Mettilotsava, Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Pittsburgh, VMS Annual Retreat, Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26-Final Program

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Hari Bhaktas,

 

By the grace of Sri Hari, Vayu, Gurugalu, Mettilotsava in Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh and the Vishwa Madhva Sangha (VMS) Annual Retreat in Laurel Hill State Park will be celebrated during the Memorial Day weekend, May 23-26. This is the 7th year of our gathering and celebration. All are welcome.

Please visit http://jitamitra.org/mett2008 for details. Please enter your details in the Participants List available in this site if you are planning to participate. We need this information for planning and purchasing items for this gathering. Please contact me if you need any more information.

Please contact the various coordinators given below if you wish to offer any help in the various activities in our gathering.

Please forward to others as appropriate and all are welcome.

 

Hare Srinivasa

 

Bindu

(tel 610-966-9299)

 

Program

Friday (May 23)

Arrival in the afternoon, settle down in cabins, games, hiking trails, simple pot luck dinner followed by campfire in the night

Sat (May 24)

7:00 am, Devarapooja

8:00 am, Breakfast

8:30 am - 12 noon, Group walking to the picturesque waterfalls

12:30 pm Lunch

1-3 pm, Games, Kitchen activities

3:00-6:00 pm, Childrens program, simultaneousely young adults program, Kitchen activities

6-7:30 pm, Philosohy Session, Panel discussion, Q & A session

7:30-8:00 pm, Devaranaama bhajans by our own VMS singers, mangalarathi

8:00 pm, Sit-down Dinner

 

Sun (May 25)

6 am, Nirmaalya pooja

7 am, Depart to Sri Venkateshwara Temple

8 am, Gather at the foot-hills of Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Sri Hari Vayussthuthi paaraayana begins

8:30 am, Mettilotsava begins

10:00 am, Arrive in the main entrance of the temple at the top of the hills

10:30 am, After sankalpa, dharshan, mangalarathi of Lord Srinivasa, join Gajavahana seva of the Vasanthothsava in the inner courtyard

11:00 am, Depart to campsite, rest can stay back to see Sri Venkatesha abisekha followed by lunch in Temple cafetaria

12-2:00 pm, Devarapooja and theertha prasada in the campsite

3-4 pm, Coffee and snacks

4-5 pm, Young adults presentation and discussions

6-8 pm, " Sri Venkatesha Mahaatmya " pravachana by Sri Galagali Gopeenath

8-8:30 pm, Devaranaama bhajans by our own VMS singers, mangalarathi

8:30 pm, Sit-down Dinner

9:30 pm, Campfire

 

Mon (May 26)

7 am, Devarapooja

8 am, Coffee, Breakfast

9-11 am, Campsite clean-up

12 noon, Depart

 

Please contact the following coordinators for various activities:

 

Childrens activities, Srimathi Ramma Srinivasarao, seema.Rao

Youth activities, Sri Sandesh Srinivasarao, sandrao1

Kitchen activities, Sri Sripadaraj, sripadlaw, Sri G. V. Srinivasan, srinivasans,

Snacks, Volunteer activities, Srimathi Veena Raghav, v_raghav

Philosophy session, Sri Jaikrishna, jay

Public address system, Sri Ramachandran, chitrarr