Makar Sankranti Celebrations January 13th to 15th

Makar Sankranti is a harvest festival associated with the movement of the SUN into the Makar Rashi. This festival is celebrated by various names –  Magh Bihu in Assam, Maghi in Punjab, Maghi Saaji in Himachal Pradesh, Maghi Sangrand or Uttarain (Uttarayana) in Jammu, Sakrat in Haryana, Sakraat in Rajasthan, Sukarat in central India, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayana in Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, Ghughuti in Uttarakhand, Dahi Chura in Bihar, Makar Sankranti in Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal (also called Poush Sankranti or Mokor Sonkranti), Uttar Pradesh (also called Khichidi Sankranti), Uttarakhand (also called Uttarayani) or as simply, Sankranti in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,  Maghe Sankranti (Nepal) and Shishur Senkrath (Kashmir). On Makar Sankranti, the Sun god is worshipped along with Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi. 

In most regions of India, Sankranti festivities last for two to four days of which each day is celebrated with distinct names and rituals.

Day 1 – Maghi (preceded by Lohri), Bhogi Panduga
Day 2 – Makara Sankranti, Pongal, Pedda Panduga, Uttarayana, Magh Bihu
Day 3 – Mattu Pongal, Kanuma Panduga
Day 4 – Kaanum Pongal, Mukkanuma


Friday January 13th 2023

       ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः | हरी: ॐ      
ॐ Maha Tripura Sundarya Namaha ॐ

6:30PM Vedic Invocation – Bala Tripura Sundari (to the chants of Sri Suktam & Durga Suktam)
Bhogi Pallu  – Bring your children ..  Bhogi is the first day of the four-day festival. It is celebrated with a bonfire with logs of wood, other solid-fuels, and wooden furniture at home that are no longer useful. In the evening, a ceremony called Bhogi Pallu, fruits of the harvest such as regi pallu and sugarcane are collected along with flowers of the season. Money is often placed into a mixture of treats and is poured over children. The children then collect the money and sweet fruits. 



Kumkumarchana to Sri Chakra Meru (to the chants of Devi Khadgamala Namavali)
Lalitha Sahasranamam parayana
Thiru Villakku (Lamp) Pooja (to the chants of Mahishasura mardhini stotram)
Vedokta Mantra pushpam and Harathi
Requesting all chanters to join for Lalitha Sahasranama chanting

1200pm Madhyana Aarti
7:00pm Dhoop Aarti 
8:30pm Shej Aarti

 ॐ Sri Matre Namaha ॐ

Saturday 14th January, 2023

        ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः | हरी: ॐ      
Maha Sankranti Punya Kala Puja – Uttarayana Punya Kalam

8:15am Ganapathi puja, Sankalpam, Homam
Srouta Sutram and Surya Namaskaram
Approx 10am – Sai Baba Abishekam –Upanishad parayanam (Taittiriya)
Ratharohanam (chariot circumambulation)
Annapurna Stotram and Namavali
Trisuparna Mantra
Harathi
“Sarvam Karmakhilam Partha, Jnane parisamapyate”
All Actions culminate with Transcendental Knowledge.

12:00pm Madhyana Aarti
7:00pm Dhoop Aarti 
8:30pm Shej Aarti

Sunday 15th January, 2023

        ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः | हरी: ॐ      
ॐ Maha Tripura Sundarya Namaha ॐ
 
9:00am Ganapathi pooja, Sankalpam, Kalasha Pooja, Punyaha Vachanam
Navagraha Pooja
Sri Suktha Homam
Approx 10am Sri Devi AshtaAbhishekam (8 dravyas)
Lalitha Sahasranamam
Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
Lalitha Moola Mantra Trishathi Archana
Vedokta Mantra pushpam and Harathi

12:00pm Madhyana Aarti
7:00pm Dhoop Aarti 
8:30pm Shej Aarti

Requesting all chanters to join for Lalitha Sahasranama chanting