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Dallas Celebration of Dhanurma:sa vratham and Go:da: Kalya:nam (14th Jan 2008)

Reported by: Sri:ma:n Ba:laji Ra:ma:nuja da:sa, Dallas, US

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This is actually happened with plano vishnu sahasranama group. Dhanurmasa vratam was celbrated all 30 days daily at 6:00A.M. Each day at one devotees place and at the end kalyanam celebrated in Sriman Anantha padmanabhan (Priest's) house.
Every day Sri Krishnaswami gave the speech about the paasuram. For kalyanam lot of devotees turned up and many people doesn't have any place to sit. But still devotees are immersed in watching perumal & goda and didn't feel any pain in standing 3 hrs. It was a wonderful experiance for everybody.
kalyanam started at 9A.M and ended at 12:30P.M.. Many devotees sang lot of mangala slokas for piratti & perumal. One devotee performed dance for varanamayiram for perumal.