Source: www.murugantemple.org
LANHAM, MD, USA, July 18, 2009: Coinciding with festivals in Nallur, a two day festival honoring Lord Murugan at the Murugan Temple of North America will happen on August 7th (Friday) and 8th (Saturday).
The festival will have a holy chariot for the Deity — a ratham — modeled after Nallur’s. The festival will commence with a Ganapathi Homam and Abeshekam at 8.00 am, and the ratham festival will happen on Saturday. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, will preside over the festival.