Ganesha Chathurthi Celebrations 2018 -- THANK YOU for the wonderful celebration

[Vasu Raghavan]

Namaste All

I would like to thank all those who participated and contributed to making the Ganesha Chathurthi Celebrations 2018 a very memorable event. 

We had a sizable attendance and a very deeply resonant three hours of Pooja concluded with some nice singing. The food arrangement was impeccable, with no excess food being left over and yet everyone who came could eat sumptuously

We look forward to the same kind of support next year also, hoping that Lord Ganesha would bless us all with one more opportunity to welcome HIM in our midst. 

I would like to mention a special note of thanks for Smt. Mehrotra, CEO of State Bank of India who continued the tradition of allowing us to invite the Ganesha Murthy that adorns the CEO's chamber in the Bank to be our Chief Guest in the celebrations.

Hope this Tradition will also continue in the future 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
With warm regards

Vasudevan Raghavan

Schwalbacher Str 100
60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Home: +49 69 1752 6817
Mobile: +49 172 838 9826 / +49 151 140 52262

 

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 at 18:15 Vasu Raghavan <vasurag...@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaste All, 

With less than one month to go before the  Ganesha Chathurthi festival which would be celebrating on 15th September, I would like to provide an update to my earlier mail sent out on 14th July.

IN response to my request for volunteers for organizing the event, I received some limited response. The following persons reached out to me offering to volunteer:

Sri. Antariksh Bharadwaj

Sri. Radhakishore Gurumurthy

Sri. Sankar Lakshminarayanan

Sri. Dhineshram   

We have the following activities to cover:

1. Purchase of Pooja items, as per the Purchase List

2. Organizing the Idol (to be transported from SBI on the previous evening)

3. Cleaning of the Pooja venue on the previous evening

4. Decorating the Pooja Murthy on the morning of the Pooja

5. Assisting during the course of the Pooja (especially in performing the Abhishekam, where several Dravyams will be involved)

6. In serving lunch and prior to that, organizing the food counter

In addition to the above, we would also need a separate food committee to plan the pot-luck menu and to decide who cooks which item. I would like to specially request the ladies in the group to reach out to Smt. Malathi, Smt. Manu Karthik and Smt. Krithika Sankar for this  

Considering all of the above, we would require more volunteers to come forward

Also, since we are planning to have a pot-luck lunch this time, we would need to know the exact number of participants in order to estimate the quantity of food to be prepared 

Looking forward to a larger response from one and all

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
With warm regards

Vasudevan Raghavan

Schwalbacher Str 100
60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Home: +49 69 1752 6817
Mobile: +49 172 838 9826 / +49 151 140 52262

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Vasu Raghavan <vasurag...@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaste All, 

Om Gam Ganapathaye Namah !! 

It is festival time and time to welcome Lord Ganapathi again in our midst. 

The Ganesha Chathurthi festival falls on Thursday, 13th September this year and as has been our custom, we will have the public celebration on the following Saturday, which happens to be 15th September. 

The Venue will be the Art of Living Happiness Center in Bornheim 

Address: Saalburgstrasse 17 in 60385  Frankfurt am Main 

We will follow the time-tested format as given below:

1. Kumbha Aavaahanam and preparation of the Abhisheka Jalam

2. Abhishekam with nine or twelve Dravyams

3. Ashtotharam Archana with flowers

4. Ganapathi Homam 

The entire Pooja will take approx. 3 hours, so we plan to start fairly early in the morning, at 0900 AM

Keeping in mind the space available at the venue and also the other limitations, we would like to limit the number of participants to not more than 75. Also, we have to rely on a pot-luck lunch for the Prasadam distribution after the end of the Pooja 

As has been the custom in the previous years, we would like to call for volunteers who will work in planning and organizing the event and in taking charge of the various activities that go into the celebration

I will share updates on a regular basis once I have the names of the first set of volunteers 

Looking forward to an energetic and enthusiastic response from one and all

Om Gam Ganapathaye Namah !! 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
With warm regards

Vasudevan Raghavan

Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Home: +49 69 1752 6817
Mobile: +49 172 838 9826 / +49 151 140 52262

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