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                                     HINDU TEMPLE OF CENTRAL TEXAS 
                                    OMKARA MAHAGANAPATHY DEVASTHANAM 
                                    The GANESHA TEMPLE OF TEXAS 
                                    4309 Midway Drive, Temple, TX 76502 
                                    www.hindutemple.org / 254 771 1270 
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                        MAKARA SANKRANTI, AYYAPPA POOJA AND PONGAL - PLUS MYTHOLOGY QUIZ 
                          
                        
                            
                                
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                                     Sunday, JANUARY 15, 2012. 
                                    8:00 a.m.: GANAPATHY & NAVAGRAHA HOMAM (towards the end of the Homam. Coconuts will be filled with Ghee for “NEYYABHISHEKAM”) 
                                     
                                    Followed by AYYAPPA ABHISHEKAM AND POOJA. Apart from the now familiar format, we will also chant Aditya hrudayam in Sanskrit, Devaanaam Ayyappa-sthuthi and Ayyappa Aarati. 
                                     
                                    Pongal will be made separately and brought as Neivedyam. 
                                    Makara Sankranti lunch to follow. 
                                    2:00 p.m.: Mythology quiz (please see separate e-mails already sent out for details including registration information) 
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                        HTCT Board   
                        Sreeram Hariharan, Chief Priest 
                        Hindu Temple of Central Texas 
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