October 6, 2009
Dear Devotees,
This message has 6 announcements from
the Bharatiya Temple of Lansing.
1) Repair
of temple’s old entrance starting October 6:
Repair of the temple’s old entrance is starting on Tuesday October 6. During the time the work is in progress, please use the
new main entrance to enter and exit.
2) Karwa Chauth puja on Wednesday October
7 at 4:30 PM:
Karwa Chauth puja on October 7 at 4:30 PM is being coordinated by Mrs. Meena Sharma.
3) Sri Venkateshwara Kalyana Mahotsavam on Saturday October 10 at 10:30 AM:
As in the past, this Kalyana Mahotsavam is being organized at
our Temple by the Lansing-area Telugu community. It will be
conducted on a grand scale by Sharmaji, our former
priest, who is coming all the way from Texas for this purpose. The Mahotsavam will start at 10:30 AM. Prior to that, the usual
weekly Suprabhatam, Venkateswara
Abhishekam, and Navagraha Abhishekam will be held as per the following schedule:
Suprabhatam: 9:00 AM
Venkateswara Abhishekam:
9:30 AM
Navagraha Abhishekam:
9:30 AM
Venkateswara Kalyana
Mahotsavam: 10:30 AM
Cultural programs: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Aarati: 1:00 PM (followed by prasad/lunch).
A program flyer is posted at http://lansingtemple.org/misc/SrinivasaKalyanam.pdf.
Devotees interested in sponsoring the Kalyanam are
requested to send an email to lansingnadu@gmail.com
with the following details:
All your family member names:
All family member Nakshatrams (optional)
Family Gotram name
For all inquiries, please contact Satheesh Veeramachaneni at (517)
214-5968 or Praveen Raparthy at (847)
217-7116.
4) Monthly 2nd Sunday
Birthday/Anniversary Havan on Sunday October 11:
Details: http://lansingtemple.org/misc/havan.pdf
This month’s birthday/anniversary havan on October 11th at 11 AM will be dedicated to Lord
Rama. You can have the havan performed in the
name of the person whose birthday and/or anniversary falls
in this month for $51 per event. Your donation of $51 is tax deductible. To
sponsor please contact any of the following:
V. K.
Jain
(517) 203-0888 jainvk@comcast.net
Ajay Bhargava
(517) 347-3718 youngrehab@sbcglobal.net
Rajat
Shah
(517) 349-7762 shah.rajat@comcast.net
Temple Priest
5) Laksharchana Puja
for Lord Maha Vishnu on Saturday, October 17, at 11
AM:
Details: http://lansingtemple.org/misc/vishnu.pdf
This event
is being organized, for the 8th year in a row, by a group of families from the
Detroit area. The sponsors
have a special request for the Lansing-area families: "Please come and
join the Puja in large numbers so that, together, the
attendance will be at least 100. With that attendance, we can complete the Puja with one round of recitation of the Lord's
names." The usual weekly Suprabhatam and Venkateswara Abhishekam will be held at special times (9 AM and 9:30 AM,
respectively).
6) Diwali celebration on October 16th,
17th and 18th:
Details: BTL-Diwali-Announcement-2009.pdf
Chhoti Diwali will be
celebrated on October 16 (at 7 PM), Laxmi Puja on October 17 (at 7
PM), and a grand Diwali cultural program on October
18 (at 4:30 PM). Tickets for the October 18 program are available at
the Temple and in local Indian grocery stores.
Sincerely,
955 Haslett Rd
Haslett, Michigan 48840.
Phone: (517) 339-6337