The 18th Anniversary of Patotsav Celebration was held at the Satsang Center, Woburn, MA on July 8, 2018.
18 years ago Sri Morari Bapu came to the Satsang Center on July and performed the Prem-Pratishta for Moorties. Since then the center has been celebrating Patotsav, every year. Patotsav, meaning, when God was invited to take that residence in these Moorti, we offered Pat (Phonetically – Paat) meaning Aasan. Utsav means celebration. Why Prem Prathishta and not Pran Prathishta?
â€According to our tradition when we do Pran Pratishtha, we have to observe many daily ritualistic disciplines, depending upon which Swarup – manifestation of God. So we decided that we will do Prem-Pratishtha …. So that out of LOVE for God , Devotion to God, we will do whatever our Bhaav dictates. This was proposed by Vedas’ expert Sri Vishnubhai PushKarna, who is the Gor – Kind of Guru to Bhatia Families in Mumbai. He is the one who conducted all the rituals for Prem-Pratishtha†says Sudhir Parikh
Poojas for all the deities was performed. Sri Ganeshji followed Sri Hanumanji, NavGraha, Sri Ram Parivar, Ambemaa – Gayatri Maa, OM-Kar, Shivji - Someshwer Mahadev, and ShreeNathji – RadhaKrishna are all worshipped.
Different priests lead the prayers. At this temple, women priests are welcomed and encouraged to perform the prayers. Ranjani Saigal and Dr. Ranjan Ravalia were two of the female priests that led prayers. Other priests Jayant Sahane, Vidyut Trivedi, Devkant Joshi and Niru–Sudhir Parikh also led the different prayers.
Sponsors used the opportunity to pray to their Ishta Dev and get their blessings. Volunteers offered Seva by making arrangements and cooking meals.
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