Happy Janamasthmi to all my family and friends celebrating it today. Neelesh and I are busy setting up for our celebration tomorrow night, the house looks amazing, and prep for the offerings is all underway! Excited!

Alpa dwhara Hari

Bhole Nath! Hari Hara!!

Sri Sri Harihara

Sri Hasya Narasimha

Midnight Darshan

Most beautiful sight!

When the curtains opened! Candle lit aarti

Offerings: Buckwheat biriyani, salad, caramel cheesecake, lotus root chips, potato gauranga and mango lassi

Abhishek

Abhishek - i love this pic!

Abhishek

Abhishek

Ekadashi Offerings: Potato Gauranga

Ekadashi Offerings: Roast Veges (baby potatoes, kumera and yams)

Ekadashi Offerings: pumpkin soup

Ekadashi Offerings: Buckwheat biriyani with paneer and broccoli

Ekadashi Offerings: caramel cheesecake

Radha Asthami Alter & feast

Radha Asthami Alter & feast

Radha Asthami Alter & feast

Radha Asthami Alter & feast

Radha Asthami Alter & feast

Nrsimha Chaturdasi ki jayho

All settled into the new place
 

New temple all set up for Diwali.

New temple all set up for Diwali.
 

Abhishek and offerings of our first Janamastmi together

Abhishek and offerings of our first Janamastmi together

Abhishek and offerings of our first Janamastmi together
 

Our Alter for Balaram Jayanti, 2013

Our Alter for Balaram Jayanti, 2013

Our Alter for Balaram Jayanti, 2013

Tulsi Devi
Balaram Jayanti, 2013

Varuni for offering on Balaram Jayanti

Varuni for offering on Balaram Jayanti

Our offering this morning for Balaram Jayanti. Woke up and made Varuni (there's a first time for everything) then carried on with our offerings
 

Our new Lingam.
Shaligram is in the form of a lingam. The name given is Hari-Hara, it is the combined form of both Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) OR Shankaranarayana (Shankara -Shiva, and Narayana -Vishnu).
 
 

Abhishek of our Lakshmi Narasimha

Abhishek of our Lakshmi Narasimha

Fruits for the offerings

Keer (sweet rice) for offering

Our temple x

Jai Sri Nrsingadev

All glories to Hasya Narasima, all glories to Laxmi Nrsimha, all glories to Alpa dwhara Hari.

Ram Navami altar

A muslim friend at work gave me the gift of this Salagram after he saw me looking on-line at some on my phone. He told me he had one of them at home that someone gave him, and after some discussion and his realizing what it was he offered to give it to me.  I took upanayanam samskara at the age of 9 but haven't been wearing my thread, still according to a friend as a dwija I can try to look after Him.

Here are some pictures we took of us welcoming Him to our home yesterday.
 
 

Setting up for the cleansing and welcoming

Setting up for the cleansing

Mr. Desai setting up for the cleansing

The rest of the family, looking on giving their blessings

Looking on, giving their blessings

Shiv Ji looking on

Sri Sri Laxmi Narasimha saligram

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with Milk

Abhishek with Milk

Abhishek with Milk

Abhishek with yoghurt

Abhishek with yoghurt

Abhishek with yoghurt

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with ghee

Abhishek with ghee

Abhishek with ghee

Abhishek with water

Abhishek with honey

Abhishek with honey

Abhishek with honey

Abhishek with sugar water

Abhishek with sugar water

Concentrating

Doing Abhishek

All done, ready for Aarti

Our temple

Getting ready after Abhishek

waiting on His asana

Getting ready after Abhishek

Getting ready after Abhishek

All pretty

All pretty

All pretty

Offering

Offering

Temple

Temple

Prasadam anyone?

Prasadam anyone? Feast for the lord, started at 9pm... finished at about 12am.
Right-to-Left: Paneers & Peas, Rice, Raaita, Mango laasi, Dates, Mango sweet rice and Suji ladoo in the middle.

Suji Ladoos - yum!

Paneer and peas
 

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