Atharvaved Mahayajnya at Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple

Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple hosted its annual Mahayajna on Sunday, April 26. This year, it was Atharvaved Mahayajnya for Health and Happiness. The Mahayajna was well attended by over 300 devotees from Greater Atlanta community. The Vedic Temple has been traditionally hosting this Mahayajnya every year since last 15+ years and people of many countries, including India, Nepal, Bhutan, Guyana, Trinidad and of course the USA, enthusiastically participate in it.

The Mahayajna was officiated by Vedic Temple Priest, Acharya Ved Shrami ji aided by Dr. Madhusudhan Chandora (Trustee, Vedic Temple), Sh. Vishrut Arya (Trustee, Vedic Temple). Dr. Devbala Ramanathan from Dropadi Jigyasu Ashram, Flushing New York was the guest speaker on the event.

The program started with Prabhat Pheri (morning procession) and Aum Flag hoisting. Once the Yajmans were seated, the Mahayajna started with Yajnyopaveet Ceremony, Havan Mantras followed by special Atharaved Mantra Offerings for health and happiness with some 51 simultaneous Havan Kunds under the grand tent on the grounds of the Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple.

Sh. Pratap Singh Chouhan (Patanjali Yogapeeth, Atlanta), Sh. Bhuvnesh Khosla (General Secretary, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America) were also present as guests of honor to participate in the Mahayajna.

After the Mahayajna, Shri Gangadhar Timilsina (General Secretary, Vedic Temple) welcomed all the guests. Vice President of Vedic Temple, Dr. Savitha Kootil gave an introduction to all the activities and services offered by Vedic Temple. A video interview of Acharya Vedshrami was showed and well appreciated by the audience.

Dr. Deen B Chandora (Founder & Trustee, Vedic Temple) addressed the audience with gratitude to Nepalese community present at the Mahayajna and offered temple’s premises and resources for use by Nepalese community. Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple was raising funds for their building project, but graciously decided to set aside a portion for the relief and rebuild work required in Nepal.

The chief guests, Sh. Pratap Singh Chouhan (Patanjali Yogapeeth Atlanta) and Sh. Bhuvnesh Khosla (General Secretary, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America) addressed the gathering with their gratitude and gave words of support for Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple. Shri Bhuvnesh Khosla invited the devotees to attend the Silver Jubilee Sammelan of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America, to be held in Houston from Jule 30 – Aug 2, 2015.

Mrs. Sunita Bagga and Shri Kulvir Singh presented the annual recognition awards to distinguished volunteers and youth of the Vedic Temple.

The Arya Yuvak Mandal presented melodious bhajans and Ved mantras recitations. The youth included Priyanka Menon, Devika Menon, Anushrav Arya, Shruti Mishra,Vedasrh Mishra, Sanskriti Mishra, Sudeep Giri, Suveer Giri and Havishkrit Arya amongst others.

Shri Dhirendra Sharma, President of Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple offered his vote of thanks to the attendees. The program concluded by observing a moment of silence for the victims died in Nepal Earthquake.

The features of the event included a Ved Prachar bookstall coordinated by Dr. Deen B. Chandora, which was well appreciated. TV Asia was also present to cover the event.