August 11, 2009
Dear Devotees,
This message has five announcements from the Bharatiya
Temple of Lansing.
1. Krishna Janmashtami celebration will be held on
Thursday, 13 August 2009.
The program is as follows:
a. Puja 7:30- 8:00 PM
b. Bhajan, Birthday celebration and Arati 8:00-8:30
c. Pinata (Dahi-handi)-breaking
for children 8:40 PM
d. Prasad - 8:40- 9:00 PM
The temple will be open until midnight for darshan
and concluding puja at midnight. Please contact Sudhakar Kulkarni at
517-485-1060, e-mail: kulkarnis@acd.net, to volunteer with the program and help
with prasad.
2. Retreat with Swami Bodhananda, August 21-22.
Details are posted at http://lansingtemple.org/misc/Swami_Bodhananda_August2009Retreat.pdf
3. Mata Ki Chowki program on Saturday August 22 from 6 to 10 PM.
Details are posted at http://lansingtemple.org/misc/MKC.pdf
There will be Puja and Chowki conducted by a professional group from Toronto,
followed by prasad. Help is needed with prasad. The menu is fixed: pooris,
alu aabji, sooji halwa( karha), kale dry chole. Please let Pardeep Kumar,
517-347-2930, know how much of what item you can make. We need food for about
200 people.
4. Ganesh Festival from Sunday August 23 to
Thursday September 3
Details are posted at http://lansingtemple.org/misc/Ganesh-program.pdf.
5. Blood Donation Drive on Saturday August 29, 10 AM to 4 PM
The Temple is partnering with the American Red Cross to sponsor this blood
drive, which will be at the Temple. Please join this worthy cause during the
auspicious days of Ganesh festival by participating
and donating blood. Our goal is to have 75 successful donations. We had about
45 donors sign up during last Sunday's Walk and we need
more participants to sign up by August 12. Please email or call any of
the following co-coordinators and sign up:
Anu Deshpande (517)
349-9942 or anuradha2018@yahoo.com
Manasi Upadhye (517)
347-6165 or manasi.upadhye@acs-inc.com
Jyotsna Pendse (517) 347-
6071 or vvpendse@yahoo.com
Sharmila Patke (517)
349-5576 sharmila_patke@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Bharatiya Temple of Lansing
955 Haslett Rd
Haslett, Michigan 48840.
Phone: (517) 339-6337