6300 Princess Garden Parkway, Lanham, MD 20706. 301–552–4889, www.muruganTemple.org NALLUR KATHIRKAMA KANTHAN FESTIVAL Murugan Temple will celebrate the Nallur Kathirkama Kanthan festival with the chariot run for the fourth successive year on August 10 th and 11 th . Please see page 2 for more details of the schedule. EDUCATING THE GENX: MTNA’S FIRM COMMITMENT AND ACTION The Murugan Temple of North America (MTNA), mindful of the importance of nurturing the glorious ancient traditions of Tamil and Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), is dedicated to imparting this distinguished cultural heritage to the young children of its congregation. We believe that it is imperative to empower our future generation in a way in which they will be knowledgeable, confident and proud of their heritage in this multi–cultural and multi–religious society, so that they become respectable members and leaders of tomorrow. Teaching the philosophy of Hinduism, especially the monistic–theism, which is worshiping God on the outside (theism—taking part in the Hindu rituals, festivals and pujas) and (Continued on page 5) Children rendering bajans during a Temple function VINAYAKA CHATURTHI Lord Ganesha or Vinayaka is the remover of all obstacles. MTNA will celebrate Vinayaka Chaturthi on a grand scale on Sept 19 th. . The celebrations include Special Abhishekam, Homam, Sahasranamam recitation and Vinayaka procession. Please mark your calendars and participate in the celebrations. KUMBABISHEKAM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS The Kumbabishekam anniversary celebrations were conducted on a magnificent scale on June 1 st and 2 nd to coincide with Vaikasi Visakham. The celebrations included special Abhishekams, Alankarams, Procession of the deities around the Temple, Kavadi and Pal kudam and Thiru Klayanam. Devotees from different parts of USA were present. Refer to the Temple blog for photos from the grand celebrations. Index Vinayaka Chaturthi—Announcement 1 Kumbabishekam 1 Educating the GenX—Article 1,3 Nallur Festival 1,2 Rajagopuram and Temple Expansion 3, 4 Vilakku Puja—Article 5 Nandavanam and Temple Blog 5 Saiva Saints Guru Puja - Article 6 Calendar 7
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6300 Princess Garden Parkway, Lanham, MD
20706. 301–552–4889, www.muruganTemple.org
NALLUR KATHIRKAMA KANTHAN
FESTIVAL
Murugan Temple will
celebrate the Nallur
Kathirkama Kanthan
festival with the chariot
run for the fourth
successive year on
August 10th and 11th. Please see
page 2 for more details of the
schedule.
EDUCATING THE GENX: MTNA’S FIRM
COMMITMENT AND ACTION
The Murugan Temple of North
America (MTNA), mindful of the
importance of nurturing the
glorious ancient traditions of Tamil
and Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma),
is dedicated to imparting this
distinguished cultural heritage to
the young children of its
congregation.
We believe that
it is imperative
to empower
our future
generation in a
way in which
they will be
knowledgeable,
confident and proud of their
heritage in this multi–cultural and
multi–religious society, so that they
become respectable members and
leaders of tomorrow. Teaching the
philosophy of Hinduism, especially
the monistic–theism, which is
worshiping God on the outside
(theism—taking part in the Hindu
rituals, festivals and pujas) and
(Continued on page 5)
Children rendering
bajans during a
Temple function
VINAYAKA CHATURTHI
Lord Ganesha or Vinayaka is the
remover of all obstacles. MTNA
will celebrate Vinayaka Chaturthi
on a grand scale on Sept 19th. . The
celebrat ions include Specia l
Abhishekam, Homam,
S a h a s r a n a m a m
r e c i t a t i o n a n d
Vinayaka procession.
Please mark your
c a l e n d a r s a n d
participate in the
celebrations.
KUMBABISHEKAM ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATIONS
The Kumbabishekam anniversary
celebrations were conducted on a
magnificent scale on June 1st and
2nd to coincide with Vaikasi
Visakham. The celebrat ions
included special Abhishekams,
Alankarams, Procession of the
deities around the Temple, Kavadi
and Pal kudam and Thiru
Klayanam. Devotees from different
parts of USA were present. Refer to
the Temple blog for photos from
the grand celebrations.
Index
Vinayaka Chaturthi—Announcement 1
Kumbabishekam 1
Educating the GenX—Article 1,3
Nallur Festival 1,2
Rajagopuram and Temple Expansion 3, 4
Vilakku Puja—Article 5
Nandavanam and Temple Blog 5
Saiva Saints Guru Puja - Article 6
Calendar 7
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3
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realizing God within oneself (monism—realizing the Self
God through meditation), is central and essential. To help
this, students learn to recite Hindu devotional songs
composed by our Saiva Saints in Carnatic or classical Indian
music style (Bajan), learn Hatha
Yoga and Tamil language in
classes conducted by the MTNA
Learning Center on alternate
Sundays between 10:15 AM and
1:00 PM at the Murugan Temple.
The Tamil, Bajan, Hinduism and
Yoga classes are taught
by volunteers who have in–depth
knowledge in the respective
areas. These classes at MTNA
were started about nine years ago by dedicated volunteers
with a mission to teach Hinduism and Tamil language and its
rich culture to the young generation born and/or brought up
in the USA.
Bajan classes are conducted by Ms. Rathini Vijayaverl, a
well–trained, enthusiastic and experienced guru in this field.
Hatha Yoga classes are led by a longtime practitioner of this
ancient life science and Murugan Temple member. Hatha
Yoga (also called Hatha Vidya) is a system of Yoga
described by Yogi Swatmarama—a Hindu sage of the 15th
century India and the compiler of Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
Religious classes are taught by several longtime MTNA
devotees, who are blessed with deep religious knowledge
and visualization. They are also members of the Master
Course Study Group, which strives to learn the Saiva
Siddhanda way of life leading to Self–Realization; this
Group was formed with the blessings of Satguru Sivaya
Subramuniyaswami, who established the Kauai’s Hindu
Monastery in 1970 and who was the foremost disciple of
Siva Yogaswami of Sri Lanka. Periodically, the MTNA
Learning Center receives teaching materials on Hinduism
from this Hindu Monastery and its monks offer help and
advice to the Hindu religion teachers.
The Tamil language classes are taught by volunteers who
have deep interest and knowledge in this language.
Currently, about 25 students are enrolled at the MTNA
Learning Center. There are more than ten dedicated
volunteers helping to run this Center. Based upon the
speaking and writing skills in Tamil, students follow a
structured six–year syllabus that is derived from the
curriculum put forward by the American Tamil Academy
(ATA), which is an organization that attempts to standardize
the curriculum for all Tamil schools in the USA.
(Continued from page 1)
Educating children in our
great tradition of Tamil,
music and yoga is an integral
part of the MTNA culture.
NANADAVANAM
We are always looking for volunteers, plants, and any other
material that you will like to donate towards the Temple
garden. We will be using the flowers at our daily Pujas.
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