Nilachakra

Gaja Laxmi Puja & Kumar Purnima

Jaya Jagannath,

Respected Devotees, with this grand festive season over... let us all swing back to our primary objective. Completion of Sri Jagannath Temple. On behalf of Sri Jagannath Temple, we request you all to please come forward and join the team of volunteers. We have many things to do. we request all great shoulders and sharps brains to join us complete the following tasks.

Recalling the To Do check list :
1. First of all to identify Involve veterans, retired people who had been pioneers during their times in any end to end venture of similar temple constructions elsewhere. To be navigated with their experience learnt guidance and tips.

2. A team of volunteers to strategize and plan out for a massive door to door campaigning for donations, Monthly collection plans from salaried devotees, Hundi box and Receipt Book Management, coordinate and administer the revenue. To be optimum transparent in our accounts. On a monthly basis let us show our monthly revenue generation and expenditure detailed to each and every expense. Thus we can quarantine any rumors floating in air.

3. Even to identifying rich celebrities and business tycoons and schedule meetings with them to request for major contributions.

4. To do the necessitate for a Debit Card / Credit card Swipe machine for temple donation desk. Bank has assured to provide it free of cost, only few formalities are left.

5. To have Photo ID cards from Sri Jagannath Temple trust ( similar to any corporate ID card Signed by President, sealed by trust, Laminated, probably tagged too ) for all associated Trustees, Sevayats, Volunteers and other front runner active members. This will help people identifying and recognizing temple officials and thus things will be more systematic and processed during our major annual events, week end activities, occasional celebrations and even more authentic and trust worthy during door to door donation drive. To restart a massive door to door collection.

6. One set of volunteers to take care of inter and intra community campaigning for Sri Jagannath Culture in the society so that people from across the society can be devotionally attracted towards Sri Jagannath culture. This group should plan for cultural campaign thru internet, news letter mails, smart SMSs, leaflets, hoardings, banners, wallpapers etc. Audience being mass of devotees, donors in the society and community.

7. One set of volunteers to initiate a small scale library inside the temple and preserving antique Spiritual Books, articles, materials, artifacts and notes related to Sri Jagannath Culture.

Respected devotees, we have no time to delay, no excuse, no wander. It is time to Focus and concentrate on this primary task. Let us come together and start with a spark. Jaya Jagannath.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

Kumar Purnima & Gaja Laxmi Puja : Kumar Purnima and Gaja Laxmi Puja falls on the Coming Saturday, 3rd of October.

Kumar Purnima is the day of great pleasure, ecstasy and enjoyment for unmarried girls. On this full moon day of Aswina Purnima maiden girls worship Janha Mamu (the Moon God) and pray to be blessed with a handsome husband. An age old traditional game called ‘Puchi’ is also played on this day. On this auspicious day, Indra Puja is also performed in some places in Orissa.

Gajalakshmi Puja  : Gajalakshmi is one of the most significant aspects of goddess Lakshmi. Goddess is depicted seated in Padmasana yogic posture With four arms on a full-bloomed lotus, flanked on both side by an elephant (gaja). Goddess Laxmi carries a lotus in the upper pair of arms and the lower hands are generally shown in abhya and Varada mudra. The elephants flanking her are shown as pouring water from their trunk over the goddess. This aspect like most other aspects of Lakshmi is representative of prosperity, good luck, and abundance.

Team Nilachakra wishes all a wealthy flourishing affluent Gajalaxmi puja on Kumar Purnima. Jaya Jagannath.

Regards
Team Nilachakra