| Lord Ganesh, Ganapathi, Vigneshwara,
Vinayaka, the remover of obstacles, the Lord of beginnings, the
patron of arts and sciences, the deva of intellect and wisdom, offered
members of Milana blessings for their success.
This God of knowledge and the remover of obstacles is also the
older son of Lord Shiva. Lord Ganesha is also called Vinayak ( knowledgeable
) or Vighneshwer (god to remove obstacles). He is worshipped, or
at least remembered, in the beginning of any auspicious performance
for blessings and auspiciousness.
The event on Aug 23rd was a great success. The venue was sponsored
by Smt Soumya and Shashank Partha from Madison. The preperation started
a day earlier with preparation of Kadabu by the committee members.
Sri Raghuchandra Bhat performed the Gowri pooja with the ladies
followed by the Ganesha Pooja. Songs of devotion and Bhajans were
performed by the members followed by delicious lunch.
Every year as far back as we can remember, a clay model of Lord
Ganesha is prepared with help from Dr Shivaram.
We thank him for this.
Here
is a link to the PIctures.
Milana thanks Dr Shivaram and the Partha family.
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