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   February - 2010   
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Vijaya Ekadasi


 
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Kirtan
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Kirtan
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Kali Puja
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Selected Activity:
Maha Shivaratri - The Great Night of Shiva
February 11, 2010 9:00 pm

Mahashivaratri Festival or the 'The Great Night of Shiva' is celebrated with devotion and religious fervor in honor of Lord Shiva, one of the deities of Hindu Trinity, the destroyer and transformer. Shivaratri falls on the 14th night of the new moon in the Hindu month of Magha or Phalgun, according to the Hindu calendar. Celebrating the festival of Shivaratri devotees observe day and night fast and perform ritual worship of Shiva Lingam.According to the Vedic scriptures, this night marks the night when Lord Shiva danced the "Tandava", a vigorous dance which is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death.

program:
9:00 to 10:30pm Shiva Puja
10:45 to 11:00pm Bharatanatyam performance
11:00 to 11:30pm Lecture about Lord Shiva
11:30pm to 5:00am Chanting & Japa practice
5:00am serving of prasadam

Panchaanga calculations by Pandit Mahesh Shastri - www.mypanchang.com