May 25, 2010
Dear Devotees,
Our Temple's Maha Kumbhabhishekam
celebration, scheduled for June 9-13, is fast approaching. All the event
committees (
http://lansingtemple.org/kumbhabhishekam/committees.pdf), consisting of
dedicated volunteers from our community, are busy with the final stages of
preparation for this great event. Five priests have been engaged to conduct the
five-day ceremony, a detailed program has been drawn up, various community
groups are busy rehearsing the cultural programs they will present, caterers
have been found for the meals that will be served, a variety of options for
devotees to sponsor the event has been developed, and work is underway on a
Souvenir and a Lansing-area community directory.
All the details are posted at the Temple's Kumbhabhishekam
website, http://lansingtemple.org/kumbhabhishekam/
. We draw your attention in
particular to:
the 5-day program, http://lansingtemple.org/kumbhabhishekam/program.pdf
, and
the registration package list, http://lansingtemple.org/kumbhabhishekam/registration%20package%20list.pdf .
Please note that there was an error in registration
package list that was mailed to devotees earlier this month. By mistake, the
benefit packages for Silver and Bronze sponsors were listed to be the same.
This has been corrected in the posted list, and we apologize for the error.
The registration package list gives you several options to support the Kumbhabhishekam. We seek your generous support for the
ceremony. Also, we request you to purchase the registration package of your
choice AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE,
preferably by June 7, so that we can have a good count of the meals, etc. that
will be needed.
The power and sanctity of our Temple depends both on the daily rituals and on
periodic ceremonies like the Maha Kumbhabhishekam,
generally performed after every twelve years. It is a sacred ritual meant to
purify the temple and reenergize the Deities. Let us all come together to
celebrate this noble ceremony.
May God bless our temple and individuals everywhere.
Sincerely,
Bharatiya Temple of Lansing
955 Haslett Rd
Haslett, Michigan 48840.
Phone: (517) 339-6337