Fw: A Summary of Sri Ahobila Mutt USA's 2008 AchArya Day and Sri Jayanthi Celebrations

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear Members :

 

FYI.

V.Sadagopan

-

" Krishna Badrinath " <bkrishnakumar

" malolanNet "

Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:08 PM

A Summary of Sri Ahobila Mutt USA's 2008 AchArya Day and Sri

Jayanthi Celebrations

 

Sri:

 

With the blessings of Sri Malolan and Sri Dolai Kannan, anugraham of our

AchAryAs, dedication and bakthi of bAghavathAs, the 2008 AchArya Day and Sri

Jayanthi function was celebrated in a grand manner last Sunday, Aug 31st, in

Potomac, Maryland, USA.

 

Priest Sri Paravastu Raghavan swAmin from Sri Ranganatha Temple, Pomona, NY,

USA performed the Thirumanjanam in the morning and ArAdhanam in the evening

for DOlai Kannan. After Thirumanjanam, MAlOlan alankAram (with copious

amounts of flowers) for Dolai Kannan was really a delectable sight. That was

followed by morning sAtrumurai and a sumptuous prasadam (prepared by local

area AndAL gOshti) that was served in the lawn adjacent to the gOshALA of

the HarE KrishnA temple. The left over food was served to the cows in the

gOshALA. After lunch, the afternoon program started with kids talent show.

It was an amazing show by kids dressed as Lord Krishna and Gopikas singing

bhajans, dancing etc... As one of the local bhAghavathAs put it " There was

KrishnAnubhavam all around " .

 

The evening program started with chariot alankAram for Kannan. Sri

VishnuSahasranAmam recitation was followed by Sri Sannidhi evening

NithyAnusandhAnam. The highlight of the evening program was rathOthsavam.

One could clearly witness the radiant smile beaming from Lord Krishna's face

Who was proudly showing off His new set of wheels. More than hundred

devotees sang kirtans and took turns to pull the chariot.

 

Here are some pictures:

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/stirumale/2008SriAhobilaMuttAcharyaDayCelebrations?a\

uthkey=y-QKRB4sspk

 

It was indeed a pleasure to be in the company of a sizeable number of local

and out-of-town bhAghavathAs. There were some very dedicated bAghavathAs who

came all the way from Texas, Indiana and even Seattle. Thanks to all the

dedicated volunteers and bAghavathAs who were instrumental in making this

event a memorable one. Special thanks to all the out-of-town bAghavathAs,

who took the extra effort to attend this event.

 

Srimad Azhagiyasingar ThiruvadigaLiLE charanam,

adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan,

Krishna Badrinath

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear Members :

 

FYI.

V.Sadagopan

-

" Krishna Badrinath " <bkrishnakumar

 

Sri:

 

With the blessings of Sri Malolan and Sri Dolai Kannan, anugraham of our

AchAryAs, dedication and bakthi of bAghavathAs, the 2008 AchArya Day and

Sri

Jayanthi function was celebrated in a grand manner last Sunday, Aug 31st,

in

Potomac, Maryland, USA.

 

Priest Sri Paravastu Raghavan swAmin from Sri Ranganatha Temple, Pomona,

NY,

USA performed the Thirumanjanam in the morning and ArAdhanam in the evening

for DOlai Kannan. After Thirumanjanam, MAlOlan alankAram (with copious

amounts of flowers) for Dolai Kannan was really a delectable sight. That

was

followed by morning sAtrumurai and a sumptuous prasadam (prepared by local

area AndAL gOshti) that was served in the lawn adjacent to the gOshALA of

the HarE KrishnA temple. The left over food was served to the cows in the

gOshALA. After lunch, the afternoon program started with kids talent show.

It was an amazing show by kids dressed as Lord Krishna and Gopikas singing

bhajans, dancing etc... As one of the local bhAghavathAs put it " There was

KrishnAnubhavam all around " .

 

The evening program started with chariot alankAram for Kannan. Sri

VishnuSahasranAmam recitation was followed by Sri Sannidhi evening

NithyAnusandhAnam. The highlight of the evening program was rathOthsavam.

One could clearly witness the radiant smile beaming from Lord Krishna's

face

Who was proudly showing off His new set of wheels. More than hundred

devotees sang kirtans and took turns to pull the chariot.

 

Here are some pictures:

 

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/stirumale/2008SriAhobilaMuttAcharyaDayCelebrations?u\

thkey=y-QKRB4sspk It was indeed a pleasure to be in the company of a sizeable

number of local and out-of-town bhAghavathAs. There were some very dedicated

bAghavathAswho came all the way from Texas, Indiana and even Seattle. Thanks to

all the dedicated volunteers and bAghavathAs who were instrumental in making

this event a memorable one. Special thanks to all the out-of-town bAghavathAs,

who took the extra effort to attend this event. Srimad Azhagiyasingar

ThiruvadigaLiLE charanam, adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan, Krishna Badrinath