1Prana Prathishta Mahotsavam(for Sri Godha Devi (Andal) & Sri Anjaneya)SSVT will be performing the consecration of the recently acquired Utsava Vigrahas of Sri Andal and Sri Anjaneya. The consecration rituals will be performed in combination with Annual Venkateswara Brahmotsavam events. The program for these consecration rituals are given below:Wednesday, May 21, 2014Morning: Jaladhivaasam (The Utsava Murthis will be kept in a container of water)Evening: Dhaanyadhivaasam (The Utsava Murthis will be kept in a container of grains)Thursday, May 22, 2014Morning: Godha Devi & Anjaneya Moola Mantra Homam, Kar-maanga SnapanamEvening: Sayyadhivaasam, Tattwa Nyasa HomamFriday, May 23, 2014Morning: Pranaprathishta Homam & Abhishekam to Utsava Vigrahas of Anjaneya & Andal

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Narasimha Jayanthi Monday, May 12, 2014 6:00 pm Praakaara Narasimha Abhishekam, Archana, Deeparadhana 7:15 pm Sri Yoga Narasimha Abhishekam, Sri Narasimha Avataara

Parayanam from Srimad Bhaagavatam & Sri Narayaneeyam, Archana, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Sthotram Parayanam, Deep-aradhana

8:45 pm Prasadam DistributionSponsorship : $25

Venkateswara Brahmotsavam Wednesday, May 21- Sunday, May 25, 2014To ward off all sins, Brahmotsavam is celebrated. Lord Brahma Himself is believed to have celebrated the first Brahmotsavam to please His father Vishnu and according to some legend this was the beginning of the Brahmotasavam. In keeping with the tradi-tion, Venkateswara Brahmotsavam will be celebrated in our temple from May 21 to May 25. One of the most important features of the Brahmotsavam is the Brahma Rathotsavam (Chariot Festival) on the last day wherein everybody gets to pull the chariot.

Akshaya Trittiya Thursday, May 1, 2014Akshaya Trittiya is Parasurama Jayanti, where Parasurama is one of the Avatars of Maha Vishnu. The word Akshaya means growth and trittiya is the third tithi. It is believed that any ritual done on that day leads to growth and hence jewelry and ornaments are bought on that day for overall prosperity. Gandha (Chandanam) Alankaram is traditionally performed for Lord Krishna on this day to cool the body of the Lord so that he will bestow us with all wealth.10:00 am Abhishekam to Krishna, Chandana Alankaram, Vishnu

Sahasranama Parayanam, Archana & Arati12:30 pm Deeparadhana, Prasadam DistributionSponsorship: Abhishekam $25

Sri Sankara Jayanthi Saturday, May 3, 2014SSVT will be celebrating Sri Sankara Jayanthi on Saturday, May 3 in Vasantha Mandapam. The events will start at 7:20 AM with Ganesha Puja followed by Kalasa Sthapanam, Rudra (Siva) Abhisheka and Shodasa Upachara Puja to Sri Adi Sankara. A highlight of the Puja will be the chanting of Totakaashtakam and Guru Paduka Stotram by a group of children along with others. The details of the program are given below: 7:20 am Ganesha Puja, Kalasa Sthapanam 8:15 am Rudra (Siva) Abhisheka and puja to Adi Shankaa10:00 am Stotra Seva by Children, Deeparadhana11:00 am Pallaki Seva (Procession with picture of Adi Sankara)12:30 pm Mahamangalarathi and Prasadam Distribution

Meenakshi Kalyanam Sunday, May 11, 2014The union of Lord Siva with Parvati in the form of Meenakshi took place in Madurai on the Chitra Poornima day. This union is celebrated in many of the Siva temples around the world as Meenakshi Kalyanam. Lord Vishnu, who is the brother of Meenakshi, gave away the bride to Lord Siva. Hence in our temple which is dedicated to Siva and Vishnu (and their families) this festival has an added significance. 9:30 am Ganesha Puja, Siva-Parvati Abhishekam, Siva Stotrams,

Meenakshi Pancharatna Stotram, Archana, Deeparadhana10:30 am Wedding Procession, Meenakshi Kalyanam 1:00 pm Prasadam DistributionSponsorship: Abhishekam $ 25 Kalyanam $ 25 Abhishekam & Kalyanam $ 35

Only One More Printed Issue of the NewsletterAs part of SSVTs going green efforts, paper newsletter will be stopped effective June 1, 2014, unless specifically requested by email to ssvt@ssvt.org. The temple has started distributing the monthly news letter by email. Devotees are encouraged to signup for electronic newsletter by sending an email to ssvt@ssvt.org with the home address and subject line Subscribe to e-Newsletter and Unsubscribe Paper Newsletter. The benefits of subscrining to the electronic Newsletter include: Besides the monthly newsletter, frequently updates and special updates are also sent by email You can print out, in color, only the portions you are interested in Future newsletters will be available for you to download into your Kindle, I-Pad, I-Phone, Android devices, etc. Video Clips of important functions will become available You will help the Temple in saving monthly printing and mailing costs

May 2014Newsletter Vol 23, No. 5

6905 Cipriano Road, Lanham MD 20706Tel: (301) 552-3335 Fax: (301) 552-1204

E-Mail: ssvt@ssvt.org Web Site: http://www.ssvt.org

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2Religious Calendar

Report on New Ramayana work offered to Rama and Sita during Sita Kalyanam dayIt is not often that a brand new version of Ramayana is written in this day and age. Such a special effort requires inspiration, Sarasvathi kataaksha, and a special personality. We have all these in Dr. Mysore Nataraj from Rockville, Maryland, a well known Kannada poet, author with many books, poetry collections and essays to his credit. In addition to exemplary writing skills, writing Ramayana in these days requires study and knowledge of the shastras, humble-ness, devotion and surrender. Out of amalgamation of all these ingredients, has come a beautiful, poetic Ramayana consisting of about 600 verses that was offered to Sri Rama and Sita during Sita Kalyana function on April 13th, 2014.A long journey that culminated in the samarpana on April 13th started in 2006 when Sri Rama Shastry garu, respected devotee from Telugu community, communicated with Dr. Nataraj and requested him to write Sundara Kanda in Kannada. From this serendipitous event, Sri Nataraj wrote Sundara Kanda in verse form. This was set to music in 2008 and released during Rama

koti yagna of SSVT. This became a huge success in many areas of the world. There are many people who read and listen to it every day. From this success, Dr. Nataraj was getting requests to write the full Ramayana. He didnt take them seriously thinking that writing full Ramayana is a himalayan task. He got the inspiration in 2012 and started making preparatory studies in 2012. He started writing in September 2013 with a first draft for review in November and the edited version presented today was completed by Sri Ramanavami Day last week. He said that he felt that it was not he who was writing it, but an invisible inspiring force that was doing it. This is hallmark of inspired works that comes from true surrender. We are fortunate that such works are being written and published today in our midst, by our own compatriot in our area.Dr. Nataraj studied many Ramayana works in many languages and has distilled the best of many works and made it into his work. Ramayana is a complex story with many characters and incidents that have many nuances and interpretations. It is very hard to summarize a 24,000-verse work into a work of about 600 verses. Dr. Nataraj has accomplished this hard task and the fruit is here for all of us to savor and enjoy.SSVT Board of Trustees takes immense pleasure in recognizing, honoring the Devoted poet and offering his work to Sri Bhadrachala Rama parivar residing in our temple.

Sarvam Krishnaarpana Namasthu

10:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abhishekam24 Sat 4:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)25 Sun VENKATESWARA BRAHMOTSAVAM CONCLUDES SPECIAL KALYANOTSAVAM & BRAHMA RATHOTSAVAM (Please see details) 5:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)28 Wed 9:30 AM Amavasya (Krittika) Utsava Subrahmanya abhishekam29 Thu 10:00 AM Krishna Abhishekam (Rohini)30 Fri 10:00 AM Sarada Abhishekam (*) Aradhana for Sri Ramanuja will be performed as part of the Weekly Abhisheka Aradhana for Lord

Venkateswara

Religious Calendar for June 201401 Sun 9:30 AM Mahaganapathi Homam & Abhishekam (Chaturthi) 10:00 AM Rama Abhishekam (Punarvasu)03 Tue 9:30 AM Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Shashti)05 Thu 10:00 AM Andal Abhishekam (Purvaphalguni)06 Fri 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja (Uttaraphalguni) 10:00 AM Parvati Abhishekam07 Sat 4:00 PM Srinivasa Kalyanam08 Sun 9:30 AM Vaikasi Vishakam Celebration Begins (Please see details)09 Mon 7:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)10 Tue 9:30 AM Sudarshana/Yoga Narasimha Homam & Abhishekam

(Swati) 7:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)11 Wed 9:30 AM Vaikasi Vishakam Day Celebration Ends (Please

see details)12 Thu 7:00 PM Satyanarayana Puja (Poornima)(Temple and offsite)13 Fri 10:00 AM Anjaneya Abhishekam (Moola) 10:00 AM Durga Abhishekam15 Sun Mithuna Month Begins 9:30 AM Mahaganapathy Homam (Sankatahara Chaturthi) 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja 4:00 PM Ganesha Abhishekam (Sankatahara Chaturthi)

(Rest of June in next Newsletter)

Religious Calendar for May 201401 Thu 9:30 AM Siva Abhishekam (Basava Jayanthi) Akshaya Trittiya Puja (please see details) 10:00 AM Krishna Abhishekam (Rohini)02 Fri 9:30 AM Mahaganapathy Homam & Abhishekam (Chaturthi) 10:00 AM Sarada Abhishekam03 Sat 7:20 AM Sri Sankara Jayanthi (please see details) Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi (*) 4:00 PM Srinivasa Kalyanam04 Sun 4:00 PM Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Shashti)05 Mon 10:00 AM Rama Abhishekam (Punarvasu)09 Fri 10:00 AM Parvati Abhishekam 10:30 AM Andal Abhishekam (Purvaphalguni)10 Sat 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja (Uttaraphalguni) 4:00 PM Anantapadmanabha Abhishekam (Ekadasi)11 Sun 10:30 AM MEENAKSHI KALYANAM (please see details) 5:00 PM Siva Abhishekam (Mahapradosham)12 Mon 6:00 PM Narasimha Jayanthi (please see details)13 Tue 9:30 AM Sudarshana/Yoga Narasimha Homam & Abhishekam

(Swati) 7:00 PM Satyanarayana Puja (Poornima) (Temple + 1 offsite)14 Wed 9:30 AM Utsava Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Vishaka) Vrishabha Month Begins16 Fri 10:00 AM Durga Abhishekam 7:15 PM Bhagawati Seva17 Sat 9:30 AM Mahaganapathy Homam (Sankatahara Chaturthi) 4:00 PM Ganesha Abhishekam (Sankatahara Chaturthi) 4:00 PM Anjaneya Abhishekam (Moola)18 Sun 9:30 AM Ayyappa Puja 9:30 AM Navagraha Homam & Abhishekam19 Mon 9:30 AM Subrahmanya Abhishekam (Shashti)20 Tue 9:30 AM Utsava Srinivasa Abhishekam (Sravana)21 Wed VENKATESWARA BRAHMOTSAVAM BEGINS (please see details) Andal & Anjaneya Utsava Vigraha Prana Prathishta (Please see writeup)23 Fri 9:30 AM Hanumat Jayanthi (Vedic Sampradayam) (Please see details)

3Obituary Kudlapur Gundappa Venkata Krishna passed away on March 11, 2014 at the age of 88 and half years. KGV Krishna was born in Bangalore on August 28, 1925, one of 8 children born to K. Gundappa and G. Gouramma. He is survived by his wife Leela, daughter Gouri, and son Sanjaya. After spending time in India and Africa, Krish-na moved to USA in 1966 to work for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Upon arrival in Wash-ington, Krishna was reunited with a childhood friend from Mysore, B.K. Radhakrishna, one of

the founding trustees of Sri Siva Vishnu Temple. Krishna was very much involved in the growth of SSVT and supported the fact that both Vishnu and Siva are worshipped in the same temple. In looking back at his life it is clear that he fulfilled the role of elder brother to many people, espe-cially those at the SSVT temple. His counsel and guidance was sought by many. Though we will never fill the void left by his departure, we will always remember him this way and we can take inspiration in the way he conducted himself a true gentleman who was caring and clear-mind-ed in the way he conducted himself, with nothing but the temples best interests in mind.

Hanumat Jayanthi Friday, May 23, 2014People in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh observe Hanumat Jayanthi on Lunar Vaisakha Bahula (Krishna) Dasami. This day falls on Friday, May 23 this year according to North American Panchangam. On this day there will be Sahasranama Archana and a special Vada Alankaaram to Lord Anjaneya. Those devotees who would like to bring Vadas (no onions or garlic in the Vadas please!) for the Alankaram are requested to do so by 5:30 pm so that the priests may plan the decoration accordingly. Participation by more than 100 devotees in the Sahasranama Archana will make it a Laksharchana. Sponsorship is not a requirement to participate in the Sahasranama Achana. There will be no butter Alankaaram during that day. 9:30 am Anjaneya Moola Mantra Homam 6:00 pm Anjaneya Abhishekam, Special Vada Alankaaram, Sahasranama

Archana, Deeparadhana, Prasadam Distribution @ 8.30 pm Sponsorship: $ 25

Vaikasi Vishakam Celebration Sunday, June 8 Wednesday, June 11, 2014Sunday, June 8 9:30 am Ganesha Puja, Subrahmanya Moola Mantra Homam10:30 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam with 108 milk kalasams, Shashti

Kavacham Recitation, Bhajans, Archana 1:30 pm Deeparadhana & Prasadam DistributionMonday, June 9 9:30 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam 7:30 pm Subrahmanya Trisati Archana 8:00 pm Visesha Arati, Prasadam DistributionSponsorship: Trisati Archana $11Tuesday, June 10 9:30 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam 7:00 pm Subrahmanya Sahasranama Archana 8:00 pm Visesha Arati, Prasadam DistributionSponsorship: Sahasranama Archana $15Wednesday, June 11 - Vaikasi Vishakam Day 9:30 am Subrahmanya Moola Mantra Homam10:00 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam 7:30 pm Thirupugazh Bhajans 8:00 pm Archana, Visesha Arati & Prasadam DistributionSponsorship: Homam $25, Milk Kalasam Sponsorship $25, Homam & Milk Kalasam Sponsorship $35

Wednesday, May 219:00 am to1:00pm Suprabhatam, Vishwaksena Aaradhana, Anugnay,Va-

sudeva Punyaahavachana, Rakshabandanam, Mritsan-grahanam, Angurarpanam, Prahtaraaradhana, Shanti Patham, Veda Vinnappam,Satumurai, Chatusthanaarch-ana, Agni Prathishtam, Moolamantra Homam, Poor-nahuti, Vainatheya Prathishtapana, Dwaja Aarohana-m,Garuda Prasadam (Santana Praptyartham), Bali Harana, Mangalasaashanam, Teerthavaari.

Beginning of processes towards samprokshanam of Utsava vigrahams for Hanuman and Aandaal5:00pm to 9:00pm Vishnu Sahasranama,Chatusthanaarchana, Moola-

mantra Homam, Poornahuti, Bhereetadanam, De-vataahvaanam,Bali Haranam, Mangalasaashanam, Teerthaavari, Shayanothsavam.

Thursday, May 229:00 am to 1:00 pm Suprabhatam, Seva Kalam, Prahtaraaradhana,Shanti

Patham, Veda Vinnappam, Satumurai, Chatustha-naarchana,Moolamantra Homam, Bali Haranam, Mangalasaashanam, Teerthavari.

5:00pm to 9:00pm Vishnu Sahasranama, Chatusthanaarchana,Moola-mantra Homam, Poornahuti, Bali Haranam, Sangeeta Seva,Mangalasaashanam, Teerthavari, Shayanotsavam.

Friday, May 239:00 am to1:00 pm Suprabhatam, Seva Kalam, Prahtaraaradhana, Shan-

ti Patham, Veda Vinnappam, Satumurai, Chatustha-naarchana, Moolamantra Homam, Sudarshana Homam, Poornahuti, Utsavaarambha Snapanam, Bali Haranam, Mangalasaashanam, Teerthavari, 108 Kalasa Sthapanam.

Completion of samprokshanam processes for Hanuman, prana prathishta and abhishekam along with moola murthy of Hanuman5:00pm to 9:00pm Vishnu Sahasranama, Chatusthanaarchana,Moola-

mantra Homam, Poornahuti, Bali Haranam, Mahal-akshmi Aaradhana and Deepotsava, Mangalasaasha-nam, Teerthavari, Shayanotsavam.

Saturday, May 24Completion of samprokshanam processes Aandaal utsava vigraham, Praana Prathishta and Archaa murthy aaraadhana shubhaarambham 7:00 am to 1:00pm Suprabhatam, Seva Kalam, Prahtaraaradhana,Shanti

Patham, Veda Vinnappam, Satumurai, Chatustha-naarchana,Moolamantra Homam, Poornahuti, 108 Kalasa Venkateswara Abhishekam, Lakshaarchana, Sangeeta Seva, Tirupavada Seva, Bali Haranam, Man-galasaashanam,Teerthavari

3:30 pm Vishnu Sahasranamam 6:00 pm Garuda Vahana Praakaar Utasavam, Chatustha-

naarchana, Moolamantra Homam, Poornahuti, Bali Harana

7:30 pm Venkateswara Deepotsava, Dolotsava, Sangeeta Seva, Mangalasashanam, Teerthavari, Shayanotsavam.

Sunday, May 25 8:00am -10:00am Suprabhatam, Seva Kalam, Prahtaraaradhana, Shanti

Patham, Veda Vinnappam, Satumurai, Chatustha-naarchana, Moolamantra Homam, Mahapoornahuti.

10 am - Special Kalyanotsavam (Srinivasa Kalyanam)12 Noon - Brahma Rathotsavam, Bali Haranam, Mangalasaas-

hanam,Teerthagoshti. 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sripushpayaagam, Dwadasha Aaradhana, Devata

Udhvasana, Dwaja Aavaarohana, Chakra Teertham, Kumbha Prokshana, Acharya Sambhavana, Asheer-vadam, Mangalasaashanam, Teerthavari

Sponsorship: One Homam, one Abhishekam, Kalyana Utsavam $25, Rathotsavam $25; Any one puja $25; One days Pujas $51 per Day;Entire Brahmotsavam $201

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Venkateswara Brahmotsavam Wednesday, May 21- Sunday, May 25, 2014

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5Robotics and Science Club UpdateLocal FLL teams competed in the FLL regionals and did very well but were not placed to go to St. Louis for the FLL championships.However, two SSVT sponsored teams Parkdale HS located on Good Luck Road and Team Illusion are heading to St. Louis based on solid performance on the regional contests held in March/April.Team Illusion won 7 games and were placed around 14/54 at the preliminaries. They were picked up by the winning alliance as the third pick which allowed them to compete satur-day afternoon at the GMU Patriot Center on March 30. They won their subsequent games to win the Washington DC regional and all three teams in the alliance are heading to St. Louis as representing the winning Washington DC regional. They have been written in the local newspapers.Parkdale HS did well in the VA Regionals in Richmond VA on March 14 but as a rookie team they won the hearts and minds of the Chesapeake Regional held at Comcast Center. This allowed for their five wins when included with their overall performance a Rookie All Star coveted award. This award like Team Illusion won last year allowed them to register for the FIRST Robotics Championship at St. Louis. Both teams are registered and are looking forward to April 23-26 at St. Louis.In additon to the two teams members of SSVT outreach also helped other schools like KIPP DC pictured here. Saketh an 8th grader was the driver of Team 2964 and Kipp only won 3 games in DC but at Chesapeake they entered into playoffs with a record of 7 wins. They lost

in the playoffs but Saketh who weighs less than the robot was a treat to watch when he and an other KIPP teammate lifted the robot onto the field on multiple occasions. The school was ecstatic on the performance and everyone had a rewarding experience.

Employee and Volunteer Appreciation Day!Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm

Please join us at the SSVT auditorium on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm to celebrate and honor our employees and volunteers. This is an important day where we appreciate all our employees and volunteers who make SSVT special. Our esteemed employees and their families look forward to your participation in making this day special for them. This day also provides a wonderful opportunity for existing and new volunteers to hear from committee coordinators about their goals for SSVT. Please come and make this a memorable event for all. Refreshments will be served.

SSVT Monthly Homeless Sandwich Making SevaSSVT organizes Monthly Homeless Sandwich Making Seva Program for the homeless on every second Saturday of the month. We start making 1500 sandwiches for homeless in the dining hall at around 10:00 am and wrap up by 1:00 PM. Around 20-40 volunteers from Virginia and Maryland join every month on 2nd Saturday of the month with a smile on their face and kindness in their hearts to help the Homeless. Approximately 1500 Sandwiches are made by volunteers and delivered to Marthas Table the same day afternoon. T.H. Mishra coordinates with Temple Management about supplies, and send reminders to all the volunteers, sponsors and supporters of the Program every month. Student volunteers along with many others, including Viji ji, Vijay ji, Chitra ji have provided helping hand consistently to this program. Everyone gets the satisfaction of helping the community by donating their invaluable weekend time. Students who join this program not only start learning the importance of helping others at an early age, but also help them to earn Student Service Learning (SSL) hours. You can volunteer to make the sandwiches or you can help this program by making donations to the temple for any amount you choose: by check, credit card or cash. Just make sure to mention that the donation is for the sandwich program. The Sponsorship for the Monthly Sandwich Making Seva Program is $175. However, you can donate any amount. You can write check payable to SSVT.This program depends entirely on patron donations and volunteering support. Please share this information with your friends, family and colleagues, and please encourage them to take benefit of contributing to this community service program as well. Students can also participate as a volunteer to get Student Service Learning (SSL) hours.Please email me with subject SANDWICH to my email jaithm@gmail.com if you have any questions regarding this program.TH Mishra -5712143198, jaithm@gmail.com

6SSVT Community ServiceSenior Citizens Group Meetings on May 14 and May 28, 2014 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pmThe mission of SSVT Senior Citizens Group is to enhance the quality of life of its members so that they can live a healthy, happy, active and independent life with dignity as well as serve and enrich the community. This Group strives to enhance physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of all members through education, training, entertainment, and other assistance thereby attaining suc-cessful aging. The current programs include talks by members and/or by invited guests (on various topics of interest to our members), music, devotional songs, etc. (11am-1pm), and lunch (1-2pm). We cordially welcome all SSVT Senior devotees to participate in our group activities and enjoy a successful aging.. For details, please call Mr. Umakant Rajguru at 301-890-0652 or email shakurajguru@yahoo.com

Shirdi Baba BhajanThursday May 1, 2014First Thursday of each month at 7 pm. Please contact Shobha Prasad at 240-568-915

Program Time

YOGA FOR ALLInitial part is Gentle Yoga; everyone can do irrespective of age or physical condition and consists of easy stretches, breathing exercises and meditation

7:30 am - 10:30 am

Learn Spoken Sanskrit (Intermediate Level II)

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Learn Spoken Sanskrit (Intermediate Level I)

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Sloka for Children Vishnu Sahasranamam, Gopika Geetam, Aditya Hrudayam 1:00 pm 2:00 pm

Learn Hindu Scriptures 2:30 pm 5:00 pm

Bhagavatam Dasamaskandham uttaradham Balarama Leelas and Sanskrit Grammar explanations 2:30 pm 3:30 pm

Vaishnava Samhita Srikrishnacaitanya Mahaprabhu Story 3:30 pm 4:00 pm

Brindavana Mahatmyam 4:00 pm 4:30 pm

Valmiki Ramayan Ayodhyakandam 4:30 pm 5:00pm

Other Programs1. Upanishad Series by Dr. Pradeep S. Kamath May 11, 10:30am -12:30pm 2. SAT Classes

Meets every month on the 1st and 3rd Sundays 3:00 5:00 pm SSVT Education RoomSSVT encourages students to sign-up for guidance on SAT preparation. Classes are organized into two semesters: September - January and February - June. Email SAT@ssvt.org to sign-up.

3. Balagokul Sloka Class On Sundays from 10:30 am 12:00 noon.4. Midweek Yoga at SSVT On Tuesday evenings 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Given the interest of those who attend the Saturday morning session, this new mid-week Satsang has begun since September 24. Shri Sabnis will be leading this session. Please e-mail Shri Sabnis (sabnis@his.com) if you plan to attend. Session will be adapted to the needs of attendees.

Homeless SEVA, Sandwich Program, May 10, 2014 Each month, on the 2nd Saturday, volunteers make sandwiches for the homeless. Every time, roughly about 1500 sandwiches are

prepared and delivered to Marthas Table, a DC shelter. SSVT encourages all devotees especially youth to participate in the program. Please be at the Temple at 10:30 am. Devotees can

sponsor this program by donating $175 to SSVT. For additional information, please send email to Email: Jaithm@gmail.com , Tribhuvannath Mishra, Contact Phone number-571.214.3198.

SSVT EDUCATION PROGRAMSLearn More about Your Roots & Culture

Saturday Programs

7Arts and culture help us reveal and enhance the underlying identity of those saints who were the very first lyric composers and singers (Vaggeyakara) in different languages. On March 15th, Sri Siva Vishnu Temple for the first time honored Sri Annamacharya as an early saint and Vaggeyakara. The festival started with a puja to Lord Ganesha, fol-lowed by a procession holding Sri Annamacharya, Sri Venkateswara, Sri Bhoodevi and Sridevi pictures, moving on to Sri Venkateswara gar-bha gudi with Naadaswaram and Vedic chanting in the background, and culminating with puja in the auditorium. Throughout the day, individuals and groups, with talented local youngsters and adults, performed Sri Annamacharya composi-tions with great devotion and enthusiasm.There was a group rendi-tion of Saptagiri Samkeerthanas, toward the end of which a young Annamayya appeared, making his way towards Sri Venkateswaras framed picture singing Adivo Alladivo! Following this were won-derful Kuchipudi dance performances by Subha Maruvada and Aasish Cherukupalli, with live orchestra by Pavani Mallajyosula, Bhagawan Kuram and Sanjay Sharma. The main and conclud-

ing evening performance was a superb vocal concert by Pattisam Veerabhadra Sarma Bandi, accompanied by Srikanth Mallajyo-sula, Jayanth Balasubramanian, Vivek Chellapa and Sowmiya Narayanan. The festival concluded with annadanam by the temple.The whole atmosphere was filled with joy and excitement for the entire duration of the festival. There were a great number of sup-porters who helped make this festival a grand success. The Sri Annamacharya festival coordinating team sincerely and humbly thanks the members of cultural committee, kitchen committee, priest services, and the general manager, who facilitated the event. We thank Pavani and Srikanth Mallajyosula, who took great pains to coordinate the group singing of Saptagiri Samkeertanas. We also thank Raghu Pantula, Bhima Sastry and Mysore Ramarao for pro-fessionally setting up the sound system. A very nice brochure was prepared as a souvenir for the event, which may be downloaded from: www.tinyURL.com/annamayya14-brochure(Sri Annamacharya Festival Coordinating Team: Prabha Maruvada, Raghu Pantula, Ramakrishna Rao, Sudha Mallajosyula)

1st Annual Sri Annamacharya Festival (2014) A Recap

On Saturday June 14th, 2014, SSVT will celebrate the first annual SSVT Sri Papanasam Sivan Festival. This great composer of the 20th century (September 26, 1890 October 10, 1973), known as Tamil Thyagayya will be remembered that day in music and dance, through his varied compositions such as varnams, padams, javalis, krithis etc. The festival is open to all rasikas of the greater Washington DC Metro area to attend and participate as individuals or groups. All music / dance items should be strictly limited to 5 minutes or less. Raga alapana or swara kalpana are not expected. Group participation is encouraged in order to accommodate a larger number of participants. Sri Papanasam Sivan used to go around the Mada streets surrounding the Kapaleeshwarar temple in Mylapore singing songs in praise of the deity. In emulating this practice, the SSVT event will start with a Giri Pradakshinam, a procession around the SSVT temple prakaram. All devotees and music participants are invited to join in the procession singing of Sri Papanasam Sivans krithi Mooladhaara Murthy in Hamsadhwani, culminating in an archana at the Praakara Ganapathy Sannidhi. The program will begin with the Lighting of the Lamp in the auditorium, an introductory talk, followed by the presentations. The highlight of the evening will be a vocal concert by the leading musician Smt. Raji Gopalakrishnan. Admission to the entire event is free. To register for participation, you may follow this link: www.tinyURL.com/papanasam14 and provide the required registration informa-tion. Time slots will be allotted, as available, in the order the requests are received. The deadline for registration is June 1, 2014. Further program details and updates will be available via the temple notice board and website. For any other questions you may email: papana-sam.ssvt@gmail.com or contact the event coordinating team: Nalini Iyer (703-620-6695), Preetha Narayanaswamy (703-794-2184), Prof. V. Sivakumar, and Narayanan Arakoni. As an aside, do note there is a special carnatic music workshop by Smt. Raji Gopalakrishnan the next afternoon, Sunday June 15th at 3:00 pm. Registration details for the workshop will be available soon.

1st Annual SSVT Sri Papanasam Sivan FestivalSaturday, June 14th, 2014

Upcoming Cultural EventsNon Profit

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Suburban, MD

SRI SIVA VISHNU TEMPLE

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Satyanarayana PujaTuesday, May 13, 2014

Sri Satyanarayana Puja will be conducted in the temple and Virginia Offsite location. Please call temple managers at 301-552-3335 for details. The starting time of Puja is 7:00 pm.Virginia Location: Frying Pan Farm Park, 2739 West Ox Road, Herndon, VA 20171

Date Time Event Artist Admission VenueMay 5 All Day Carnatic Mela 2014 Multiple Local Artists Free SSVT AuditoriumMay 5 5:00 pm Carnatic Mela 2014 Evening Concert Carnatica Brothers Vocal Concert

Shashikiran and Ganesh (vocal)Jay Shankar Balan (violin)Nemani Somayajulu (mrudangam)

Free SSVT Auditorium

May 10 5:00 pm Vocal Concert Trichur Brothers - VocalEdappally Ajith Kumar - violinTrichur Mohan - mrudangam

Free SSVT Auditorium

May 11 1:30 pm Meenakshi Kalyanam Cultural Program

1:30 pm: Bharatanatyam Performances by: Abinaya Natya Sala, Natananjali School of Dance Natya Nilayam5:00 pm: Vocal concert by: Megha Rajaram (vocal)Ranjani Parthasarathy (violin)Raghav Muralidharan (mrudangam)

Free SSVT Auditorium

May 18 3:00 pm Next Gen Series Concert (joint program with Nadatarangini)

Vinay Raghuram VocalKamalakiran Vinjamuri ViolinJayanth Balasubramanian Mrudangam

Free SSVT Auditorium

June 7 5:00 pm Vocal Concert R.Suryaprakash VocalH.N.Bhaskar violinVijay Ganesh - mrudangam

Free SSVT Auditorium

June 14 All Day Sri Papanasam Sivan Festival Multiple artists Free SSVT AuditoriumJune 14 5:00 pm Sri Papanasam Sivan Festival Evening

ConcertSmt. Raji Gopalakrishnan vocal Chi. Kamalakiran Vinjamuri violinMrudangam (TBD)

Free SSVT Auditorium

June 15 3:00 pm Special Carnatic Music Workshop Smt. Raji Gopalakrishnan Accompaniments (TBD)

Free SSVT Auditorium