It is that time of the year when Vedic and Cultural Centre of Australia (VCCA) conducts their regular annual program. As per VCCA’s annual schedule for the fifth year in a row the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Lakshaarchana was held on 24 September at Quakers Hill Community Centre, Quakers Hill, NSW.
Saturdays of Bhadrapada month (Purattasi Sanivaram) are of special significance for Lord Mahaavishnu and Mahaalakshmi and this event was perfectly aligned to mark the significance. The event was well attended with over 200 people participating in the chanting of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamavali and Sri Mahaalakshmi Sahasranamavalli.
As always, volunteers of VCCA greatly helped and supported the event starting from opening of the hall doors at 2pm to the closing of the halls around 9pm, including decoration of the stage and preparation for the puja.
The afternoon program began as per custom with the Vigneshwara Puja, followed by the Maha Sankalpam and Poorvaanga Upachara Puja. This was followed with Vedic chanting by Rithviks covering Purusha Suktham, Narayana Suktham and Sri Suktham. The main part of the program, the Sri Vishnu Sahasranamaavali was performed in 2 batches with 60 devotees. This was followed by the Sri Krishnaashtakam Shloka recital by Bala Samskara Kendra VHP Australia Sanskrit School children.
The second part of the program was the reciting of the Sri Mahaalakshmi Sahasranaamaavali by 50 women performing the Kunkuma Archana. All the participants were provided with copies of the scripture to be able to chant with the priests.
The Puja was concluded after rendering of a few Carnatic classic songs by some participants, Dhoopam, Deepam, Naivedyam and MangalaHaarathi. The evening program was performed and conducted under the able leadership and guidance of Shri Venkatraman, a freelance priest.
A sumptuous dinner in the form of “prasadam” provided by volunteers was served after the conclusion of the Puja to all the attendees, bringing the curtain down on the program.
The program could not have been a success without the support and assistance of all the volunteers, sponsors and devotees and VCCA would like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for their valuable contribution.
The next event of VCCA will be the Shri Mahaa Rudram on 10, 11, 12 and 13 November at Shri Shiv Mandir, Minto. Visit website www.vcca.org.au for program details of all the activities.
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