Navarathri Celebrations

We are pleased to inform you that our Temple plans on celebrating the forthcoming Navarathri in a grand scale, both religiously and culturally. Navarathri festival begins on Friday, 8th October and is observed for nine nights. Sri Durga, Sri Maha Lakshmi and Sri Parvathi are glorified on these days. Navakalasa Puja, Abhishekam and Vasantha Mantapa Golu Puja are scheduled to take place each evening, besides music concerts. The festival continues with Chandi Homam on Sunday, October 10, 2010.

The Music Concerts are as follows:
Fri, Oct 1, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Flute Concert by Prof. Prapancham Seetharaman of India.
Fri, Oct 8, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Music Concert by Parasakthi Vinayagathevarajah & Party
Sat, Oct 9, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Vocal Concert by Ranjani & Gayathri (India)
H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Delhi S. Sairam (Mridangam)
Sun, Oct 10, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Abhirami Andhadi (Group Singing)
By Toronto Thirupughazh Group
Mon, Oct 11, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Kulanayaki Vivekanandan & Party
Tue, Oct 12, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Vijayaluxmi Sreenivasagam & Party
Wed, Oct 13, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Sandhya Srivatsan & Party
Thu, Oct 14, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Richmond Hill Temple Priest Umaramana Gurukkal & Party
Fri, Oct 15, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Mrs. Bhuma Krishnan & Party

All are cordially invited to attend and partake the blessings of Sri Durga, Sri Maha Lakshmi and Sri Parvathi during this period.

Sri Arunagirināthar Day on September 26, 2010

Dear Devotees and Friends:

We are pleased invite you for the annual Sri Arunagirināthar Day to be celebrated at our temple, on Sunday, Sep 26, 2010 between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM, under the auspices of "Toronto Thiruppugazh Anbargal". As many of you are aware, Sri Arunagirināthar was a 14th century saint who composed almost 16,000 songs on Lord Muruga, such as 'Thiruppugazh' and 'Kandhar Anubhuthi'. 'Thiruppugazh' in particular, is considered as one of the major works of medieval Tamil literature, both for its poetical and musical qualities, and for its religious, moral and philosophical content.

On this auspicious day, members of "Toronto Thiruppugazh Anbargal" will offer a musical worship consisting of 108 of his songs composed by Sri Arunagirināthar, as they have been doing every year. You may recall, a couple of years back, the group dedicated a silver garland to
Lord Muruga, containing inscriptions of these verses.

All are cordially invited to attend and partake the blessings of Lord Muruga and Sri Arunagirināthar.

Please feel free to forward this email to your friends and relatives who may benefit from the above information.