List-of-Activities-2018

गुरु ब्रम्हा गुरु विष्णू गुरुः
देवो महेश्वरा,
गुरु शाक्षात परब्रम्हा
तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः||

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिम् ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्दमाधवम् ॥

• Monday January 1 - Trishul Purnima, New Year Celebration
• Trishul Puja, Santi Yagana at 3pm, bhajan followed by prasad distribution
• Sunday January 14 - Makar Sankranti
• Sunday January 21 - Saraswati Puja
• Drawing competition will start at 3:30pm.
   
  • Puja starts at 4:00pm. "Hatekhari",
  •  Pushpanjali, Prize distribution followed by Prasadam.
• Wednesday January 31 - Maghi Purnima
• Tuesday February 13 - Shiva Ratri
• Friday March 2 - Holi Celebration
• Sunday March 25 - Basanti Puja and Ramnavami
• Saturday March 31 - Hanuman Jayanti
   
• Sunday April 15 - Bengali New Year Celebration
  
  Cultural Program at 4 pm, followed by prasadam.
   
• Wednesday April 18 - Akshaya Tritiya
   
• His holiness Swami Purnatmananda visiting Aroura Ashram from June 19th to June 23rd
• Friday, June 22nd, @ 7.00 pm : Odissi Classical Dance, by Shreya Chakraborty. You all are cordially invited.
• Friday July 27 - Guru Purnima Celebration
   
• Saturday August 25 - Raksha Bandhan
   
• Sunday September 2 - Janmastami Celebration
• September 7th and 8th, His holiness Swami Purnatmananda visiting Aroura Ashram
• September 9 to 11, 2018: His Holiness Swami Amarnathananda Ji Maharaj will be giving a series of seminars on the Holy Bhagavad Gita from September 9th 2018 from 6pm to 7:30pm, and September 10th and 11th from 7pm-8:30pm respectively. We hope that all of you will join us for this three days divine discourse and followed by prasad distribution. If anyone would like to sponsor food (Prasad) or has any questions, please contact Swami Mukundananda Ji at 331-302-2194. Details
• Mahalaya 2018 Monday 8 October 2018 
  Tarpan starts at 6:30pm. Suggested donation $51 for Ashram.
• Durga Puja Schedules: 
   
  • Monday October 15 -
     Durga Puja (Maha Sasthi)
     Puja at 7pm.
  • Tuesday October 16 - 
    Durga Puja (Maha Saptami)
    Puja at 11am and 7pm.
  • Wednesday October 17 -
     Durga Puja (Maha Astami)
      Session 1:
     11am, Sandhi puja starting at 12 noon 
     Session 2: 7pm.
  • Thursday October 18 - 
    Durga Puja( Maha Nabami)
    Session 1: 11am, Sandhi puja starting at 12:03 pm 
    Session 2: 7pm.
  • Friday October 19 - Durga Puja (Dashami)
    Shanti Yagna at 11am followed by prasad.
    Vijoya Dashami & Sindur Khela starts at 7pm.
• Tuesday October 23 - Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
  
  Puja starts at 7pm followed by prasad..
   
• Tuesday November 6 - Kali Puja
  
  Puja starts at 7pm followed by prasad..
  
   
• Annual Fundraising Cultural Program & Dinner on 9th December at 5pm to 8pm
• Free Acupressure camp for good health & chronic pain remedies on 9th December from 1 pm-5 pm.