Sankatahara Ganapathi Chaturthi

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Great to see you around! Thanks for sharing your experiences. Looking forward

to hearing more in due course. You lucky boy! Wish I was there too...

Jai Ganesh!

Sy

Lambodara Das <lambodara_das > wrote:

Namaste All,

Happy Spring everyone and a warm welcome to all the new members , A big thanks

to Brother Rick for all the wonderful links that I am now stockpiling in my

favorites folder... Thanks to Brother Sy for keeping everything on track...Does

anyone have any cd/tapes of Ganapathi bhajans , chants etc to recommend ?

Yesterday, Easter Sunday was the monthly observance of Sankatahara Chathurthi

the puja to Sankatahara Ganapathi The Disspeller of Sorrows. At the Malibu

Temple the puja began at 5:30pm with a Homa ( Fire Ceremony ) then the

Abihisekam ( Bathing ) of the large black granite murthi of Sri Ganesha. 1st

with Water then Milk then Buttermilk and then a final rinse with water, in

between each bath were offerings of incense,flame and fruits.

After the final bath of water the curtains of the shrine were closed.When they

had been reopened Sri Malibu Ganapathi had been dressed in a white dhothi with

red border and a beautiful red embroidered cloth for His shoulders. He was

decorated with flowers red,yellow,white roses and white callalilys and a large

garland. Arcahana was performed with incense,flowers, flames and the chanting

of mantras

We then took prasadam which featured several types of modaka Sri Ganesha's

favorite snack. The puja was performed with energy and enthusiasm by pujaris /

priests Sriman Sitaraman and Sriman Shastry . From the smiles and camaraderie

amongst the gathering ( about 60 ) sorrows had been indeed offered into the

fire and thus disspelled.

To hear Sriman Sitaraman very nicely chant the Sri Ganapathi Upanishad go to

http://www.puja.net/index.htm then click on the multi media button on the

right under the photo of Sri Ganesha...then click on the Upanishad on the

bottom left and follow the instructions on the following page to down load and

listen. Well I hope everyone will be healthy,happy and prosperous this spring,

May Sri Ganapathi guide and protect us all May all obstacles and sorrows be

removed.

Om Sri

Sankatahara Ganapataya Namaha

Lambodara Das

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