thrayaanhika eka kundaathmaka balalaya samprokshana ...called sri venkateswara suprabhatam. early in...
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OM NAMO VENKATESAYA
Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Colorado
Thrayaanhika Eka Kundaathmaka Balalaya
Samprokshana Mahotsavam
(Inauguration of the New Temple)
Muhoortham: Friday, May 6, 2011, 7:19 PM to 8:21 PM
(Mahalakshmi sametha Sri Venkateswara Swamy Aalaya Pravesham)
Temple Address: 1495 S Ridge Rd, Castle Rock
Visit our temple website www.svtempleco.org
08/24/07 VL Vratham 08/25/07 First Venkateswara Abhishekam
01/01/08 NewYear Puja 03/08/08 Rudrabhishekam
03/08/08 Shivarathri 04/13/08 Seetha Rama Kalyanam
06/14/08 Hanumath Jayanthi 07/18/08 GuruPoornima
Venkatadri Samam Sthanam Brahmande Nasthi Kinchana
Venkatesa Samo Devo NaBhootho NaBhavishyathi
In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri
(Tirumala) and there is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither inthe past, present, nor in the future going to be.
Message from SVTC Chairman of the Board
Message from Douglas County Commissioner
Steven A Boand
SVTemple of Colorado Milestones
May 2007 – Conducted Town Hall Meetings
May 17th, 2007 – Applied for non-profit 501 (c) status
September 5th, 2007 – IRS approval notice of 501 (c) status received
August 7th, 2007 – First SVTC Vara Lakshmi Pooja and Venkateswara SwamyAbhishekam
January 1st, 2008 – SVTC celebrated first New Year puja with grand success
March 8th, 2008 – First Shivarathri celebrations
April 13th, 2008 – First Sita Rama Kalyanam (Bhadradri style) celebrations
June 1st, 2008 – Full time permanent priest was hired
June 14th, 2008 – First Hanuman Jayanthi celebrations
July 17th& 18th, 2008 – First Guru Poornima and Shirdi Saibaba Vigraha Sthapanacelebrations
September 6th, 2008 – First Ganesh Chaturdhi celebrations
October 9th, 2008 – Lord Venkateswara, Sridevi and Bhoodevi Vigraha Sthapana& Temporary Temple Opening
October 12th, 2008 – First ever Udayasthamana Seva as per Tirumala traditionswas celebrated
October 26th, 2008 – First Deepavali celebrations
October 31st, 2008 – Other Vigrahas were received and Vigraha Sthapana was done
November 2008 – Started work with Douglas County/Architects/Engineers
towards obtaining Site Improvement Plan
December 3rd, 2008 – First Skanda Shasti celebrations
SV Temple of Colorado Milestones Continued……
January 7th, 2009 – First Vikunta Ekadasi celebrations
May 8th, 2009 – SVTC School of Fine Arts Inauguration
June 10th, 2009 – Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Ranga Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamy visit to the
temple
August 15th, 2009 – First land pooja (karshanam) was performed
August 21st, 2009 - TTD Artist Ashtavadhani Dr. Medasani Mohan’s visit
September 15th, 2009 Crops were grown at the site in preparation for Ground Breaking
October 1st, 2009 – Site Improvement plan was officially approved by Douglas
County
October 3rd, 2009 – Raghavendra Swamy vigraha Sthapana
October 9th, 2009 – Shanku Sthapana (Ground Breaking Ceremony) by
Sri Sri Sri Viswayogi Viswamji Maharaj
November 28th, 2009 – Nava Graha Prathisthapana
December 2009 – Well Construction
May 1st & 2nd, 2010 – Padmashri Dr. S P Balasubrahmanyam Banquet andConcert
July 15th 2010 – Temple Construction started
September 12th, 2010 – Sri Bodhinatha Veylanswami visit from Hawaii
April 19th 2011 – Certificate of Occupancy received from Douglas County
May 6, 7, 8th, 2011 – New Temple Inauguration Celebrations
Om Namo Venkatesaya
Srinivas (Venkateswara) Suprabhatam
Kousalya supraja rama poorva sandhya pravarthate
Utthista nara shardula kartavyam daivamahnikam
Ghanta Mantapam is the heart of Sri Venkateswara Temple, located on thehill, Venkatadri, one of the seven hills of Tirumala, a popular pilgrimage center tomillions of devotees. For the past several hundreds of years dating back to 14th
century, there exists a tradition of singing the song to wake up Lord Venkateswara,
over at this Ghanta Mantapam. It is known to all of us and practiced by millions ofdevotees all around the world. As all of you might have guessed by now, it iscalled SRI VENKATESWARA SUPRABHATAM.
Early in the morning around 3 AM, Vaishnava priests sing the song of
Suprabhatam to provide the wake up call to Lord Venkateswara. Serenity blendedwith peaceful environment is the norm here. The sacred hills of Tirumala echo andreverberate the melody filled with devotion. It is believed that the ashtadikpalakas, nava grahas and three crore devatas sing this with lot of reverencewhile being invisible to the ordinary devotees, who are assembled in Ghanta
Mantapam. Sri Venkateswara wakes up with a smile and glances the 14 lokas. Onecan only imagine how sweet is that glance. When the elegantly eloquent, thousandtongued Adiseshu cannot describe the qualities of the grace with which the Lordlooks at the fourteen lokas, it is better for the humans not to attempt anydescription. It is extremely important and interesting to know how this song came
into existence and who penned the lyrics of this song.
The devotee who was granted the great privilege by Srinivasa and earnedhis grace in the form of knowledge and eloquence is Sri Prativadi BhayankarAnnan. He was born at an auspicious time to the couple Anantacharyulu and Andal
at Kanchipuram in the year 1361 AD. Annan’s family was very traditional. Theywere descendents of a person Mudumubai Nambi who was one of the 74 headsappointed by Sri Ramanujacharya. The name given by his parents at birth wasHastiGiriNathar Annan. He gained expertise in all shastras at a very young age. Helearned the details of shastras from a great scholar Acharya Nayana
Varadacharyulu who was the son of Sri VenkataDesikulu.
One day he defeated a scholar named Narasimha Mishra who came from
North India in a debate by the virtue of his expertise. Varadacharya, who was verydelighted with this outcome, awarded him the title Prativadi Bhayankar. From thatday onwards he was known by this name. After some time, Annan joined as astudent to Acharya Varavara muni who was the main Jeeyar of Srirangam. One dayAcharya along with his students reached Tirumala to have darshan of Sri
Venkateswara. While he had darshan of the Lord along with his favorite studentAnnan, He observed certain deficiencies such as lack of Suprabhatam or MangalaSasanam. He immediately asked his favorite student Annan to pen lyrics ofSuprabhatam. Taking that as a direct request from the Lord himself, Annan wroteand sang Suprabhatam, Stotram, Prapatti and Mangala Sasanam immediately at
that moment. His teacher, the priests of the temple, and the devotees assembledwere delighted and spellbound hearing such beautiful rendition using honey likewords.
Acharya Varavara muni ordered the temple priests to sing Annan’s lyrics
every day in the early hours of every morning. Starting from that day the samelyrics are being sung to Srinivasa. He thus achieved the purpose of his birth and hisname entered history books. The 1st sloka in Suprabhatam is said to be obtainedfrom Ramayana where as the 9th, 10th and 13th slokas were obtained fromMarkandeya Puranam.
Annan who wrote the lyrics of the Suprabhatam that are used as a wakeupcall to the Lord of the universe is blessed.
After a while upon Acharya’s direction, the same Suprabhatam has been
propagated to 108 Sri Vaishnava kshetras. After the demise of Varavara muni,Annan spent the rest of his life in Kanchi and Tirumala. He passed away at a ripeage of 93 in the year 1454 AD and attained Moksha.
The Suprabhatam, Stotram, Prapatti and Mangala Sasanam written by
Annan are heard even today in the hills of Tirumala in the early hours of themorning. The whole world wakes up hearing the Suprabhatam of the protector ofthe worlds. The smiles of Srinivasa give the feeling of protection shields to theentire universe. This is the story of Suprabhatam. This is the wakeup call loved bySrinivasa. These are the Mangala sasanas.
Sriyah kantaya kalyana nidhaye nidhayerthinam
Sri Venkata nivasaya Srinivasaya mangalam
Temple Inauguration ScheduleFriday, May 6, 2011
7:00 AM –9:00 AM -At 3194 N Industrial Way, Castle Rock
SuprabhatamViswaksenaAaraadhanaPunyaahavaachanam
9:30 AM–2:00 PM-At the New Temple-1495 S Ridge Rd, Castle Rock
PanchagavyaPraasanamVaastuPurushaRachana,VaasthuPurushaAaraadhanaVaasthuHomam, VaasthuBali
This segment of the event is focused on drawing and offering prayers to vasthu purusha in order to quell any known and unknown deviations from
vasthu sasthra .
ParyagneekaranamRitual performed to obtain the sanctification and purification of the temple by the God AGNI(FIRE)
4:00 PM –9:00 PM -At the New Temple
RuthvigvaranamTo invite, request and delegate the authority to the main priest (pradhana acharyulu) the priest incharge of yagnam (yagna acharyulu) and all other
associate priests, as per the tradition.
Mrithsangrahanam (COLLECTION OF SACRED SOIL) Ankuraaropanam
DwaaraThoranaDhwajaKumbhaAaraadhanaSoma HomamPoornaahuthiMahalakshmisamethaSri VenkateswaraSwamyAalayaPravesham(Muhoortham: 7:19 pm to 8:21 pm)
JalaadhivaasamTheerdhaPrasaadaadiVitharana
Temple Inauguration Schedule
Saturday, May 7, 2011
6:00 AM –2:00 PM –At the New Temple
SuprabhatamAranimadhanam
Ritual that involves the procedure and the process of initiating the sacred
FIRE.
Sri Venkateswara Swamy Sahitha Yaaga Shaala PraveshamChakraabja Mandala Rachana
Preparation of 64 squares to invite the deities.
Mahaakumbha SthaapanamChathusthaana Archana
Preparation of four components KHUMBHA, AGNI, BIMBHA and MANDALAM.
Sri Sudarshana Naarasimha HomamMoorthi Homam, Poornaahuthi
Ritual know as homam to prevent any of the deficiencies and defects mostly non intentional and unknown, when the murhtis are carved, prepared by the shilpi.
Theerdha Prasaadaadi Vitharana
4:00 PM –8:00 PM –At the New Temple
ChathusthanaArchana
Sri Mahalakshmi Aaradhana (Special Ladies Puja Participation by Sponsors)Sri Lakshmi HomamMoorthi HomamPraana Prathishta Kalaanyaasa HomamDhaanya Sayyaadhi Vaasam
PoornaahuthiTheerdha Prasaadaadi Vitharana
Temple Inauguration Schedule
Sunday, May 8, 2011
7:00 AM –5:00 PM –At the New Temple
SuprabhatamDwaara Thorana Dhwaja Kumbha AaraadhanaMoorthi HomamMahakumbha Thiru Veedhee Utsavam
Procession of Maha Khumba
Aalaya PravesamSahasra Kalashabhishekam
1008 Kalisha Abishekam
Theerdha Prasaadaadi VitharanaVaibhava Thirukkalyaana MahothsavamDeepaalankaara SevaAacharya Ruthvijaadhi SanmaanamMahaadhaaseervachanam
Theerdha Prasaadaadi Vitharana
Bala-alayam
The word Baala typically means a child and also brings the opinions mini, youngas well as growing. The word Alayam means a temple, sometimes also viewed tocarry the meaning of sacred, and reflect the features of happiness (anandam) andcourage (dhirayam). Baalalayam, while it appears to be a miniature temple, it also
reflects the first step of a major venture of building a new temple.
When we apply the term to our current situation it is as follows. When there areplans to build a permanent Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple here in the rockymountain region of Colorado, it is customary to start the Balaalayam. That was
accomplished on 9th October 2008 when Utsava Vigrhas of Sri VenkateswaraSwamy along with Sridevi and Bhudevi were installed in a temporary temple.
Now we are moving into our new permanent temple premises and it reflects one ofthe important milestones in the temple building process. While the basic
construction of the Temple is complete, Indian Sthapathi (architecture) relatedwork will be ongoing. So the shrine will still be known as Balaalayam until thetime in the near future, when we accomplish the completion of Garbha Aalayam,Gopurams, Balipeetham, and Dwajasthambam, to mention a few, what isfrequently referred to as indianization of a temple.
After the completion of the above mentioned items, Kumbhabhishekam (PRANAPRATHISHTA) will be performed in the traditional ways to complete the processof building the temple in a very authentic fashion. We, here at Sri VenkateswaraSwamy Temple of Colorado will follow the well known Pancharathra Aagamam
and have established the norms for generations to come.
09/06/08 Ganesha Chaturdhi 10/12/08 Udayasthamana Seva
10/12/08 Udayasthamana Seva 11/16/08 Dhanyadhivasam
01/07/09 Vaikunta Ekadasi 12/17/09 Well Construction
07/15/10 Start of Temple Construction 10/25/10 Temple Construction
01/01/09 New Year Day 05/08/09 SVTC School Opening
06/10/09 Sri Tridandi Ranga Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamy 08/21/09 Sahasravadhani Dr. Medasani Mohan
08/08/09 Karshanam 09/13/09 Karshanam
09/26/09 Karshanam 10/05/09 Pre Shanku Sthapana
List of Donors who paid $1,000 or more as of 04/25/2011
NAME CITY ST
PLEDGE
DATE AMOUNT
CHUKKAPALLI VJ HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 7/31/2007 $111,111
KUNA GUPTA PUEBLO WEST CO 8/25/2007 $111,111
PENTELA RAMARAO AURORA CO 2/20/2010 $100,000
SAGAR BT ANANDA DENVER CO 8/12/2007 $53,881
MUPPALA DAMODARA COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/31/2007 $51,111
IJJU VIJAYANANDA AURORA CO 2/27/2011 $50,000
VERIZON FOUNDATION MATCHING . COLORADO SPRINGS CO $33,430
MADUGULA GOVINDA RAO COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/31/2007 $31,111
DIXIT MRIGENDRAMANI CASTLE ROCK CO 11/9/2008 $28,133
GUDAVALLI SREENIVAS AURORA CO 1/2/2011 $26,070
BUDAMGUNTA ASHOK REDDY LONGMONT CO 4/12/2009 $25,000
PINGALI ASHWIN ENGLEWOOD CO 10/23/2010 $25,000
SAJJA TARAKA RAMA KRISHNA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 8/24/2007 $25,000
SV TEMPLE OF THE ROCKIES AURORA CO 11/21/2007 $20,697
RAMAYANAM RAO S AURORA CO 10/11/2009 $20,116
DEVULAPALLI SRIDHAR COLORADO SPRINGS CO 11/13/2010 $20,000
JASTY MAHESH CENTENNIAL CO 8/25/2007 $20,000
REDDY RAJA COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/30/2008 $18,000
VELAGAPUDI SATYANARAYANA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 8/25/2007 $18,000
SUBRAMANIYAN RAMESH COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/12/2008 $16,260
VUNNAM ANAND CASTLE ROCK CO 8/24/2007 $16,009
DONTHULA SREEDHAR CENTENNIAL CO 8/25/2007 $16,000
TANDRI SUDARSAN HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/9/2009 $15,349
MUDUPU NARSIMHA REDDY HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/11/2009 $15,001
ANAKAVUR MURALI HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/29/2007 $15,000
ANNAMALAI SEGAR AURORA CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
CHAVA SANKAR AURORA CO 8/25/2007 $15,000
DRONAVALLI SRIDHAR COLORADO SPRINGS CO 12/31/2007 $15,000
EDARA HARISH HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/12/2007 $15,000
GARIMELLA MURTHY CENTENNIAL CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
GUDE SREENIVASULU PARKER CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
KAJA NEHRU SUPERIOR CO 10/19/2009 $15,000
KALAGIRI JAGADEESHWAR REDDY AURORA CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
KARAMSETTY BABURAO COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
KONERU MOHAN VENKATKUMAR HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
KUNAM PEDA VEERAIAH LITTLETON CO 10/28/2007 $15,000
KURAKULA SUDARSAN SUPERIOR CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
MULLANGI SUDARASANA KRISHNA PRASAD PARKER CO 5/22/2008 $15,000
MUTHU YUGANDHAR HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/24/2007 $15,000
NAWALA RAMA KRISHNA REDDY COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/3/2009 $15,000
NIMMAGADDA ANIL PARKER CO 10/30/2007 $15,000
NUNNA MADHAVARAO PARKER CO 8/25/2007 $15,000
PANATI SRINIVAS PARKER CO 8/24/2007 $15,000
PETLURI KOTISWAMY SIDNEY NE 12/27/2009 $15,000
POTLURI MAHESH HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 8/24/2007 $15,000
RAJAMONEY SHANKAR A COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
SANKARAN NANDAKUMAR COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/31/2007 $15,000
SELAGAMSETTY MUNNI COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/9/2009 $15,000
NAME CITY ST
PLEDGE
DATE AMOUNT
THURIMELLA RAMAKRISHNA CENTENNIAL CO 08/25/2007 $15,000
YETURU SARATH SUPERIOR CO 1/1/2008 $15,000
NEKKANTI SEETHA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/28/2007 $15,000
MADANAPALLI SREEDHAR CENTENNIAL CO 1/1/2011 $12,094
YARLAGADDA SRINIVASA SUPERIOR CO 10/23/2010 $10,116
RADHAKRISHNAN K BROOMFIELD CO $10,001
RAJAMANI SAIGANESH HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/9/2009 $10,000
RUSSELL DARYL A. LITTLETON CO 3/24/2011 $10,000
SURAPANENI SRINIVAS CASTLE ROCK CO 12/27/2009 $10,000
VEERANKI RAMESH PARKER CO 6/30/2008 $10,000
CHENNA SRINIVAS DUBAI UAE
9/15/2008 $10,000
VELPURI SESHAGIRIRAO AURORA CO 4/1/2011 $10,000
ALLA VENKATESWARARAO ROCK ISLAND IL 8/23/2009 $9,517
KANNOJOO PRAHLAD HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 12/22/2008 $8,714
SAGAR MOHAN DENVER CO 12/31/2008 $8,310
CHATARI RAMESH COLORADO SPRINGS CO
$8,000
KANEKAL RAMESH COLORADO SPRINGS CO 11/11/2007 $7,207
KOTHIYAL SATYA PARKER CO $6,802
DONTULA SARAT BABU SUPERIOR CO 8/25/2009 $6,445
TAMMINEEDI SWAMIJI LITTLETON CO 8/13/2007 $6,154
MANI SELVAM COLORADO SPRINGS CO 12/16/2009 $6,103
KAJA BOSU B HIGHLANDS RANCH CO
$6,036
VARRE DURGA ANIL KUMAR PARKER CO 10/23/2010 $5,659
GOLLAMUDI CHAKRAPANI TIMNATH CO $5,520
MOGALLAPALLI VENKATA S SIDNEY NE $5,488
PADMANABHAN GOPALAKRISHNA AURORA CO $5,452
KATAMANENI SRINIVASA RAO HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 8/25/2007 $5,377
KUNALA SANTOSH PARKER CO 10/12/2008 $5,251
RAMAMURTHY RAMESH HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $5,247
MIKKILINENI ANAND AURORA CO 1/1/2008 $5,116
ANNAPAREDDY SRAVY LALANA BEL AIR MD $5,116
DAN SUNDARESAN LAKEWOOD CO
$5,116
RAVURI MOHANARAO LONGMONT CO 4/3/2010 $5,083
IYER SADASHIV AURORA CO $5,082
KILARU RADHA CASTLE ROCK CO $5,001
BORRA VENKATA SATYANARAYANA SIDNEY NE $5,000
CHALAVADI PRASAD PARKER CO 8/1/2008 $5,000
CHINNAMAREDDY HARIKRISHNA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/23/2010 $5,000
GINJUPALLI VENKATA GIRI AURORA CO 7/9/2008 $5,000
GUNDU RAJESH BROOMFIELD CO 1/1/2009 $5,000
KUNA KIRAN WESTMINISTER MD 2/9/2010 $5,000
MENNENI JAGAN MOHAN LONGMONT CO 2/20/2010 $5,000
MOVVA SASIDHAR SUPERIOR CO 8/20/2010 $5,000
PACKIRISAMY RAVICHANDRAN PARKER CO 12/2/2008 $5,000
PANUGANTI VAMSI KRISHNA LONGMONT CO 12/19/2009 $5,000
PARAKALA VISHWANATH RAJU SUPERIOR CO 12/6/2009 $5,000
PAREPALLI UMA MAHESWAR RAO COLORADO SPRINGS CO 10/16/2010 $5,000
VANKINA VENKATESWARA RAO ENGLEWOOD CO 10/12/2008 $5,000
NAME
CITY
ST
PLEDGE
DATE
AMOUNT
VELAMATI RAJESH LONE TREE CO 10/23/2010 $5,000
YAMMANUR UMASHANKAR AURORA CO
$4,418
KUNTAMUKKALA RAJASEKHAR PARKER CO $4,347
TURLAPATI SRINIVAS G WOOD VILLAGE CO $4,115
RAMAMURTHI RADHA KRISHNAN AURORA CO $4,001
GUNTURU PRASAD HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/24/2009 $4,000
MULLAPUDI S K VENKATA RAMANA RAO HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $3,806
KUMARASWAMY ARUNKUMAR VELUR DENVER CO $3,466
CHUNDRU SRIDHAR HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $2,978
MALLISETTY SATISH AURORA CO $2,947
VAJRALA KIRAN KUMAR AURORA CO $2,656
RAMURTHY MUTHUKUMARAPPAN G WOOD VILLIAGE CO $2,536
NALLAMOTHU RAJESH ROCHESTER MN $2,500
VASIREDDY PRASAD HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $2,444
SUBRAMANIYAM DEVAMADHAV AURORA CO $2,386
SHAH RAJENDRA LONETREE CO $2,333
NALLAPATI SRINIVAS HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $2,328
MAGANTI VENKAT AURORA CO 8/26/2007 $2,232
BHEEMIREDDY SUNIL HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 10/16/2007 $2,219
CHUKKAPALLI BUJJI CHOWDARY BREA CA $2,182
RAMASWAMI VIVEK LITTLETON CO $2,181
CHILUKA RAJKUMAR PARKER CO $2,136
VENKATESAN SOWRIRAJAN AURORA CO $2,104
KUMAR VICTOR V MONUMENT CO 3/3/2008 $2,086
PALAGATI SIVAKOTA AURORA CO 6/21/2007 $2,075
BOPPUDI NAGA SURESH COLORADO SPRINGS CO $2,074
BANDARU SRIDHAR WESTMINSTER CO $2,021
KANNAN KRISHNAN
$2,011
KOLLI SIVA MANMOUTH JN NJ $2,000
KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM G WOOD VILLAGE CO $1,923
KESAVAN KUMARAVEL PARKER CO $1,902
KOMMERA KIRAN SUPERIOR CO $1,895
CHILUKURI KIRAN KUMAR CASTLE ROCK CO 10/15/2007 $1,819
PISIPATI RAMA SIDNEY NE $1,800
NARAYANAN SOWMYA PARKER CO $1,793
DODDAPANENI SRINIVASA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $1,783
UNITED WAY . DENVER CO $1,773
TRIPASURI VENKATA SRINIVAS LITTLETON CO $1,769
KANAPARTHI VAMSEEKRISHNA PARKER CO $1,752
GONELLA RAMA KRISHNA COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,724
ARUNACHALAM SARAVANAM COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,705
TSQUARE DISHA CORPORATION . PARKER CO $1,702
SELVARAJ PRASAD BABU HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $1,643
MULUMUDI SHYAM MOHAN HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 7/1/2007 $1,625
NAMBURI JAGADISH HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $1,582
ARAKALI NAGENDRA DENVER CO $1,553
VENKATESAN THANIGAI SIDNEY NE
$1,532
MADDHI RAJANI K AURORA CO $1,529
NAME
CITY
ST
PLEDGE
DATE
AMOUNT
EDUPUGANTI RAMAMOHAN
$1,516
BODAPATI SURESH KUMAR ALPHARETTA GA $1,501
PALANI PIRAMANAYAGAM DENVER CO $1,501
BALABHADRA VENKATRAJU
$1,500
CHHAYA SIDHARTH S COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,499
KATTULA PRASADA RAO AURORA CO $1,482
MADIREDDI KUMARSWAMY HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 6/23/2007 $1,474
RAJAN K K DORAI AURORA CO $1,435
CHAPARALA GOPINATH COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,430
MANDAVA PUSHPANAG LONE TREE CO $1,418
RAHATPURI VIRENDRA AURORA CO 10/22/2008 $1,377
DALIPARTHI KAMALAKAR COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,367
AMARA VAMSEE HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 4/14/2008 $1,366
ALAGAPPAN SURESH AURORA CO $1,362
KARUMANCHI RAJESH B LONE TREE CO $1,317
KAILASAM VENKATESAN COLORADO SPRINGS CO 12/29/2007 $1,306
MADHURAKAVI SRINIVAS ENGLEWOOD CO $1,304
MANDAVILLY RATANKUMAR PARKER CO $1,299
AVULA PURNACHAND MEAD CO $1,283
REDDY VENKATESHWAR COLORADO SPRINGS CO 11/7/2007 $1,253
KRISHNAN VISWANATH AURORA CO $1,252
DOMA RAM MOHAN COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,232
BALAJI RAMANATHA HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 12/31/2007 $1,228
GUNTUPALLI SRINIVASA COLORADO SPRINGS CO 11/16/2007 $1,227
POTNURI VENKATA SHYAM SUNDAR CENTENNIAL CO 6/10/2009 $1,218
BISTAIAH RAJASHEKAR HIGHLANDS RANCH CO $1,217
KANTHETI GANDHI HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 1/4/2008 $1,216
SAMETANAHALLI RAGHAVENDRA RAO BROOMFIELD CO $1,213
GARAGA VENKATA RAMAN AURORA CO $1,201
APPARASU DHARMENDERRAO PARKER CO $1,193
GANUTHULA KIRAN AURORA CO $1,192
VOOKANATI RAVINDER R AURORA CO $1,191
DENDUKURI SRI HARI RAJU COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,180
BADAM BALAJI COLORADO SPRINGS CO $1,174
SRIDHAR RAGHAVENDRARAO LONGMONT CO $1,162
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Priest Information
Sri Jagannadhacharyulu Kanduri is the chief priest at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, CO
since June 2008. He worked as chief priest at Hindu Temple of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Balaji
Temple, Chicago between 1992 and 2007. Prior to that, he was a priest at Sri Padmavati temple, TTD,
Tiruchanoor, Tirupati between 1979 and 1992. He has acquired the titles Alankara Bhattar and
Aagamacharya due to his decorative and scriptural skills. He specializes in a variety of rituals among
which some are Kalyanotsavams, Nitya Aradhana, and Brahmotsavams. He had participated in various
Homas and Yagnas at various places in India and US in the presence of famous personalities like Sri
Pedda Jeeyar Swamy. He also conducts various vratams and rituals useful to individuals like
Annaprasana, Upanayanam, Vivaham, and Sashtiabdapoorthi to name a few.
Sri Radhakrishnan Golluru is highly respected scholar in Yajurvedam, Divya Prabhandham,
Krishna and performed Veda Parayana for many years at the famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in
Chikkadapally, Hyderabad. He studied at Sri Venkateswara Vedantha Vardhini Samskrutha Kalasala,
Hyderabad. He performed various Kumbhabhishekam and yagnams at various temples. He has been
participating in temple and religious events since childhood. His previous experience includes working as
a priest at SV Temple, Pittsburgh, USA.
Sri Venkatacharyulu Samudrala is the chief priest at Sri.Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh,
PA, since 17th March 1982. He has the honor and distinction of being deputed from Sri Venkateswara
Temple, Tirumala, where he served as the priest. He studied at the veda patasala (vedic school), run by
TTD. He has specialized and an expert in Panchrathra Agamam and Divya Prabhadam. While he was
working at Tirumala Tirupathi Devastahnam he has participated and supervised many of the (sevas)
festivals performed, including but not limited to Brmhotsvam, Adhyayanotsavam, Pavitrotsavam,
Vasantotsvam, and many other special puja services. He performs various special puja services and has
participated in many Khumbhabhishekams and other events in well known temples across USA and
Canada.
Sri Narasimhacharya Cherukupally is the chief priest of Hindu Temple of Oklahoma City
since 2001 and helped design the expansion of the temple. He visited SV Temple Colorado when Vishnu
Maha Yagam was performed. He was educated in the Veda Vishwa Vidyalayam, Vijayawada and
Vedanta Verdhini College, Hyderabad. He is specialized in conducting various pujas, and in Devalaya
Nirmanam (temple design). He has been participating in temple and religious events from childhood and
is well travelled.
All the priests mentioned above are well trained in the Vishavaite Pancharathra Agamam.
Sri Varadarajan Golluru is the priest at Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina since
2001. He is a scholar in Divya Prabhandham, Krishna Yajurvedam-Kramantham and performed Veda
Parayana for many years at the famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Chikkadapally, Hyderabad.
He was involved in many Kumbhabhishekams and Yagnas at various places in India and USA.
Sri Udayakumar Gullapalli is the priest at Sri Satyanarayana Shirdi Sai Puja Vedic Center,
Houston for the past two years. He worked at Meenakshi temple Houston, Hindu Temple of Iowa and
Sri Ganesh Temple, Flushing, NY prior to current position. He is a graduate of Sri Venkateswara Veda
Patashala and specialized in the field of Yajurveda. He participated in various rituals including
Kumbhabhisekham, Yagnas and Kalyanam.
Sri Muralikrishna Vedala is the priest at Sri Venkateswara Temple, Minnesota. He hails from
Mettupalli Agraharam and is an Agama pundit. He trained under Ranga Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami,
Kakinada, Sri Rama Chandra Jeeyar Swamy, Vizag and Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, Hyderabad.
Sri Venugopalacharyulu Kanduri is the TTD Archaka from India. He hails from Mettupalli
Agraharam and is knowledgeable in Agama Shastras. He was a student of the great scholar Bucchi
Tatacharyulu Gudimella. He was involved in the performance of around 50 yagnas including the recent
Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy Yagnam (World Pease) at New Jersey.
All the priests mentioned above are well trained in the Vishavaite Pancharathra Agamam
SVTemple School of Fine Arts
Historically, Hindu Temples have been the custodians of Indian Culture. They have played a major role in promoting, preserving and celebrating the various Indian art forms. Since music and dance are so interwoven with Hindu worship and rituals, the temples became the chosen centers for the presentation and nurturing of these arts and the artists. Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Colorado, a Hindu Temple in the Rocky mountain Region, has played that significant role in the promotion of Indian culture by starting the SVTC school of Fine Arts.
The SVTC school was started about two years ago in May 2009 with an intention to teach Music and Dance and introduce children to the rich heritage of Hinduism. Today we have about 60 students and 10 talented volunteer teachers teaching Classical Music, Tabla, Mridangam and Dance (Bhatathanatyam and Kuchipudi styles). We are also conducting Language classes in Telugu and Tamil. In the last few months there have been inquiries for starting Yoga and Veda Classes and our intent is to start them up very soon.
After our initial successes with the SVTC School of fine arts, we decided to enhance the role of School and renamed it as "Education Committee". Some of the responsibilities of this committee are 1. Coordinate and organize classes in all types of classical music, dance, art, Indian languages, and literary programs which shall reflect Hindu Cultural Heritage. 2. Coordinate and organize educational classes for the benefit of members and devotees. 3. Assist in the development and maintenance of the Temple library. 4. Develop a program for acquiring and distributing educational materials that describe Hinduism for the education of devotees. 5. Work with religious committee in organizing programs for Temple festivals.
Current Monthly Schedule of Pujas at SVTC
Day of the Month Time Event Name
1st Saturday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
Followed By
Hanuman Chaalisa
1st Sunday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
2nd Saturday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
Followed By
SrinivasaAbhishekam
SrinivasaKalyanam
2nd Sunday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
3rd Saturday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
6:30 p.m
Sri Sai Baba Abhishekam
3rd Sunday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
Followed by
Shiva Abhishekam
4th Saturday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
4th Sunday
9:30 a.m
Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatha Seva and
Tiruvaradhana
Followed by
Sudarshana Homam
Sri SathyanarayanaSwamyVratham- Every Full Moon Day at 7 p.m
Current Committee Members
Name of committee
Team (Members)
Religious Committee
Dr. Gupta Kuna, Chair Priests, Smt. Nirmala Reddy,
Sri Madhav Nunna
Cultural Committee
Sri Srinivas Gude, Chair Sri Yugandhar Muthu,
Sri Sreedhar Donthula,
Dr. Saritha Rao
Finance Committee
Sri Mahesh Potluri, Chair Sri Taraka Ramakrishna Sajja,
Sri Mohan Koneru,
Smt Nandita Chukkapalli
Fund Raising Committee
Sri VJ Chukkapalli, Chair Dr. Gupta Kuna,
Sri Sreedhar Donthula,
Sri Seetha Nekkanti,
Sri Ashok Reddy Budamgunta,
Sri Nandu Sankaran, Sri Anand Vunnam
Building Committee
V.J. Chukkapalli, Chair Dr. Gupta Kuna
Communications Committee
Sri Sreenivasa Katamaneni, Chair Sri Saiganesh Rajamani,
Smt. Parvathi Donthula,
Smt. Smitha Thurimella
Website Committee
Sri Seetha Nekkanti, Chair Sri Mahesh Jasty, Sri Anil Nimmagadda,
Sri Srinivasa Guntupalli
Annapurna Committee
Smt Nandita Chukkapalli, Chair Smt Madhavi Nekkanti,
Smt Malathi Mudupu,
Smt. Sasikala Gude
Facilities and Maintenance Committee
Sri Sankar Chava, Chair Sri Satya Velagapudi,
Sri Arun Shetty,
Sri Raja Reddy,
Sri Srinivas Panati,
Sri Narasimha Reddy Mudupu
Video/Photography Committee
Sri Narasimha Reddy Mudupu, Chair Sri Sreenivasa Katamaneni, Smt Nandita Chukkapalli
Education Committee
Sri Nandu Sankaran, Chair Dr. Balasubramanium,
Smt. Sudha Ramesh,
Sri Arun Kumar
Current Board of Trustees
Sri V.J. Chukkapalli, CPA, MBA. Chairman
Sri Gupta Kuna, MD. Treasurer
Smt Yashoda Sagar, MD.
Sri Govinda Madugula
Sri Nandu Sankaran
Sri Madhav Nunna
Sri Saiganesh Rajamani
Sri Ashok Reddy Budamgunta
Sri Taraka Ramakrishna Sajja
10/09/09 Shanku Sthapana 10/09/09 Shanku Sthapana
10/09/09 Shanku Sthapana 12/04/09 Well Construction
05/01/10 Banquet with Padmashri S P Balasubrahmanyam
07/15/10 Start of Temple Construction 09/12/10 Visit from Sri Bodhinatha Veylanswamy
OM NAMO VENKATESAYA
Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Colorado
11/15/10 Temple Construction 03/27/11 Temple Construction
03/27/11 Temple Construction
Temple Address: 1495 S Ridge Rd, Castle Rock
Visit our temple website www.svtempleco.org