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Bharatiya Temple & Bharatiya Cultural Center 1612 County Line Road, Chalfont, PA18914, Web: www.b-temple.org, Phone: 215-997-1181 Bhadrapada / Ashvayuja SEPTEMBER 2019 Simha / Kanya Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sukla Paksha-Tritiya Chaturthi Panchami Shashti Saptami Ashtami Navami 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10am Durga Abhishekam 8:30am Suprabhatam 10am Lakshmi Narayan 10am Ganesha Abhishekam 7:30pm Hanuman Balaji Abhishekam 7:30pm Lalitha Abhishekam 3pm Jain Pratikraman Abhishekam 7:30pm Murugan Puja Sahasranama Parayan 10am Rama Abhishekam (Samvatsari) 10am Sunderkand Parayan Hanuman Chalisa Gauri Avahan Hartalika Teej 7:30pm Siva Abhishekam Gauri Puja Gauri Visarjan 6pm Jain Pratikraman Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival 8pm Jain Bhavana Ganesh Festival Begins Dasami Ekadasi Dwadasi Trayodasi Chaturdasi Poornima Krishna Paksha-Prathama 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pradosham 9am Suprabhatam 10am Lakshmi Narayan 7:30pm Siva Abhishekam 5:45pm Siva Abhishekam Balaji Abhishekam 5:30pm Satyanarayan Puja Abhishekam 7:30pm Hanuman Chalisa 7:30pm Lalitha 11:30am Navagraha Puja 7:15pm Ayyappa Puja Sahasranama Parayan 10am Onam Ganesh Visarjan Mahalaya Paksha / Shraddha Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ganesh Festival Ends Begins Dwitiya Tritiya Tritiya/Chaturthi Chaturthi Panchami Shashti Saptami 15 16 17 Moonrise-21:08 18 19 20 21 9am Suprabhatam 10am Lakshmi Narayan 7:15pm Siva Abhishekam Sankashti 7:15pm Lalitha Balaji Abhishekam Abhishekam 7:15pm Hanuman Chalisa 6pm Bhajans Sahasranama Parayan 5:30pm Navagraha Abhishekam 5pm Navodaya Kannada 8pm Ganesha Abhishekam Ganesh Puja and Bhajans Ashtami Navami Dasami/Ekadasi Dwadasi Trayodasi Chaturdasi Amavasya 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9am Suprabhatam 10am Krishna Abhishekam 7:15pm Siva Abhishekam 7:15pm Hanuman Chalisa 6pm Bhajans Pradosham 7:15pm Lalitha Balaji Abhishekam Lakshmi Narayan 6pm Siva Abishekam Sahasranama Parayan 9am Hiranya Shraddh Puja Abhishekam ( Sun Room ) Mahalaya Paksha / Shraddha Ends Sukla Paksha-Prathama Dwitiya/Tritiya Special Events 29 30 1st Hartalika Teej / Jain Pratikraman / Jain Bhavana 12th Ganesh Visarjan 10am Lakshmi Narayan 7:15pm Siva Abhishekam 2nd Ganesh Chaturthi / Jain Pratikraman 13th Satyanarayan Puja Abhishekam 2nd—12th Ganesh Festival 14th Ayyappa Puja / Mahalaya Paksha / Shraddha Begins 10:30am Kalash Sthapan 4th Murugan Puja 15th Navodaya Kannada Ganesh Puja and Bhajans and Durga Puja 5th Gauri Avahan 17th Sankashti 4:30pm Golu Puja Sharad Navaratri 6th Gauri Puja 28th Mahalaya Paksha / Hiranya Shraddh Puja ( Sun Room ) Ashvayuja Masam Begins 7th Gauri Visarjan 29th Sharad Navaratri Begins / Golu Puja Sharad Navaratri Begins 10th Onam .

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