prachAram – Riverside, CA, USA – Lakshminarayana Mandir – 5-10-2025

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:

Date/time – 5th october 2025

Venue – river side , CA, USA

Contact – Sri Ravi Narayanan swamy, +1 (724) 901-1969

prachAram efforts were carried out on 5th October at the SrI Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Riverside, CA, USA. The session was well-received, and the devotional atmosphere of the temple added depth and meaning to the prachAram activities, making the occasion spiritually enriching for all who participated.

Pictures – https://www.facebook.com/koyil.org/posts/pfbid02v5s2L7fFtrfa388UKPEPw74WVj98x8gKFfAHXMGeKWR4iskFbmc6YVCXNAc891vzl

adiyOngaL – https://koyil.org

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide