Upcoming and regular events at the Shanthi Mandir.
On April 13, 2013, a bright and sunny Saturday morning, HTCC Helping Hands participated in the city-organized service project Clean-up Columbia. The service group Helping Hands predates Shanthi Mandir and HTCC! Since 2006 HTCC Helping Hands has teamed up with Bal Sabha to work at two clean-up locations for the yearly volunteering effort. Bal Sabha…
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…