Date: 10 January 2015

Time: 9:00 am to 11 am

On the auspicious occasion of Margasirsha , we are happy to invite you to attend the rendering of the Tirupavai. The Tiruppavai is a collection of thirty stanzas in Tamil written by Andal also Nachiyar, in praise of the Lord Perumal, (Vishnu). It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is dated before 8th century AD.

Meaning of the Lyrics of the Tiruppavai:

Sri ANDAL is the Quintescence incarnation of Sri BHUMI DEVI the Divine consort of SRIMAN NARAYANA,who took birth on this earth to liberate suffering human beings from worldly bondage.She composed and sang thirty sweet songs containing the cardinal principles of SriVaishnava Dharma during the month of MARGAZHI.Singing these songs,with understanding of their inner meaning, will bring to us peace, prosperity and above all Divine Grace.

ANDAL, though a Brahmin girl, assumes the guise of a cowherdess and yearns for Everlasting Happiness and Service of the Lord.It is the age-old practice of Sri Vaishnavas to sing these stanzas every day of the year in the presence of the Lord in the temple as well as in their homes.

It may appear in the beginning that Andal is intending to perform a particular
religious vow to marry the Lord and thereby obtain His Everlasting Company,and that she is inviting all her girl friends to join her.It is only towards the end of TIRUPPAVAI that we learn that she did not actually perform a religious rite and it was her Soul’s inner craving to redeem itself and to reach His Divine Nearness in order to serve him which forms the real purport of this poem.

Look forward to having you all attend this auspicious occasion.

Sri Guru Dattatreya Jayanti

Temple’s 1^st Anniversary Celebrations

Sri Anagha Datta Society of Calgary is celebrating its first anniversary and the opening of Shirdi Sai Baba Temple. We have a 3 day celebration planned.  All are welcome to attend the ceremonies.

December 5 – Friday (Purnima)

5:30pm – Ganeshji puja

5:45pm – Baba Abhishek

6:30pm – Guru puja for SriGuru Dattatreya and AnaghaDevi

7:00pm – Baba Dhoop Aarti

7:20pm – Satyanarayana Puja and Katha

8:30pm – Baba Shej Aarti followed by prasad

December 6 – Saturday

9:00am – Ganeshji, Hanumanji puja

9:15am – Shirdi Sai Baba Abhishek

10:00am – 10:30am – Anagha Devi Abhishek

10:30am -12:00pm – Shiva puja and Rudra homam(Havan)

12:00noon – Baba Madhyana Aarti

12:30pm – Lunch

2:00pm – 4:00pm – Open Bhajans/Keertans/Devotional Singing

4:00pm – 5:00pm – Vedic Chanting by Chinmaya mission

5:00pm – 5:30pm – Devotional Message by Sri Gouri Shankar

5:30pm – Hanumanji Abhishek and puja – vada mala, paan patta alankar & sindhoor alankaar.

7:00pm – Baba Dhoop Aarti

8:30pm – Baba Shej Aarti followed by prasad

December 7^th – Sunday

Morning 5:30 am – Kakad Aarti and Baba abhishek

6:30am – Akanda Parayana of the Sri Guru Charitra – All are requested to sign up for parayana for some time during the day starting at 6:30am.

12:00pm –Baba Madhyana Aarti

7:00pm – Baba Dhoop Aarti

8:30pm – Baba Shej Aarti followed by prasad

Light a Diya on the Karthika poornima, join us for Dhoop Aarti followed by the Karthika poornima diya lighting . Please bring your own diya and wick pre-soaked in Ghee.

St. Tyagaraja Aaradhana will be conducting the Composers day celebrations, this will involve several Classical singers from Calgary.

On the occasion of Diwali, we will perform a special abhishek of Baba starting at 5:45pm.

Acharya Vinod Sodhyal will be performing a Kuber Lakshmi puja starting right after Dhoop aarti (approx. 7:20pm)

Acharya Vinod Sodhyal will be conducting the Karwa Chauth puja from 7pm.

On October 4th, Ekadasi, Please join us for the Kalyanam ceremony of Lord Dattatreya and Anagha Devi starting at 10am.

On Dusshera, the temple is open all day from 10am to 9pm