Navarathri is here. And it is celebration time at NEHTI with special pooja, homas and variety of singing. And very important is the display of Dolls (Golu) in the Temple Premises. Every evening classical music, bhajans and devotional songs have been arranged keeping with the tradition of Navarathri.

The festival of Navarathri is a 9 Night festival, last for 9 days with three days each devoted to worship Maa Durga, the Goddess of Valor, Maa Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and Maa Saraswathi, the Goddess of Knowledge. During the nine days of Navarathri, feasting and fasting take precedence over all normal daily activities among Hindus. Evening give rise to the religious dances and music in order to worship and celebrate Navarathri.

Following is the schedule for the Cultural Programs during the festival.  Please join us for the cultural feast.
                               

Date                  Day  30thSept 2011    Friday          Dance (6-7:30PM): Students of Sunanda Narayanan                        Music (7:30PM-9PM): Students of Sandhya Sridhar 1st Oct 2011       Saturday      Dance (6-7:30PM):Students of Sowmya Ramanathan                     Music (7:30PM-9PM):Students of Tara Bangalore 2nd Oct 2011      Sunday        Dance (6-7:30PM):Students of Jayanthi Ghatraju                            Music (7:30PM-9PM):Students of Bhuvana Ganesh 3rd Oct 2011      Monday        Dance (6-7:30PM):Shrunothra San                                                Music (7:30PM-9PM):Students of Geetha Murali 4th Oct 2011      Tuesday       Music (7:30PM-9PM):Students of Swapna Ray - Hindustani vocal music program 5th Oct 2011      Wednesday   Dance (6-7:30PM):Students of Prafulla Veluri                                 Music (7:30PM-9PM):Prayuth, Param Karandikar   6th Oct 2011      Thursday      Dance (6-7:30PM):Sridevi Tirumalai and students                           Music (7:30PM-9PM):Durga Krishnan and Students

The religious Programs for the rest of Navarathri are

Daily Sept 27th, 2011 through Oct 6th, 2011 For Sivakami: 6:00PM to 8:30PM - Sri Devi MAhatmiya Parayanam - Lalitha Sodasa Upachara Puja - Lalitha SahasranAmavali Archana, Aarati For Mahalakshmi: 7:00PM to 8:00PM - Sri Mahalakshmi Narayana Hridaya Parayanam - Lakshmi Venkateshwara Utsavam - Vishesha Aradhanam Date    Day           Program ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/30    Friday        Kalasa Sthapanam, Poorvanga puja, Chandi Parayanam,                              Sthaba Prathishta Bhairava, Yogini Puja                                                       7PM - 10PM 10/01   Saturday   Poorvanga Puja, Agni Prathishta Chandi Homam, Kanya,                              Brahmachari, Mathru Puja, Sowbhagya Dravya Homam,                              Vasuvadhara, Poornahuthi, Aarathi, Prasadam                                                   7:30AM - 3PM 10/6     Thursday  Samrajya Pattabhishekam, Lalitha Thirasathi Archana,     Devi Uthsavam, Aarathi                                                               6PM - 7PM                                Vijaya Dasami, Vidyarambham                              Aksharabyasam - MULTIPLE SESSIONS                    First session  6:30 PM             Second session  7:30 PM                     Horse Vahana Uthsavam, Sravanam,                    Sri Venkateswara Uthsavam                                                                       8PM - 9PM

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