Om Sairam,
Please join us for the upcoming festivals.
October 23rd – Poornima
– 7:30pm Satyanaraya Vrat
October 27th 2018 – Karwa Chouth
- 6:15pm Karwa Chouth Vrat
- 7:00pm Dhoop Aarti
- 8:30pm Shej Aarti
November 6th 2018 -Deepavali
- Diwali Sponsorship for Baba Abhishek and Vasthras: $151.00
- Diwali Sponsorship for Mathaji/Devi Alankar: $401.00 (includes saree for matha ji, Flower garland, Sankalpa Pooja on families name and Kumkum Archana)
- Sahasra Pushpa Alankarar for Devi ma (Adorn with 1000 flowers with 108 names of Maha Laxmi devi, Kanakadhara stotra, Sree Suktham and Durga Suktham followed by Aarthi / Mantrapushpam ). Please sponsor for Sahasrapushpalankar by donating $25 minimum towards flowers. We are looking to get 50 Rose bouquets in total. Each bouquet (Costco) will have 24 flowers. Mandir will be ordering flowers. So please contribute $25 minimum (along with your gothra namas to us before Diwali) for one bouquet or more as per your wish to make this special event possible for all devotees.
- 11:00am – Deepavali Maha Lakshmi Havan
- 5:30pm – Baba Abhishek
- 7:00pm – Dhoop Aarti
- 7:30pm – Lakshmi puja – Saharsa Pushpa Alankar followed By lighting Diyas on Baba stage.
- 8:30pm – Having fun with Diwali sparklers.
- 9:00pm – Shej Aarti
November 8th 2018 – Gujarati New Year
- 6:00 pm Special Baba Abhishek.
November 13th 2018 – Skanda Sasti
- 10:30 am – Karthekeya/Murugan/ Skanda Sasti Abhishekam
- 11:30 am – Murugan Homam
- 12:00 noon – Madhyan Aarti
- 7:00 pm – Dhoop Aarti
- 7:30 pm – Skanda Sasti Parayan
- 8:30 pm – Shej aarti.
November 19th 2018 – Tulsi Vivah
- 7:30pm – Tulsi Vivah
November 22nd 2018 – Karthik Poornima / Dev Diwali
Karthika Poornima Sponsorship – $501
Shirdi Baba Abhishek and Vasthras -$151
- 10:00am – Ganapathy Pooja.
- 10:00am – Karthika poornima 365 wicks diya lighting. Each diya has 365 wicks, and will be provided by the mandir – Don’t bring diya or wick from home. Please donate $21 towards this.
- Please book your slots at the earliest by calling or texting 403-922-4299 or calling mandir phone number 403-668-0653. There are limited slots. Please book early to avoid disappointment. This will start at 10:30am and will go on till 9pm at night. Each slot is for half hour only, please come as per your alloted time.
- 10:30am – Baba Abhishek
- 5:00 pm – Satyanarayana vrat
- 7:00 pm – Dhoop Aarthi
- 7:30pm – Lalitha Sahasranamam (as a part of Lalitha Sahasranama Koti Kumkuma Yagnya Sankalpa)
- 8:00pm – Sahasra Deepalankarana (1000 diyas) in the shape of Kailasa Prakara.
As you all know till last year temple used to perform this deepalankarna with 365 diyas. Due to the increase in devotees and the request for opportunities for everyone to light the diya, this year we are planning for performing doing 1000 diyas as this event has become so popular.
Please attend and seek blessings of Lord Shiva on this auspicious occasion.
Nov 12, 19, 26, Dec 3 – Karthik Somwar
– 7:30 – Shiva Abhishek
We need 10 volunteers on November 21st starting at 7:30pm to help us arrange the 1000 Karthika poornima diyas. Please confirm your availability by calling panditji at the temple.