Second Day in Minneapolis

On this second day we had Mahaganapati and Navagraha Homam in the morning and Laksha Siva Panchakshara Japam in the evening at the Hindu Temple of Minnesota. All the devotees chanted Aum Namah Shivaya mantra 1008 times. It was a powerful experience and everyone didn't even realize that it took about one hour to finish the japa.

A nice sign near our hotel

Morning walk before going to temple

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First visit to the temple. The temple is very large and immaculate. Sri Murali Bhattar (with maroon shawl) is chief priest

Starting the Mahaganapati and Navagraha homa

The temple has an efficient hood system to take away the homa smoke

Evening Laksha Siva Panchakshara JapaM

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