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Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland 4406 Brecksville Rd Richfield OH 44286
SREE VENKATESWARA TEMPLE OF CLEVELAND
Sree Padmavathi Sametha Sree Venkateswara Parabrahmane Namaha
4406 Brecksville Road Richfield OH 44286 Tel: (330) 576-5626 Temple Hours (winter): 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends & holidays
Issue 36 Jan 2016
Board of Trustees
Dr. R. Bandi
Mr. L. Venkataraman
Dr. P. Achanti
Mr. J. Medarametla
Dr. S. Ramanavarapu
Dr. R. Taliwal
Dr. M. Lakireddy
Dr. K. Devulapalli
Mrs. N. Kulasekaran
Treasurer Mrs. S. Venna Jt. Treasurer Mr. R. Atluri Secretary Mr. R. Rambhatla Jt. Secretary Mr. Suman Pillarisetti
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Religious Calendar:
(Detailed Calendar on Pg 5)
Jan 1—14
Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM
Tue, Jan 5 - Ekadasi
Sat, Jan 9 - Amavasya
Sun, Jan 10
Pushya masam begins
Mon, Jan 11 - Sravanam
Thu, Jan 14 Bhogi
Andal Abhishekam 11 AM
Godha Kalyanam 6:30 PM
Fri, Jan 15 -Sankranti/Pongal
Thai/Makara masam begins
Sat, Jan 16 , 4:30 PM
Sankranti puja/Bhogi Pandlu
Sat, Jan 23
Poornima
Satyanarayana Vratam 6:30 PM
Wed, Jan 27
Sankatahara Chaturthi
Page 2: Chairman’s New Year message
Page 3: Tiruppavai & The Origin of Bhogi
Page 4: January Highlights contd. From Page 1
Page 5: Jan 2016 Calendar
Makara Sankranthi / Pongal Celebrations
Saturday, Jan 16
Sankranthi Puja & Bhogi pallu for kids 4:30 pm
Cultural Program—6 pm
Followed by dinner
BHOGI January 14, 2016
Andal Abhishekam 11 am
Godha (Andal) Thirukalyanam 6:30 pm
Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland 4406 Brecksville Rd Richfield OH 44286
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SREE VENKATESWARA TEMPLE OF CLEVELAND
Sree Padmavathi Sametha Sree Venkateswara Parabrahmane Namaha
4406 Brecksville Road Richfield OH 44286 Tel: (330) 576-5626 Temple Hours: 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends & holidays
Issue 36 Jan 2016
Looking for a venue for your next big celebration? Look no further...check out the Community Hall at the
Sree Venkateswara Temple of Richfield.
“Annadanam Samam Danam Trilokeshu Na Vidyathe"
Annadanam is supreme among all danas and incomparable to any other. Devotees can donate for Annadanam in the Temple for important festivals
in 2016. Interested devotees, please contact the Temple Management to learn more and reserve a day.
Chairman’s message Jai Sriman Narayana! Dear Devotees, 2015 was an exciting year! We celebrated two major utsavams, Brahmotsavam and Pavitrotsavam, with great religious fer-vor, as we did our scheduled calendar events like Sankranti, Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami, Vijaya Dasami and Deepavali. We added two qualified priests and a Talihaswamy to our operational support, and are encouraged by the reception that they have received. The Chandalika dance drama that we conducted earlier this summer and the educational services that we provide at the temple showcase our commitment to promoting our heritage. I am also happy to share that, with your help, we have reduced the temple’s debt from 1.3 million to 850,000 since its inception in 2012. There has been a significant growth in the devotee population that visits our temple to seek Lord Sree Venkateswara’s blessings. During major events during the year, we noted that there is the pleasant inconvenience with parking and other logistics on temple grounds, and have a plan in place to address it. In view of these new developments, the temple Board has come up with two immediate goals. One, to acquire land for parking, priest quarters, and other facilities; and the other, make a concerted effort to pay down the debt that it has acquired for temple construction and maintenance. Efforts to ac-complish these goals will fall under two projects: SREENIVASA SAMARPANAM – Started several months ago with the goal of paying off the debt within next three years. PARKING – Started recently with the goal of raising $150,000.00 to complete construction of the parking lot and other facili-ties. To make the above projects successful, we need your support. We project that if every devotee donates a sum of
$1000 over the next year or two, we would be able to completely pay off the debt and also make the necessary enhance-ments to the temple premises without compromising speed or quality. It is my assurance that every penny of your tax-deductible donation to these two projects will be used exclusively towards them. Please donate generously.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the members of the various Committees, I thank each and every one of you that has given freely of your time, energy and earnings to make this temple a place of your own. Your commitment is what has made all of the progress possible, and in such a short period of time. I look forward to see you at the temple soon. May Lord Venkateswara bless you and your families with health, happiness, and wealth in 2016. Sincerely, Ramakrishna Bandi, M.D. Chairman, Board of Trustees Sree Venkateswara Temple
Thanks to all for your consideration in following our Temple Etiquette
Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland 4406 Brecksville Rd Richfield OH 44286
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SREE VENKATESWARA TEMPLE OF CLEVELAND
Sree Padmavathi Sametha Sree Venkateswara Parabrahmane Namaha
4406 Brecksville Road Richfield OH 44286 Tel: (330) 576-5626 Temple Hours: 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends & holidays
Issue 36 Jan 2016
Thiruppavai & the origin of the Bhogi festival by Narender P. Reddy
Thiruppavai is a composition by Kodai (Andal, Godha) consisting of thirty pasurams of spiritual awakening. Each pasuram is
similar to one step of a thirty-step ladder for attaining Bhagavad anubhavam.
In first five pasurams, Andal invites us to partake in the vratam for an immersive experience in Krishna anubhavam, and asks us to
chant the divine names and sing the glory of Lord Krishna and His various incarnations in order to get rid of our sins and problems.
The next ten pasurams request various devotees who have experienced Krishna to join the group. Singing the glory of Krishna, the
group approaches the gate keepers of Nanda, and then, Nanda (Acharya), mother Yashoda (Astakshari Manthra) and Neela Devi
(Lakshmi / Nappinnai) ask Sree Krishna to come and sit on the throne (23rd pasuram).
In the 24th pasuram, they perform Mangala-shasanam to Lord Sree Krishna:
“AnRivvulagalam Aalandai Adi pOtri…” - a Mangala-shasanam to the divine feet which measured the worlds.
Mangalam to your strength which destroyed Lanka; you killed Shakatasura with a kick of your foot; Mangalam to your Kalyana
gunam and fame. Mangalam to you who killed Vathsasura and the demon who came in the disguise of a wood apple tree. Mangalam
to your feet. Mangalam to your vaatsalaya gunam which made you lift the (Govardhana) hill and provide protection. Mangalam to
the weapon in your hand with which you killed the enemies and gained victory. We came here singing your glories. Please have
mercy upon us!
It is customary for devotes to go to the Temple on the day of this pasuram (Saturday January 10, 2016, this year) to partici-
pate in the mangala harathi.
In the 25th pasuram, they blissfully praise Krishna’s childhood; how He appeared from the womb of Devaki and was then raised by
Yashoda. In the 26th pasuram, they indirectly seek to be with Krishna by asking for the conch like the one He holds, a big drum
(Namaha shabdam), bhaagavathaas to sing His glory, a flag and a canopy (Garuda).
“Oh! vatapatra-shayi, everything is possible for you.”
Payasa Annam on the day of the 27th pasuram:
In the 27th pasuram “Koodaarai vellum sheer Govinda…,” they ask Krishna that He decorate them with ornaments, clothes, etc.
They want to feast on the payasa-annam along with Krishna. Andal prayed to Vatapatra-shayi, the Deity in the local temple in Sri
Villiputthoor, and promised that if She gets married to either Ranganayaka Swami or to Venkateswara Swami, she would offer a
thousand bowls (gangallams) of payasaannam. At the end of the vratam, Andal got married, with great pomp, to Ranganayaka Swa-
mi (Utsava Vigraham of Sri Rangam), and left for Sri Rangam along with Ranganayaka. At Srirangam, upon entering the Garbha-
gruham, she merged into Sri Ranganayaka. She therefore never had a chance to make the offering of payasam after her marriage.
Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja (who came much after Andal) said “My Akka (sister) did not have a chance to offer the payasam. I, as her
brother, should fulfil her vow.” Therefore, Ramanuja instituted the tradition of offering Payasa-annam in all Sri Vaishnava Temples
on the day of this 27th pasuram. Our Temple continues this tradition. This year, the Koodaarai…pasuram is going to be on
January 12, 2016. Please come to the Temple and take the payasa-anna prasadam.
In the 28th pasuram, they express their neechatvam (lowliness) that they are ignorant, that they don’t have any punyam or know of
any other way to attain it. However, the only punyam is that You (Krishna) out of your own accord have descended onto our Goku-
lum and are in the midst of us. That is our punyam. We can’t get rid of the relationship with You (You are the controller and the in-
dweller). We were ignorant and called you by name. You neither have a blemish nor need (kuRRai vonRum Illada Govinda!). Please
forgive us. You are the only way for us.
In the 29th pasuram, they say, “We want to serve you intimately; we want to have an unbreakable, permanent bond with you. Please
destroy all other worldly (samasaric) desires. We want to be with you for seven life times (be wedded to you).
The 30th pasuram is the phalasruthi. The pasuram “Madavanai-kesavanai….” says that whoever reads and chants in the same man-
ner in which they (gopikas) obtained the eternal service of Madhava (who obtained Sri Maha Lakshmi after churning the milky
ocean) and Kesava (who is the Lord of Brahma and Rudra), as described by Kodai (Andal) the daughter of Sri Batta Natha of Sri
Viliputthoor in her composition of a garland of thirty pasurams in the great Tamil language, will surely obtain the Supreme Bliss
and unparalleled grace of Lord Sriman Narayana.
Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland 4406 Brecksville Rd Richfield OH 44286
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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1 New Years Day Suprabhatam 8:30 AM Dhanurmasa puja 9:30 AM Sri Ganesha Abhishekam 11 AM Srinivasa Kalyanam 4 PM
2 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Sri Garuda & Hanuman Abhishekam 11 AM Archana 12:30 PM Sree Venkateswara Sahasranama Archana 6:30 PM
3 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Sree Venkateswara Abhishekam 11 AM Sree Venkateswara Ashtotharam 1:30 PM
4 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM
5 Ekadasi Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM
6 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM
7 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Hanuman Ashtotharam & Hanuman Chalisa 6:30 PM
8 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Sri Lakshmi Sahasranama Archana 6:30 PM
9 Amavasya Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Sri Mahalakshmi Abhishekam 11 AM; Archana 12:30 PM Sree Venkateswara Sahasranama Archana 6:30 PM
10 Pushya masam begins Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Kudarai Vellum Seer Govinda Visesha Payasa Nivedanam & Muthyala Aarati 11 AM
11 Sravanam Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Utsava Murthy Abhishekam 11 AM
12 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Kudarai Vellum Seer Govinda (Pasuram 27) Special payasa nive-danam
13 Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM
14 Bhogi Dhanurmasa Puja 9:30 AM Andal Abhishekam 11 AM Sri Godha Kalyanam 6:30 PM
15 Thai (Makara) masam begins Sankranti/Pongal Sri Lakshmi Sahasranama Archana 6:30 PM
16 Sankranti celebrations Sankranti puja/Bhogi Pandlu 4:30 PM
17 Srinivasa Utsava Murthy Abhishekam 11 AM
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19 Ekadasi
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21 Hanuman Ashtotharam & Hanuman Chalisa 6:30 PM
22 Sri Lakshmi Sahasranama Archana 6:30 PM
23 Poornima Ganesha Abhishekam 11 AM Ganesha Ashtothara Archana 12:30 PM Satyanarayana Puja 6:30 PM
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27 Purva Phalguni Sankatahara Chaturthi Sri Ganesha Sa-hasranamam 6:30 PM
28 Uttara Phalguni Hanuman Ashtotharam & Hanuman Chalisa 6:30 PM
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SREE VENKATESWARA TEMPLE OF CLEVELAND
Sree Padmavathi Sametha Sree Venkateswara Parabrahmane Namaha
4406 Brecksville Road Richfield OH 44286 Tel: (330) 576-5626 Temple Hours: 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends & holidays
Issue 36 Jan 2016
Om Sriman Narayana!
Content collated and edited for Sree Venkateswara Temple Of Cleveland By Sravanthi Vallampati
Daily Pujas: Suprabhatam 9am Nitya Aradhanam 9:30am & 5:30pm Sayanotsavam 7:30pm
For up-to-date puja schedule, special events info etc. visit the temple website at http://www.balajiusa.org
Temple Kitchen Now Open
On Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
From 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Stop by to chat with our new Thaliha Swami (cook)!
Lunar: Margasira/Pushya Jan 2016 Solar: Margazhi/Thai
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