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Puja and Rituals WorkshopWORKSHOPWORKSHOP

“ “ 360 degree view – Puja and Mantras 360 degree view – Puja and Mantras Spiritual and Scientific Significance and Spiritual and Scientific Significance and

Benefits”Benefits”

Puja’s are boring ? Do mantras

really Help / Heal me ?

Is there any value of wearing gems and rudrakshas ?

Do prayers really pay back?

What does VEDIC chanting do ?

e.g. Rudra Parayanam

Why should I perform Puja ?

We got too many customs ? (why break a coconut!)

Lot of times, I do not know what the Priest is doing!!! Is there a process?

Are Mantras just simple words or letters or do they mean anything?

Do Pujas have scientific significance?

Our Thoughts

Do you know……………..the reasoning

6 chakras6 chakras are equal to 108 beads are equal to 108 beads of Japamalaof Japamala?

Achamaniam (sipping water) isAchamaniam (sipping water) is anti-bacterialanti-bacterial

Effects of Vedic Chanting, MantrasEffects of Vedic Chanting, Mantras and Kalasa Puja and itsand Kalasa Puja and its impact on impact on waterwater

Effects of Rudra ParayanamEffects of Rudra Parayanam

About the speaker

• Sri Chaitanyananda Natha Saraswathi (or Haran Aiya, as he is dearly known) is the founder and  peetathipathi of the Sri Vidya Temple(Sri Rajarajeshwari Peetam) in Rochester, NY, USA (www.srividya.org).

• With the goal of “teaching the reasons behind the Hindu rituals “. He regularly conducts workshops, lectures on various topics related to science and spirituality as well as pujas and homams globally (in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Germany)

• Aiya is a renowned Sri Vidya Upasaka and he compiled a comprehensive text on the intricacies of the Navaavarana puja.

• Aiya was a civil architect by profession and his guru Sri Amruthananda (Haran Aiya’s Guru) was a nuclear physicist.

• Aiya comes from a guru lineage of Sri Vidya tradition back to Dattatreya, the Prathama Guru.

Sri Rajarajeswari Peetham cordially Invites You to a Workshop OnSri Rajarajeswari Peetham cordially Invites You to a Workshop On

“ “ 360 degree view – Puja and Rituals360 degree view – Puja and RitualsSpiritual and Scientific Significance and Benefits”Spiritual and Scientific Significance and Benefits”

Speaker:Speaker: Sri Chaitanyananda (Haran Aiya) Founder of Sri Sri Chaitanyananda (Haran Aiya) Founder of Sri Rajarajeswari PeethamRajarajeswari PeethamWhen: When: Saturday March 3Saturday March 3rdrd 2012 2012Duration: Duration: 03.00pm – 07:00 pm03.00pm – 07:00 pmLocation: Location: MPR: Windmere Ranch Middle SchoolMPR: Windmere Ranch Middle School

11611 East Branch Parkway11611 East Branch ParkwaySan Ramon, CA 94582San Ramon, CA 94582This workshop in English is aimed at providing scientific and spiritual This workshop in English is aimed at providing scientific and spiritual

information behind the Puja, Rituals , inner workings of Vedic mantras information behind the Puja, Rituals , inner workings of Vedic mantras and their long lasting effect on human physiology. Workshop will and their long lasting effect on human physiology. Workshop will discuss on basic principals, underlying concepts such as breaking discuss on basic principals, underlying concepts such as breaking coconut, benefits conferred through participation and chanting etc.coconut, benefits conferred through participation and chanting etc.For Pre-Registration (mandatory) and additional information, please contact:For Pre-Registration (mandatory) and additional information, please contact:

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