Fw: Hindu Temple - Makara Sankranti (Pongal) & Sri Ayyappa Pooja – tomorrow 1/4/2020

[Vishwanathan Rajagopalan]

---

From: The Hindu Temple Society <h...@nyganeshtemple.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 11:38 AM
To: vish_...@hotmail.com <vish_...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Hindu Temple - Makara Sankranti (Pongal) & Sri Ayyappa Pooja – tomorrow 1/4/2020

 

 

... UPCOMING EVENT ...  Makara Sankrãnti (Pongal) & Šri Ayyappa Pooja January 14, 2020 (Tuesday) Blessings and best wishes from The Hindu Temple Society of North America - Šri Mahã Vallabha Ganapati Devasthãnam for a happy and prosperous Makara Sankrãnti! The precise moment of Makara Sankrãnti occurs at 3:44 pm on January 14, 2020 (New York time). Here are the schedules for tomorrow - January 14, 2020 (Tuesday):                 8:00 am - Šri Ayyappa Suprabhãtam                 8:00 am - Ãditya Hridayam and Aruna Pãrãyanam,                                    (Soorya Namaskãra Mantrãs).                 9:00 am - Šri Soorya Abhishekam, Pooja, Harati.                 3:30 pm - Kettu Nirackal (Iru Mudi Pooja)                 5:00 pm - Šri Ayyappa Abhishekam, Bhajans, Pooja, Harati. Scheduled Šri Ganapati Suprabhãtam will be at 7:30 am Scheduled Šri Venkatešwara Suprabhãtam will be at 7:40 am Scheduled Šri Shanmukha Abhishekam will be at 5:00 pm instead of 7:15 pm Please come to the Temple with your family and friends to offer prayers to Šri Mahã Vallabha Ganapati and Šri Ayyappa. To sponsor online please see: nyganeshtemple.org/ayyappa-pooja or over phone (718) 460 8484 ext. 112 or at the Temple counter. Book religious services online, view all Temple schedules, events, directions and much more at www.nyganeshtemple.org  See our colorful Facebook page - Facebook.com/nyganeshtemple - for pictures, videos and updates on Temple events and activities. Get FREE text notifications in your cell phone about events, activities and schedule changes at the Temple. Text the word GANESH to the number 21000 from your cell phone to subscribe. This service is FREE, but text messaging rates may apply from your cell phone service provider.   Thank you, as always, for your support. Sincerely, The Hindu Temple Society of North America Flushing, New York.  Connect with us: Temple website: nyganeshtemple.org Ganesa Patasala: patasala.nyganeshtemple.org Outreach / Seva Activities: outreach.nyganeshtemple.org  Temple Canteen: canteen.nyganeshtemple.org  You received this email because you subscribed for HTS NEWSLETTER. If you'd like, you can unsubscribe The Hindu Temple Society of North America 45-57 Bowne Street, Flushing, NY 11355 Tel: (718) 460-8484 ext 112 - Email: h...@nyganeshtemple.org

[Hari Hariharan]

Vish. With divine grace and providence, it was tremendous that as a group, we managed to complete the entire mandalam season without missing a beat. The growing crowd of devotees and importantly, their more active participation as witnessed by the chorus singing of Harivarasanam was gratifying. Hat tip to you and saji and to Ravi sivachariar for your efforts to keep the tempo going. Prabha  lead by example and her experience, energy and participation every single week was inspirational. I dont have everybody's emails but pls thank gita and your kids, bhagavadhar radhakrishnan and his family ( special.mention srinidhi), shreya and her parents, vigneshwari and her mom and all the others in your group . Their enthusiastic singing and energy were instrumental in making this season succesful. A hat tip to the strong silent gentleman who diligently and super efficenrly  manages the 18 lamps during the harathi ... i want to finish by mentioning one thing :  i tried to be as fair and objective as possible in giving people a chance to sing. I hope folks appreciate that in doing so, we are trying to optimize across multiple objectives of  quality, ensuring popular songs got sung, ensuring multilingual participation, managing time etc.  If any one felt hurt or treated unfairly, my apologies. No hard feelings, please !   I hope that the hand of God will ensure that in our Flushing tenple, we will keep the rigor of the ayyappa pooja and bhajans going strong for generations to come.  Warmest regards.  Hariharan

--
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "nyayyappa" group.
 
To post to this group, send email to nyay...@googlegroups.com
 
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
nyayyappa+...@googlegroups.com
 
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/nyayyappa?hl=en
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nyayyappa" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nyayyappa+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nyayyappa/BL0PR05MB6628EABAD2E725E3EBE2012A8E350%40BL0PR05MB6628.namprd05.prod.outlook.com.

[Vishwanathan Rajagopalan]

Dear Hariharan

Thanks for your encouragement.  You literally summed up our whole Mandalam Season very well.  Yes the crowd is growing and we need to welcome more people to our singing group.   I think our group is doing fine and i dont think anyone has any complaints if we keep giving chance to sing to everyone as we do always.  Like you said, we should keep the tempo going not only during the Mandalam but also our monthly ayyappa pooja. 

Let Lord Ayyappa bless us with his choicest blessings and give us this opportunity to do bhajans in our temple.  I feel this year has been fantastic and there are more people than last year.

Warm regards

Vish

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nyayyappa/CAEVzMuGSOmmVeLW6c7Dd5tSfELbK1f2bFqJ0-zacscjMPXrGyQ%40mail.gmail.com.