Maine Hindu Temple invites community with family and friends to celebrate Lord Panchmukhi Ganesha Prana Pratishtha celebration, which is a final step of consecrating Lord Panchmukhi Ganesha in MHT. The Prana Pratishtha celebration is taking place on Saturday, 9th Jan 2016 from 10.30 am until 1.30 pm. Shri Lakshmanan Shashtri will perform the Prana Pratishtha, a rite by which idol Panchmukhi Ganesha is consecrated in the Maine Hindu temple, wherein hymns and mantra are recited to invite the deity to be a resident guest, and bring the numinous presence of divinity and spirituality, as well infuse life into the temple. Sponsorship is welcome and the community members are encouraged to receive divine’s blessing by the sponsorship and participations. Lord Panchmukhi Ganesha Prana Pratishtha Program details:

• 10.30 - 12.00 : Ganpathy pooja followed by punyaha vachanam followed by kalasa sthapan and 16 upachara pooja, ankurarpanam,  pratisara bandhan, raksha bandham, mrtsangrahanam, Moola mantra  homam/havan, panchagavya melan, pachangavya suddhi and Bimba suddhi followed naadi sandhan, nedronmeelan, sparsharhuti, maha purnasuti, kalasodyapam
• 12.00 - 12.15 Prana Pratishtha
• 12.15 - 1.30  Maha abishekam

All the community members are encouraged to participate in Lord Panchmukhi Ganesha Prana Pratishtha and bring flowers and Prasad for the grand event. We are looking forward to seeing you at Prana Pratishtha. We need volunteers to help us with the events. If anyone is interested, please let us know or come down to the preparation meeting that we plan to host just after Thursday (1/7/16) Bhajan. Thank you again for your continued support! Sincerely, MHT Board