Mahalaya Pitru Paksham Annadhanam from 09/08/2025 to 09/21/2025

Dear Devotees, 

Mahalaya Pitru Paksham falls from 09/08/2025 to 09/21/2025. One of the important activity is performing pitru-tharpanam (offering oblations to the ancestors) during Mahalaya Paksham to please our ancestors, thank them for their contribution in our lives, seek their blessings and pray for peace and prosperity in all walks of our lives.

The legendary significance behind Mahalaya Paksham can be found in the Mahabharata. Karna, the renowned benevolent hero of the Mahabharata was well known for his charity. When Karna departs from his mortal body to ascend to the higher worlds, he receives a hundred fold of gold, silver and other riches in return for his great generosity and charity…but only gold and silver without any food. When Karna prays to the God of Death (Yamadharma), the God of Death tells him that donating / providing food (Anna dhaanam) is the highest form of charity and that he needs to go down to the earth for a fortnight to make up for what he had not included as part of his charity.

Karna descends back to the earth and for fourteen days he feeds Brahmins and the poor, offering oblations of water (tharpanam). Upon his return to the higher worlds, he is given plenty of food. This fortnight Karna spent on earth is called Mahalaya paksham or Pitru-paksham. By the Grace of The God of Death, it is ordained that offerings of food during this period will benefit all the departed souls irrespective of their connection to us.

Such is the importance of pitru-karma and we are doing my little bit to help and provide an opportunity to all our devotees to take part in this religious activity. all devotees to avail this opportunity to perform tharpanam and seek the blessings of the ancestors for a healthy, wealthy, happy and prosperous lifestyle

Annadhanam will be served to devotees on Banana leaf.

Mahalaya Pitru Paksham Annadhanam Suggested Donation $116.00.

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes is glad to invite you for “Pancharatra Sri Jayanthi Celebrations” on the auspicious star of Rohini on Saturday, September 13th 2025. Special Sri Jayanthi pujas will be performed and Maha Mantram will be chanted.

Sponsorship: $ 116

Program Schedule

 Saturday, September 13th 2025

  9:00 AM       Suprabhatam followed by Thomala Seva

10.00 AM       Utsava Perumal Thirumanjanam

12:45 PM       Sattrumurai, Arathi and Theertham

  1:00 PM       Mahalaya Paksham Lunch Prasadam

  2:00 PM        Bhagavad Gita Yagnyam

  5.00 PM        Maha Mantram chanting for one hour

  5.30 PM        Sri Venkateswara Kalayana Utsavam

  6:00 PM        Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Sthothram

  6.30 PM        Sri Jayanthi Aradhanam

  8:30 PM        Sayana Arathi

!! Please Participate with Friends and Family and get the blessings !!

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple will be offering Special Thirumanjanam to Sri Utsvar Perumal and his consorts on Saturday, September 13th 2025 .  We will do sankalpam for loka sekhmam of everyone.  Please sponsor the abhishekam to Lord Venkateswara utsavar and his concerts. 

10:00 AM         Sri Utsavar Perumal and his consorts Thirumanajanam   

11:30 AM         Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam 

12:45 PM         Maha Aarthi, Satrumurrai & Theertham & Prasadam 

Suggested donation is $116.00

Sri Bhagavad Gita Yagnyam (chanting all 18 chapters) on 09/13/2025

Dear Devotees,

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes is glad to invite you to the chanting of Srimad Bhagavad Gita (all 18 chapters) on Saturday, September 13^th 2025 at 02.00 p.m. in view of Mahalaya Paksham.

• Sankalpam
• Chant introductory slokas
• Krishna Ashtakam
• Gita Dhyanam
• Read/Chant each chapter
• Short summary of each chapter
• Short arti at end of each chapter
• Gita Mahatmyam at end of all 18 chapters
• Maha arti (Jaya Jagadisha Hare....) at conclusion

Gita Shastram idam puNyam yah pattet prayatah pumaan l
VishNoh padam avaapnoti bhaya shokaadi varjitahaa ll

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Lunch Prasadam Distribution 01.00 p.m.

Gita Yagnyam (chanting all 18 chapters) 02.00 p.m.

Sri Vishnu Sahasaranama Parayanam 7.00 p.m.

Mangala Aarthi & Sattrumurai 08.30 p.m.

Please Participate With Friends and Families and get the blessings!!
MAY THE BLESSINGS OF SRI VENKATESWARA BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS.

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes will be performing  Sri Padmavathi Thayar Moolvar Special Thirumanjanam (Abishekam) on Saturday, September 20th 2025. We will do sangalpam for loka kshemam of everyone.  NO LIVE STREAMING. Please sponsor the Thirumanjanam/Abishekam to Lordess  Sri Padmavathi Thayar.

Time: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes is glad to invite you for the Navarathiri Celebrations from Monday, September 22nd 2025 to Wednesday, October 01st 2025.

Please sponsor the Special Navarathiri Alangaram to Lordess MahaLakshmi.

Daily Alankaram and Special Pooja will be as per below order:

• Sri Mahalakshmi
• Dhanalakshmi
• Dhanyalakshmi
• Gajalakshmi
• Santalakahmi
• VeeraLakshmi
• Vijayalakshmi
• Vidyalakshmi

Daily Evening @ 6.30 PM : MahaLakshmi Sahasranama Kumkuma Archana by devotees. Donation: $25

Sep 27th, Sat  -  Andal Thirumanjanam @ 10.30 am

Sep 28th, Sun -  Sudharshana Homam @ 10.30 am

Sep 30th, Tue  - Maha Navami

Oct 01st, Wed - Vijaya Dasami

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes will be performing Sri Andal (Godhai) Thayar Moolvar Special Thirumanjanam (Abishekam) on Saturday, September 27th 2025. We will do sangalpam for loka kshemam of everyone.  NO LIVE STREAMING. Please sponsor the Thirumanjanam/Abishekam to Lordess  Sri Andal (Godhai) Thayar.

Time: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes shall perform Sri Hayagriva Homam for the  benefits of School Students on Sunday, September 28th 2025.

Suggested Sponsorship for the homam  is $51.00.

Please email sribalaji71@gmail.com for sangalpam.

9:30 AM   Thomala Seva   - Chanting 

10:30 AM  Sri Maha Sudarshana Narasimha Thirumanajanam

11.30 AM  Sri Hayagriva Homam

12:45 PM  Maha Aarthi, Satrumurrai & Aseervadam 

Please come to the temple and attend the Sri Sudarsana Homam in person and get blessings.

Dear Devotees, 

Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes will be performing Special Thirumanjanam to Sri Venkateswara Moolavar and Sri Desikar on auspicious Sravanam Star on Thursday, October 02nd 2025.

We will do sangalpam for loka kshemam of everyone. Please sponsor the Thirumanjanam to Bhoga Srinivasar. Suggested Sponsorship $116.00.

There will be procession of Sri Venkateswara & Sri Desikar at 7.00 pm celebrating Sri Venkateswara Jayanthi and Sri Desikar Jayanthi.