Krithika Mandala Veda Parayanam 

From 16-11-08  (1st Day of Karthikai Tamil month ) to 03-01-08 (Margazhi 18th)

The Mandala Veda Parayanam is being held by the Rajagopala Ganapatigal for the past 5 years without a break. This year Veda Parayanam will be conducted for 48 days starting from 17th November until 3rd January 2008, following which,  The Krishna Yajur Veda  is the principal text that is chanted by the Pandits . Each day a different prasna (chapter) is chanted and its significance is explained by the Ganapatigal. The parayanam is conducted at a different home every day and is followed by the chanting of other scriptures - like the Suktas or portions of the Upanishads.

It is our privilege to preserve and protect the knowledge of the Veda and its secrets. Given that so much of the Veda is secret (even to protectors), it is difficult to appreciate this "privilege". The experienced ones state that the Veda reveals its secrets in its own time to those who aspire to this knowledge with sufficient ardor. This knowledge only comes with the opening of our intuitive abilities. These in turn develop by listening to the chanting of the scripture. To be able to listen to it even once in one’s lifetime is itself a cause for wonderment. That we have been able to listen to it regularly for so many years is truly an act of God.

Guidelines for Veda Parayanam

• Pooja will commence at 6.30 pm or 4.30 pm . Basic things like manjal, kumkum, flowers, camphor, betel leaves, nuts, sandal paste (chandan), fruits, agarbathi, deepam etc. will be required for Archana. Please check with Ganapatigal in advance if you need further clarification.

• Pooja will be done by the host under the guidance of Ganapatigal for Lord Vinayaka and other Devathas kept in the pooja area. This will take about 15 to 20 minutes. Thereafter, Ganapatigals  will recite Vedas for about 1 hour. This duration is subject to variation since the length of each Prasnam (chapter) is different.

• After that, Ganapatigal will explain briefly about the Prasnam. Then "Deeparadhanai" followed by "Mantra Pushpam" will be done. All this be over in about 1.30 hours. Thereafter, devotional songs will be rendered by any of the participants, if they wish to. Prasadam will distributed thereafter.

• Based on past experience, you can expect about 6-8 persons to come voluntarily and the attendance by others will depend upon your inviting them like your friends, neighbors etc. There may be additional participants on weekends and holidays.

• Dakshina to each pundits  will be Minimum Rs 150 and the transport charges will be extra.

• Prasadam can be simple and minimum of one naivedyam will be required. Hence, if you wish to order extra food from outside you could do so. Please avoid onion, garlic etc. as much as possible. Keep the prasadam simple and preparations can be made based on above indication of participants

• Day	Karthikai	Date	Star	Availability on  6.30 to 8.30 pm	Booked By
  Sun	1	16 11 08	Ardra	Booked By	Mr B.Kannan .Che-28
  Mon	2	17 11 08	Punarpusa	Booked By	Mr Jayaraman Che-17
  Tue	3	18 11 08	Pushyam	Booked By	Venkatesa Ganapatigal
  Wed	4	19 11 08	Ayilyam	Booked By	Veda Bhavanam
  Thu	5	20 11 08	Magham	Booked By	Veda Bhavanam
  Fri	6	21 11 08	Puram	Booked By	R.Ramesh,Chennai-18
  Sat	7	22 11 08	Utharam	Booked By	Mr Uddhavar. Chennai-600004
  Sun	8	23 11 08	Hastham	Booked By	Mr Meenakshi sundaram,Ch-17 (4-6) & Parasuraman, Pallavaram,(6-8)
  Mon	9	24 11 08	Chithirai	Booked By	T.K.Viswanathan, Chennai-600020
  Tue	10	25 11 08	Swathy
  Wed	11	26 11 08	Vishakam	Booked By	Mr Balaji. East Abhiramapuram.(Samavedam)
  Thu	12	27 11 08	Anusham	Booked By	Mr Raman, Saidapet,Ch-15
  Fri	13	28 11 08	Kettai	Booked By	Mr Subban, Saidapet,Ch-15
  Sat	14	29 11 08	Mulam	Booked By
  Sun	15	30 11 08	Mulam	Booked By	Nagarajan, Sanitoriam,Ch-49
  Mon	16	01 12 08	Puradam
  Tue	17	2 12 08	Uthradam	Booked By	Dr, Thyagarajan,Chennai-33
  Wed	18	3 12 08	Sravanam	Booked By	Lakshmi Narasimhan,Ch-01
  Thu	19	4 12 08	Avittam	Booked By	Mr.Muthu subramanyam West Mambalam
  Fri	20	5 12 08	Sathayam	Booked By	Muralidharan,Chennai-04
  Sat	21	6 12 08	Purattathy	Booked By	T.S.Kuppuswamy, Ch-04 (4-6) & R.S.Rajagopalan.Ch-33 (6-8)
  Sun	22	7 12 08	Uthrattathy	Booked By	Bhanumathy Srinivasan, Chennai-92 (4-6) & Ramachandran- Chennai-45 (6-8) & Mr Gurukulam Abhiramapuram (Samavedam) (6-8)
  Mon	23	8 12 08	Revathy	Booked By	Sankara Narayanan, Ambature Chennai-53 (6-8)
  Tue	24	9 12 08	Aswathy	Booked By	Anantha Narayana , Anna Nagar (west) (6-8)
  Wed	25	10 12 08	Bharany	Booked By	Prema Ramarathnam Vadapazhani Chennai-26(4-6)
  Thu	26	11 12 08	Krithika	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jewelers (4-6) & T.V.Rajagopalan Mandaveli (6-8)
  Fri	27	12 12 08	Rohini	Booked By	Mr Ravi (Jaiganesh Printers) (4-6)
  Sat	28	13 12 08	Mrugaseersham	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jwellery (6-8)
  Sun	29	14 12 08	Ardra	Booked By	Chandrasekaran, Kodambakkam (4-6) & Mr Narendran Mylapore (6-8)
  Mon	30	15 12 08	Punarpusa	Available	Dr Krishnan (Boston school)
  Tue	Margazhi 1	16 12 08	Pushyam	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jeweler(4-6) & Mr Venkataraman, Crowmpet (6-8)
  Wed	2	17 12 08	Ayilyam	Booked By	Rukmini Durga Apartments, R.K.Mutt Rd , Ch-04(6-8
  Thu	3	18 12 08	Magham	Booked By	Mr G.V.Raman (Sangeetha Gurukulam) Velacherry (4-6) & Mr Raman,Saidapet,Ch-15 (6-8)
  Fri	4	19 12 08	Puram	Available
  Sat	5	20 12 08	Utharam	Booked By	Arul Rangamani Velachery(4-6) & Gopalakrishnan, Adambakkam(6-8)
  Sun	6	21 12 08	Hastham	Booked By	S.Ranganathan, Virugambakkam(4-6)
  Mon	7	22 12 08	Chithirai	Booked By	J.Ramasubbu,Anna Nagar(6-8)
  Tue	8	23 12 08	Swathy	Available
  Wed	9	24 12 08	Vishakam	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jeweler T.Nagar (4-6) & Sridharan,Madipakkam(6-8)
  Thu	10	25 12 08	Anusham	Booked By	Mr Nagarajan, Kumaran Colony Vadapazhani Chennai (6-8)
  Fri	11	26 12 08	Kettai	Booked By	By Narayana Sastry (Adyar) Ch-20 (4-6)
  Sat	12	27 12 08	Mulam	Booked By	Mr Venkatesan -Gayatree Adambakkam Ch-88 (4-6)
  Sun	13	28 12 08	Puradam	Booked By	Mr Nagarajan, Kumaran Colony Chennai (6-8)
  Mon	14	29 12 08	Uthradam	Available
  Tue	15	30 12 08	Sravanam	Available
  Wed	16	31 12 08	Avittam	Booked By	Mr S.Venkataraman Mahalingapuram (6-8)
  Thu	17	01 01 09	Sathayam	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jwellery T.Nagar
  Fri	18	02 01 09	Purattathy	Booked By	N.S.Ramanathan Jwellery T.Nagar
  Sat	19	03 01 09	Uthrattathy	Booked By	Concluding Function

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