Daily Arathi Timings :
Morning (Kakad Aarati) - 9:00 am Night (Sej Aarati) - Mon, Tue,Wed, Fri,Sun- 6.30 pm
Thursday 7.30 pm- Saturday - 7.00 pm
Noon (Madhyan Aarati) - 12:00 noon
Evening (Dhoop Aarati) - 5:30 pm
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shirdi sai baba temple pittsburgh, pa
Temple Timings:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun - 9 am to 7 pm ;
Thursday 8.30pm / Saturday - 9 am to 7:30 pm
1 pm - 5 pm - Temple is open for DARSHAN
Sri Maha Siva Ratri Celebration
Thursday Feb 20th - Saturday 22nd, 2020
Prasadam - Panchamukha Rudraksha from KASI
Thursday - Magha Krishna Trayodasi - PRADOSHAM
Friday - MAHA SIVARATRI
Saturday - Shanthi Kalyanam
MAHA SIVARATRI
Annadanam - Feeding the Poor
For the last thirty years, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Pittsburgh, has been conducting annadanam in India and in the U.S.A. Packed lunches are made and distributed to local soup kitchens in the USA. The Temple has supplied tens of thousands of free meals each year to the needy. This year, the Temple hopes to supply 50,000 free meals in rural India. These are delicious, nutritious meals provided to local villagers, many of whom are elderly, young, or otherwise unable to always procure enough food. A typical meal consists of a large helping of rice, dahl, a vegetable dish, and a sweet. Everyone is served until they are satisfied! We kindly ask your donation of any amount to help the needy (Click links below to sponsor).
COW IS THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER - (GAAVAH VISWASSYA MAATARAH)
Gava Mangeshu tishnti bhuvanani chaturdasa all the
14 worlds reside in Cow(Sruti - Vedam).
Cow is the chief source of nourishment of every being.
MAHA SIVARATRI: Sivaratri is observed every month on the fourteenth night of the dark half, for the Moon which is the presiding deity of the human mind, has only one more night to be a non-entity, with no influence on the agitations of the Mind. In the month of Magha, the fourteenth night is named Maha (great) Sivaratri. It is sacred for it is the Day on which Siva is revered as the Form which is to be adored for the acquisition of Jnana or Wisdom. “Jnana Maheshwaraad Ichaad” as advised by the Vedas. Contemplate this day and this night on the Atma Linga, the Jyoti Linga, the symbol of Supreme Light of Wisdom, and be convinced that Siva is in every one of us. Let that vision illuminate our inner conscious- ness. Siva is the embodiment of Ananda, hence Thandava Dance, which he enjoys with the Cosmos as his stage.
Iswara is symbolized in the Linga Form. Linga is derived from the Sanskrit root, Li means Leeyathe (merge). It is the Form in which all forms merge. Siva is the God who blesses beings with most desirable gift of mixing in the Universe. Realize God in you first, then if you involve yourself with material world, no harm can come to you, for you will recognize the objective world as but the Body of God. Reaching him is the inescapable task of man.
Siva means Graciousness, Auspiciousness and Mangalam. Siva is adored as the Teacher of Teachers Dakshinamurti. The Form of Siva in itself is a great lesson of Tolerance and Forbear- ance. The Halahala poison is held by Him in His throat, and the beneficient Moon is worn on His Head.
Paramatma is described as ‘Trayambaka’ because He has Power of Volition (Itcha Sakti), Power of Action (Kriya Sakti) and Power of Knowledge or Wisdom (Jnana Sakti). Similarly, one who bears Sun, Moon and Fire is Trayambaka. By propitiating such Paramatma one reaches one’s goal. The progress is from Body Consciousness (Devatma Bhava) to Life Consciousness (Jeevatma Bhava) and then to Divine Consciousness (Paramatma Thathwa). The symphony of feeling, tuneful melody, and marking of time (Bhava, Raga and Tala) is Bharata. That is gathering together. the Power of Volition, Action and Wisdom. Mahasivaratri is dedicated to the disintegration of aberratious Mind by dedicating oneself to Siva the Conqueror of Desires.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - FEBRUARY 2020
Samvatsaram: Sri Vikari / Uttarâyanam
Mâsam: Magham till Feb 23rd / Phalgunam; Rutuvu: Sisira
Feb 2 Sun Magha Sukla a Astami Mâsa Durgâshtami
Krittika Nakshatra homam
Oil Lemon lamps (2)
10.30 am Durga Homam
Krittika Deepam: The lamps are also lit for a happy married life and for the well being of children in the family.
Feb 5 Wed Magha Sukla Ekadasi - Bhishma Ekadasi
10.00 am Vishnu Sahasrnama Homam
11.00 am Sri Sai Satyanarayana Vratam
Feb 6 Thu Magha Sukla Trayodasi - Pradosham
11.00am Sai Rudra Homam
10.30am Ekavara Rudra Abhishekam
Siva Archana
Feb 8 Sat Maghi Poornima - Maha Maghi
Full Day Sponsorship
9.30 am Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Abhishekam
10.30 am Sri Sai Maha Lakshmi Homam
11.00 am Sri Sai Satyanarayana Vratam
Sri Sai Archana $11 / Sahasranamam
Flower Service $36 / 7.00pm Jyoti Arati
Feb 11 Tue Magha Krishna (Dwijapriya Sankatahara) Chaturdasi -
09.30 am Ganapathi Abhishekam
10.00 am Ganapathi Homam
06:30 pm “GA” kara Sahasram
08.00 pm Jyoti Arati
Feb 13 Thu Kumbha Sankramanam
5pm Veda patanam
Feb 18 Tue Magha Krishna (Vijaya) Ekadasi
10.00 am Vishnu Sahasrnama Homam
11.00 am Sri Sai Satyanarayana Vratam
Feb 20 Thu Magha Krishna Trayodasi Pradosham
10.30am Ekavara Rudra Abhishekam
Siva Archana
Feb 21 Fri Magha Krisha Chaturdasi - Maha Sivaratri
10.00 am 360 Rudra Abhishekam
11.00 am Bilva Archana
Feb 23 Sun Magha Amavasya
8.00am Deva Rishi Pitru tarpanam
Feb 24 Mon Phalgunam
Feb 29 Sat Phalguna Sukla (Masa Skanda) Shasthi
09.30 am Subrahmanya Abhishekam Subrahmanya Archana