April 10, 2008

Dear Devotees,

There will be celebration of three functions at our Temple next week.

1) Rama Navami celebration on Sunday, April 13, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM. Program: http://lansingtemple.org/misc/Rama.pdf. Those wishing to prepare food for the prasad (lunch) to follow may please contact Sharmaji or Shastriji at (517)339-6337.

2) Bengali-Malayalam-Punjabi-Tamil New Year on Sunday, April 13, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. We will mark Puthandu of Tamil Nadu, Vaisakhi of Punjab, Vishu of Kerala, and Poila Baishak of Bengal with Ganesh Puja and reading of the panchang (almanac) for the new solar year, followed by prasad.

3) Sita-Rama Vivaham on Saturday, April 19, from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. The event will be coordinated by the Mokashi family; please call them at 517-332-5639 if you wish to offer help. Your sponsorship of the Vivaham ($25 per family) is requested. Please call Sharmaji or Shastriji at (517)339-6337 for your participation and sponsorship.

For your convenience, we have created an E-mail archive of recent past e-mails (including the present one) at: http://lansingtemple.org/emails/. There is a link named "Email Archive" near the top of the Temple's home page that takes you to the e-mails.

Sincerely,

Bharatiya Temple of Lansing