Dev Mukhopadhyay reports on the first montly pooja of 2007
January (20th) 2007 Monthly Puja was sponsored by Durga and Santhi Swaroop Vege, Yamini and Gowrishankar Radhakrishnan, Veena and Murali Iyer, Sumi and Sanal Kumar, Pratibha and Sridhar Dwarakanath, Anuradha and Rajesh Mishra, Daksha and Naresh Chhugani.
Puja was performed with great enthusiasm and devotion at The Hindu Samaj Temple. It began with a prayer to MaDurga (Ayigiri nandini) led by Lalitha Sahasranamam Group followed by the group chanting. Later, Shlokas were chanted by sweet voices of Balagokulam kids (Sanjivini Suresh, Ghanashyam Unnikrishnan, Sachchit Murali, Abhishek Chandra , Sahil Chhugani ). Malabika Bhattacharya sang wonderful Bhajans followed by a well-documented and informative slide show on Swami Vivekananda’s life by Kalyan Bhattacharyya. Temple update was given by Suresh Chari, our President. Again, few melodious Bhajans filled the temple with an amicable atmosphere and Aarti illuminated the minds of all devotees. Finally, with the offering of prasadam & wonderful dinner, every one departed happily with a great start of our Monthly Puja 2007.
