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April 2014
Ugadi marks the beginning of a New Year for several Hindu communities including Kannada, Telugu and Marathi communities.
Ugadi is based on the lunar calendar and hence its occurrence may
vary from year to year compared to the solar calendar. It is common to listen to the reading of the Panchangam that day so that one
may mitigate the negative results and increase the prosperity that
may be in store for the year ahead. It is also a tradition in Andhra
Pradesh to eat a preparation that is made of sweet, sour, bitter, and
hot ingredients to signify that life is a mixture of good and bad
times and that one must face them with equanimity.
Navaratris are important festival days for Devi (the Divine Mother).
The Goddess is worshiped in different Forms in different seasons
that represent Her Divine attributes of Dushta nigraham and shishta paripaalanam (Destruction of evil and Protection of devoted). In
autumn, She is worshiped in Her fierce Forms that destroy our sins.
In spring, She is worshiped in Her peaceful and benevolent Forms
that bestows peace and prosperity.
UGADI Celebration
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Vishu signifies the entry of sun into Mesha Raasi and it is believed
to bring good luck if one views auspicious things the first thing in
the morning. Hence on this day in Kerala, homes are beautifully
decorated and auspicious items are kept at the family altar. Tamil
and Tulu New year are celebrated by worshiping the family deities,
preparation of sweet and other delicacies and the reading of the
Panchangam (Religious Almanac). The panchangam reading provides a list of all good and auspicious things as well as any adverse
type of events that are likely to occur that year due to the transitory
movements of planets as well as due to the presiding deity for the
year. It is believed that listening to the panchangam reading will
magnify the predicted good effects and mitigate the effect of adverse events. A unique feature of the celebration is the ARCHANA
for all deities of our temple in sequence starting from 5:30 PM.
8:00 am Vishu Kani, Mahaganapathi Homam
8:45 am Abhishekam to Ganesha
9:30 am Abhishekam to Siva & Anantapadmanabha, Ayyappa Puja
5:30 pm Starting time for Archana for all deities (Sarva Devata Archana)
7:30 pm Panchanga Patanam & Prasadam Distribution
Sponsorship: Ayyappa Puja or one Abhishekam $25; Sarva Devata Archana $35
Entire day Puja $75
DAILY PROGRAM:
SPECIAL PUJAS:
The temple will celebrate the festival over a ten day period. In the evening
Nama Ramayanam will be chanted followed by Hanuman Chaleesa.
Sundara Kanda from Valmiki Ramayanam will be read by the priests every day and all devotees are welcome to participate in this reading. Bhadrachala Raamadas was a great saint devotee of Lord Rama. Devotional songs
composed by him will be sung during the Aradhana to this saint followed
by Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam on Sunday, April 13.
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Religious Calendar
Sannysa, renunciation of all action by knowledge (jna) that the self is not the doer
SPECIAL PROGRAM:
8:00 am Sri Rama Abhishekam and Pattabhishekam, Naama Ramayanam, Sri Anjaneya Puja and Hanuman Chaaleesa chanting
10: 00 am Bhadrachala Raamadas Aradhana
11:00 am Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam
3:30 pm Sri Rama Durbar Puja
Akshaya Trittiya
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Satyanarayana Puja
Monday, April 14, 2014
Meenakshi Kalyanam
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Narasimha Jayanthi
Monday, May 12, 2014
Time
7:30 am - 10:30 am
10:00 am - 11:30 am
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
1:00 pm 2:00 pm
2:30 pm 5:00 pm
2:30 pm 3:30 pm
3:30 pm 4:00 pm
Brindavana Mahatmyam
4:00 pm 4:30 pm
4:30 pm 5:00pm
Other Programs
Given the interest of those who attend the Saturday morning session, this new mid-week Satsang has begun since September 24.
Shri Sabnis will be leading this session. Please e-mail Shri Sabnis (sabnis@his.com) if you plan to attend. Session will be adapted to
the needs of attendees.
Teachers Needed
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple and Nadatarangini will celebrate the 27th
Sri Purandara Dasa and Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana on April 12th
and April 13th.
The festivities will commence at 8.00 am on Saturday, April 12th.
Sri Rama puja, Pancharathna kritis, individual singing, musical
presentations and concerts will be presented during the two days.
Those wishing to participate in individual singing should visit
www.nadatarangini.org and register before March 31st. Every
effort will be made to accommodate the registrants but due to limited slots, the registration will be on a first come first served basis
and the organizers reserve the right to group the participants if
necessary.
Everyone is welcome to join in the Pancharatna Group rendition.
Further program details will be posted in the forthcoming newsletter, www.ssvt.org and www.nadatarangini.org.
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Time
Event
Artist
Admission Venue
March 30
3:00 pm
April 5
1:30 pm
S.G.Theater Group
English Play written and directed by Sridhar Iyengar
Kuchipudi Dance Presentations:
Free
SSVT Auditorium
Free
SSVT Auditorium
Free
SSVT Auditorium
Free
SSVT Auditorium
April 12
and 13
April 12
5:30 pm
April 13
5:00 pm
Vocal Concert
Free
SSVT Auditorium
April 19
5:00 pm
Vocal Concert
Saketharaman Vocal
Akkarai Subhalakshmi violin
Neyveli Narayanan - Mrudangam
Free
SSVT Auditorium
April 26
5:00 pm
Flute Recital
ShantalaSubramanyam - Flute
Akkarai Sornalatha - violin
Melakkaveri Balaji - mrudangam
Free
SSVT Auditorium
May 10
5:00 pm
Vocal Concert
Free
SSVT Auditorium
June 7
5:00 pm
Vocal Concert
R.Suryaprakash Vocal
H.N.Bhaskar violin
Vijay Ganesh - mrudangam
Free
SSVT Auditorium
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