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PEARLAND, TXPERMIT NO. 79

Temple Times is a publication of

Sri Meenakshi Temple

17130 McLean Road

Pearland, TX 77584-4630

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SR

I ME

EN

AK

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SO

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TY

17130 M

cLean

Road

, Pearlan

d, T

exas-77584. Ph

:281-489-0358 Ext 100, 110

Ru

les and

regulation

s for use of K

alyana M

antap

am &

You

th C

enter

1. T

he cu

stomer sh

all conform

to all custom

s , rules an

d regu

lations estab

lished

by M

TS

2.

Th

e entire H

all & K

alyana M

antap

am K

itchen

mu

st be k

ept clean

at all times

3. C

leanin

g the H

all before th

e event is th

e respon

sibility of M

TS

. Du

ring th

e event an

d

din

ner tim

e, custom

ers shou

ld h

ave their ow

n arran

gemen

t for cleanin

g, MT

S w

ill

arrange clean

ing lad

ies on req

uest

4. A

lcoholic b

everages, Sm

okin

g, Non

-Vegetarian

items w

ill NO

T b

e perm

itted in

any p

art

of the tem

ple com

plex . P

olitical speech

es of any k

ind

, hate sp

eeches again

st any religion

, race,

Color or creed

is strictly proh

ibited

. 5. F

ull R

ental ch

arges and

Secu

rity Dep

osit mu

st be p

aid 2 w

eeks p

rior to the even

t 6. D

ecorations u

sing scotch

tapes, stap

les and

nails are n

ot allowed

in an

y walls of

the K

alyana M

antap

am. D

amages to th

e prop

erty, furn

iture, w

all pain

tings etc w

ill be

ded

ucted

from th

e Secu

rity dep

osit. 7.

At least on

e un

iformed

security gu

ard is req

uired

du

ring th

e event for secu

rity reasons

to assist in p

arkin

g arrangem

ents. M

TS

will arran

ge for a security gu

ard for a fee on

requ

est. 8.

Warm

ing th

e food can

be d

one on

ly in th

e Kitch

en area an

d n

o cookin

g or frying allow

ed in

side th

e

the h

all 9.

All p

ersonal item

s brou

ght to M

TS

-KM

will b

e the resp

onsib

ility of the cu

stomer

10. Food

Services availab

le on req

uest on

Satu

rdays &

Su

nd

ays only. Id

ly, Pon

gal, Tam

arind

Rice ,

Cu

rd R

ice available for ad

dition

al charge .

11. Resp

onsib

le adu

lts mu

st keep

child

ren u

nd

er 12 un

der con

stant su

pervision

.

12. Th

ere will b

e a $ 100 fee to cover the cost of electricity, if th

e hall is u

sed for d

ecoration or

for rehearsal p

rior to the even

t, sub

ject to availability of th

e hall

I have read th

e rental term

s and con

ditions an

d I fully u

nderstan

d and accept all th

e condition

s. I

un

derstand th

at the even

t data sheet is a part of th

is agreemen

t

Cu

stomer sign

ature

F

or KM

Coord

inator

Date S

ri Meen

aksh

i Tem

ple S

ociety

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.

For N

on p

rofit Organ

izations on

ly:

I give perm

ission to S

ri MT

S to u

se the p

ortion of th

e KM

lobb

y to disp

lay CD

’s, cassettes,

Tap

es, Book

s and

other item

s du

ring th

e rental p

eriod.

Cu

stomer S

ignatu

re

Sri M

een

aksh

i Tem

ple

So

cie

tyIn

vite

s y

ou o

n J

an

uary

, 01, 2

007

to C

ele

bra

te

New

Year’s

Day

At th

e te

mp

leS

tart y

ou

r Ne

w Y

ea

r with

the

ble

ssin

gs o

f Go

dd

ess

Sri M

ee

na

ksh

i, Sri S

un

da

resw

ara

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ri Ve

nka

tesw

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d S

ri Pa

dm

ava

thi o

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ece

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er 3

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w Y

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r’s E

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sh

a H

om

am

an

d A

bh

ish

eka

m fo

r Pra

sa

nn

a V

ina

ya

ga

ra

t the

Ga

ne

sh

Te

mp

le S

po

nso

rsh

ip $

51

11

:00

AM

- 1:0

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ak

sh

arc

ha

na

for S

ri Ve

nk

ate

sw

ara

& M

uth

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gi S

ev

afo

r all P

rad

ha

na

Mu

rtis fo

llow

ed

by

De

ep

ara

dh

an

a.

Sp

on

so

rsh

ip $

51

Sta

rting

at 9

:00

AM

, Sp

ec

ial A

rch

an

as

will b

e p

erfo

rme

d e

ve

ryh

alf-h

ou

r for a

ll De

ities a

t the

ma

in te

mp

le a

nd

ev

ery

ho

ur fo

rD

eitie

s in

all th

e c

orn

er m

an

da

pa

m. S

po

nso

rsh

ip $

21

.

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—

10

:00

AM

: Pu

ja fo

r Ma

ha

Ga

na

pa

thi &

Sri A

yy

ap

pa

.

Sp

on

so

rsh

ip $

21

5:0

0 P

M –

6:0

0 P

M

Sp

ec

ial P

uja

for S

ri Du

rga

, Sri J

yo

thi &

Sri K

an

ya

ka

Pa

ram

es

wa

ri.

Sp

on

so

rsh

ip $

21

6:0

0 P

M –

7:0

0 P

M

Sp

ec

ial P

uja

for S

ri Ra

ma

, Sri S

ub

ram

an

ya

& S

ri Ra

dh

ak

rish

na

.

Sp

on

so

rsh

ip $

21

Gra

nd

Sp

on

so

rsh

ip fo

r all P

uja

s $

10

19

:00

PM

: Ard

ha

Ja

ma

Po

oja

follo

we

d b

y S

ay

an

ala

ya

Pu

ja

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:00

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LT

UR

AL

PR

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RA

M (K

aly

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an

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pa

m)

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r info

ca

ll: Na

ch

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du

ga

na

tha

n –

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3-2

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46

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oo

d w

ill be

av

aila

ble

from

8 A

M –

8 P

MB

rea

kfa

st s

tarts

at 8

AM

& L

un

ch

sta

rts a

t 11 A

M Id

ly, Va

da

, Ma

sa

la D

osa

, Co

ffee

,Te

a a

nd

mu

ch

mo

re w

ill be

ava

ilab

le

To

vo

lun

tee

r for th

e N

ew

Ye

ar’s

da

y, P

lea

se

co

nta

ct:

C. V

ijaya

raja

n a

t c_

vija

ya

raja

n@

ya

ho

o.c

om

or 2

81

-48

9-0

35

8 E

xt 1

00

/110

or V

olu

nte

er s

ign

on

at te

mp

le w

eb

site

ww

w.m

ee

na

ksh

i.org

21

4

Th

e 7

00

0 sq

uare

-foo

t Wed

din

g H

all h

as a

ud

itoriu

m-sty

le se

atin

g

capacity

for ab

ou

t 70

0 p

eop

le and

a stage to

set up

deco

rative stru

ctures

to p

erform

the w

edd

ing

s. Th

is hall can

also b

e used

for cu

ltural/so

cial

fun

ction

s such

as mu

sic, dan

ce and

disco

urses. A

hig

h-q

uality

sou

nd

system

with

ceiling

-mo

un

ted B

ose sp

eakers is av

ailable.

Th

e 90

00

squ

are-foo

t Ban

qu

et Hall, lo

cated in

the first flo

or o

f the n

ew

Yo

uth

Cen

ter is adjacen

t to th

e Wed

din

g H

all. Ov

er 60

0 p

eop

le can

hav

e a form

al, sit-do

wn

din

ner in

this B

anq

uet H

all. Th

e hall m

ay also

be u

sed in

dep

end

ently

for h

ostin

g y

ou

th activ

ities, large m

eeting

s/

con

ven

tion

s, social activ

ities such

as garb

a and

oth

er festivals.

To reserv

e the w

edd

ing a

nd

/or th

e ban

qu

et hall co

nta

ct the

temp

le office a

t (281) 4

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Sri M

een

aksh

i Tem

ple

So

cie

ty1

71

30

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ean R

oad

• Pearlan

d, T

exas 7

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84

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e: 28

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Em

ail: temple@

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aksh

i.org

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eenak

shi.o

rg

WE

DD

ING

AN

D B

AN

QU

ET

HA

LL

S

Fro

m th

e Secreta

ry:

Dear D

evo

tees,

Wish

yo

u all a v

ery h

app

y an

d p

rosp

erou

s new

year.

With

the

ble

ssing

s of S

ri Me

en

ak

shi, S

ri Su

nd

are

swa

ra, S

ri

Ven

katesw

ara and

Sri P

adm

avath

i, the y

ear 20

07

will b

ring

pro

sperity,

peace an

d g

oo

d h

ealth fo

r all of y

ou

.

Last y

ear, o

ur b

oard

has su

ccessfu

lly o

rgan

ized

vario

us e

ven

ts. I

strongly

believ

e we w

ill contin

ue to

effectively

brin

g fo

rth m

any ev

ents

this y

ear. I exp

ect that y

ou

will ex

tend

yo

ur co

op

eration

and

sup

po

rt

as gen

erou

sly as y

ou

hav

e do

ne so

du

ring

the p

ast year.

Th

e Ou

ter Prak

aram w

ork

has ju

st com

pleted

. Th

e architectu

re of th

is

prak

aram co

up

led w

ith th

e add

ition

of n

ew d

oo

rs to th

e Rajag

op

uram

entran

ce is spectacu

lar. Th

e po

oja activ

ities are run

nin

g sm

oo

thly

and

attracting

a nu

mb

er of d

evo

tees. Th

e attend

ance fo

r temp

le tou

rs and

the relig

iou

s activities are im

pressiv

e. We are k

eepin

g u

p w

ith th

e

mo

men

tum

by

con

tinu

ing

to im

pro

ve sev

eral areas in th

e kitch

en,

library, an

d in

the g

eneral m

ainten

ance areas. T

he p

rog

rams in

Ved

ic

Heritag

e Sch

oo

l are excellen

t and

the sch

oo

l is fun

ction

ing

smo

oth

ly

with

the h

elp o

f several d

edicated

teachers an

d v

olu

nteers. L

ast year,

we h

ad ex

cellent cu

ltural p

rog

rams an

d w

e are loo

kin

g fo

rward

to

enjo

yin

g m

any ex

ceptio

nal p

rogram

s this y

ear as well. T

he refu

rnish

ing

of o

ld staff q

uarters an

d th

e imp

rov

emen

ts to th

e Gan

esh tem

ple h

as

been

com

pleted

.

We are lo

okin

g fo

r a num

ber o

f volu

nteers to

help

with

the m

any ev

ents

that w

ill be o

rgan

ized in

the y

ear 20

07

. Vo

lun

teering

is the m

ost

fun

dam

ental act o

f citizensh

ip an

d p

hilan

thro

py

in o

ur so

ciety. It is

offerin

g tim

e, energ

y an

d sk

ills of o

ne’s o

wn

free will. H

elpin

g o

ur

temp

le feels go

od

and

giv

es yo

u a g

reater persp

ective o

f the w

orld

arou

nd

yo

u.

In ad

ditio

n to

help

ing

oth

ers, vo

lun

teering

also can

help

enh

ance y

ou

r

skills, g

ive y

ou

time to

interact w

ith o

thers an

d allo

w y

ou

to h

elp y

ou

r

temp

le. Th

e big

gest rew

ard is th

at yo

u are serv

ing

the L

ord

thro

ug

h

yo

ur tim

e and

efforts.

Ou

r prim

ary g

oal at th

e Sri M

eenak

shi T

emp

le is dev

otee satisfactio

n.

Th

e sug

gestio

n b

ox

is arrang

ed in

the m

ain tem

ple area, w

here n

ew

ideas are alw

ays w

elcom

e.

With

Best R

egard

s,

Su

bb

a R

ao

Ya

lam

an

ch

ili

52

0

Sri M

eenak

shi T

emp

le Society

17130 McL

ean R

oad, P

earland

, Texas-77584. P

h:281-489-0358 E

xt 100, 110

Fax:281-489-3540 E

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ple @

meen

aksh

i.org: Web

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shi.org

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ty17130 M

cLean Road • P

earland, TX

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xt. 100, 110F

ax: 281-489-3540 • Em

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eb: ww

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AS

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Dear P

articipant:

MT

S and S

VY

AS

A w

elcome you to take part in the Yoga classes to begin on D

ecember 9, 2006

from 10.00 a.m

. to 11 a.m. (S

aturday mornings) at the M

TS

Youth Center A

ssembly H

all. Here

are some instructions and im

portant information for you:

1.O

NS

ITE

Reg

istration

begins at 9 am for the session that begins on D

ec 9, 2006. This w

illbe on a first com

e first serve basis for up to 20 participants. If there are more than 20, w

ew

ill consider starting another session on Friday evening or S

unday morning.

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NL

INE

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istration

can b

e do

ne via th

e web

by g

oin

g o

nlin

e at ww

w.m

eenaksh

i.org

and

follo

win

g th

e link to

the Y

og

a registratio

n p

age.

3. P

aymen

t options:a.

Option 1 - A

one-time paym

ent of $101 for 10 lessons.b.

Option 2 – P

ayment by class of $12 per class.

Paym

ents will be m

ade to MT

S during registration on the first day of class (or through

online registration prior to first class) The receipt of paym

ent along with filled out registration

forms A

ND

release from liability form

are to be submitted on the first day of class to the

instructors.

4.P

lease come prepared for classes in the follow

ing manner:

a.B

ring with you a Yoga m

at or a thick blanket.b.

A bottle of w

ater.c.

Be dressed in com

fortable, loose fitting clothes – tracksuits/yoga pants are ideal.d.

Registration form

copy and release from liability form

e.R

eceipt from M

TS

as proof of payment.

5.A

BO

UT

TH

E IN

ST

RU

CT

OR

: B. S

. Ram

a Rao, B

.E.

Sri. B

.S. R

ama R

ao, Chief Yoga Instructor, Yoga T

herapist and Yogic Counsellor represents

Sw

amy V

ivekananda Yoga Anusandhana S

amsthana (S

VYA

SA

), Houston C

enter.

Since 1999, B

. S. R

ama R

ao has been providing both general and therapeutic yogainstruction to H

oustonians. Although he is has a B

.E. degree in C

ivil Engineering w

ithspecialization in A

rchitecture and worked in various capacities in the field of E

ngineering,he has taken up a second career in yoga.

Mr. R

ama R

ao received a diploma in Yoga and N

aturopathy upon the completion of the

Yoga Shikshak course conducted by the S

VYA

SA

, Bangalore, India, in January 1999. H

ealso com

pleted practical training in Nature C

ure and Yoga in Param

arth Nature C

ureH

ospital and Bapu N

ature Hospital, N

ew D

elhi, India. He w

as a participant in the “All India

Nature C

ure Conference on D

iabetes and Asthm

a” in Decem

ber 1998.

In Houston he has been teaching therapeutic yoga courses at M

emorial H

erman H

ospital- S

outheast since August 1999 and both general and therapeutic yoga in K

eshav Sm

rutisince A

pril 1999. He also taught general yoga classes at U

niversity of Houston at C

learLake from

Septem

ber 2000 to 2002 Jan. In addition he has taught several shorter durationcourses and classes for different groups in the H

ouston area. Over 700 students in the

Houston area have benefited from

these courses.

Mr. R

ama R

ao was also responsible for helping to develop and teach a program

for childrenthat included yoga as a m

eans of promoting personal grow

th and all-around development.

In conjunction with senior instructors from

sVY

AS

A-B

angalore, Mr. R

ama R

ao hasconducted the practical sessions of the sV

YA

SA

Yoga Instructors Course both in H

oustonand tw

ice in Tampa, F

lorida.

Mr. R

ama R

ao may be reached at 281-568-5232 or 281-352-8145 or by em

ail atS

VY

AS

A_H

OU

ST

ON

@Y

AH

OO

.CO

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6

2007 Janury Events

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Pradosham1 2 Purnima3 Punarvasu 4 5 6

New Year Day

11AM Laksha

rchana Sri

Venkateswara

7PM Pradosha

Abhishekam

7PM Durga

Abhishekam 7PM Jyothi

Abhishekam &

Sathyanarayana

Puja,

ArudhraDarsanam

7PM Sri

Rama

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja

6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

10:30 AM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

7PM Sankata hara

Chaturthi

GanapathiHomam

7 PM Somavara

Puja for Siva 7 PM Sri

Durga

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja

6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

14 Ekadasi 15 Mulam16 17 18 19 Sravanam 20

10.30AM Makara

Sankaranthi(Pongal)

7PM Anjaneya Sukravara Puja 10 AM Sri

January 2007T

he m

agic sh

ow

attracted th

e yo

un

ger k

ids an

d th

eir paren

ts

and o

ther y

oung at h

eart adults. T

he sep

arate Kid

s zone w

ith m

oonw

alk

has alw

ays b

een a p

lace very

difficu

lt for p

arents to

pu

ll their k

ids

away

from

there. T

he K

ids A

rt com

petitio

n h

ad a lo

t of en

tries wh

ich

was a sh

ow

case of artistic ab

ilities. Th

ere were tw

o categ

ories w

ith a

them

e to co

lor N

and

i or th

e Flu

te of K

rishn

a and

Ram

a or S

araswati.

As th

e kid

s art com

petitio

n w

as disp

layed

and

jud

ged

at the K

alyan

a

Man

tapam

, several lad

ies particip

ated in

the R

angoli C

om

petitio

n. T

he

jud

ges seem

to fin

d it a h

ard ch

oice to

pick

a win

ner as th

e talents w

ere

excellen

t and

in a m

atter of tw

o h

ou

rs a wo

nd

erful creatio

n o

f dan

cing

peaco

cks, G

anesa, D

iwali d

iya an

d a v

ariety o

f Ran

go

li pattern

s were

pro

du

ced co

lorfu

lly u

sing

a variety

of m

aterials.

Th

e p

ara

de o

f the k

ids in

diffe

ren

t co

stum

es to

matc

h th

e

celebratio

n o

f Deep

avali h

as been

a cute an

d ch

armin

g sh

ow

captu

ring

every

on

e’s heart an

d an

end

earing

disp

lay o

f tiny

tots stro

lling

alon

g

with

mu

sic and

dan

cing

do

wn

ward

the M

eenak

shi A

ven

ue. M

r and

Mrs. S

M. G

avai - co

nsu

l gen

eral of In

dia w

ere the ch

ief gu

est du

ring

the cu

ltural p

rog

ram.T

he fo

od

cou

rt alway

s bu

stled w

ith a cro

wd

and

with

the a

rom

a o

f cu

rry a

nd

masa

la, a

tota

l of n

ine re

stau

ran

ts

particip

ating

turn

ed o

ut to

be a b

ig h

it for a b

ite and

the p

alate. Th

e

firewo

rks d

isplay

sharp

ly sp

arkled

at 8-4

5p

m. T

his y

ear Gran

d p

rize

and

first prize raffle w

inn

ers was K

. Gan

esan - O

ne ro

un

d-trip

airline

tick

et to

Ind

ia (c

ou

rtesy

of G

lob

al A

ir Tra

vel) a

nd

Ms. V

an

itha

Do

rairajan -D

iamo

nd

and

ameth

yst p

end

ant w

ith g

old

chain

(cou

rtesy

of S

B&

T Im

po

rts). Th

e garb

a with

live m

usic p

rov

ided

by

Sw

armalik

a

was w

ell attend

ed. T

his y

ear the D

eepav

ali festivities an

d b

azaar was

well p

lann

ed ev

ent.

This y

ear Deep

avali B

azaar was co

ord

inated

by V

K.D

orai, Jo

int

Treasu

rer. Co

ord

inato

rs of o

ther ev

ents w

ere Park

ing

– G

irish V

asu

an

d K

aru

Man

icak

am

, Health

Fair –

Dr. V

ad

ug

an

ath

an

, Kid

s Arts

Com

petitio

n –

Meen

a Subram

anian

, Ran

goli A

rts Com

petitio

n –

Kum

ari

Mik

kilin

eni, M

agic sh

ow

– N

acha V

adugan

athan

, Kid

s Parad

e – R

oopa

Bala

krish

nan

an

d R

an

jan

a N

ara

siman

, Kid

s Carn

ival –

Ram

Th

iag

ara

jan

, Garb

a - D

han

i Kan

nan

. Th

an

ks to

all th

e sp

on

sors,

vo

lun

teers, the v

end

ors, th

e restauran

ts, the co

mp

etition

particip

ants,

dev

otees an

d v

isitors an

d b

oard

of tru

stees and

the staff o

f Meen

aksh

i

Tem

ple fo

r mak

ing y

et anoth

er Deep

avali C

elebratio

n a m

emorab

le even

t.

WTTTW

71

8

January 2007

Sri Andal (Sri

Goda) Kalyanam 10 AM Surya Puja

Araththi for All

Deitees7 PM Sri

Venka tes wara

Abhi sh e kam

&Maka ra Jyothi

Puja Sri Ayyappa,

Somavara Puja for

Siva

Abhishekam

&Sri Durga

Abhishekam

6:30 Sri Padhmavathi

7 PM Sri Meenakshi

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja 10:30 AM

Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

21 22 23 SuklaSashti24 25 26 27

11AM Sri kanyaka

parmeswari

Abhishe For

Kanyakapara

meswari Agn

ipravesa Day,

10.30AM, Sri

Venkateswara

Abhushekam

7 PM Somavara

Puja for Siva 7 PM

Sri Durga

Abhishekam

7 PM

Sri Subramanya

Abhishekam

Sukravara Puja

6:30 Sri P adhma

vathi

7 PM Sri Mee nakshi

&

Kannikaparameswari

Abhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11AM

Navagraha

Puja & Sri

Subramanya

Abhishekam

28 Ekadasi29 Pradosha30 Punarvasu31

10.30AM -12Noon

Surya Namaskaram

(with Aruna

Prashnam) with

devotee

participation

7 PM Somavara

Puja For Siva & Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

7 PM Durga

Abhishekam&

Pradoshs Puja

7 PM Sri Rama

Abhishekam

1 st Monday Laksharchana Sri Venkateswara

Muththangi Alankaram Sri Sundareswara ,Sri

Meenakshi , & Sri Venkateswara Special Puja

All Deitees 15t th Monday 10 AM SuryaPuja

,Araththi for All Deotees 7 PM

MakaraJyothiPuja Sri Ayyappa

21 Sunday11 AM Kanyakaparameswari Agni

Pravesa Day Kanyakaparameswari Abhishekam

2006 –

Fou

rth Q

uarter E

ven

ts

Gra

nd

Deep

av

ali C

ele

bra

tion

At S

ri M

een

ak

shi T

em

ple

So

cie

ty

By

- Th

ara Narasim

han

Sri M

een

ak

shi T

em

ple

Gra

nd

Deep

av

ali C

ele

bra

tion

s an

d

Bazaar rig

ht fro

m th

e time o

f op

enin

g u

ntil clo

se, the festiv

ities was

no

thin

g sh

ort o

f gran

d. T

he A

bh

ishek

am fo

r Lo

rd V

enk

ateswara in

the

mo

rnin

g w

as well atten

ded

for m

ore th

an o

ne reaso

n as it w

as also th

e

last Pu

rratasi San

ivara, S

aturd

ay an

d b

lessing

s were sh

ow

ered o

n th

e

dev

otees an

d th

e Meen

aksh

i Tem

ple T

rustees w

ith n

o rain

sho

wers an

d

it turn

ed o

ut to

be a p

erfect day

and

successfu

l even

t. Th

e inau

gu

ration

and

ribb

on

cuttin

g b

y M

ike C

lemen

ts of F

rost B

ank

wh

o also

released

the 2

00

7 C

alend

ar, mark

ed th

e official o

pen

ing

of th

is year’s D

eepav

ali

Celeb

ration

at the Y

ou

th C

enter. W

ith ab

ou

t thirty

stalls in all th

at

inclu

ded

a few n

on

pro

fit org

anizatio

ns, a n

ew id

ea was in

trod

uced

with

a Passp

ort S

tamp

from

all bo

oth

s was b

e eligib

le for a p

rize from

the M

TS

library.

Th

e 12

th A

nn

ual F

ree Co

mm

un

ity H

ealth F

air was a h

ug

e

success. E

ven

befo

re the o

fficial inau

gu

ration

peo

ple started

to lin

e up

in fro

nt o

f the re

gistra

tion

bo

oth

. Pearla

nd

May

or M

r. To

m R

eid

inau

gu

rated th

e Health

Fair at 1

0am

. Th

is year staff fro

m S

ou

th E

ast

Mem

orial H

osp

ital, Th

e Kin

dred

Ho

spital an

d C

orn

erston

e Ho

spital

help

ed to

carry o

ut v

ariou

s tests free for th

e particip

ants an

d th

e tests

inclu

de C

om

plete B

loo

d C

ou

nt, C

om

preh

ensiv

e metab

olic p

rofile an

d

Fastin

g co

mp

lete lipid

pro

file. Dr. V

adu

gan

athan

said th

at this y

ear

they

had

sev

era

l blo

od

dra

w sta

tion

s an

d th

ere

fore

the te

sts were

com

pleted

with

ou

t mu

ch w

aiting

time th

ou

gh

we h

ad o

ne an

d h

alf time

the n

um

ber o

f partic

ipan

ts this y

ear. M

TS

than

ks th

e fo

llow

ing

pro

fessio

nals: D

r. Do

raira

jan

(Den

tal), D

rs Mallik

a Iy

er a

nd

Vasu

Bo

mm

ann

a (Asth

ma screen

ing

), Drs. S

araswath

y R

edd

y an

d B

uv

ana

Krish

nan

(Wo

men

’s welln

ess check

) and

Dr. A

pp

arao (F

lush

ot) an

d

EK

G (D

rs. Vad

ug

anath

an an

d S

ub

had

hra an

d M

rs. Malath

y R

edd

y).

Flu

sho

t was g

iven

for a n

om

inal co

st. Th

is year fo

r the first tim

e free

mam

mo

grap

hy

screenin

g w

ill be d

on

e on

Decem

ber 1

5th

at temp

le

from

9

.30

a

m

to

1

pm

. P

lea

se

c

he

ck

th

e

tem

ple

w

eb

site

:

ww

w.m

eenak

shi.o

rg fo

r registratio

n an

d sp

ecific details.

2007 Janury Events

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Pradosham1 2 Purnima3 Punarvasu 4 5 6

New Year Day

11AM Laksha

rchana Sri

Venkateswara

7PM Pradosha

Abhishekam

7PM Durga

Abhishekam 7PM Jyothi

Abhishekam &

Sathyanarayana

Puja,

ArudhraDarsanam

7PM Sri

Rama

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja

6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

10:30 AM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

7PM Sankata hara

Chaturthi

GanapathiHomam

7 PM Somavara

Puja for Siva 7 PM Sri

Durga

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja

6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

14 Ekadasi 15 Mulam16 17 18 19 Sravanam 20

10.30AM Makara

Sankaranthi(Pongal)

7PM Anjaneya Sukravara Puja 10 AM Sri

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8

February 20072007 February Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

ThaiPusam1 2 3 1st Thursday Thaipusam 6.30PM Kavadi Prarthana & Paalkudam

Abhishekam Sri Subramanya

16th Friday Maha Sivarathri 6 PM 108 Sanak (Conch) Puja , Homam &

Sanka Abhishekam Sri Sundareswara

6:30 PM

Kavadi &

Palkudam

Abishekam Sri

Subramanya

7PM Jyothi

Abhishekam&

Satyana

rayanaPuja

Sukravara

Puja

6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa

Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

4 5 Sankata

haturthi 6 7 8 9 10

10.30AM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhushekam

7 PM

Somavara Puja

for Siva

7 PM Sri Durga

Abhishekam &

Ganapathi

Homam

Sukravara

Puja

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7 PM

Somavara

Puja for Siva

7 PM Sri

Venkateeswara

Anjaneya &

Durga

Abhishekam

7 PM Pradosha

Abhishekam 7 PM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

Maha

Sivarathri

108 Sanka

Abhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa

Puja

11 AM

Navagraha

Puja

18 19 20 21 Sukla Sashti22 Krittikai23 24

7 PM

SomavaraPuja

for Siva

7 PM Sri Durga

Abhishekam 7 PM Sri

Subramanya

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja 6:30 Sri

Padhmavathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi,

Kanyaka

Para meswari

&

SriSubramana

ya

Abhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa

Puja11 AM

Navagraha

Puja &

Subramanay

a

Abhishekam

25 26 27Ekadasi Punarvasu28

7 PM

Somavara

Puja for Siva

7 PM Sri Durga

Sri Venkateswara

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10

March 2007S

ury

a N

am

ask

ara

ms

Sunday, Jan

uary

28, 1

0A

M-1

2N

oon; S

ury

a Nam

askaram

(dev

otee

particip

ation

) with

Aru

na P

rashnam

and V

edic P

arayan

am

Feb

ruary

2007 E

ven

ts

Th

ai P

usa

m

Th

ursd

ay, Feb

ruary

1 - 6

:30

PM

- Kav

adi an

d P

alku

dam

Pro

cession F

ollo

wed

by A

bhish

ekam

to S

ri Subram

anya

Ma

ha

Siv

ara

thri

Frid

ay, Feb

ruary

16 - 6

:30 P

M- 1

08 S

anka (co

nch

) Puja &

Hom

am

Fo

llow

ed b

y S

ank

a Abhish

ekam

for S

ri Sundaresw

ara

9P

M to

10

PM

-Ath

malin

ga P

uja p

articipatio

n b

y d

evo

tees.

Ch

aturk

ala Pu

ja: at 12

AM

, 2 A

M, 3

AM

and 4

.50 A

M

March

2007 E

ven

ts

Masi M

ak

am

Satu

rday, M

arch 3

- 11 A

M S

pecial A

bhish

ekam

for S

ri

Subram

anya an

d S

akth

i Vel

Ugad

hi fo

r An

dh

ra, K

arn

ata

ka, M

ara

thi, N

ew Y

ear d

ay

Sarv

ajith N

ama S

amvath

saram

Monday, M

arch 1

9 - 7

PM

Sp

ecial Abhish

ekam

Sri V

enk

ateswara

Nuth

ana P

anch

anga S

ravan

am

Sri R

am

an

avam

i

Tu

esday, M

arch 2

7 - 7

PM

Sp

ecial Abhish

ekam

for S

ri Ram

a

Recitatio

n o

f Sri R

ama Jan

anam

in V

almeek

i Ram

ayan

am an

d

Bajan

s

Sri R

am

an

av

am

i Celeb

ratio

n

Satu

rday, M

arch 3

1st -1

0. 3

0 A

M S

ri Sita R

ama K

alyan

a

Uth

savam

Fo

llow

ed b

y P

rocessio

n aro

un

d th

e Main

Tem

ple

2007 March Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Pradosham1 2 Masimakam3 3rd Saturday 11 AM Masimaka Abhishekam Sri Subramanya

9th Monday Ugadhi Andhra, Karnataka, Marathi, New year day 7 PM

Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam 27 th Tuesday Sri Ramanavami Special

Abhishekam Sri Rama & Recitation Sri Ramajananam Sri Valmeeki

Ramayanam 31 st Saturday Ramanavami Celebration Sri Sita Rama

kalyana Uthsavam

7 PM

Pradosha

Abhishekam

Sukravara Puja

6:30 PM Sri Pa

dh ma vathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navag raha

Puja Subra

manya Abhishe

kam 7 PM

Jyothi

Abhishekam

Satyanarayana

Puja

4 5 6 SankataharaChaturti7 8 9 10

10:30 AM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

7 PM

Somavara

Puja for

Siva

7 PM Durga

Abhishekam 7 PM Ganapathi

Homam &

Abhishekam

Sukravara

Puja6:30 PM Sri

Pa dh ma vathi

7 PM Sri

Meenakshi,7PM

Ugadhi Sri

Venkateswara

Abhiskeham

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM

Navag raha

Puja

11

14

March 2007 March 2007 Calendar

11 12 Mulam 13 14 15 Pradosham16 17

7PM

Somavara

Puja for Siva

7 PM Durga

&Anjaheya

Abhishekam

7 PM Ekadasi

&Sravanam

Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

Sukravara Puja

6.30 PM Sri Pa dh ma

vathi

7 PM Pradosha Puja

&Sri

MeenakshAbhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM Navag

raha Puja

18 Ughadi19 20 21 22 Krittikai 23 SuklaSashti24

7 PM

Somavara

Puja& Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

7 PM Durga

Abhishekam Sukravara Puja6.30

PM Sri Padhmavathi 7

PM Sri Meenakshi&

Subramanya

Abhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja

11 AM Navag

raha Puja&

Subramanya

Abhishekam 7 PM

RadakrishnaPuja

25 26 Sriramanavami27 28 Ekadasi 29 30 31

7PM

Somavara

Puja

7 PM Durga

Abhishekam &

Sri

RamaAbhishekam

7 PM Sri

Venkateswara

Abhishekam

Sukravara Puja

6.30 PM Sri Padh ma

vathi 7 PM Sri

Meenaksh&

Kanyakaparameswari

Abhishekam

10 AM Sri

Ayyappa Puja,11

AM Navag raha

Puja 11AM Sri

Sita Rama

KalyanaUthsavam

for Sri

Ramanavami

Celebration

2007 J

an

uary

, Feb

rua

ry, M

arch

- Hig

hlig

hts

Jan

uary

2007 E

ven

ts

New

Yea

r Day

Monday, Jan

uary

1 - M

uth

ang

i Sev

a for S

ri Su

nd

areswara, S

ri

Meen

aksh

i and

Sri V

enk

ateswara

9 A

M M

aha G

anap

athi H

om

am an

d M

ahab

hish

ekam

for S

ri

Prasan

na V

inay

aka in

Gan

esh T

emple

11 A

M L

aksh

archan

a for S

ri Ven

katesw

ara Fo

llow

ed b

y

Mah

adeep

aradh

ana fo

r Sri S

un

daresw

ara, Sri M

eenak

shi an

d S

ri

Ven

katesw

ara

10 A

M P

uja fo

r Sri M

ahaG

anap

athi an

d S

ri Ay

yap

pa

5 P

M - P

uja fo

r Sri D

urg

a, Sri Jy

oth

i and

Sri K

any

akap

aramesw

ari

6 P

M P

uja fo

r Sri S

ubram

anya, S

ri Ram

a, Sri R

adak

rishna an

d S

ri

Nataraja

Aru

dh

ra D

arsa

nam

Wed

nesd

ay, Janu

ary 3

- 7 P

M S

pecial A

bh

ishek

am S

ri Nataraja,

Th

irvem

bav

ai Recitatio

n

Sri A

nd

al (S

ri God

a) K

aly

an

am

Sunday, Jan

uary

14

, 20

07

: 10

:30

AM

– 1

2:3

0P

M

Mu

sical rend

ering

of T

hiru

pp

avai an

d V

aranam

ayiram

Pasu

rams

follo

wed

by S

ri Andal K

alyan

am

Ma

ka

rasa

nk

ran

thi

Monday, Jan

uary

15

: 9 A

M to

10.3

0 A

M: M

akarasan

kran

thi (T

hai

Pongal) S

ury

a Puja

Fo

llow

ed A

rathth

i for A

ll Mu

rthis

Ma

ka

ra J

yo

thi P

uja

Sri A

yyap

pa

Wed

nesd

ay, Janu

ary 1

5 - 7

PM

Sp

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for S

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