Ganesh pooja by Oriya SamajThe Oriya Samaj is celebrating Ganesh pooja on September 13 with gaiety and Oriya fervour at Badminton Hall, Govt Polytechnics, University Road, Pune 16. The programme details are as follows : The pooja will take place from 10.30 am to 11.30 am, followed by drawing competition for children below 12. Then there will be an antakshari round followed by fancy dress round. At 1 pm the prizes will be distributed and lunch will be served at 1.30 pm. Contributions are Rs.150 per family and Rs.60 per individual. For further details contract Dr.D.N.Mishra at 367519 (before 8 am and after 6 pm)Janmashtmi celebratedSeems like spirituality is fast gaining ground. A few years back, Krishna Janmashtami used to hardly have a few hundred devotees celebrating the Lord's birth. But this year, the ISKCON temple at Tarapore Road had a few thousand people visiting the temple all day and night long. The arrangements made by ISKCON was also very efficient. The gates marked the entry and exit points. The magnificent celebrations included a skit "Bhakti Ki Prakashta" put up by the children of the Bhakti Prahlad School. This was followed by Bharatnatyam dance recital, known as "Dashavatar" which depicted all the ten incarnations of Lord Krishna. After that an enthralling drama "Krishna Sudama" which portrayed the loving relationship between the two. Besides this there was an arti and a puppet show.Some devotees even recreated Vrindavan complete with the Govardhan mountain and a stable holding a few cows. At several points books on mind control, life after death and so on were placed. To even a non devotee, the message was clear - The only way out of this stressful life was spiritualism.Musical eveningThe Karnatak Sangh, Pune, is organising a function to felicitate Padmavibhushan Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on Wednesday, September 8 at 6 pm at Manohar Mangal Karyalaya (off Karve Road). Upendra Bhat (disciple of Pt Bhimsen Joshi) will present Dasawani and Santwani.Science programme for studentsIn order to encourage students seeking admission to Science, the Science Popularisation Programme, was launched in January 1999 by the Physics Department of Pune University.On Saturday, September 4, a few selected students of Loyola Junior College were enlightened with the simple fundamentals of Physics with demonstration aids made out of scrap. Science teachers, Promidini Potdar, V Hari and N Nagesh accompanied the students. The lecture cum demonstration was delivered by Prof A W Joshi, Head of Physics Department. Similar programmes were organised for the students of Pune Vidyapeeth School and Modern High School.Adorning the LordsA silver mukut and kavacham, specially prepared at Chennai will adorn Lord Shri Maha Ganapati and Lord Rama Bhakta Anjaneyar respectively, on the auspicious day of Ganesh (Vinayaka) Chaturthi (Monday, September 13), in the evening at Shri Hari Hara Bhajana Samajam, 14 Rasta Peth near Apollo Theatre.Maha Ganapati Homam, pooja and Deepardhana will take place from 7 am to 8 am on Ganesh Chaturthi day. Shri Rukmani Kalyana Mahotsavam, Unchavrithi bhajan, Anjenya Mahotsavam has been slated on September 12, between 8 am and 12.30 pm. P K Subramanium and party will present a Sampradaya/Ashtapathi/Divyanama bhajan programme September 11 from 4.30 pm to 12.30 am and N.V. Raghavan and party will render a music concert from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, September 12 at the Samajam premises.
