Sri Meenakshi Temple Celebrates Panguni Uthiram Festival on a Grand Scale
By Kamala Raghavan PEARLAND: Panguni Uthiram is celebrated at many temples throughout South India and the world. Devotees flock to many well-known temples such as Perur, Palani, Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore and Vadapalani Murugan temple, to name a few. The festival was celebrated in a grand manner at Sri Meenakshi Temple on Sunday, March 27. […]
Grand Mahasivarathri Celebrations at MTS
By M.K.Sriram & Anu Mahesh PEARLAND: It was a Grand Mahasivarathri Day celebration at Sri Meenakshi Temple on Monday, March 7. Devotees started streaming in soon after the doors opened in the morning and swelled to a large gathering when the puja started at twilight. The weather was beautiful and more than 1,000 devotees thronged […]
Hindu Youth Awards 2016
HOUSTON: The Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH), an organization that brings Houston Hindus together, is proud to announce the 6th Annual Hindu Youth Awards and Gala on April 9, at Sri Meenakshi Temple Society, Pearland, Texas. With HGH’s strong belief in promoting youth activities and involvement in our community, Hindu Youth awards set a milestone […]
Masi Magam Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By M.K.Sriram PEARLAND: Masi Magam, a special event for Lord Murugan was celebrated by Sri Meenakshi Temple on Feb 22. This auspicious day usually falls on the Magam nakshathra of the Tamil month Masa (Generally Feb 15 – March 15). This year’s event had more significance because it coincides with Maha Magam festival celebrated once […]
Sri Vasavi Agni Pravesam and Thai Sukravara Deepa Puja Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By M.K. Sriram & Seshagiti Pabbisetty PEARLAND: Sri Meenakshi Temple celebrated Sri Vasavi Agni Pravesam on Wednesday February 10, and Thai Sukravara Deepa puja on Friday, February 12, in a grand manner. Both pujas were celebrated with the participation of several ardent devotees and their families and friends. Vasavi Agni Pravesham: MTS is perhaps the […]
Thaipoosam Celebration at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Haripriya Sundar PEARLAND: What an auspicious day January 24, was. More than 700 devotees came together at the Sri Meenakshi Temple to celebrate Thai Poosam. What was especially auspicious about this date is that the celebration was held on the same day as the actual holy day. But first, a quick synopsis about what […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Celebrates Pongal Sankranthi and Anadal Kalyanam
By Nachal Sethuraman and Kamala Raghavan PEARLAND: The twin celebration of Pongal and Andal Kalyanam occurs at the end of Dhanur Masa (Marghazi) and this year the events were on the weekend of January 16 and 17. Sri Meenakshi Temple, celebrated the Pongal – Sankranthi festival on January, 16. Keeping alive the vibrant harvest festival […]
Magnificent, Majestic Mahakumbhabhishekam at Sri Meenakshi Temple
Dr P. Vaduganathan PEARLAND: ‘The Sri Meenakshi Temple Day’, as proclaimed by Mayor of Pearland Tom Reid, will forever be remembered by the 3000 people who were blessed to witness it on Sunday, November 29. They stood awe-inspired by the unique and simultaneous Mahakumbhabhishekam over five Kumbhas or the Vimanams of the Main temple. The […]
Grand Deepavali Bazaar 2015 Festivities at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Chitoor Ramachandran PEARLAND: Sri Meenakshi Temple looked extraordinarily vibrant starting from the daybreak on Saturday, October 18 with the morning Suprabhadam to welcome Sri Venkateswara and Sri Lakshmi to the beautiful dawn. The festive look of the temple with colorful lights, huge tents and filled parking lots were all indicative of a grand celebration. […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Celebrates the Navarathri Festival with Highlight of Suvasini Pooja
By Bhargavi Golla HOUSTON: Navaratri is a Hindu festival of nine nights dedicated to the worship of the goddess Shakti, as the emanating power, the essence and the creative manifestation of the Supreme Being. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or Dasera. It was the day on which evil was finally destroyed by good. During these nine nights, the mother […]
Festival Season Starts at Sri Meenakshi Temple
PEARLAND: As the summer ends and the fall season begins in September the season of Hindu festivals commences each year in full swing. Ganesh Chathurthi traditionally marks as one of the events that heralds the very early start of the thanksgiving in the year for the Indian community here in the United States, as early […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Annual Banquet Celebration
By Dr P. Vaduganathan PEARLAND: “Padmanjali”, the annual banquet at Sri Meenakshi Temple took place on Sunday May 31. It certainly touched everyone who attended, and the event will be long remembered. The décor (by Nalini Kannan) was awe inspiring with elephants greeting outside the Kalyana Mandapam, Goddess Lakshmi shining high in the stage on […]
Sri Meenakshi –Sundareswarar Thirukalyana Utsavam Concludes the Chittirai Mahotsavam
By Nachal Sethuraman PEARLAND: Chithirai Mahotsavam at Sri Meenakshi Temple came to a conclusion, with a grand finale of Meenakshi Thirukalyanam on Sunday, May 3. The Thirukalyanam is the celestial marriage ceremony of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Shiva. It was held at the Temple Kalyanamandapam, which included all details and rituals of a divine royal […]
Sri Meenakshi Pattabhishekam Highlights the Early Part of Chittirai Mahotsavam at MTS
By Vaduganathan and Chitoor Ramachandran PEARLAND: It was a divine sight to witness on Saturday April 25 as one of the traditions of Madurai Meenakshi temple of hundreds of years was followed right in Houston’s own Sri Meenakshi Temple Society (MTS). As a prelude, on the previous day (Friday) MTS devotees enthralled in the nostalgic […]
Ugadhi Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Padma Golla PEARLAND: Manmatha Nama Samvatsaram had a great start at Sri Meenakshi Temple. Despite the inclement weather, Ugadhi was celebrated by over 2000 people throughout the day. The day started with Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam attended by over 300 people. During the Alankaram Panchangam for the New Year was read by Priest Pavan Kumar […]
Sri Lakshmi Sannidhi Nirmana Prarambha Puja at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Dr P. Vaduganathan & G.N. Prasad PEARLAND: Sri Meenakshi Temple Society (MTS) is engaged in a major project called Main Temple Renovation Project (MTRP) which includes expansion of the Maha Mandapam of the main temple, Prakaram for all the three main Sannidhis and a new Maha Lakshmi sanctum with Vimanam and Prakaram. A key […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Vedic Heritage School Celebrates “VHS Day” by Students
By Mahesh Iyer PEARLAND: The two hundred plus (200+) students from Sri Meenakshi Temple’s Vedic Heritage School (VHS) woke up to a rainy and cold morning, on Sunday, March 1st, but that did not deter them from putting up their best, during a day reverberating with “Slokathon”, speech and group discussions. The younger students were […]
Mahashivarathri Celebration at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Chittoor Ramachandran PEARLAND: Hundreds of Hindu devotees assembled in the evening of the most auspicious Mahashivarathri ( February 17) to offer their respect to Sri Sundareswar, withstanding the chilly weather. Ardent Shiva devotees believe that opportunity to participate in the rituals and listening to the specific vedamanthrams on this day is a divine sanction. […]
“Thaipoosam” at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Ponni Sivaraman PEARLAND: Thaipoosam, the Hindu festival in honor of Lord Karthikeya (Muruga) was celebrated by with pomp and finesse on the Morning of February 8 at Sri Meenakshi Temple in Pearland, Texas. This festival celebrated to commemorate the occasion of Lord Karthikeya’s mother, Goddess Parvathi, giving her son the “Sakthi Vel” or the […]
The Month of Karthigai Rekindles the Light of Hope in the Devotees at MTS
By Chittoor K. Ramachandran PEARLAND: Maha Sathyanarayana Pooja (Dec 6) Worshipping Sriman Narayana (Sri Venkateswara) in Sathyanarayana pooja in an easily understandable format is a time honored tradition created for the families in several regions of India. Sri Meenakshi Temple conducts Sathyanarayana pooja at regular intervals throughout the year or on special request for those […]
