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Panguni Uthiram festival celebrated
The Shree Shanmukhananda Sabha recently celebrated the Panguni Uthiram festival at the Karthikswami temple in Parvati. Eleven types of Abhishekam and chanting of Subramanya Sahasranama in praise of Lord Karthikswami were conducted. In addition to this,there was a Deeparadhana performed at the temple in honour of Lord Karthikswami.

Festival of Shri Sithala Devi to be celebrated
The Utsav Committee will hold the annual festival of Shri Sithala Devi from April 26. The weeklong celebrations will include programmes like Kavadi Pooja,Shanmukha Archana,Ramanuja Jayanti,Andal Darshanam,Shri Shankara Jayanti,and a host of other poojas during the week. The celebrations will end with a chariot procession of the deity being taken out around May 3.

In addition to the various poojas,there will also be the distribution of prasad throughout the entire week-long festivities.

Pearls of wisdom
A new book on Guru Nanak,founder of the Sikh religion and first in a line of 10 immortal gurus has been compiled by Renuka Vishwanathan. Called Precious Gems of Wisdom,it describes how the enlightened prophet was not only a religious seer,but also a poet,a mystic and a social reformer. Guru Nanak vociferously advocated the principle of equality and brotherhood of mankind in a period of social rigidity.