Source: TV Asia Bureau
Patotsav is held at Manav Seva Mandir every year in Chicago area. It was the 24th annual celebration of Patotsav which is a re-consecration ceremony, re-Invoking Paramatma. The temple remained filled to its capacity with devotees. Patotsav is a festival that celebrates the birthday of a mandir and its murti’s. The completion of a temple doesn’t signify its birthday, it’s the day of the murti pratishta which is celebrated.
Manav Seva Mandir focuses on Hindu worship, develop a congregational sense of responsibility to the extended community and create an atmosphere of oneness for all the community members, with God’s blessing. One major goal of the Mandir management is to spread this knowledge into the younger generation and maintain the cultural and religious tradition of the mother country and Hinduism.
During the fair, lectures are also arranged on the subjects of diabetes and cancer. As a follow up for patients requiring further treatment, the temple provides free clinic facility.
