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Shiva-Vishnu Temple JUL-AUG-SEP-2006 Vol.19 No.3 PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULES DIRECTIONS From Freeway 580 in Livermore: Monday Through Thursday: 9 am to 12 noon Exit North Vasco Road, left on Scenic Ave, and 6 pm to 8 pm Left on Arrowhead Avenue F r i d a y, Weekends & Holidays: 9 am to 8 pm NEWS FROM THE HINDU COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER, LIVERMORE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT http://www.livermoretemple.org SHIVA-VISHNU TEMPLE OM NAMAH SHIVAYA TELEPHONE (925) 449-6255 FAX (925) 455-0404 OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA ASHTOTHARA ARCHANA SCHEDULE FOR PLEASE NOTE SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS Shiva Ganesha Balaji Other Deities If you would like to receive a copy of this newsletter free of charge to your home address in USA, please ask for a card at the main office, fill it up and return. 10:45 am 10:15 am 10:30 am All the past issues of this newsletter are available at the Temple Website in PDF format. (Saturdays only) If you would like to be informed of all Temple Events, you can receive a weekly email 11:30 am 11:15 am 11:00 am 11:45 am with links to Temple web pages. To subscribe to this, visit the Temple website 12:30 pm 12:15 pm 12 noon 12:45 pm w w w. L i v e r m o r e Temple.org and enter your email address in the box provided at the left hand side 1:15 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm of the page and click on “Join Mailing List” button that is right below the box. If you are already a registered devotee, please make sure that you have given an active email 2:00 pm 2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm address in your registration to receive this weekly email. You may be already receiving this email 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm in your spam/junk mail box. To get this email in your “inbox”, please follow the instructions 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm given in the web page “Add us to your address book” linked below the box mentioned in the pre- 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm 5:45 pm vious paragraph. If you would like to contribute an article to this news letter, please contact Publicity Chair at 6:00 pm 6:15 am 6:30 pm 6:45 pm S r i d a r K P @ G m a i l . c o m 7:00 pm 7:15 pm 7:30 pm - Sridar K Pootheri, Publicity Chair. 7:45 pm 7:45 pm 7:45 pm N o t e s : HEALTH ADVISORY CENTER 1 . Suggested donation for any Ashtothara Archana is $7. Local Doctors are volunteering their valuable time to our Health Advisory Center in order to 2 . Devotees can purchase the archana tickets from the Front or Trailer office, provide free health care for Temple Devotees. The Health Advisory Center located in the Tr a i l e r before or after performing archanas. office on North side of the Temple where the main office is located. A typical schedule for a 3 . Registered Devotees can pay for archanas through the Temple website, from month looks like the one given below for the months of June and July of 2006. their homes using their credit cards and bring the receipts. Date Day Name of Doctor Type 4 . Devotees may bring some flowers and fruits for Archana. 5 . More wait time may be required on the days of special functions or special June 3, 2006 1st Saturday D r. Lalitha Thambiayah P h y s i c i a n operating circumstances. June 11, 2006 S u n d a y D r. Renu Gupta D e n t i s t PL E A S E C O M E, VO L U N T E E R A N D M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E ! June 17, 2006 3rd Saturday D r. Renuka Ye l d a n d i P h y s i c i a n HCCC would like to request to their devotees humbly to donate their valu- July 1, 2006 1st Saturday D r. Jijibhoy James Patel C a r d i o l o g i s t able time and help the existing volunteers to run the temple smoothly . We July 9, 2006 S u n d a y D r. Hema Patel D e n t i s t are very thankful to all the devotees and the volunteers for giving their valu- July15, 2006 3rd Saturday D r. Lakshmi Palagummi P h y s i c i a n able time for the temple functions. In the near future we have many big events coming up which will be chronologically listed in this news letter and • Basic health screening advisory services covering basic diagnostics such as Blood Pressure, the contact numbers for the respective coordinators and the EC members Heart Beat, Visual Inspection of Ear, Nose and Throat and similar check ups which does will be given so please join us in making those events successful and please not require any kind of special equipment. bring all your families and friends and let us all work together to make us all • All medical experts are California licensed physicians and are volunteering their time for proud of our temple, and teach our youngsters our excellent Hindu tradition. this cause. We need more help and time from all our devotees to make all our dream • No cost and no Insurance requirements for any devotee. Donations We l c o m e . for the temple to come true . If you would like to volunteer for HCCC please send email to Vo l u n t e e r 4 H C C C @ G m a i l . C o m with your contact info and • No appointment is needed; however, please make sure to be at the Health Center between choice of area you would like to help (such as, Front desk, Religious Events, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM to avoid any uncertainties on busy days. Cooking food, Packing food, Distributing food, Library, Human Services). • Health Center is located in the trailer office on Temple premises. Thanks in advance to all the volunteers of present and future. • For further information, please contact Lakshmi Achar at 925-449-9058 - Manashi Bagchi, Volunteer coordination Chairperson 2 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS D u r ga Puja (Assembly Hall) Ekotaa.org D AT E /D AY E V E N T S T I M E A C T I V I T I E S D AT E /D AY T I M E E V E N T S Sept 28 Thur 10:30 am Durga Sashthi Puja July 1st Sat 1st Sat of the Month 1 1 : 0 0 A M Swarna Alamkaram for Lord Shiva 11:00 am Bodhan 1 2 : 0 0 N o o n Vastra Samarpanam for Lord Balaji 11:30 am Pushpanjali Shukla Sashti 6 : 3 0 P M Karthikeya Sahasranama Archana 12 Noon Arati July 4th Tu e Independence Day Temple will be open from 9:00AM to 8:00PM (Weekend Ti m i n g s ) 12:30 pm Bhog Prasad July 5th We d S w a t h i 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Abhishekam 6:30 pm Adhibas July 6th Thur E k a d a s i 6 : 3 0 P M Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhishekam July 8th Sat 2nd Sat of the Month 1 0 : 0 0 A M Balaji Sahasra kalasha Abhishekam 7:00 pm Chandi Path 1 1 : 0 0 A M Muttangi Alamkaram for Lord Shiva 8:00 pm Pushpanjali July 8th & 9th Temple 20th Anniversary celebrations Detailed Program on page 6 8:30 pm Arathi July 8th Sat P r a d o s h a m 6 : 3 0 P M Shiva Abhishekam Sept 29 Fri 10:30 am Durga Saptami Puja July 10th Mon P o o r n i m a 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Lalita Sahasranama Parayanam 11:45 am Pushpanjali July 12th We d S r a v a n a 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Balaji Sahasranama Archana 12:15 pm Bhog Prasad July 13th Thur Sankatahara Chathurthi 6 : 3 0 P M Ganesha Abhisheka 12:30 pm Arathi July 15th Sat 3rd Sat of the Month 1 1 : 0 0 A M Rajatha Alamkaram for Shiva 6:00 pm Chandi Path 1 1 : 0 0 A M Thiruppavadai seva for Balaji 7:00 pm Pushpanjali & Arathi July 16th Sun 3rd Sun of the Month 1 1 : 0 0 A M Bilwa Dala Archana for Shiva Dakshinayana Punyakala Starts 8:00 pm Mata Jagaran July 20th Thur Aadi Krittika 6 : 3 0 P M Ashtotharashata Kalasha Abhishekam for Sept 30 Sat 9:15 am Maha Ashtami Puja Kartikeya Swamy 10:05 am Maha Sandhi E k a d a s i 6 : 3 0 P M Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhishekam 12:00 Noon Pushpanjali July 21st Fri R o h i n i 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Krishna Pooja 12:30 pm Anna Bhog & Arati July 22nd Sat 4th Sat of the Month 12:00Noon Pushpa Seva for Balaji 1:00 pm Kumari Puja Pradosham & Masa Shivaratri 6 : 3 0 P M 108 Kalasha Abhishekam for Shiva 6:00 pm Chandi Path July 24th Mon P u n a r v a s u 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Rama abhishekam 7:15 pm Pushpanjali & Arathi July 28th Fri Aadi Pooram Detailed Program on page 6 8:00 pm Dhunuchi Nritya July 30th Sun Shukla Sashti 6 : 3 0 P M Karthikeya Sahasranama Archana Aug 2nd We d S w a t h i 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Abhisheka Oct 1 Sun 10:30 am Maha Nabami Puja Aug 4th Fri Varalakshmi Vr a t h a m 1 0 : 0 0 A M Maha Lakshmi Abhishekam & Sathmurai 11:45 am Pushpanjali 7:30PM VaraLakshmi Vratam by ladies 12:30 pm Aarathi & Bhog Prasad Pavitrotsavam Day 1 Detailed Program on page 6 12:45 pm Maha Nabami Homam Aug 5th Sat 1st Sat of the Month Vastra Samarpanam for Lord balaji 2:00 pm Shanti Path & Tilakdan 1 1 : 0 0 A M Swarna Alamkaram for Lord Shiva 7:00 pm Pushpanjali Pavitrotsavam Day 2 7:30 pm Arati Aug 6th Sun Pavitrotsavam Day 3 8:00 pm Dhunuchi Nritya P r a d o s h a m 6 : 3 0 P M Shiva Abhishekam Oct 2 Mon 10:45 am Durga Dasami Puja 21 Day Ganesha Abhishekam Starts - Ganesha Atharva Sheersha(G A S * ) Chanting for 21 Times at 6:30PM Aug 7th Mon 6:30 PM GAS* (21 times) Poorvaka Abhishekam 11:30 am Pushpanjali Aug 8th Tu e Rig &Yajurveda Upakarma 7 & 9 AM Two Batches in Assembly Hall 11:45 am Darpan Vsarjana, Aparajita Puja Vaikhanasa Jayanthi 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Vaikhanasa Jayanthi Pooja 12:30 pm Bhogprasad & Arati P o o r n i m a 6 : 3 0 P M Sri Lalita Sahasranama parayana 7:00 pm Sindur Dan 6:30 PM GAS* (21 times) Poorvaka Abhishekam 7:30 pm Maha Prasad, Ashirbad & Shantijal Aug 9th We d 6:30 PM GAS* (21 times) Poorvaka Abhishekam Aug 10th Thu Raghavendra Swamy Aradhana Week end Function in A.Hall on Sat Aug 12th 6 : 3 0 P M GAS* (21 times) Poorvaka Abhishekam UP C O M I N G EV E N T S Aug 11th Fri Sankatahara Chathurthi 6 : 3 0 P M GAS* (21 times) Poorvaka Abhishekam Aug 12th Sat 2nd Sat of the Month 1 0 : 0 0 A M Balaji Sahasra kalasha Abhishekam • July 22nd & July 23rd - Summer Youth Camp 1 1 : 0 0 A M Muttangi Alamkaram for Lord Shiva – cosponsored with HSS.
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