Dear friends,
I recently attended the 100th year celebration of the Vedanta Society of Portland. It was a wonderful event but, unfortunately, someone there had Influenza A, which spread to quite a few attendees. I am one of them. It is highly unlikely that I will be recovered enough to do all the preliminary set up as well as perform the worship by Saturday. On top of that I am also trying to rehab a leg/hip injury that is making it impossible for me to sit cross legged for any length of time, let alone hours.
For these reasons I have made the difficult choice to cancel Durga Puja at Ridgely this year. I have chosen instead to focus on being ready for Kali Puja on Nov. 8.
Jai Ma,
Gitaprana