Sri Puthige Swamiji in Pittsburgh

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

His Holiness Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji was welcomed with traditional

honors in Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh yesterday (Thursday) and

the attached picture shows Sri Swamiji leading the procession from the

Temple to the yagna mantapa for start of the Sri Narayana Ashtakshshara Maha

Mantra Yagna yesterday.

 

Sri Swamiji had presented a specially made pure silk peethambara vastra

(more than 9 yards) to Lord Srinivasa and silk saree vastra to Goddess

Padmavathi yesterday. The Lord and the Goddess will be adorned with these

vastras today and these alankaara will remain till Saturday night (about 8

pm). This is for the information for those visiting the Temple.

 

We will meet at 5 pm tomorrow (Saturday) in the Temple in the yagna mantapa

to discuss final details for Mettilotsava on Sunday.

 

Our already announced plans for Mettilotsava and VMS Conference remain the

same as announced.

 

On Sunday, we will be in CCAC car parking lot for shuttle bus pick-up before

6:15 am. Predicted temperature at 6 am in Pittsburgh on Sunday is 60

degrees F and no rain. We will get down at the foot-hill from shuttle bus

and form into groups. Procession to Pushkarani will start at 7 am, led by

Swamiji. Procession will consist of groups with space between the groups,

each group singing their own pre-selected songs, stothras. At Pushkarani,

all groups will sing together simultaneousely the song " Bidano Ninnangri

Srinivasa " . The audio and script for this song are in the internet site

http://www.tatvavada.org/metlotsava

 

Please note the following details since these are being announced for the

first time here. Procession will enter the prakaara at 8:30 am and all the

groups will be assembled into one single group immediately after entering

the prakaara. While waiting for the Lord to arrive in the prakaara at 8:45

am, the group together will recite the following: Sri Venkatesha Stothra,

Ananda Mukunda Aravinda Nayana (Dwadasha Stothra, 12th chapter) and

Palayachutha (Sri Krishna Roubyapeeta Sthuthi, Sri Vadirajaru) and hence

please do come prepared with scripts for the above.

 

We have arranged with the Temple authorities for the Lord to stay before us

after reaching us in the prakara for all of us to sing together the two

songs Kande, Kande and Dasane Maadiko Enna. The audio and script for these

songs are also provided in the above internet site.

 

When the Lord starts to move away from where we have gathered in the

prakara, we will re-group into our original groups and follow behind our

Lord, singing the pre-selected songs, to the yagna mantapa where

Mettilotsava will conclude. Please note and follow these suggestions so

that there is no chaos and confusion and all of us derive poorna

satisfaction of the function.

 

Looking forward to be with you all during one of the " high-points " in our

lives.

 

Hare Srinivasa

 

Namaskaragalu

 

Bindu

 

ps Please note that no photography or video recording is allowed inside the

Temple building.

 

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