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Hindu Temple of Rochester Hindu Temple of Rochester 120 Pinnacle Road, Pittsford, NY 14534-1008 http://www.hindutempleofrochester.com Telephone: (585) 427- 8091 Oct, Nov, Dec 2015 Newsletter #4 President’s Column! reduction, internet system has been installed for EXECUTIVE official business of the temple. Namaste! A Volunteer and teacher appreciation day was Dear Fellow Devotee: COUNCIL celebrated and efforts are continually being made to I bring to you this final 2015 quarterly newsletter with many reach out to volunteers for more volunteer President exciting stories and accomplishments which we have achieved engagement. together for betterment of our beloved temple and YOU, our Sanjay Mathur A nice garden has been setup by a young Temple devotees. 585-666-0608 volunteer adding to temple beautification. See picture The temple's financial year had a great start with the loan of garden and the volunteer in this newsletter. repayment of $316k in January. Thanks to the support of all the Vice President devotees, our temple is currently debt-free. From January As part of Temple’s broader reach to community, local Om P. Gupta through August our temple has received donations of $124k, media has been engaged to cover our events. and has expenses of approximately $97k. The year of 2015 has 585-385-1020 As you all are aware, BoTs proposed Phase IV was approved 316 members, which is a record. Our year began with the at the Special General Body Meeting. As a result, under the Secretary publication of calendar, completion of a Membership Satisfaction Survey, follow up on the feedback received, an direction of Board of trustees Shikhar committee, Kitchen Ramana Adibhatla extremely successful Akhand Ramayan Path with participation committee, Facility Improvement (internal and external) 585-329-3698 of a record 126 families. Both EC and BoT have defined and committee and recently established Library committee are adopted a process approach to address high priority working to design implementation plan for these important Treasurer improvement projects. projects. Also, I personally invite you to join us in support of our Chetna Chandrakala During the year-to-date, many important functions and pujas Temple and its operations on Saturday, Nov 21st for the 773- 704-8817 have been successfully completed. This includes Ram Navami, Annual Fundraiser dinner and on Sunday, November 22nd Holi, Prana Prathishtapana Mahotsava (PPM) Puja, Mandala for the AGBM members meeting. More details will follow Cultural Secretary Puja for Sri Krishna & Sri Durga Utsav Murthis, Guru Poornima soon. Kusuma Vulapalli Puja, Janmashtmi festival, and Sri Ganesha Chaturthi, to name a few. In coming months, you will participate in Mata Ki All of this has been achieved by EC and BoTs working 585-292-9907 together with the support from experienced, qualified and Chowki on October 17th, Karva Chauth on October 30th, Dusshera/Vijayadasami on Oct 22nd, Deepavali on Nov 11 to passionate volunteers from general membership. There are Communications name a few. These are in addition to various monthly too many names of the volunteers to mention and I thank Secretary Abhishekams, and Sunderkand pujas. them all as well our Pujariji, the people who substitute as Pujariji from time to time as well as the BoT. My special Aruna Bhargava We are also very thankful to our teachers and other volunteers who devote so much time in conducting various classes at the thanks to all EC members without whose support none of 585-586-2146 temple, help in various pujas and participate in Temple’s the above would have been possible. outreach program, like interfaith music festival. Our facility Educational Secretary and maintenance teams are continually working on preventive Respectfully Submitted, Jyothi Bhagavatula maintenance, fire prevention, elevator maintenance, managing of fire alarm systems, routine day-to-day activities. We are Sanjay Mathur (On behalf of Executive Council) 607-962-7764 thankful to their hard and dedicated work. Facilities Secretary During 2015, a few major initiatives were launched which Temple Hours include: Vinod Bajaj Health initiatives include offering of Yoga and meditation Day Time 585-442-2525 classes, celebration of World Yoga day, Meditation Guru Mon-Fri 9:00AM – 11:30AM Archna Didi’s meditation sessions, and health walk to 6:00PM – 8:30PM Past President promote a need for exercise and praying for many of our Sat & 9:00AM – 12:00PM long term devotes who have been suffering due to health Ashok Gupta related issues. Sun 4:30PM – 8:30PM 585-755-2420 The temple has switched from Quicken to Quick Books to Wed Closed except for special simplify the maintenance of member/donor data base occasions Priest and financial records. Also an efficient and user friendly Please check the web-site for details. credit card processing system has been implemented. L.V. Govind 585-427-8091 Compliance group have prepared a comprehensive, Compliance checklist which includes list of items which Weekly Learning Activities need to be complied with in the areas of Insurance Safety Bal Vihar Sundays 9:30AM & Maintenance, Governance / Compliance / Administrative, Employment, Financial/Accounting, Hindi Class Sundays 10:45AM Fund Collection, Bill Payments, Facility Booking & Usage Policies. Tamil Class Sundays 2:30PM The Standard Operating Procedures will ensure Mridangam Class Sundays 9:30AM adherence of the Compliance checklist. Dance Class Sundays 3:00PM Electronic Office work group has completed work on improving our telephone mail box system which you may Yoga Class Tuesdays 6:30PM have noticed. Also for efficiency and paperwork October 2015 Events Shree Venkateshwara and Sri Venkateshwara Abhishekam Oct 03, 2015 10:00 AM Padmavathi Abhishekam Sri Rama Parivar Utsava Murthi Punarvasu Star Oct 05, 2015 6:30 PM Abhishekam Sri Krishna Utsava Murthi Radha Krishna Abhishekam Oct 08, 2015 6:30 PM Abhishekam Sri Rudram Chanting Pradosham Oct 09, 2015 6:30 PM Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Sunderkand Paath Sunderkand Oct 10, 2015 10:00 AM Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) Devi Navarathri Begins Oct 13, 2015 6:30 PM Additional Details in flyer Garba Oct 16, 2015 8:00 PM Attached Flyer Sri Durga Mata Ki Chowki Oct 17, 2015 4:30 PM Additional Details in flyer Sri Murugan Abhishekam Oct 18, 2015 10:00 AM Sri Murugan Abhishekam Durgastami, Kanya Puja, Additional Durga Astami Oct 20, 2015 7:00 PM Details in flyer Saraswati Puja, Maha Navami, Saraswathi Puja Oct 21, 2015 7:00 PM Additional Details in flyer Devi Navarathri Ends Oct 22, 2015 6:00 PM Additional Details in flyer Shukla Ekadasi Oct 23, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Vishnu Murthi Abhishekam Sri Durga Abhishekam Oct 24, 2015 10:00 AM Sri Durga Utsava Murthi Abhishekam Pradosham 6:00 PM Sri Rudram Chanting Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Oct 25, 2015 10:00 AM Host Puja 4th Sunday Puja Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) Tula Poornima, Satyanarayana Tula Poornima Oct 26, 2015 6:30 PM Puja Sankata Hara Chaturthi Oct 30, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Ganesha Abhishekam Karvachauth 7:00 PM Attached Flyer Temple is closed : October 1, 7 & 28 2015 Please support the temple’s efforts in being eco-friendly by choosing paperless delivery of the newsletter. You can let us know your choice on the membership form or email at [email protected] November 2015 Events Nov 01, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Rama Parivar Murthi Punarvasu Star Abhishekam Sri Venkateshwara Abhishekam Nov 07, 2015 10:00 AM Shree Venkateshwara and Padmavathi Abhishekam Pradosham Nov 08, 2015 5:30 PM Sri Rudram Chanting Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Narakachaturdasi Nov 10, 2015 Deepavali Nov 11, 2015 6:30 PM Deepavali Radha Krishna Abhishekam Nov 12, 2015 6:30 PM Shri Radha Krishna Abhishekam Sunderkand 10:00 AM Sunderkand Paath Nov 14, 2015 Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) Deepavali Celebrations 5:30 PM Deepavali Celebrations. Please see attached flyer Sri Murugan Abhishekam Nov 15, 2015 10:00 AM Adi Pooram, Sri Murugan Abhishekam Skanda Shashti Nov 17, 2015 Nov 21, 2015 6:00 PM Sri Vishnu Murthi Abhishekam Shukla Ekadasi 6:00 PM Hindu Temple of Rochester Annual Annual Banquet Banquet. See Flyer 4th Sunday Puja Nov 22, 2015 10:00 AM Host Puja Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) AGBM 1:00 PM Hindu Temple of Rochester Annual General Body Meeting Tulsi Vivah 6:30 PM Tulsi Vivah Pradosham Nov 23, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Rudram Chanting Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Satyanarayana Puja, Karthika Poornima Nov 24, 2015 6:30 PM Deepam Temple Closed Nov 25, 2015 Temple will be closed Durga Abhishekam Nov 28, 2015 10:00 AM Sri Durga Abhishekam Sankata Hara Chaturthi 6:00 PM Sri Ganesha Abhishekam Temple is closed : November 4, 18 & 25 2015 December 2015 Events Shree Venkateshwara and Sri Venkateshwara Abhishekam Dec 05, 2015 10:00 AM Padmavathi Abhishekam Pradosham Dec 08, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Rudram Chanting Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Radha Krishna Abhishekam Dec 10, 2015 6:30 PM Shri Radha Krishna Abhishekam Sunderkand Dec 12, 2015 10:00 AM Sunderkand Paath Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) Sri Murugan Abhishekam Dec 20, 2015 10:00 AM Sri Murugan Abhishekam Shukla Ekadasi Dec 21, 2015 10:00 AM Vaikunta Ekadasi, Sri Vishnu Murthi Abhishekam Pradosham Dec 22, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Rudram Chanting Shiva Parvati Abhishekam, Bhajans, Bhog & Aarti Poornima Dec 24, 2015 6:30 PM Satyanarayana Puja Ardra Darsanam, Nataraja Ardra Darsanam Dec 25, 2015 10:00 AM Abhishekam Durga Abhishekam Dec 26, 2015 10:00 AM Durga Abhishekam Punarvasu Star 6:00 PM Sri Rama Parivar Murthi Abhishekam 4th Sunday Puja Dec 27, 2015 10:00 AM Host Puja Please contact for sponsorship: Kusuma Vulapalli (585-292-9907) Sankata Hara Chaturthi Dec 28, 2015 6:30 PM Sri Ganesha Abhishekam Temple is closed : December 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 2015 By Atal Bhargava OUR VOLUNTEER GURUS Sunetra Deore Rajashree Bhagwat Aruna Bhargava Suma Potini Radhika Ramesh Sandhya Nambiar Garba: Source: utsavpedia.com Kusuma Vulapalli Arti Talwar Garba is a dance form originated in Gujarat, performed during Manika Mohan Alka Phatak Navratri – a 9-day festival of Goddess Durga.
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