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  Temple Timings - 02/09/2025, Sunday

Monday - Friday: 09:00 AM to Noon and 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 09:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
 
Upcoming Events

  Date Time Event
  Sunday
Feb 09, 2025
10:30 AM Sri Radha Krishna Pooja
  Thai Poosam
 

Thai Poosam ( தைப்பூசம்) is celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.
  Monday
Feb 10, 2025
05:30 PM Lord Murugan (Subramanya Swami) Thaipoosam

5:30 PM - Sri Subramanya Swami Special Abhishekam with Bhajans, Pal Kudam

6:30 PM - Alankaram, Karthikeya Ashtoram, Maha Naivedyam, Maha Mangala Harathi

6:45 PM - Theertha Prasadam Distribution

Please bring flowers, fruits & prasadam for the pooja


 
 
Thai Poosam


Thai Poosam ( தைப்பூசம்) is celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.
  Date Time Event
  Monday
Feb 10, 2025
05:30 PM Lord Murugan (Subramanya Swami) Thaipoosam

5:30 PM - Sri Subramanya Swami Special Abhishekam with Bhajans, Pal Kudam

6:30 PM - Alankaram, Karthikeya Ashtoram, Maha Naivedyam, Maha Mangala Harathi

6:45 PM - Theertha Prasadam Distribution

Please bring flowers, fruits & prasadam for the pooja

     
Thai Poosam
Sponsorship Amount
Sri Subramanya Swami - Abhishekam
$51.00

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Maha Shivrathri


Tuesday, February 25th evening 5:30 PM through Wednesday, February 26th morning 6 AM
Maha Rudrabhishekam, Ksheerabhishekam, Special Puja’s and Bhajans.

  Date Time Event
  Tuesday
Feb 25, 2025
05:30 PM to 06:00 PM Rudrabhishekam Preparation
  Tuesday
Feb 25, 2025
06:00 PM to 08:30 PM First Session
Special Maha Rudrabhishekam for Lord Shiva with Eleven Types of Dravyam, Ksheerabhishekam [Milk Abhishekam] with 48 Kalasham, Visesha Alankara Darshanam, Maha Naivedyam, Maha Mangala Harathi, Theertha Prasadam Distribution, Bhajans
  Tuesday
Feb 25, 2025
09:30 PM to 11:30 PM Second Session
Rudrabhishekam with Chanting Shiva Panchakshari by Devotees, Alankaram, Bilvashtakam, Lingashtakam, Vishwanatha Ashtakam Recitation, Mangala Harathi, Bhajans
  Wednesday
Feb 26, 2025
12:00 AM
Lingodbhava kala Dharshanam, Bilva Ashtothara pooja
  Wednesday
Feb 26, 2025
01:00 AM to 03:00 AM Third Session
Rudrabhishekam, Archana, Mangala Aarthi & Bhajans
  Wednesday
Feb 26, 2025
04:00 AM to 06:00 AM Fourth Session
Special Rudrabhishekam, Bhajans & Visesha Alankara Darshanam

Please note that the priests will be offering ONLY ORGANIC PRODUCTS FOR ABHISHEKAM. if you wish to bring any offerings, please find the recommended items below :
Organic Milk (Grass fed cow milk. Please make sure no fish oil or any other ingredients)
Organic Yogurt (Homemade Preferred)
Organic fruits
Organic fruit juice

All devotees are requested to participate in all night abhishekams & poojas. Participation is free. All devotees are requested to sponsor liberally and any additional donations would be appreciated.

Significance of Shivratri:
Shivratri, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is celebrated on the moonless night of the month of Phalguna (Feb / Mar), which is the fourteenth day in the krishnapaksha or dark half. Owing to a special planetary conjunction, spiritual practices done on this day are considered to be especially auspicious and beneficial. There is a reference to this in one of the Puranas, where Shiva himself tells Parvathi Devi [the Divine Mother] that this day is particularly dear to him, and that those who perform the prescribed austerities on this day will be freed from all sins.

According to the Puranas, during the great mythical churning of the ocean called Samudra Manthan, a pot of poison emerged from the ocean. The gods and the demons were terrified as it could destroy the entire world. When they ran to Shiva for help, he in order to protect the world, drank the deadly poison but held it in his throat instead of swallowing it. This turned his throat blue, and since then he came to be known as Nilkantha, the blue-throated one. Shivratri celebrates this event by which Shiva saved the world.
     
Maha Shivrathri
Sponsorship Amount
Shivratri - Grand Sponsor
$251.00
Shivratri - Abhishekam - All Sessions
$101.00
Shivratri - Abhishekam - 1 Session
$25.00

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Chaturveda Maha Yajna
Tuesday, June 3rd to Sunday, June 8th 2025
  Date Time Event
  Tuesday
Jun 03, 2025
08:00 AM Chaturveda Maha Yajna
Details coming soon....
     
Chaturveda Maha Yajna
Sponsorship Amount
Chaturveda Maha Yajna - Maha Raja Poshaka
$101016.00
Chaturveda Maha Yajna - Raja Poshaka
$51111.00
Chaturveda Maha Yajna - Pradhana Yajaman
$25101.00
Chaturveda Maha Yajna - Upa Yajaman
$12501.00
Chaturveda Maha Yajna - Yajna Yajaman
$5121.00

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