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NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 18 71
NASSTA
NEWSLETTER
Om Sai Ram
18th Issue
August 2014
OM SAI RAM IN THIS ISSUE
This is our eighteenth NAASTA
newsletter with the list of upcoming
events, temple pictures, stories and future
temple projects. With our devotee’s
participation, we would like to publish
more monthly newsletters.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“If formless meditation is difficult,
then think of my form just as you
see it here. With such meditation,
the difference between subject and
object is lost and the mind
dissolves in unity.”
ARATI TIME - EVERYDAY
Kakad Arati –6:00 am
Abhishekham - 6:30 am
Madhyana Arathi –12:00 pm
Dhoop Arati –6 pm
Shej Arati – 8:30 pm
UPCOMING EVENTS AT NASSTA
Health Fair, Saturday August 2nd,
2014 from 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Saraswathi Pooja, Sunday August
3rd, 2014 10 AM and 4:00 PM
NASSTA is scheduling Saraswathi pooja
at 10 AM & 4 PM on Sunday, August 3rd,
for the start of the academic year.
Sponsorship is $31 per child. Everyone is
cordially invited
Varalakshmi Vrath, Friday, August
8th, 2014 at 7:00 PM
NASSTA is scheduling Varalakshmi Vrath
on Friday August 8that 7:00 PM.
Sponsorship is $51.00. Sponsors need to
bring their own Kalasam.
Sai Vrath, Saturday, August 9th,
2014 at 3:00 PM
Sai Vrath will be performed by NASSTA
at 3PM on Saturday August 9th , 2014.
Sponsorship is $51 per couple.
Everyone is cordially invited
Rig/Yajur Upakarma(Sravana
Poornima) RAKSHA BANDHAN,
Sunday, August 10th, 2014 at 7:30
AM
NASSTA is scheduling Upakarma on
Sunday August August 10th , 2014 at
7:30 AM. Sponsorship is $31 per person
Satyanarayan Vrath, Sunday,
August 10th, 2014 at 3 PM
Sponsorship is $51 per couple.
NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM | Issue # 18 2
Krishnaashtami, Sunday August
17th, 2014
6.30 AM : Sri Sainatha Abhishekam
$51.00
8.00 AM : Sri Krishna Moola Mantra
Homam $51.00
9.30 AM : Sri Krishna Abhishekam $51.00
9.30 AM : Sri Krishna Archana $21.00
11.00 AM : Vishnu Sahasranama
Sthothra Parayanam (by 108 devotees)
4.00 - 5.45 PM: Bhajan $116.00
6:00 PM : Dhoop Aarati
7:15 PM : Palaki Seva
7.30 PM : Kalahandi
8.30 PM : Shej Aarati
ALL DAY SPONSORSHIP (Except
Bhajan) $ 151.00
Samaveda Upakarma, Thursday,
August 28th, 2014 at 8 AM
NASSTA is scheduling Samaveda
Upakarma on Thursday August 28th, at
8.00 AM. Sponsorship is $31 per person.
Lord Ganesh Making Idol with clay,
Saturday, August 23rd from 10:00
AM -6:00 PM
Nominal fee of $5, open for all kids
Ganesh Chaturdi, Friday August
29, 2014
NASSTA is celebrating Ganesh Chaturdi
on Friday August 29th, 2014
6:30 AM Sri Saintha Abhishekham
$51.00
8:30 AM Sri Mahaganapathi Homam
$51.00
10:00 AM Sri Ganapathi Abhishekam
$51.00
11:00 AM Atharva Seersha Parayanam &
Sri Ganapathi Sahasranama Archana
$31.00
6:45 PM Palki Seva
7:00 PM Sri Sai Ganapathi Vratham
$51.00
All Day Pooja Sponsorship $116.00
Everyone is cordially invited
SAI ELEVEN ASSURANCES
1. Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi soil, his
sufferings would come to an end.
2. The wretched and miserable will rise to
joy and happiness as soon as they climb
the steps of the mosque
3. I shall be ever active and vigorous
even after leaving this earthly body.
4. My tomb shall bless and speak to the
needs of my devotees.
5. I shall be active and vigorous even
from my tomb.
6. My mortal remains will speak from my
tomb.
7. I am ever living to help and guide all
who come to me, who surrender to me
and who seek refuge in me.
8. If you look to me, I look to you.
9. If you cast your burden on me, I shall
surely bear it
10. If you seek my advice and help, it
shall be given to you at once.
11. There shall be no want in the house of
my devotee
Contact Information: Sohini Ayinala - 678 361 7574
Sai Temple - 678 455 7200
This event is made possible by North America Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta (NASSTA), Physicians, Dentists with the support of devotees and volunteers of
NASSTA
North America Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta 700 James Burgess Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024
(678)455-7200 : www.atlantasaitemple.org
Shirdi Sai Health Fair 2014
Cardiologist Ecdocrinologist
Internal Medicine Family Practice
Gastroenterologist Dentists
Nephrologist Dieticians
Pediatrician Ophthalmologists
Pulmonologist Orthopedic
Ayurveda Homeopathic
Saturday Aug 2, 2014 - 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Consultation with following Specialists
Saturday July 26, 2014 - 7:30AM - 1.30PM
Blood drawing and other Tests - ONLY No specialists will be available.
Screening for cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol.
Screening for anemia, thyroid and male prostate conditions. EKG for patients with cardiovascular risk factors.
Complete Blood Profile: Includes, complete Blood Count, Sugar, Kidney & Liver function, electrolytes, Cholesterol & Thyroid function panel. PSA included for males above 40 years.
Complete Blood Profile Testing. $25 charge for the lab tests. Please do not eat after midnight, for blood test
Continental & Indian Breakfast provided
NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM | Issue # 18 3
Thousands of devotees thronged
to the Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta
in Suwanee, Georgia to offer their
prayers and seek Sai Baba’s
blessings at the joyous and
spiritually suffused Guru Purnima
Celebrations on Saturday, July
12, 2014.
Guru Purnima is celebrated on the
auspicious full moon day in the
month of Ashada. Guru Purnima
or Vyas Purnima is celebrated in
reverence of the universal
teacher.
Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta
celebrated much revered Guru
Purnima Day with daylong
celebrations. The celebrations
began at 5:45 am with Kakad
Aarati, the ceremonial awakening
of the Lord. Following this, the
Nava (9) Kalasa sthapana was
performed invoking the lord in the
form of energy into the 9 kalasas
(pots). The ritual was performed
by the learned and experienced
Temple priests Srinidhi Kadambi
and Amol Kulkarni, in the
presence of hundreds of devotees
who had turned out for an early
darshan of Sainath. After the puja
rituals to the kalasas, the priests
performed the havan in the name
of Lord Sainath, Ram Parivar and
Shiv Parivar.
Around 9 am, the priests
performed abhishek (ceremonial
bath) to the larger than life and
blissful main deity of Shirdi Sai
Baba along with the utsav murthy
and the padukas. The hour long
ceremony with Vedic chants
energized the whole sanctum and
the devotees present.
The stage was set for the
decoration of the main sanctum.
This year, the priests had chosen
a theme to replicate the Guru
Sthan present in Shirdi, India.
Guru Sthan represents the place
under the neem tree in Shirdi
where Saibaba meditated.
Volunteers had worked tirelessly
for the past few days to create a
replica of Guru sthan which was
later assembled in the sanctum.
While the decorations were going
on, bhajan singers engaged the
audience with their uplifting
bhajans.
Around 11 am, the priests
performed abhishek to Lord
Dattatreya. Shirdi Saibaba is
considered an avatar in the
lineage of Lord Dattatreya. Upon
completion of the ceremonial
rituals and decorations, the noon
Aarati was performed at 12 PM.
Devotees were pouring in and by
about 1 pm, approximately 1000
people had already made Sai
Baba’s darshan.
Joyous Celebrations of Guru Purnima
NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM | Issue # 18 4
Around 3 pm, more than 100
families participated in the
community sai vrat. Sai vrat is
similar to satyanarayan vrat where
the 9 governing planets, ashta
dikpalakas (rulers of the 8
corners) and the five presiding
deities are invoked along with
Lord Sainath. As an added
feature this year, the 52 week
sainath paduka puja was also
performed as part of this sai vrat.
The dhoop aarati at 6 pm was
followed with Palki Seva at 6.30
PM. Devotees enthusiastically
sang and danced to the loud beat
of the drums throughout the palki
procession around the temple
while dazzling firecrackers lit up
the sky overhead.
The significant part of the
elaborate rituals of Guru Purnima
is Guru Pranam – the act of
submitting oneself to a guru and
touching his feet in respect.
Chapter 22 of Sai Satcharitra says
“How to meditate on Baba? No
one has been able to fathom the
nature or the form of the Almighty.
Even the Vedas and the
thousand-tongued Shesha are not
able to describe it fully; but the
devotees cannot but know and
look at the form of the Lord, for
they know that His Feet are the
only means of their happiness.
They know no other method of
attaining the supreme goal in life,
except meditating on the Holy
Feet.”
The devotees lined up in the
sanctum by 7:15 PM to take the
opportunity of reaching out to the
Baba, touching his feet and
receiving his blessings. The
queue started inside the sanctum
and the long line stretched out
into the plaza and tent area.
Priests chanted Vishnu
Sahasranama and Lalita
Sahasranama as the devotees
went up to touch the feet of the
Lord. Later, volunteers continued
chanting “Om Sai Namo Namaha,
Sri Sai Namo Namaha, Jai Jai Sai
Namo Namaha, Sadguru Sai
Namo Namaha” till 10 pm.
More than 2,500 people visited
the temple between 7.30 and 10
pm. All were accommodated to
do Guru Pranam. The Temple
had courteously arranged for a
separate lane for convenience of
senior citizens, pregnant women
and families with infants.
The Temple kitchen served
delicious Maha Prasadam to all
the attendees from 11 am to 11
pm. The dedicated volunteers
efficiently and cheerfully managed
the parking lot throughout the day.
More than 100 volunteers worked
ceaselessly to help in the
sanctum, kitchen and parking
areas to ensure that devotees had
a smooth and safe darshan.
The joyous celebrations
concluded with community
archana on behalf of the entire
local community, followed with
Shej aarati at 10.30 PM.
With the blessings of Lord Sai
Baba, dedication, commitment
and hard work of the Temple
Officers, priests and volunteers,
the mammoth and spectacular
Guru Purnima Celebrations were
truly memorable.
Mahadev Desai
NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 18 71
Parking Lot Expansion - Thursday Evening Parking - Special Instructions
As you all are aware, expansion of the temple parking lot is underway. We apologize for the inconvenience caused during
this period while we work on expanding the parking lot. Please note additional parking for temple is at Settles Bridge
Elementary school which is about half a mile up the street (going towards Hwy 20). Volunteers are running shuttles from
the parking lot to the temple and back. Kindly avail the Settles Bridge parking lot and avoid parking on the side of the road
for your safety and safety of those around you. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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700 James Burgess Road
Suwanee GA 30024
(678)455-7200
http://www.atlantasaitemple.org
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Thu 5.45 AM to 9:30 PM
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