Since Monday is dedicated to Shiva, the Pradosha falling on Monday is referred as Soma Pradosham and is considered highly auspicious. Pradosha falling on Saturday (Shani Pradosham) during the waning phase of moon is also auspicious. It is believed that all the Devas & Gods are assembled in the Shiva temples during Pradosham time.

Pradosham days in the year 2024 are :

Special Pooja and Abhishekam is performed to Lord Shiva on all Pradosham days at 6.30 pm

Full Pooja with Abhishekam - $151.00
Pradosha Pooja & Archana - $31.00
Ubhayam Seva - $300.00 (see details below)

To commemorate our tenth year as a religious establishment, we have taken a humble step forward to adopt a socio-religious approach to extend our efforts to facilitate a healthy and firm community bonding by indulging new comers to Canada and devotees to SVBF to participate with a sense of importance by introducing the “Ubhayam system” for the monthly religious events.

An Ubhayam is an undertaking of a particular cause to support an organization in its efforts to operate. This approach is commonly adopted in south india, especially in temples. It is normally undertaken by a group of people or a family on a special day such as birthdays or wedding anniversaries. It is also a form of approach to sponsor a particular event to support temples to uphold our religious traditions. 

Every ubhayam will be charged at $301/- for abhishegam, vasthram and garland for the respective deities. The collected payment will be for the following year (2023). New immigrants or new comers to SVBF will have a consession for the first year. The main ubhayakars will receive a cash back of $150/- to express our gratitude to them for supporting our temple in our efforts to serve our community.

To motivate devotees and starters, we have put in place a payment scheme that will encourage devotees and new comers to Canada to play an important role as stake holders at SVBF regardless of their financial commitments. Every ubhayakar will be given a hundiyal into which they can drop a loonie every day which will be returned one month before their next ubhayam. The hundiyals will be made with a recycling approach by our volunteers.

Apart from facilitating a healthy and firm community bonding within the indian community, the approach of carrying out events annually with the support of ubhayakarars, ensures that prayers are being performed diligently on important days such as Sathurthi, Sashti, Ekadhasi Pradhosham, etc with the participation and support of devotees. Financially, it also ensures a fixed source of income to the temple with the support of Ubhayams every year.

Since, as a community each one of us have a responsibility to pave the path of spirituality for new comers & future generations, an ubhayam will give devotees to participate with a sense of importance for socioreligious enhancement to sustain one’s self respect intact with the help of our traditional values.

For More details on the Ubhayam System and to sponsor please contact Parasuram Venkatesh at 647-542-2714 or Email
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A very powerful mantra of Lord Shiva is the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra and its meaning

Om Tryamlakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pustivardhanam
Urva rukamiva Bandhanan
Mrtyor muksheeya Ma amritat

Om. We worship The Three-Eyed Lord Shiva who is fragrant and who increasingly nourishes the devotees.

By worshipping him may we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality just as the ripe cucumber easily separates itself from the binding stalk.