St. Louis Temple celebrates Mahashivratri

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ST. LOUIS: Hindu Temple of St. Louis celebrated Maha Shivarathri last week in the presence of hundreds of devotees who witnessed an elaborately done whole day Pooja

India Post News Service

ST. LOUIS: Hindu Temple of St. Louis celebrated Maha Shivarathri last week in the presence of hundreds of devotees who witnessed an elaborately done whole day Pooja
It started with Laghunyasa Rudrabhishekam and Navagraha Abhishekam in the morning. In the evening, there was Mahanyasa Rudrabhishekam followed by Bhajans & Prasadam and Jagran. Again the  early morning Pooja  was done at 4 am with Laghunyasa Rudrabhishekam and  Mallikarjuna Suprabhatam. The temple was open for the whole night.
The Temple will be celebrating Chandramana Ugadi on  March 27 and Sri Rama Navami on April 3.
Members of Temple have elected a new board for 2009.
Board of Trustees  Chairman: Krishna Reddy, Vice Chairman: Jiwan Singla, Secretary:  Vijayakumar Budhhiraju, Members:  Ashwin Patel,G.V. Naidu, Sharad Parikh, Ramadevi Devabhatkuni, Naina Choksi,Vishnuvardhana Rao Batibandala
Committees and Chairpersons Asset Management: Vijayakumar Buddhiraju, Building & construction:  Jiwan Singla, Fund Raising : Ashwin Patel, Humanatarian :  G.V. Naidu, Public Relations :   G.V. Naidu, By-laws: Sharad Parikh,
Executive Committee President: Ayyagari Rao, Vice President: Sendil K.Rathinasabapathy, Secretary:    Ramarao Kaza, Joint Secretary:  Venkat Dharmavarapu, Treasurer:  Puran Luthra, Joint Teasurer:  Sumathi Rao, Members Mike Sateesha, Pattabhi Madipatti, Malathi Reddy
Committees and Chairpersons Operations: Ramarao Kaza (Chair), Food:  Sendil K. Rathinasabapathy (Chair), Pooja: Venkat Darmavarapu (Chair), Publications : Malathi Reddy (Chair), Library:  Puran Luthra (Chair) Cultural:  Chaya Gopalan