Sri Venkateswara Saranagathi Puja and Prajna Program in Philadelphia

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana Dear Bhagavathas,

 

Under the auspicious blessings of HH Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimanna:ra:yana

Ra:ma:nuja Chinna Jeeyar swami, the community of Devon, Pennsylvania got

together to arrange a meeting to educate the people in around the community

about " Prajna " program. Prajna is well run in many places all over the United

states and it is great to see the opportunity to develop a Prajna center in

Philadelphia which can pass the wealth of tradition & culture to our future

generations.

 

The community in Philadelphia has shown good interest when invited for this

event by the main organizer Srima:n Satish Patnaik. A community library was

decided as the venue for this great event and Saradaji was invited to conduct

this event on Dec 14th, 2008. As the Dhanurmasam and Sri Venkateswara

Saranagathi Deeksha starts in few days, Saradaji suggested to do " Sri

Venkateswara Sarana:gathi Puja " and " Vishnu Sahasrana:ma " recitation.

 

On the day of the program, almost 100 people turned out to the program. Large

photographs of Peruma:l and Acharya were the center of attraction for the event.

The audience started taking their seats as the " Jai Srimanna:ra:yana " chant is

played gently in the background. The program started on time as Lord

Srimanna:ra:yana entered the hall with blissful smile. Saradaji started with

" Vishnu Sahasranama " recitation. Then she explained the history of Tirumala and

the importance of worshiping Lord Sri Venkateswara in Kaliyuga. Later, she

started puja explaining each and every service (kainkaryam) from washing the

lotus feet of Lord to offering the prasada. The audience were awestruck with

the beauty of the Lord and blessed with explanations from Saradaji.

 

Once the Puja was done Saradaji explained the audience the Prajna program and

its importance in daily lives. She explained the syllabus and different modules

of Prajna. Then people are advised to slowly move towards to the area where

prasa:dam is distributed. The prasa:dam preparation involved lot of devotees

from preparation to packing and thier dedication is remarkable. While prasa:dam

distribution is happening, some people approached and showed great interest in

the Prajna program and some asked for start date of the program.

 

We express our sincere thanks to Srima:n Sarma Garu and JET New Jersey for

providing with all the material and support to conduct this event. With

blessings from Peruma:l and Acharya, we wish to start the Prajna program in

Philadelphia as soon as possible.

 

Please see the report on this program in 'antaryami' website.

 

http://antaryami.net/outsideIndia/jet/US/2008/Dec/Prajna%20Presentation%20Philad\

elphia.html

 

 

For photos clicke here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/deepthi.kalyanam/Pragya#

 

Adiyen Kalyan Rapolu Ramanuja Dasa

Jai Srimannarayana