Alka & Suresh Bhargava

(616) 954-2447

suralka@yahoo.com
  Vinutha & V J Desai (616) 676-9929 vjdesaimd@gmail.com
  Ritu & Sanjeev Mathur

(616) 395-2902

rmathur@mmpc.com
  Rashmi & Girish Juneja

(616) 868-0414

 rashmijuneja@hotmail.com
  Manibhai & Shardaben Patel (616) 365-2149 patelmany@gmail.com
  Lisa & Jiten Shah

(616) 292-1803

jiten@aol.com
  Vidyulatha & Jayapal Talla (616) 656-8888 jpeetalla@gmail.com

 

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SUB-COMMITTEES:


Puja: Vinutha Desai, Swati Deshpande , Jeeva Subramanian , Taru Patel, Anamika Gupta, Sonia Dalmia, Smita Chandra, Alka Bhargava, Naina Bora, Padmaja Sharma, Jayanthirani Pasupathy, and Sarla Puri.


Food: Narbadaben Raniga, Suresh Bhargava, Pravin Patel, Suresh Puri, Gopi
Gargipati


Registration/ Welcome: Vamsidhar Ravi, Sanjay Deshpande, Bijoy Pananghat, P.K. Tickoo


Marketing & Public Relations: Sonia Dalmia, Vandana Magal, Fred Stella


Cultural: Smita Chandra, Swati Deshpande


Decoration: Richa Kanvinde, Alka Bhargava, Smita Chandra


Deity: V.J. Desai, Jiten Shah, Ritu Mathur, Alka Bhargava


Photography/Video: Atul Kanvinde, Vas Janardan, Shyama Shastry


Parking/House Keeping: Sridhar Sundaram, Alka Bhargava, Jiten Shah


Communications - Web/EMail/Brochures: Jayapal Talla

 

 

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SEPTEMBER PRAN PRATHISHTA FUND RAISING
NAME Amount
Sampoorn (Grand : $5001)
Alka & Suresh Bhargava 5001
Prabhudas & Dahiben Patel 5001
Sushila Sudhir Rao 5000
Hirak (Diamond : $1001 & ABOVE)
Muralidhar V Srikokalapu 2000
Dhayabhai & Jasumati Patel 2000
Rajesh Patel 1500
Manibhai & Shardaben Patel 1111
Dahyabhai & Khemiben Patel 1101
Avtinder Chawla 1100
Srinivas & Mythri Janardhan 1001
Kalidas Prabhudas Patel 1001
Dhurabhai & Manjulaben Patel 1001
V.J. & Vinutha Desai 1001
Sarla & Suresh Puri 1001
Mohan Bhai & Jashiben Patel 1001
Sureshbhai & Jayaben Patel 1000
Pravin & Taru Patel 1001
Sharayu & Noel Bell 1001
Srinivas & Anita Reddy 1001
Pradip & Ribha Roy 1001
Girish Prabhavalkar  1001
Venkata NK Tadikonda 1001
Prashant Ranade & Seema Bhushan 1001
Kannubhai & Gnaniben Patel 1001
Heerabhai & Taraben Patel 1001
Prakashbhai & Hasitabhen Patel 1001
Girish & Rashmi Juneja  1001
Rajanikant & Pallaviben Patel 1001
Jiten & Lisa Shah 1001
Sandip U & Terri L Bott-Kothari 1001
Dr Chetan & Harsha Acharya 1001
Dr. Prerna Manoher & Yosef Gindzin 1001
Swarn (Gold: $501)
Sanjeev & Ritu Mathur 501
Dave & Indra Loomba 501
Dr.Arvind Bhai Patel 501
Bhagwandas & Usha  Patel 501
Rajender & Shilpaben Patel 501
Bhogibhai & Lilaben Patel 501
Suresh & Jyotsna ben Patel 501
Babulal & Shardaben Patel 501
Anjana & Yatinder Bhatnagar 501
Lakshmi Mukundan 501
Rameshbhai & Madhuben  Patel 501
Seaway Motel 501
Bhogilal & Lilaben Patel 500
Babubhai  R Patel 501
Sunny & Niraj Dhoor 500
SivaPrasad & Sobha Reddy & family 501
Sridhar Sundaram & Suganthi Sridhar  501
Pushkin & Karishma Pant 501
Smita, Amit & Ananya Chandra 501
Meena Advani & Family 501
Ramesh & Sonal Patel 501
Girish & Anamika Gupta 501
Rajat Nigam 501
Surender Sharma & Family 501
Rajender & Bhavnaben Patel 501
Vamsi & Dhanyasree Ravi 501
Lalabhai & Rekha Patel 501
Haribhai K Patel 501
Mukesh & Kashmira Desai 501
Mahi,Dhanu Mahesh & Family  501
Surya & Jeeva Subramanium 501
Sudhir & Nayana Bora & Family 501
Rajendra & Kalpana Bavada 501
Atul & Richa Kanvinde 501
Vinodbhai & Rekhaben Patel 501
Sonal & Ramesh Patel 501
Karishma & Pushkin Pant 501
Nita Mehta 501
Hemant Patel 501
Natwarbahi and Nayana Patel 501
Rama & Srinivas Bolla 501
Rajat (Silver: $ 151 & ABOVE)
Anil Kumar & Prafullaben Patel 311
Narbada & Chuni Raniga & Family 303
Satpal & Kulmeet Makkar 302
Narsibhai & Dahiben Patel 301
Prabhudas & Kantaben Patel 301
Sarvesh & Dipali Srivastava 301
Jayantibhai & Gangaben .Patel 251
Ravindra & Shilpaben Patel 251
Kuldeep & Rani Bagga 251
Popatbhai & Shilpaben Patel 201
Raman Bhai Patel 200
Sugandha Purohit 151
Papireddy & Jaya Gogireddy 151
Vasantbhai & Milkaben Patel 151
Ishwarbhai & Shantabhen Patel 151
Kirti & Karunaben Patel 151
Pravinchandra & Sushilaben Patel 151
Chandu Bhai & Bhavnaben Patel 151
Vanguard Accounting 151
Manjit Singh 151
Lakhi Channa 151
Chandravadan & Ranjana Sheth 151
Jagadeesh & Asha Nandigam 151
Frederick Stella & Theresa Thome 151
Chirag Patel 151
Kapil & Katrina Puri 151
Kavita Puri 151
Jasubhai & Vijiben Patel 151
Manubhai & Jassiben Patel 151
Gopalbhai & Lakshmi Patel 151
Nikhil,Priyanka, & Neel Gujrathi 151
Srinivas & Saritha Voruganti 151
Yasesh R & Dipa S Patel 151
Gordhanbhai & Ratanben Patel 151
Jyoti & Narendra Anuradhan 151
Animesh & Pravina Patel 151
Maganlal & Madhuben Patel 151
Samir & Hetal Patel 151
Simha & Vandana Magal 151
Sunil J Desai 151
Ishvarbhai Gopalbhai Patel 151
Venkata Gundepudi 151
Ramnath Babu& Aneetha  151
Arun & Sonia Dalmia 151
Dilip & Mona Saxena 151
Pramit S Malhotra 151
Shridhar & Padma Bhat 151
Geeta and Pavan Vaidya 151
Nikhil Shriram Joshi 151
Sonia & Arun Dalmia 151
Vani & Sasidhar Gundepudi 151
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Hema & Munish Dogra 151
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Narendra B Patel
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Maganbhai & Shanta ben Patel 101
Ismat A Husain 101
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Rajendra & Nilay Shah 101
Kanika Bhargava 101
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Sangeeta Patel 101