| Rangaraj Gudibabda Sampath KumarExperience: Has 9 plus years experience as a priest and can speak Telugu, Kannada Tamil, English and Hindi. He has completed Pancharathra Pravara and Pancharathra Praveena from Jalakanteshwara samskrutha vedagama maha patashala, Bangalore, India. Experiences in performing religious ceremonies (Rituals): Performs Baba Aartis, Abhishekam, Guru Paduka pooja, Asthotharam, Nithya pooja, including morning prayers in sanskrit and daily worship to the Baba , recitation in the temple traditions. Special occasion poojas, Vishvathsena Aradana, Ganesha pooja, Ganapathi homam, Navagraha Homa, Sri Suktha, Sudharshana Homam, Ekadasa Rudra Abhisekha,Kalyanathsavam, Sri Sathya Narayana pooja, Kumbabhishekam, Gruhapravesham, Namakarnam, Annaprashna, Chowla(hair offering) , Upanayana, marrige ceremony, Srimantha, Mruthyunjaya Homam, 60th and 80th Shanthi, Pavithratsova, Brahmarathotsava, Asthothrakalasabhishekha, Sankya Shastra (akshayapati, similar to astrology) other special and religious ceremonies etc. |
| Sri. Raghavendra KanthavaraExperience: Sri. Raghavendra Kanthavara, fondly referred to as Sri. Raghu is an assistant madhwa priest at our temple. He has over 25 years of experience and extensive knowledge in the preparation of religious Naivedhyams and Prasadams as per the Madhwa Sampradayam. He had earlier worked at the Pejawar Mutt, India in a similar capacity. As an assistant priest, he assists the priests in chanting mantras, preparation for the baba aartis four times a day. He prepares the daily nivedyam and offers it to Baba and later distributes it to the devotees as a prasadam. He assists the main priest in performing in the daily pooja’s like Abhishekam, Guru Paduka pooja, Ashtothram, and special events like Sri Rama navami, Guru Poornima, Vijaya Dashimi, Ganesh Chaturthi and Monthly Satyanarayana Vratham and Hanuman poojas. |