Makara Jyothi Darshanam @ Sri Krishna Swami Sabai - 14th January 2011

Sami Saranam,

In conjunction with Makara Jothi There will be Ayappan prayer on :

Date : 14th January 2011
Time : 7.00pm
Venue : Om Sri Krishna Swami Sabai Seremban
Lot 21383, Jalan Mambau -Port Dickson
Seremban, N.Sembilan.

Devotees are encouraged to bring along generous amount of camphor (Sudum) to participate in the lighting up of the Jothi. Mr Gopal (Swamiji's son from Singapore) would be also joining the prayers on friday as well. We look forward for your participation and hope this event would be blessed by our beloved Guruji / Swamji Krishna Sreedaran.

For any further queries, kindly feel free to contact Vijayan (012.6980701), Mahendran (019.6231069) or Rama Murthy(012.3854791). Please also help to disseminate this info to those not in the above mailing list. Thanking you in anticipation.

Live Streaming of 14th January 2011 Makara Jyothi Will be Available On the following WebSites : @ 9.15pm
http://www.indiavisionnewslive.com
http://www.manoramanews.com
http://dinamalar.com

Rituals at the Ayappan temple begin today at Sabarimala

Rituals at the Ayappan temple begin today

Sabarimala ,Nov16 (PTI)

Rituals at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple began today with the Chief priest performing a host of poojas.

Heavy rush of devotees from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh were witnessed at the sanctum sanctorum when the Lord Ayappa temple opened last evening for the two-month Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season. Elaborate arrangements have been made by the Travancore Devaswom Board administering the hill shrine and various government departments for the smooth conduct of the pilgrimage season. The rituals began with the Chief priest Kandararu Maheswararu performing the 'Ashtadravya Ganapati' homam followed by 'Ashtabhishekom' and 'Neyyabhishekom' (ghee offering). About three crore devotees are expected to trek the holy hillock during the season, additional chief secretary, K Jayakumar, who is the Special Commissioner for Sabarimala. He said a buffer stock of 19 lakh cans of Aravana prasadasm (a sweet delicacy) were prepared and production of appam started few days back. The work of roofing of 'Nadappanthal' (a pandal) on the northern side of Sannidhanam (sanctum sanctorum) was completed.Self-contained toilet blocks were provided at various points along the Pampa-Marakkoottam trekking path, besides resting places at Appachimedu and Sabaripeethom, TDB chief engineer K Ravikumar said. The health department opened dispensaries at Pampa and Sannidhanam. Sree Ayyappa Medical Centre at Pampa opened by Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi provides advanced health care facilties. news : http://www.deccanherald.com/ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/36198/rituals-ayappan-temple-begin-today.html