Shri Raghavendra Swamy Aaradhana Function Edison NJ - Highlights

August 18, 2003

Namaskaara,

By the grace of Hari Vayu and Gurugalu, Sri Raghavendra Swamy Aaradhana function which was celebrated in Edison NJ at ITM on Saturday, Aug 16th turned out to be a phenomenal event.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to all the participants / volunteers for their great contribution to the function.We had expected about to 350 devotees for the function. By the end of the day the number turned out be around a whopping 650+.

It is truly a great experience to see some many kannadigas come to the event and some of them had a chance to meet their old time friends.

Some of the key highlights of the function are :

- Complete Madi Environment. Hats off to Shri Krishna Murthy.- Setting up a huge hall for the Aaradhana. - Stage Setup for Hari Vayu and Gurugalu - Pratah Sankalpa, Shri Raghavendra Ashtottara, Abhisheka, Alankara Pooja, Maha Mangalaharathi and Theertha Prasada- Sangeeta , Pravachana and Devaranamaas.- Thanks to Shri Yogeendra Bhat for the performing detailed pooja as per scriptural guidelines amidst vedic chantings which was so fulfilling to watch.- Converting a side hall (without water faucets and sink) into a full fledged kitchen and managing to cook for 650 people. Thanks to Shri Rammohan aachar and company. Totally amazing.

All the volunteers did a tremendous job from setting up the stage to erecting tents, taking care of the devotees, handling Car Parking and helping in the kitchen and serving. Everybody appreciated the way the function was organised.

Shri Raghavendra Swamy's Anugraha was there on all of us and so the function went off on a grand scale.

Our Namaskaras to Sri Hari Vaayu GurugaLu for bringing everyone together and having accepted our seva.

We look forward to performing more of such sevas with the sole objective of awakening spiritual interest and awarness in our community.

Kind Regards,

Raghu Bengeri.Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*