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Three Day Annual Vasanthotsavam in Sri Kalyana Venkesteswara Swamy Temple Concludes
On the concluding day of the three-day Vasanthotsavam, Temple Priests performing a simultaneous Snapana Thirumanjanam to the processional deities of Lord Malayappaswamy along with His consorts Sri Devi and Bhudevi, Sri Rama, Sri Lakshmana, Seetha and Sri Krishna and Rukmini at the premises of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupati on saturday.
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Annual Abhideyaka Abhishekam (Jyestabhishekam)
The Annual Abhideyaka Abhishekam (Jyestabhishekam) will be conducted in Sri Vari Temple for three days from June 6 to June 8, 2009.
In view of this utsavam in Sri Vari Temple, Arjitha Sevas such as Kalyanotsavam, Unjal Seva in Ayna Mahal, Brahmotsavam, and Vasanthotsavam are cancelled on June 8. However, except Vasanthotsavam, all other arjitha sevas will be performed as usual on June 6 and June 7. The devotees who intended to participate in Abhideyaka Abhishekam have to pay Rs. 2000/- and for each ticket only five persons will be permitted.
Special programmes such as Visesha Vajra Kavacha samarpana and Vajrangi Utsavam on First day, Muttangi Samarpana and Muttangi Utsavam on second day and Abhideyaka Kavacha samarpana and utsavam on the concluding day will be performed to the utsava deities. Special nadaswaram will be arranged at Sri Vari Temple by Sri M.K.S.Siva and Sri M.K.S.Natarajan by special Nadaswaram Vidwans of Chennai during the programme.
ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs, TIRUPATI
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Mexico, US, Canada announce swine flu deaths
CHICAGO - Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world's largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to produce a swine flu vaccine.
The World Health Organization says at least 46 countries have confirmed more than 12,950 swine flu cases. The Mexican death toll now stands at 83, and Canada's is two. The U.S. death is the 12th in the country.
The tiny nation of Bahrain reported Tuesday that a 20-year-old student had come down with mild swine flu _ the first case in a citizen of a Gulf Arab country. Kuwait, another Gulf nation, reported Sunday that 18 U.S. soldiers who passed through were infected with swine flu but had recovered and left the country.
Puerto Rico and the Czech Republic both reported their cases on Monday.
Sanofi Pasteur said Monday it has won a $190 million order from the United States government to make a swine flu vaccine. Sanofi Pasteur, which operates flu vaccine production plants at Swiftwater, Pa., and in Val de Reuil, in France, said it could begin commercial production in June.
Mexico unveiled a $90 million campaign aimed at luring back tourists to the country where the illness has hit hardest. Tourism is Mexico's third-largest source of legal foreign income, but worries over swine flu have sent hotel occupancy rates to a record low.
In the U.S., federal health authorities have confirmed 6,700 swine flu cases, most of them mild. But New York health officials reported another death during the weekend. And Dr. Damon Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said a resident of the Chicago area had died.
Canadian officials said Monday that a Toronto man who had swine flu but also suffered a chronic medical condition died Saturday.
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