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MONDAY- FRIDAY: 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

WINTER (EDT) MONDAY- FRIDAY: 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM 4:30 PM TO 8:30 PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM

OFFICE HOURS SUMMER (DST)

MONDAY- FRIDAY 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

WINTER (EDT) MONDAY- FRIDAY 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM 4:30 PM TO 8:30 PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pictures Courtesy: Rajesh S., Rangesh K. and Rajendra S. Calendar Preparation: Janakirama S., Ramchandra B., Chandrasekhar S., Sundar K., Kanthi S. and Ravindra K.

DAY OF THE WEEK

TIME DIETY EVENT

MONDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

UMA SIDHESWARAUMA SIDHESWARA

RUDRA ABHISHEKAMSIVA PUJA

TUESDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

HANUMANHANUMAN

ABHISHEKAMHANUMAN CHALISA PARAYANAM

WEDNESDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

RADHA KRISHNALAKSHMI NARAYANA

ABHISHEKAMVISHNU SAHASRANAMA PARAYANAM

THURSDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

GANAPATHIRAM PARIVAR

GANESHA ABHISHEKAMRAMA SAHASRANAMA PARAYANAM

FRIDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

DURGA MATADURGA MATA

ABHISHEKAM ,LALITA SAHASRANAMA PUJALALITA SAHASRANAMA PARAYANAM

SATURDAY 10:00 AM7:00 PM

VENKATESWARAVENKATESWARA

MOOLAVAR ABHISHEKAMVENAKTESWARA PUJA

SUNDAY 10:00 AM10:30 AM11:45 AM7:00 PM

LAKSHMI NARAYANA

NAVAGRAHAM

ABHISHEKAMBHAJANSLAKSHMI NARAYANA ARCHANAABHISHEKAM

DAILY RELIGIOUS EVENTS

TITHI DIETY EVENTPRADOSHAM 7:00 PM UMA SIDHESWARA RUDRA ABHISHEKAMPURNIMA 7:30 PM SATYA NARAYANA SATYA NARAYANA PUJACHATHURTHI 7:00 PM GANAPATHY ABHISHEKAM & ATHARVASHIRSHA

PARAYANAMSANI TRAYODASI 7:00 PM NAVAGRAHAM ABHISHEKAM

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

New Year’s Day All Gods Pujas Vaikunta Ekadasi Temple Open 9am to 9pm

2 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

3 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

4 Purnima

5 6 7 8 Sankasta Chaturthi

9 10 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

11 12 Vivekananda Jayanti

13 14 15 Bhogi

16 Makara Sankaranthi Pongal Uttarayana Starts Ekadasi Temple Open 9am to 9pm

17 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Gauri Puja

18 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam Vivekananda Jayanti Celebration

19 Masa Sivaratri

20 Amavasya

21 Magha Masa Starts

22 23 24 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

25 Ganesha Havan

26 Surya, Ratha Saptami Indian Independence Day

27 28 29 30 Bhishma Ekadasi

31 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

January 2015 O Sanjay, On the holy plains of Kurukshetra, what did the sons of Pandu and my sons do while they assembled together desirous to fight.

December 2014S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

February 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

2 3 Magha Purnima

4 5 6 7 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sankasta Chaturthi

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

15 Ekadasi

16 17 Pradosham Maha Sivaratri Temple Open 9am to Midnight

18 Amavasya

19 20 Phalguna Masa Starts

21 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sivaratri Celebration

22 Rudra Homam Sivaratri Celebration

23 24 25 26 27 28 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

February 2015 To work alone is your right, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.

January 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

March 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Ekadasi Sunderakand Parayana

2 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

3 4 5 Purnima

6 Holika Dahan

7 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

8 Puja and Holi Festival

9 Sankasta Chaturthi

10 11 12 13 14 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

15 16 Ekadasi

17 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

18 19 Masa Sivaratri Rama Charita Manasa Nava-Parayana Starts

20 Amavasya

21 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Manmadha Ugadi New Year Starts Chaitra Masa Starts Navaratris

22 Ganapathi and Sudarsana Homam

23 24 25 26 27 Rama Charit Manasa Nava Parayana Concludes

28 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sri Rama Navami Sita Kalyanam

29 Rama Navami Celebrations

30 Ekadasi

31

March 2015 To those who worship me alone, thinking of none else, to those ever self controlled, I secure for them that which they do not possess (YOGA), and preserve for them what they already possess (KSHEMA).

April 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

February 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

2 Mahavir Jayanti

3 4 Purnima Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

5 6 7 Sankasta Chaturthi

8 9 10 11 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

12 Holi Color Celebration

13 14 VISHU Souramana New Year Starts Ayyappa Swamy Puja Tamil New Year

15 Ekadasi

16 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

17 Masa Sivaratri

18 Amavasya Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

19 Vaisakha Masa Starts

20 21 Akshaya Tritiya

22 23 Jagadguru Adishankaracharya Jayanti

24 25 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sankaracharya Jayanti Celebration

26 Sankara Jayanti Celebrations

27 28 29 Ekadasi

30

April 2015 I am the self O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings.

May 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031

March 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

2 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

3 Sunderakand Parayana

4 Purnima

5 6 7 8 Sankasta Chaturti Panchayatana Yagna

9 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Basant Bahar Panchayatana Yagna

10 Panchayatana Yagna

11 12 13 Hanuman Jayanti

14 Ekadasi

15

16 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sanitrayodasi Pradosham Rudrabhishekam Hanuman Jayanti Celebrations Masa Sivaratri

17 Amavasya Hanuman Jayanti Celebrations

18 19 Jyesta Masa Starts

20 21 22 23 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

24 Navagraha Havan

25 26 27 28 29 Ekadasi

30 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

31

May 2015 Among hymns, I am the ‘BRIHAT SAMAN’, among metres, ‘GAYATRI’ am I; among months I am ‘MARG SIRSHA’ (parts of December – January); among seasons I am the ‘flowery spring’.

April 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

June 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2

Purnima 3 4 5

Sankasta Chaturthi 6 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

7 8 9 10 11 12 Ekadasi

13 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Temple Picnic

14 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

15 Masa Sivaratri

16 Amavasya

17 “Adhika” Ashadha Masa Starts “ Purushottama Masam”

18 19 Prana Pratishta Celebration

20 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Prana Pratishta Celebration

21 Prana Pratishta Celebration

22 23 24 25 26 27 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

28 Ekadasi

29 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

30

June 2015 With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wonderful sights, with numerous divine ornaments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted.

May 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031

July 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Purnima 2 3 4

Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

5 Sankasta Chaturthi

6 7 Godavari River Pushkara Starts

8 9 10 11 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

12 Ekadasi

13 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

14 Masasivaratri

15 Amavasya

16 17 Nija Ashadha Masa Starts Dakshinayana Starts Kataka Sankramanam

18 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Jagannadha Ratha Yatra

19 Vishnu Sahasranama Havan

20 21 22 23 24 25 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Akhanda Ramayana Path

26 Akhanda Ramayana Pathconclusion

27 Ekadasi

28 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

29 30 31 Guru Purnima

July 2015 Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with divine unguents, the All-wonderful, Resplendent, Endless, facing all sides.

June 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

August 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

2 Anand Bazaar

3 Sankasta Chaturthi

4 5 6 7 8 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

9 10 Ekadasi

11 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

12 MasaSivaratri

13 14 Amavasya

15 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Indian Independence Day Sravana Masa Starts

16 Lalita Homam

17 18 Mangala Gauri Vratam

19 20 21 22 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

23 24 25 Mangala Gauri Vratam

26 Ekadasi

27 Pradosham Rudraabhishekam

28 Onam Festival Varalakshmi Vratam

29 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sravana Purnima Yajur Upakarma Rakhi Purnima

30 Sunderkand Parayana

31

August 2015 If the splendor of a thousand Suns was to blaze simultaneously in the sky, that would be like the splendor of that Mighty Being.

July 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

September 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Sankastachaturdhi Mangala Gauri Vratam

2 3 4 5 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Sri Krishna Janmashtami

6 Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations

7 8 Mangala Gauri Vratam Ekadasi

9 10 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

11 Masa Sivaratri Vishnu Sahasranam Parayana 9-11 Remembrance

12 Amavasya

13 Medical Camp

14 Bhadrapada Masa Starts

15 16 Gauri Ganesha Vratam

17 Ganesha Chaturdhi Ganesha Navasatras Starts Temple Open 9am to 9pm

18 Youth Garbhangra

19 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Ganesha Chaturdhi Celebrations

20 Ganesha Havan

21 22 23 24 Ekadasi

25 Pradosham Rudraabhishekam

26 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Fund Raising Dinner

27 Purnima Lunar Eclipse Starts 8:12 pm (Temple will be closed 7pm) Medical Camp Reports

28 Pitru Paksha Starts

29 30

September 2015 Fix your mind on Me only, place your intellect in Me; thereafter you shall undoubtedly live in Me alone.

August 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

October 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Sankasta Chaturthi 2 3

Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

4 5 6 7 8 Ekadasi

9 10 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Pradosham Rudrabhishekam Sanitrayodasi

11 Masa Sivaratri

12 Somavati Amavasya Mahalaya Amavasya Pitru Paksha Ends

13 Devi Navaratras Starts Devi Navaratras Garba

14 Devi Navaratras Garba

15 Devi Navaratras Garba

16 Devi Navaratras Garba

17 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Devi Navaratras Garba

18 Chandi Homam Devi Navaratras Garba

19 Devi Navaratras Garba

20 Durgashtami Devi Navaratras Garba

21 Maha Navami Devi Navaratras Garba

22 Vijaya Dasami Dasara Devi Nabaratras Garba Temple Open 9am to 9pm

23 Mata Ki Chowki

24 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

25 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

26 27 Sarat Purnima Garba

28 29 30 Sankasta Chaturthi Karwa Chauth

31 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

October 2015 Sages have sung (about the Field & the Knower of the Field) in many ways, in various distinctive chants, and also in the suggestive words, indicative of BRAHMAN, full of reason and decision.

September 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

November 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Ekadasi Diwali Dinner Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

8 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam Dhanteras

9 Masa Sivaratri

10 Naraka Chaturdasi

11 Diwali Lakshmi Puja Amavasya Temple Open 9am to 9pm

12 Kartika Masa Starts Gujarati New Year Temple Open 9am to 9pm

13 Bhaidooj

14 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

15 Naga Chaturthi Annual General Body Meeting (2pm-4pm)

16 Naga Panchami

17 18 19 20 21 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

22 Ekadasi PanchaSukta Homam

23 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

24 25 Kartika Purnima Guru Nanak Jayanti

26 27 28 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam Maha Satyanarayan Puja

29 Sankasta Chaturthi Sunderkand Parayana

30

November 2015 That person also, who hears this, endowed with faith and free from malice, he too, liberated, shall attain to the happy worlds of those righteous deeds.

October 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

December 2015S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5

Dattatreya Puja and Celebration Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

6 Ekadasi

7

8 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

9 Masa Sivaratri

10 Amavasya

11 12 Margasirsha Masa Starts Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

13 14 15 16 17 Subrahmanya Shasti Dhanur Masa Starts

18 19 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

20 21 Ekadasi Geeta Jayanti

22 Pradosham Rudrabhishekam

23 Hanumat Vratam

24 Purnima

25 Dattatreya Jayanti

26 Sri Venkateswara Mula Virat Abhishekam

27 Gita Yagnam

28 Sankasta Chaturthi

29 30 31 New Year’s Eve

December 2015 Wherever is Krishna, the Lord of YOGA, wherever is Partha, the archer, there is prosperity, victory, happiness, firm (steady and sound) policy; this is my conviction.

November 2015S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

January 2016S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31