Hindu Temple and Cultural Society of USA, Inc. SRI VENKATESWARA TEMPLE (BALAJI MANDIR) AND COMMUNITY CENTER One Balaji Temple Drive, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA | Telephone 908-725-4477 | www.venkateswaratemple.org SRI RAMA NAVAMI Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Kalyana Mahotsavam Wednesday, April 21, 2021 PUJAS CAN ONLY BE SPONSORED ONLINE TEMPLE is now open on 4/21 only from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM for devotees Sri Rama is revered as being the very embodiment of Dharma. Rama exemplified the perfect person (Maryada Purushottam) as king, son, brother, friend, and husband. Rama Avatar is one of the Dasa Avatars of Lord Vishnu in Treta Yuga. Rama’s life serves as an ideal for all mankind, Yuga after Yuga. The day of incarnation of this Maryada Purushottam is the Chaitra Shukla Paksha Navami and is observed as Sri Rama Navami all over the world. This festival is celebrated for nine days as Vasantha Navarathri starting from Chaitra Suddha Padyami. Since Sri Rama married Sita Devi on his birthday, both Sri Rama Jananam and Sita Rama Kalyanotsavam have been traditionally celebrated on the same day for the welfare of the universe (Loka Kalyanartham). WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,2021 09:00 AM Sundarakanda Parayanam, Sri Sita Ramachandra Janana Sarga Parayanam (Livestream) 09:30 AM Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Abhishekam (Livestream) 10:30 AM Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Pattabhishekam followed by Gajarohana Seva (Livestream) Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Kalyana Mahotsavam 05:30 PM Sankalpam followed by Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Kalyanam followed by Sri Anjaneya Utsavam, Navaneeta (Butter) Alankaram to Sri Anjaneya Swamy, Sri Anjaneya Sahasra Nama Archana, Hanuman Chalisa, Harati (Livestream) Sponsorship: https://balajimandir.formstack.com/forms/sriramanavami YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/SriVenkateswaraTempleBridgewaterNJUSA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SriVenkateswaraTempleBridgewater/live/ .