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We will celebrate Das Lakshan parva from September 19th, Tuesday to September 28th, Thursday and Kshamavani on Saturday, September 30th.
Please find below more detail about the activities that will take place during the festivals.
Events: All events will be held at SDJTVA (Jinalaya), 14901 Murdock St, Chantilly, VA – 20151.
See note below about abhishek at Rajdhani Temple.
| Event | Date | Time | |
| Morning (Daily) | September 19th, Tuesday to September 28th, Thursday | Starting 9:00AM | Abhishek, Shantidhara, Puja, and Aarti |
| Evening (Daily) | September 19th, Tuesday to September 28th, Thursday | Starting 7:00PM | Aarti and Swadhyay |
| Dhoop Khena | September 24th, Sunday | Starting 6:00PM | Dhupdashmi Katha followed by Aarti and Swadhyay |
| Pratikraman | September 28th, Thursday | Starting 6:00PM | Followed by Aarti and Swadhyay |
| Kshamavani Celebration | September 30th, Saturday | Starting 9:00AM | Puja followed by Lunch |
Bolis for Shantidhara and Abhishek Aarti: Signing up for the bolis will start on Friday, September 15th at 8:00 AM. There are two Shantidhara and Abhishek Aarti bolis – one for each chalit pratimajis. Please sign up on Shantidhara and Abhishek Aarti Boli and by making prompt payment at https://idjo.org/donate/. Payment will secure you for selected boli. No exception, to be fair to all. Please do not modify names on boli sheet.
Samagri and Setup: We need volunteers to prepare for the samagri, set up, and clean up. Please sign up at Voluneer List. If we don’t get at minimum three volunteers each day, we will update you on the night before, via temple WhatsApp group so you can prepare and bring your own samagri from home – this includes all pooja utensils, water, pooja samagri — all that you need to do puja and visarjan. Volunteers will need to arrive at temple at 8 AM.
Abhishek at Rajdhani Mandir: We will continue doing abhishek every day during Daslakshana at Rajdhani Temple at 8:30 AM. You can join morning activities that start 9 AM SDJTVA (Jinalay).
Kshamavani Celebration: We will meet for weekend puja, followed by lunch. If you wish to sponsor for the lunch, please let us know.
Scholar Visit: Pandit Abhinandanji will be in Virginia in late September/early October and plan to stay for few days. We will share more details as his plans are finalized.
General Donation: Please consider donating $151 per family during Daslakshana festival. https://idjo.org/donate/.
| Date | Tithi |
| Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | DasLakshana starts/Panchami |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | Shashthi |
| Thursday, September 21, 2023 | Shashtami |
| Friday, September 22, 2023 | Ashtami |
| Saturday, September 23, 2023 | Navami |
| Sunday, September 24, 2023 | Sugandh/Dhoop Dashmi |
| Monday, September 25, 2023 | Ekadashi |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | Dwadshi |
| Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Trayodashi |
| Thursday, September 28, 2023 | Anant Chatrudash/ Savantsari |
Communication: During the Daslakshana, we will send out updates via IDJO temple’s whatsapp group. You can join this group https://chat.whatsapp.com/H1j8D32TsYZEv8H1uiBEDi.
We are looking forward to everyone’s participation during the 10 days.
If you have any questions/concerns/feedback, please let us know.
Regards,
IDJO Team