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June 2014
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9:30 am
Ganesha Puja, Subrahmanya
Moola Mantra Homam
10:30 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam with
108 milk kalasams, Shashti Kavacham Recitation, Bhajans, Archana
1:30 pm Deeparadhana & Prasadam Distribution
Monday, June 9
Tuesday, June 10
SAMVATSARA MAHOTSAVAM
Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, July 4, 2014
Guru Transition
Religious Calendar
(Important-Please Note: All Nakshtra & Thithi-based Aradhanas (as 22 Sun 9:30 AM Navagraha Homam & Abhishekam
well as Aani Tirumanjanam) from June 25- July 4 have been included (Please note the change from Annual Calendar)
under Samvatsara Mahotsavam Program)
(Homam & Abhishekam on June 29 is cancelled)
4:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)
Religious Calendar for June 2014
24 Tue 9:30 AM Utsava Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Krittika)
01 Sun 9:30 AM Mahaganapathi Homam & Abhishekam (Chaturthi) 7:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)
10:00 AM Rama Abhishekam (Punarvasu)
25 Wed
SAMVATSARA MAHOTSAVAM BEGINS (please
03 Tue 9:30 AM Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Shashti)
see details)
05 Thu 10:00 AM Andal Abhishekam (Purvaphalguni)
26 Thu Amavasya (Mrigasira)
06 Fri 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja (Uttaraphalguni)
27 Fri 10:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abhishekam
10:00 AM Parvati Abhishekam
(Please note the change from Annual Calendar)
07 Sat 4:00 PM Srinivasa Kalyanam
30 Mon 6:30 PM Sarpabali (please see details)
08 Sun 9:30 AM Vaikasi Vishakam Celebration Begins (Please see details)
09 Mon 7:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)
Religious Calendar for July 2014
10 Tue 9:30 AM Sudarshana/Yoga Narasimha Homam & Abhishekam
(Swati)
04 Fri
SAMVATSARA MAHOTSAVAM ENDS (please see
7:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)
details)
11 Wed 9:30 AM Vaikasi Vishakam Day Celebration Ends (Please 05 Sat 4:00 PM Srinivasa Kalyanam
see details)
06 Sun 9:30 AM Maha Sudarshana Homam (Sudharshana Jayanti)
12 Thu 7:00 PM Satyanarayana Puja (Poornima)(Temple and offsite)
(please see details)
13 Fri 10:00 AM Anjaneya Abhishekam (Moola)
08 Tue 9:30 AM Utsava Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Vishaka)
10:00 AM Durga Abhishekam
7:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)
15 Sun
Mithuna Month Begins
09 Wed 7:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)
9:30 AM Mahaganapathy Homam (Sankatahara Chaturthi)
11 Fri 7:00 PM Satyanarayana Puja (Guru Poornima)(Temple and off 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja
site)
4:00 PM Ganesha Abhishekam (Sankatahara Chaturthi)
10:00 AM Durga Abhishekam
16 Mon 9:30 AM Utsava Srinivasa Abhishekam (Sravana)
10:00 AM Anjaneya Abhishekam (Moola)
17 Tue 9:30 AM Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Shashti)
13 Sun 9:30 AM Utsava Srinivasa Abhishekam (Sravana)
18 Wed 9:30 AM Guru Transition Day (please see details)
14 Mon 9:30 AM Mahaganapathi Homam (Sankatahara Chaturthi)
20 Fri 10:00 AM Sarada Abhishekam
7:00 PM Ganesha Abhishekam (Sankatahara Chaturthi)
(Please note the change from Annual Calendar)
16 Wed
Kataka Month & Dakshinayanam Begins (12 Noon)
7:15 PM Bhagawati Seva
Bhagawati Seva Daily till August 15
21 Sat 9:30 AM Guru Transition Special Puja (please see details)
(Rest of July in next Newsletter)
Brahmasri
Samavedam
SHANMUKHA
Sarma garu is a profound speaker and
blessed with wonderful oratory skills on our
Sastras, Puranas, Itihasas and Vedas. Sree
Samavedam garu started his spiritual journey
in his childhood with the aim of protecting
the Veda Parampara and also sharing the
wealth of knowledge that was gifted to
us by our ancient sages and Rushis. Sri
Samavedams part in protecting the the Veda
parampara includes his Discourses, literature
in different ways, Dance Ballets, Lyrics and
many more. Some of his discourses includes
Siva Puranam, RudhraBhashyam, Siva Leela
Vilasam, Sree Krishna Tathvam, Narayaneeyam, Lalitha Sahasra
Nama Vybhavam, Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra Bhasyamu,
Soundharya Lahari and Bhagavatha Sapthaham and the list goes
on. His first lecture on Agni at the Sivaramakrishna Kshetram
in Vijayawada laid the foundation for the endeavor and after that
he never looked back. He won many accolades and won many
followers during his journey.
Discourses in Telugu on Bhaagavata Saptaaham
June 18, 2014 through June 22, 2014
7:00 - 9:00 PM on week days and 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM on week ends
SV Lotus Temple; Fairfax, VA
For more information, contact:
Uma Potarazu: 301-670-5559
Vasanthi Aharam: 703-980-1629; Chandu Tadikonda: 732-689-2867
SAMVATSARA MAHOTSAVAM
Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, July 4, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Sarpabali
MahaSudarshana Homam
Saturday, July 5 Sunday, July 6, 2014
Obituary
Dr. Janaki Balakrishnan of Baltimore, MD
attained the lotus feet of The Lord on April 23rd,
2014 after a prolonged illness. We are deeply
saddened by her loss.
Janaki and her husband, R. Balakrishnan, have
been involved with SSVT from the beginning.
They are founder patrons of the temple.
Memorial donations in Janakis name can be made
to the Vision of Children Foundation, at http://
www.visionofchildren.org/.
Please join us at the SSVT auditorium on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm to celebrate and honor
our employees and volunteers. This is an important day where we appreciate all our employees and
volunteers who make SSVT special. Our esteemed employees and their families look forward to your
participation in making this day special for them. This day also provides a wonderful opportunity
for existing and new volunteers to hear from committee coordinators about their goals for SSVT.
Please come and make this a memorable event for all. Refreshments will be served.
Time
7:30 am - 10:30 am
10:00 am - 11:30 am
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
1:00 pm 2:00 pm
2:30 pm 5:00 pm
2:30 pm 3:30 pm
3:30 pm 4:00 pm
Brindavana Mahatmyam
4:00 pm 4:30 pm
4:30 pm 5:00pm
Other Programs
Given the interest of those who attend the Saturday morning session, this new mid-week Satsang has begun since September 24.
Shri Sabnis will be leading this session. Please e-mail Shri Sabnis (sabnis@his.com) if you plan to attend. Session will be adapted to
the needs of attendees.
The sahitya for the pallavi (Sree Rama, Jaya Rama, Raghu Rama, maam
paahi, shritajana-paripaala) was most appropriate for the Ramanavami
season. She also sang the most sought after Shringapuraadheeshvari in
Kalyani, a song that she renders with great devotion and brings in very
special melodic aspects of that raga. Kannada poet laureate, P.T. Narasimhachars famous Krishnana kolalina kare was a request song that
came towards the end. Sheela was accompanied on the violin by the young
genius, Kamalakiran who demonstrated his mastery as a mature accompanist far exceeding his age limit (he is a high school student and a very
promising second generation Indian artist). Vidwan Anoor Dattatreya
Sharma was his usual expert self, matching and complementing the vocalist and the violinist. Vivek Chellappa added energy to the percussion with
his Khanjira under his Gurus guidance. All in all, it was a great dedication
to the departed Guru. Sheela was visibly emotional as she remembered her
Guru and it was a moving tribute at the end of the concert when she
praised R. K. Srikantan and shared her experiences as his student. She
remembered her Guru as a disciplined musician and a great human being
of high values and said that even though he may be physical gone, he is
with us for all times.
The finale for the two-day
festival was yet another
unique concert by a visiting artist from Bangalore,
Sri Thirumale Srinivas.
Thirumale was visiting
the national capital area
for the first time and
he impressed the art- lovers quite a bit by his unique style and rich repertoire of rare compositions. He is a composer, teacher, and vocalist, one
who is capable of playing multiple instruments.
He was accompanied on the violin by yet another second generation artist
of high caliber, Ranjani Atur. Anoor Dattatreya Sharma and Vivek Chellappa were on the Mrudangam and Khanjira respectively. Srinivas started
off with a Daru Varna his own musical composition in the raga Valachi, using Purandaradasas lyrics. In addition to Thyagarajas compositions
like, Raagasudharasa (in Andolika) and Evarikai (in Devamanohari), he
amazed the audience with some rare compositions like Bhujaga Bhushana of Venkatesha Vittala (in Kedara), Rama Bhaktha of Vyasarayaru
(in Janaranjani), Adahogalu Bedavo of Puranadaradasa (in Charukeshi),
kanakadasas Dasanaagabeku (in Sreeranjani). His detailed rendition of
Vasantha Bhairavi (Needayaraada) and a complex RTP in Vagadheeshvari
stole the hearts of the rasikas.
(The saahitya was very
meaningful when
melody, emotion and
rhythm come together,
the music becomes
timeless!) He briskly
introduced a number of
short pieces totally new
to the audience (music
composed by him using
rare ragas like Marva, Gomedakapriya, Nagavalli and Bhujangini). Ranjani was an able accompanist and kept abreast with the challenging taala set
by the vocalist while Dattatreya and Vivek added a lot of oomph to the rich
concert, a grand finale, indeed!
The
volunteers
of
Nalapaka team fed the
audience with sumptuous dinner on both
nights keeping with the
tradition of Nadataranagini. Three cheers to
the combined efforts of
SSVT and Nadatarangini and all the participating artists and volunteers.
Time
Event
Artist
June 7
5:00 pm
Vocal Concert
R.Suryaprakash Vocal
H.N.Bhaskar violin
Vijay Ganesh - mrudangam
Admission Venue
Free
SSVT Auditorium
June 14
June 14
All Day
Multiple artists
Free
SSVT Auditorium
5:00 pm
Free
SSVT Auditorium
June 15
3:00 pm
Free
SSVT Auditorium
June 21
5:00 pm
Namasankeerthan and
Sampradhaya Bhajans
Free
SSVT Auditorium
On Saturday June 14th, 2014, SSVT will celebrate the first annual SSVT Sri Papanasam
Sivan Festival. This great composer of the
20th century (September 26, 1890 October
10, 1973), known as Tamil Thyagayya will
be remembered that day in music and dance,
through his varied compositions such as varnams, padams, javalis, krithis etc. The festival
is open to all rasikas of the greater Washington DC Metro area to attend and participate
as individuals or groups. All music / dance items should be strictly limited to 5 minutes or less. Raga alapana or swara kalpana are not expected. Group
participation is encouraged in order to accommodate a larger number of participants. Sri Papanasam Sivan used to go around the Mada streets surrounding the Kapaleeshwarar temple in Mylapore singing songs in praise of the deity. In emulating this practice, the SSVT event will start with a Giri
Pradakshinam, a procession around the SSVT temple prakaram. All devotees and music participants are invited to join in the procession singing of Sri
Papanasam Sivans krithi Mooladhaara Murthy in Hamsadhwani, culminating in an archana at the Praakara Ganapathy Sannidhi. The program will
begin with the Lighting of the Lamp in the auditorium, an introductory talk, followed by the presentations. The highlight of the evening will be a vocal
concert by the leading musician Smt. Raji Gopalakrishnan. Admission to the entire event is free.
To register for participation, you may follow this link: www.tinyURL.com/papanasam14 and provide the required registration information. Time slots
will be allotted, as available, in the order the requests are received. The deadline for registration is June 1, 2014. Further program details and updates will
be available via the temple notice board and website. For any other questions you may email: papanasam.ssvt@gmail.com or contact the event coordinating team: Nalini Iyer (703-620-6695), Preetha Narayanaswamy (703-794-2184), Prof. V. Sivakumar, and Narayanan Arakoni.
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