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2nd Quarter 2016 April, May, June--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sita Rama Kalyanam

A Quarterly Publication of

Sri Meenakshi Temple Society Pearland, Texas

Sri Meenakshi Temple Society17130 McLean Road, Pearland, TX 77584

SPECIAL EVENTS – April THROUGH JUNE, 2016

8‐Apr Fri Ughdhi ‐Telegu and Kannada New Year 14‐Apr Thu Tamil New Year14‐Apr Thu Vishu Kani Darshanam15‐Apr Fri Sri Rama Navami15‐Apr Fri Dwajarohanam, Mahotsavam 1st day16‐Apr Sat Meeanakshi Pattabhishekham, Mahotsavam 2d day16‐Apr Sat Poo Pallakku24‐Apr Sun Mahotsavam final day, Meenakshi Kalyanam 30‐Apr Sat Sita Rama Kalyanam8‐May Sun Raja Mathangi Homam, Mother’s day 9‐May Mon Akshaya Thrithiyai16‐May Mon Vasavi Jayanthi20‐May Fri Sri Narasimha Jayanthi22‐May Sun Vasavi Jayanthi Celebration28‐May Sat Hanuman Jayanthi19‐Jun Sun Father’s day, Siva and Venkateswara abishekam 24‐Jun Fri Maha Rudram begins25‐Jun Sat Maha Rudram

MONTHLY SCHEDULED ABHISHEKAM DATES

APR TO JUN 2016

APR MAY JUN Pradosham, Nandi & Siva

Abhishekam 5, 19 4, 19 2, 17

Maha Ganapathy Abhishekam 11 10 8 Subramanya Abhisheshekam 10, 12 7, 11, 21 4, 10

Rama Abhishekam 14 11 8 Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam 17 1,2,17, 27 1,5,15, 30

Sathyanarayana Puja 21 21 20 Sankata Hara Chaturthi 26 25 23 Anjanyar Abhishekam 27 24 21 Bhairavar Abhishekam 30 27 30 Meenakshi Abhishekam 12

A MESSAGE FROM THE MTS BOARDIt seems like only a short while ago we welcomed the New Year with over 8000 devotees visiting Sri Meenakshi Temple to seek the blessings of the almighty. As we near the end of the first quarter 2016, the Poojas and festivities of Pongal, Makara Sankaranthi, Andal Kalyanam, Vasavi Agni Pravesam, Thai Sukravara Deepa Puja, Masi Magam all seem like a blur of the moment. The Grand celebrations of Thai Poosam and Maha Sivarathri witnessed hundreds of devotees who packed the magnificent spacious renovated Main Temple hall. The first quarter wraps up with the Vedic Heritage School (VHS) children participating in the ‘Slokotsavam’, simultaneous with the Grand celebration of Panguni Uthiram. The ‘Golden group’ just celebrated its one year anniversary and continues to thrive and grow. Serving the devotees and attention to Cleanliness are the priorities for the current Board. Every member of the MTS board is committed to this and is working hard to fulfill these goals. An example is the new main Temple self-service Kiosk that is fully functional. The devotees will see that a lot of effort has been put to keep the Temple area and the Grounds clean as the last vestige of the MTRP construction nears completion. MTS devotee base has expanded significantly in the last three decades and on several regular and major functions for all deities in Corner Sannadhis such as Ayyappa, Ganesha, Muruga, Sri Rama parivar, Anjaneya, Nataraja, Navagraha, Durga and Kannika Parameswari, there is not enough room inside and it is noticeably overcrowded, often forcing devotees to stand outside. Recognizing the need to complete the religious area renovations, the MTS board is pursuing as a priority, the Corner (Mandapam) Temples renovation project (CTRP). As the Phase-III of the MTS religious areas renovation, CTRP builds on the momentum from the earlier phases already completed: Ganesh Temple Renovation Project (GTRP, Phase-I) and Main Temple Renovation Project (MTRP, Phase-II). The completion of CTRP fulfills the original plan conceived by the founders in the late ‘70s as the long term vision for the Temple; with the CTRP completion devotees should expect an aesthetically grand, functionally utilitarian place of worship. The MTS Board and the MTS Advisory Council have approved the conceptual design and the resolution is being presented to the Senior Members and the General body on April 10th. The second quarter, a traditionally “faster and busier time” once again sees several pujas and festivals coming up, with Ugadhi, Tamil New Year, Vishu Kani, Sri Ramanavani and the traditional grand Chitirai Mahotsavam in the month of April, just to name a few. This year MTS is proud to host the Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH) Youth Gala on April 9th, a premier HGH event. The entire Board of this grand institution of Sri Meenakshi Temple Society is grateful for the opportunity to continue the long tradition of serving. May the blessings of Goddess Meenakshi, Lord Sundareswara, Goddess Padmavathy and Lord Venkateswara always be with you, your family and friends.G.N. PrasadTreasurer 2015-16

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5-Apr Tue 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession 8-Apr Fri 7.00 PM Ugadhi Telugu & Kannada New Year

10-Apr Sun 10.30 AM Krittikai Sri Subramanya Abhishekam

10-Apr Sun 11:00 AM Meenakshi Abhishekam11-Apr Mon 7:00 PM Maha Ganapathy Abhishekam12-Apr Tue 7.00 PM Sukla Sashti Sri Subramanya Abhishekam14-Apr Thu 7.00 PM Tamil New Year

14-Apr Thu 8.30 AM Vishu Kani - Ayyappa Abhishekam & Vishu Kani Darhnam

14-Apr Thu 7.00 PM Mahotsava Vasthu Shanthi14-Apr Thu 7.00 PM Punarvasu Ramar Abhishekam15-Apr Fri 7.00 PM Sri Rama Navami15-Apr Fri 6.00 PM Dwajarohanam, Mahotsavam 1st Day16-Apr Sat 6.00 PM Meenakshi Pattabbhishekam, Mahotsavam 2nd Day16-Apr Sat 6.00 PM Poo Pallaku17-Apr Sun 10.30 AM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam19-Apr Tue 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession 21-Apr Thu 6.30 PM Sathyanarayana Puja24-Apr Sun 9.30 AM Mahotsavam Final Day, Meenakshi Kalyanam26-Apr Tue 7.00 PM Sankatahara Chaturththi Ganapathi Homam & Abhisheham27-Apr Wed 7.00 PM Mulam Sri Anjaneyar Abhishekam

30-Apr Sat 9.00 AM Sita Rama Kalyanam30-Apr Sat 11.00 AM Ashtami Bairavar Abhishekam

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RegUlARlY ScheDUleD WeeKlY AbhiSheKAMSri Ganesha Homam & Abhishekam....................................................................All days 7:00 AMSri Siva (Sundareswara) & Sri Meenakshi Abhishekam.................................... .All days 9:00 AMSri Siva (Sundareswara) Abhishekam..................................................................Mondays 7:00 PMSri Durga Abhishekam.........................................................................................Tuesdays 7:00 PMSri Padmavathy Abhishekam..................................................................................Fridays 6:30 PMSri Meenakshi Abhishekam & Lalitha Sahasranamavali........................................Fridays 7:00 PM

Last Friday of the month – Lalitha Sahasranamavali & Shodasa UpacharamSri Navagraha Abhishekam..............................................................................Saturdays 11:00 AMSri Ayyappa Abhishekam.................................................................................Saturdays 10:00 AMSri Kanyaka Parameswari Abhishekam.................................Last Sunday of the Month 10:00 AMSri Meenakshi Abhishekam...............................................Second Sunday of the Month 11:00 AM

Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam..............................................First Sunday of the Month 10:30 AM

April 2016

CHITTIRAI MAHOTSAVAM – THE ANNUAL TEN DAY TEMPLE FESTIVAL

By M.K.SriramThe Chittirai Mahotsavam is the grand annual festival of MTS. This ten-day festival occurs in Chittirai, the first month in the Tamil calendar (roughly April 15 – May 15). The Board members, temple priests & staff and a host of dedicated and energetic volunteers work countless hours to prepare for, and flawlessly execute their most creative and magnificent plan. This year’s festival is even more special because we are celebrating the Mahotsavam for the very first time after the Main Temple renovation and expansion.The festival commences with the dwajarohanam (flag hoisting) at the dwajasthambam (flag post) at the entrance of the temple. This signals the start of the special pujas conducted everyday morning and evening. Various religious rites including homams are performed at a beautiful Yaga Sala. Hundreds of devotees pray and meditate while the vedic mantras resonate. Every evening the temple is alive with classical music and dance organized by the cultural activities committee. The Utsava murthis are taken on a procession around the temple on a different vahanam every night to the beat of chenda mela or nadaswaram & thavil.Sri Meenakshi Pattabhishekam is a major event during this festival. The “crowning” moment of this event is indeed the offering of the jewel studded crown and the divine Scepter to Goddess Meenakshi, our Mother. The underlying significance of the event is that the devotees crown The Divine Goddess in their very own hearts. This event is followed by a procession with Sri Meenakshi in all her glory seated on an extraordinarily decorated Poo Pallakku (flower palanquin).The grand finale of the festival is the Meenakshi Sundareswar Thiru Kalyanam (divine wedding). This celestial wedding is celebrated with great pomp and grandeur. Starting with seervarisai, all the marriage rites including Kanyadhanam, where Lord Vishnu gives his sister Meenakshi’s hand away to Lord Sundareswara, and Mangalya Dharanam are performed. A grand Rathotsavam follows, when all the deities are taken on a procession around the temple in their respective vahanas with the accompaniment of nadaswaram music, vedic chanting and slokams. This is a most unforgettable and heavenly experience. The grandest of all weddings culminates with the grandest of feasts. So it is, when more than a 1000 devotees are offered a sit-down prasadam lunch on banana leaves. A lot of effort goes into the preparation of the mega lunch – an army of volunteers assemble the day before to cut hundreds of pounds of vegetables, then the kitchen staff go into action early morning to cook the delicious food that is then served to the entire devotee guests by a hundred volunteers. The festival formally concludes with dwaja avarohanam, when the flag is taken down and furled till the next year .Sri Meenakshi Temple, Pearland has the unique reputation of conducting its ceremonies and festivals in the most traditional and authentic way. The Mahotsavam is a prime example where the devotees immerse themselves in the river of bhakti and experience a 10-day trip to Madurai Meenakshi temple, right here in Houston. Kudos to the entire MTS team for putting on such a spectacular and spiritual event.

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May 2016

1-May Sun 10.30 AM Venkateswara Abhishekam2-May Mon 7.00 PM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam4-May Wed 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession7-May Sat 11.00 AM Krithikai Subramanya Abhishekam8-May Sun 11.00AM Rajamathangi Homam, Mother’s Day9-May Mon 7.00P PM Akshaya Trithiyai10-May Tue 7.00 PM Maha Ganapathy Abhishekam11-May Wed 7.00 PM Sri Rama Abhishekam11-May Wed 7.00 PM Sri Subramanya Abhishekam16-May Mon 7.00 PM Vasavi Jayanthi17-May Tue 7.00 PM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam19-May Thu 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession20-May Fri 7.00 PM Sri Narasimha Jayanthi21-May Sat 11.00 AM Subramanya Abhishekam, Vaikasi Visakam22-May Sun 11.00 AM Vasavi Jayanthi Celebration24-May Tue 7.00 PM Mulam Sri Anjaneyar Abhishekam25-May Wed 7.00 PM Sankatahara Chaturththi Ganapathi Homam & Abhishekam27-May Fri 7.00 PM Sravanam Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam28-May Sat 10.00 AM Hanuman Jayanthi Celebrations29-May Sun 11.00 AM Ashtami Bairavar Abhishekam

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June 2016

1-Jun Wed 7.00 PM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam2-Jun Thu 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession4-Jun Sat 11.00 AM Krithikai Sri Subramanya Abhishekam5-Jun Sun 10.30 AM Venkateswara Abhishekam8-Jun Wed 7.00 PM Sri Rama Abhishekam8-Jun Wed 7.00 PM Maha Ganapathy Abhishekam10-Jun Fri 7.00 PM Sukla Sashti Sri Subramanya Abhishekam12-Jun Sun 11.00 AM Meenakshi Abhishekam15-Jun Wed 7.00 PM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam17-Jun Fri 7.00 PM Pradosham Nandi & Siva Abhishekam & Procession19-Jun Sun 10.30 AM Father’s Day, Sri Siva & Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam20-Jun Mon 7.00 PM Sathyanarayana Puja21-Jun Tue 7.00 PM Mulam Sri Anjaneyar Abhishekam23-Jun Thu 7.00 PM Sankatahara Chaturththi Ganapathi Homam & Abhisheham23-Jun Thu 7.00 PM Sravanam Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam24-Jun Fri 9.00 AM Maha Rudram Begins25-Jun Sat 9.00 AM Maha Rudram27-Jun Mon 7.00 PM Ashtami Bairavar Abhishekam30-Jun Thu 7.00 PM Ekadasi Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam

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SRI RAMA NAVAMI AND SITA RAMA KALYANAMBy M.K.Sriram

On the ninth day of the waxing moon, in the month of Chittirai (mid-March to mid-April), Lord Vishnu took the avatar of Sri Rama and was born to King Dasaratha and Queen Kausalya. On this auspicious day, devotees repeat the name of Rama with every breath and vow to lead a righteous life. People pray to attain the final beatitude of life through intense devotion towards Rama and invoke him for his blessings and protection.

Many observe a strict fast on this day. Otherwise, it is an extremely colorful ceremony, highly inspiring and instructive too. Temples are decorated and the image of Lord Rama is richly adorned. The holy ‘Ramayana’ is read in the temples. In Ayodhya, the birthplace of Sri Rama, a big fair is held on this day. In the south of India the “Sri Ramnavami Utsavam” is celebrated for nine days with great fervor and devotion. In temples and at pious gatherings the learned narrate the thrilling episodes of the ‘Ramayana’. This day, marking the birthday of Lord Rama, is also observed as the wedding day of Rama and Sita and thus also referred to as Kalyanotsavam. Rama exemplified the perfect person (maryada purushottaman). He was the embodiment of compassion, gentleness, kindness, righteousness and integrity. Although he had all the power in the world, he still was peaceful and gentle. His reign in Ayodha is referred to as Ramarajya, the epitome of perfect governance.

MTS celebrates the Sita Rama Kalyanam with great festivity. This event gives our devotees the great opportunity and privilege to witness and participate in the re-enactment of this divine wedding. This is a special occasion for parents and grandparents who are anxiously seeking life partners for their progeny to offer their prayers to Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi. And, this is a great day to reflect on the great qualities and character of Sri Rama, as exemplified by his actions, so we the devotees can strive to be better persons ourselves.

JAI SRI RAM

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Cordially invites you with family & friends to celebrate

UGADHIon Friday 8th April 2016

Telugu, Kannada & Marathi New Year

MANMATHA NAMA SAMVATSARA7.00pm Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam

Panchanga shravanam in Telugu and Kannada during Alankaram

Aarathi at Sri Sundareswara Meenakshi & Venkateswara sannidhis

Abhishekam & Pooja Sponsorship: $ 31

Prasadam Viniyogam Neem pachadi at Cafeteria Conference Room

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Pooja Sponsorship: $21For more information, please contact:Sasi Pillai at [email protected] or

Sheila Sriram at [email protected] or the Temple Office at 281-489-0358

mailto:[email protected]


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Cordially invites you to participate in the

Tamil New Year’s DayOn

Thursday, April 14, 2016, 7pmAt Sri Meenakshi Sannidhi

Sankalpam, Vignewara Pooja, Punyavahanam Panchangam Shravanam, Deeparathana

Sponsorship: $21

For more information, please contact:Padmini Nathan at [email protected] or Sasi Pillai at [email protected]

or Sheila Sriram at [email protected]




SPIRITUALITYBy Sasidharan Pillai

Spirituality can be defined as the attempt to know and live in the highest self, the divine the all-embracing unity and to raise life in all its parts to the divine’s possible values. Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. It includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves. It is universal human experience and something that touch us all.

What is the discipline to be followed in order to convert the mental seeking into a living spiritual experience? The first necessity is the practice of concentration of your consciousness within yourself. The true consciousness other than the superficial, there are two main centers. One in the heart, and one in the head. The concentration in the heart opens within and by following this inward opening and going deep one becomes aware of the soul or psychic being, the divine element in the individual. The head brings the consciousness of the presence, the dedication of the being to the highest and invites the descent into our nature of great force and consciousness which waiting above us. Once it is obtained makes the spiritual path far more easy and safe. Offer yourself more and more-all the consciousness, all your work and action. The awareness of the divine presence in all things, and always there.

It is spirituality when you begin to become aware of another consciousness than ego and begin to live in it or under its influence more and more. It is that consciousness wide, infinite, self-existent, pure of ego which is called spirit.(Divine, Brahman)

Spirituality has meant are cogitation of something greater than mind and life, the aspiration to a consciousness is pure, great, divine beyond our normal mental and vital nature, surge and rising of the soul in man out of the littleness and bondage of our lower parts towards greater thing secret within him.

Spirituality is not a high intellectuality, not idealism, not an ethical turn of mind or moral purity and austerity, not religiosity or an ardent and exalted emotional fervor, not even a compound of all these excellent things. These things are of considerable value to mind and life; they are of value to the spiritual evolution itself as preparatory movements disciplining, purifying or giving a suitable form to the

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nature; but they still belong to the mental evolution. The beginning of a spiritual realization, experience change is not yet there.

Spirituality is in its essence an awakening to the inner reality of our being to a spirit, self soul which is other than our mind, life and body, an inner aspiration to know, to feel, to be that to enter into contact with greater reality, beyond and pervading the universe which inhabits also our own being, to be in communion with it and union with it and tuning a conversation, a transformation of our whole being, as a result of the aspiration, the contact, the union, a growth or walking into a new becoming or new being, a new self, a new nature.

The meaning of spirituality is a new and greater inner life of man founded in the consciousness of his true, his most, highest and largest self and spirit by which he receives the whole of existence as a progressive manifestation of the self in the universe and his own life as a field of a possible transformation in which its divine sense will be found. Its potentialities highly evolved the now imperfect forms changed into a image of the divine perfection and an effort not only to see but to live out these greater possibilities of his being. For man to become divine in consciousness and act and ti live inwardly and outwardly the divine life is, what is meant by spirituality the divine perfection is always there above us.

Some Spiritual Questions normally asked: What is the meaning of my suffering?What is my connection to the world around me?Do things happen for a reason?How can I live my life in the best way possible?

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Cordially invites you to celebrate Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar

ThirukalyanamSunday April 24th, 2016

9:30 AM Seervarisai Procession from Ganesh Temple

10:00 AM Oonjal & Pidi Sutral in front of Kalyana Mandapam

10:30 AMSankalpam, Vighneshwara Puja, Punyahavachanam, Rakshabandanam, Pravaram, Kanyadhanam, Agnipradakshinam, Mangalya Puja, Mangalya

Dharanam, Homam, Lajaa homam, Purnahuthi

12:30 PM Rathotsavam and Procession of deities in All Vahanas

Sit-down Lunch

SponsorshipKalyanam $31, Kanyadanam $51

Kalyanam & Kanyadanam $81Grand Sponsor $251

For further information and sponsorship please contact: Padmini at [email protected]

or Sheila Sriram at [email protected] or Sasi Pillai at [email protected]

or the Temple Office at 281-489-0358 Ext 101




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Cordially invites to celebrate

Sita Rama Kalyanamon Saturday, April 30th, 2016

8.55 AM at Ganesh Temple: Vigneshwara Puja, Seer Varisai Procession

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM at Kalyana Mandapam

Sankalpam, Vishvaksena Puja, Punyavachanam,Yegnopaveetha dharanam,Paada prakshalanam, Pravara, Mangalashtakam, Kanya-

danam, Mangalaya Dharanam, Laaja Homam, Akshataropanam, Archana Manthrapushpam, Aarathi and Theertham & Prasadam

12:00 PMRatha Ustavam

Lunch at Youth Center

SponsorshipKalyanam $31

Kanyadanam $51Kalyanam & Kanyadanam $81

Grand Sponsor $251

For more information please contact:Padmini Nathan at [email protected] or Sheila Sriram at

[email protected] orSasi Pillai at [email protected]




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Cordially invites to celebrate

Raja Mathangi Homam(108 Sumangali Pooja)

on Sunday, May 8th, 2016

10:00 AM at the Ganesh Temple

Sankalpam, Vigneshwara Puja, Punyahavachanam, Kumba Puja, Homam, Purnahuthi, Utsavamurthi Sri Meenakshi Abhishekam and

alankaram, 108 Sumangali puja, Archana, Deeparadhana

(Devotees will chant Lalitha Sahasranamam during abhishekam)

12:30 PMProcession of deities Prasadam Distribution

Sponsorship $21

For further information and sponsorshipplease contact Padmini Nathan at [email protected]

or Sheila Sriram at [email protected] or Sasi Pillai at [email protected]

You may also call the temple at (281) 489-0358, Ext 100 or 101



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Vishu and VishukkaniBy Chittoor K. Ramachandran

Important aspects of Vishu and symbolism of VishukkaniCelebration of Vishu by people from Kerala is different for other areas of India. A brief description of the way of celebration by Keralites is given below. Let us explore the meaning of “Vishukkani”. The word “kani” means “first thing one sees as soon as one opens his/her eyes in the morning”. So “Vishukkani: means “what one sees first on the day of Vishu. The start of the Solar New year which is the beginning of the New Year for those who follow SauryamAna calendar. So “Vishukkani” means what you see first in the New Year! We believe that if we see auspicious things arranged in front of our favorite God or Goddess or arranged in front of the favorite deity as the first thing in the morning of the new year, only good things will happen to us. When we start anything with the blessings of God, how can anything go wrong? Even if something goes wrong, because of the results of our “praarabdhaa Karmaas”, God will direct and guide us to go though all difficulties with courage and hope!Preparing for the “Vishukkani” becomes an important aspect of Vishu. In addition to a lighted oil or ghee lamp and Ishtadevatha’s idol or photo, a bronze container called “uruli” filled with raw rice forms the support base for the other items to be placed. Then well starched and ironed white “mundu”, yellow cucumber, two halves of a coconut with burning wicks , gold chains, silver chains, some coins, a polished metallic mirror called “Vaalkkannadi”, fruits like mango and jackfruit, a “grantham” or puranam written on palm leaf and finally the special yellow flowers called “kanikkonnapookkal” are kept in the “uruli”. Depending on regions and communities, some of the things kept in the “uruli” can be different. Anyway, all auspicious things can be kept. The symbolism of the “uruli” and things kept inside goes like this: Vishukkani symbolizes the union of Prakruthi and Purusha. “Uruli” is symbolic of Prakruthi or Universe and everything inside is Purusha or the Paramaathma or Bhagavaan. Rice is His body, “Kanikkonnappookkal” is Bhagavan’s golden waist band, yellow cucumber is His face, lighted coconut halves are His eyes, “Vaalkkannadi” is His heart, “Grantham” is His wise words, the white veshti represents Satva Gunam. Visukkainettam is the gift of money given by the senior most member of the family to all his youngsters and dependants. It is considered as a gift of Bhagavaan and Mahalakshmi and this assures that the whole year will be free of financial crisis.Fire works is part of the celebration of the New year and brings joy to children as well as adults. It helps us to begin the year with a happy tone and gives hope to end with a happy tone. A sumptuous lunch is definitely a part of any celebration and eating together with family and relatives is a blessed way to start a new year!

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Sri Meenakshi Temple Society17130 McLean Road, Pearland, TX 77584Phone: 281-489-0358 Ext. 100 (or) 110

AnnuAl PujA SPonSorShiP Form

For more information please contact the Temple Office at 281-489-0358 ext. 100, 110If you have any questions, comments or need more information please do not hesitate to contact

S. Narayanan @ [email protected] Sriram at [email protected] or Sasidharan Pillai @ [email protected]




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Kalyana Mandapam (KM), Youth Center (YC) and Visitors Center (VC) at MTS

Both KM and YC are spacious facilities for events like Engagements, Weddings, Receptions, etc.

Each facility can accommodate more than 400 people VC can accommodate up to 125 people for small events Have over 1200 chairs, 50 round tables, and more than 30

rectangular (6’ x 2’) tables Use the MTS facilities (KM, YC and the newly opened Visitor

Center) for all of your needs throughout the year Recommend to your friends and colleagues about the facilities

and support our Temple

For Reservations Contact: Mr. Venkatachalam at 832-725-1805 or [email protected]

Alternatively: Send e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected] (Karunakar Chowdavarapu) and we will get back to you within 24 hours

Kalayana Mandapam Youth Center Banquet Hall

Temple HoursMonday through Thursday:

8:30 AM to 12 Noon and 5:00 PM to 8:30 PMFriday:

8:30 AM to 12 Noon and 5:00 PM to 9:00 PMWeekends and National Holidays:

8:30 AM to 8:30 PM

Sri Meenakshi Temple Telephone NumbersMAIN TEMPLE .................................. 281-489-0358

(Best time to call: 9 am-12 noon and 5 pm-8 pmMain Temple ................................................................ 100, 110Ganesh Temple Facility Center ............................................. 115Library (During Library hours) .............................................. 125Kalyana Mantapam .............................................................. 112Temple Kitchen .................................................................... 227MTS FAX ............................................................... 281-489-3540

STAFFSri Vatsa Kumar (Executive Officer) ...................... 832-689-6448Sri K. Venkatachalam (Administrator) .................. 832-725-1805Sri Manickasundaram Bhattar (Priest) .................. 281-489-8633Sri Kalyana Sundaram (Priest) .............................. 281-692-9815Sri R.K.E. Parameswaran (Priest) .......................... 281-489-0575Sri Sreedharan Raghavan (Priest) ......................... 713-518-1810Sri Pawankumar Sribhashyam (Priest) .................. 281-819-7842Sri Sriman Narayana Charyalu Rompicherla (Priest)281-965-9780

www.emeenakshi.orgTemple Times Published by MTS Public Relations and Publicity Committee

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