Ramayana…Kevat Prasang पद कमल धोइ चढ़ाइ ऩाव न ऩाथ उतऱाई चह㄂ । मोहह ऱाम ऱाउरर आन दसरथ सपथ सब स़ाची कह㄂॥ बरु तीर म़ारहुँ लखनु पै जब लहि न प़ाय पख़ाररह㄂ । तब लहि न तुलसीद़ास ऩाथ कृप़ाल प़ारु त़ाररह㄂॥ भ़ाव़ाथथ: -हे ऩाथ! मℂ चरण कमल धोकर आप लोिⴂ को ऩाव पर चढ़ा ल ुँि़ा, मℂ आपसे कुछ उतऱाई नहĂ च़ाहत़ा। हे ऱाम!मुझे आपकी दुह़ाई और दशरथजी की सौिंध ,है मℂ सब सच-सच कहत़ा हुँ। लक्ष्मण भलेही मुझे तीर म़ारᴂ, पर जब तक मℂ पैरⴂ को पख़ार न ुँि़ाल , तब तक हे तुलसीद़ास के ऩाथ!हे कृप़ालु ! मℂ प़ार नहĂ उत़ारुँि़ा ।। I will let you board my boat only when I wash your lotus feet; I seek no chargefrom you. O Lord Rama! I swear by you and by King Dasaratha that what I say is all true. May Lakshmana hit me with his arrows, but until I wash thy lotus feet with utter devotion, O Gracious Lord of Tulsidasa! I will not ferry you across. DATE EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS DATE EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS JANUARY AUGUST 1 Friday New Year’s Day: Havan - 1am Temple open 9am to 8pm 1 Sunday Shri Nathaji Hindola Utsava -10:30am, Murugan Pooja - 4pm 2 Saturday Mata Ki Chouki - .4pm 7 Saturday Rudra Yagna - 10am 13 Wednesday Lohri 9 Monday Shravan Maas Begins (Gujarat), Shravan Sonvar starts 14 Thursday Uttarayan Punyakal: Makarsankranti, Thai Pongal - 10am 12 Thursday Naag Panchami / Garud Panchami (North) Ayyappan Abhishekam - 6pm 21 Saturday Rigveda Upakarma 17 Sunday Thai Pongal Celebration: Murugan Abhishekam 10:30am 22 Sunday Gayatri Jayanti Celebration – 9:3oam; Raksha Bandhan; FEBRUARY Yajurveda Upkarma; Balabhadra Janmadin 20 Saturday Navagrah Havan - 10am 27 Friday Naag Panchami / Garud Panchami (Gujarat ) 21 Sunday Vasant Panchami Celebration - 10:30am (A ctual day : Feb.16) 29 Sunday SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI Celebration – 6pm to midnight 26 Friday Murugan Pooja - 5:30pm SEPTEMBER MARCH 4 Saturday Navagrah Havan - 10am 7 Sunday Shri Laxmi Narayan Pooja for Millennial – 11am 10 Friday Shri Ganesh Chaturthi --Temple open 9am to 8pm 11 Thursday MahaShivarati Celebration -- Temple open all day and night 11 Saturday Mela: Taste of India and Naach Sitare - Noon to 8pm 28 Sunday Holi Festival: Holika Dahan; Panguni Uththiram; 29th Rang Holi 18 Saturday Mata Ki Chauki - 4pm APRIL 19 Sunday Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration10:30am Anant Chaturdashi 3 Saturday HSGC Holi Celebration - Cultural Program 20 Monday Mahalaya Aarambh- Pitru Paksha Shraddha Begins 12 Monday Yugadi (Kaliyug) 5123 ; Vikram Samvat 2078 (North) ; OCTOBER Gudi Padwa; Shaka Samvat 1942 ; Telugu New Year And 2 Saturday Gandhi Jayanti : Annual Food Drive Day Kannada New Year….. Begin 5 Tuesday Pitru Visarjan - Group Shraddha Pooja, Tarpan Pooja 13Tuesday Vasant / Chaitra Navratri Beings -- Kalash Sthapana; 6 Wednesday Sharadiya Navratri Festival Begins - 9 days Raas Garba Solar New Years: Vaishakhi, Bengali N.Y. Tamil N.Y. Begin 8 Friday Shri Durga H omo - 4:30pm & Navratri Raas Garba 14Wednesday Ayyappan Abhishekam – 5:30pm 9 Saturday Mata Ki Chauki - 3pm & Navratri Raas Garba 17 Saturday Ankhand Ramayan Path Starts & Ends on 18th Sunday - 1pm 13 Wednesday Shri Durga Ashtami Havan – 5pm & Navratri Raas Garba Tamil New Year Celebration – 9:30am 25 Sunday Vijaya Dashami, Dussehara, Aayuddha Pujan, Ravan Dahan 20 Tuesday Vasant / Chaitra Navaratri - Durga Ashtami Havan - 6pm 20 Wednesday Sharad Purnima / Kojagari Purnima - Maha Raas & Garba 21Wednesday Shri Ram Navami, 23 Saturday Karwa Chauth Vrat Pooja 24 Saturday 36th Thyagaraja Purandaradasa Festival – 9am 24 Sunday Bijoyo Celebration – 10:30am 27 Tuesday Shri Hanuman Jayant Celebrationi – 5:30pm NOVEMBER MAY 1 Monday Vaag Baras/Govatsa Dwadashi 2 Sunday Shri Mahavir Jayanti Celebration (Actual day 25th April Sun.) 2 Tuesday Dhan Trayodashi / Dhan Teras, Dhanvantari Pooja 6 Thursday Shri Vallabhacharya Jayanti Celebration - 6pm 3 Wednesday Narak Chturdashi / Roop Chaturdashi . (begins) 15 Saturday Temple’s 24th Anniversary Celebration Day 1; Mata Ki Chouki 4 Thursday DEEPAWALI; M AHA LAXMI POOJA - 5:30pm & Kantha Shasthi 16 Sunday Temple’s 24th Anniversary Celebration Day 2 5 Friday NEW YEAR, Vikram Samvat 2078 Begins (Gujarat) JUNE Vir Nirvana Samvat 2548 Begins--------Temple open all day 3 Thursday Vaikasi Visakam Pooja – 6pm 6 Saturday Yama Dwitiya/ Bhai Dooj… Kantha Shasthi Continues….. 4 Friday Shrimad Bhagvad Katha Day 1 - 4pm HSGC DEEPAWALI CELEBRATION 5 Saturday Shrimad Bhagvad Katha Day 2 - 4pm 7 Sunday Chitragupta Pooja - 11am and Kantha Shasthi Continues….. 6 Sunday Shrimad Bhagvad Katha Day 3 -10am 12 Friday Soora Samharam - 5:30pm 9 Wednesday Vat Savitri Vrat (North) 13 Saturday Murugan Thiru Kalyanam - 4:30pm 12 Saturday Murugan 108 Shankh / Sanghu Abhishekam - 9am to 7pm 14 Sunday Ayyappan Abhishekam - 6pm 13 Sunday Graduation Havan – 11am ---- 17th Thursday Aani Uththiram 20 Saturday Annual Mata Ki Chauki - 4pm 24 Thursday Vat Savitri Vrat (Gujarat) ; Shri Jagannath Snan Purnima 21 Sunday Govardhan Pooja & ShriNathaji Annakut Mahotsava & JULY Tulsi Vivah (Actual Day-18th Thursday & DevDiwali )- 10:30am 3 Saturday Navagrah Havan - 10am; Murugan Ther Festival - 4:30pm DECEMBER 10 Saturday Shri Jagannath Rath Yatra Celebration – 4pm; Netrotrosav 4 Saturday 108 Hanuman Chalisa Path - 8am 18 Sunday Shri Jagannath Bahuda Yatra - 10am 12 Sunday Ayyappan Abhishekam -6pm ALSO on 26th Sunday - 6pm 23 Friday Guru Purnima, Vyas Jayanti,108 SaytaNarayan Pooja–5:30pm 26 Sunday Geeta Jayanti Celebration –10am (Actual day -14th Tuesday) 24 Saturday Shravan Maas Begins (North), Shravan Somvar Starts 31 Friday New Year’s Eve .