The 7th Anniversary HTCC Banquet was held on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the PeachTree Banquet Center. As always, the glittering event brought out a large number of happy faces (and fancy clothes – oh my!), with everyone ready to enjoy the evening’s festivities. The invocation was inspiring, food was great, the store was busy,…
Maha Shivaratri was celebrated at the Mandir on March 9, 2013 Several devotees gathered for Puja and Abhishek for Shiva. Following the tradition that has been established for this festival at the Mandir, Sri Rudram and Chamakam were chanted, led by Srinath Gopalakrishna, V. Ramachandran, and H.R. Chandrasekhar. The recitation of Purusha Suktam was led…
HTCC’s Devotional Program, part of our 7th anniversary celebrations, was held on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The program included a havan officiated by Sri Sateesh Bhagwat of Chicago. He conducted the puja along with a large number of devotees, who were gathered around the havan kund. The devotional program started with Ganesh Puja. This puja…
Ring in the New Year at Shanthi Mandir Tuesday, January 1, 2013 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm With Vedic Chants and Gayatri Mantra We will start at 6:30 pm (sharp) and recite Ganapati Prarthana, Gayatri Mantra (108 times), Mrityunjaya Mantra (28 times) and the Mantra Pushpam followed by 15 minutes of open time for devotional…
Guru Nanak Jayanthi was celebrated at Shanthi Mandir on Sunday December 2, 2012. Gyani Malkit Singhji of the St.Louis Gurudwara led an uplifting and inspiring devotional program. Gyaniji sang beautifully, accompanied by his wife and his son, and explained several segments of his readings. The Sukhmani Sahib was read, followed by the Ardas, Prasad and…