The Sapthaham is in the First Day of Parayanam Today, July 8th!
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Portions of the sapthaham will be webcast live - Please see details below; Register FREE here!

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Kerala Hindus of North America (KHNA) and Organization of Hindu Malayalees (OHM) of Los Angeles are pleased to invite you and your family for a Sapthaham Yagnam, a spiritual journey starting from 6:30 AM to 8:30 PM for seven consecutive days from July 7th to July 14, 2008 at Mithila Chinmaya Mission Center, Tustin, CA. We will have Bhagavatham Parayanam (discourse) with explanation in English for seven days, many additional special poojas and discourses conducted by eminent Acharyas from India.

This Sapthaham in Kilippattu is the first of its kind to be conducted in North America. It is intended to teach and emphasize the spiritual and moral values embedded in Bhagavatham to every devotee that participates. This Mahapurana Yajnam will be conducted by Yajna Acharya Sri Mannadi Hari from Thiruvananthapuram. The special poojas requested by the devotees will be conducted according to Kerala traditions by Pundit Sri Harihara Iyer from Palakkad. Sapthaham events are offered frequently in many temples in India, but staging an event of this magnitude in any country outside India is a challenge, and we are extremely fortunate to have this opportunity in the US. 

In addition, spiritual experts in the KHNA community and sapthaham attendees can take part in discussion forums conducted during the sapthaham. During the weekend (July 11-13), KHNA will also be conducting the Samgamam Family and Youth festival with several activities and competitions that women, youth and children can take part in.

• Registration and all meals during the sapthaham week are FREE
• A few local families may host traveling families on a first-come-first-served basis.
• A clean and inexpensive hotel is arranged at a 3-minutes walking distance from the Sapthaham venue (room rate ~ $40/day for two people; please contact us early for room reservations).
• Nearest Airports: SNA (Orange County Santa Ana - 15 min away), LGB (Long Beach; 30 min), LAX (45 min)

We are thrilled to inform you that thanks to the wish of Poojya Swamiji Ishwarananda of Chinmaya Mission, Mithila, we will be able to web-cast live video of portions of the sapthaham to all devotees who would like to see remotely and be part of this great experience. The current schedule is for evening activities to be web-cast live (starting at about 7 pm Pacific Time). The morning paarayanams (readings) during the important Saturday (Rugminee Swayamvaram) and Sunday (Kuchela Sathgathi) are also expected to be web-cast live. Please see Chinmaya Channel for the final schedule of web-cast times. The schedules may be changed during the week as well; so please check frequently. We request all of you to regoster using your email address as a login ID. KHNA thanks all volunteers at the Chinmaya Mission for making this happen for the devotees around the continent.