Dhanur masa Seva Kalam at Srinivasar temple, Sethuthirtham (Bridgewater), NJ

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srI:

 

Priya bhagavathas:

This year, ChitraBanu, the Dhanur masa

puja starts from Monday, Dec 16 2002 and

ends on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 as per temple

calendar. Please note that this year, Suprabatham

and Seva Kalam for the entire month including the

weekend is at 5 AM and 5.30 AM respectively.

 

The Hindu Temple and Cultural Society, Inc

Sri Venkateswara Temple (Balaji Mandir) and

Community Center

780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807.

Phone (908) 725-4477 http://www.venkateswara.org

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Dhanur Masa Puja Offerings to Lord Vishnu and

Lord Siva

 

Monday, December 16, 2002 to Tuesday, January 14, 2003

(As per temple calendar)

 

Suprabhatam: All days: 5.00 AM

Dhanurmasa sevakalam: (Tiruppalliyezhuchi, Tiruppavai

and Tiruvempavai)

All days: 5.30 AM

December 16: Tiruppavai song 1 Margazhithingal

December 18: Tiruppavai song 3 Ongi

December 31: Tiruppavai song 16 naayakan

January 11: Tiruppavai song 27, Kudaraivalli

January 14: Tiruppavai song 30: Vanga, Tiruppavai

sattumurai

January 14: Vaikunta Ekadasi-Vaikunta Dwara

darshanam 6.30 AM

Andal Kalyanam 4 PM

 

About Tiruppavai

The Tiruppavai is a poem of 30 songs, composed by

Andal, the only lady

Alvar of the twelve Alvars whose compositions of

devotion and mystic

experiences, put together is termed as Nalayira Divya

Prabandam

(4000 divine hymns). Tiruppavai consists of two words

namely Tiru meaning

Sacred, Holy, Auspicious and Pavai meaning vow and

also a girl. Thus

Tiruppavai is a poetic description of a sacred vow

taken by a girl. The

theme of Tiruppavai is spiritual awakening of an

individual soul, which

then yearns for the Divine Union. This great poem of

30 songs is sung in

the month of Maargazi (mid December – mid January),

auspicious to Lord

Krishna. Also, in Srivaishnava tradition of

Bhagavadaaraadhanaa

(Lord’s worship) done at homes and temples, the last

two songs of

Tiruppavai are sung at the end.

 

About Tiruvempavai

The Tiruvempavai is a poem of 20 songs (hymns),

composed by Manikavachagar,

one of sixty-three Saiva saints known as Nayanmars,

while at

Tiruvannamalai in South India. Like the Tiruppavai,

the Tiruvempavai

hymns occupy a special place in the Maargazhi worship

services.

The theme of Tiruvempavai is about the spiritual

awakening of the

individual soul (jeevatman) to seek union with the

Paramatman and is

directed at Lord Siva as an intense prayer for the

fulfillment of this

heart-felt desire of the yearning Jeevatman.

 

For Dhanur masa archana sponsorship contact

temple.

 

NOTE: Scripts for the seva kalam will be provided for

devotees to use

within the temple in Telugu, Kannada, Devanagari

(Sanskrit/Hindi) and

Tamil languages.

 

nArAyaNA!

 

 

 

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