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Satsang Sandesh India Temple Association, Inc. Hindu Temple, 25 E. Taunton Ave, Berlin, NJ 08009 SOUTH JERSEY ♦ DELAWARE ♦ PENNSYLVANIA (Non-Profit Tax Exempt Organization, Tax ID # 22-2192491) Vol. 56 No. 1 Phone: (855) MYMANDIR (855-696-2634) www.indiatemple.org APRIL 2015 Religious Calendar From Me to You April 4 Saturday Pranams! Hanuman Jayanti Here is something for us to ponder upon: In the Bhagvad Gita, Lord Krishna calls Apr 14 Tuesday Arjuna a hypocrite and a coward because of his refusal to fight with his Tamil New Year friends and relatives pleading that non-resistance was the highest ideal of love. April 15 Wednesday One can infer that the two extremes are alike in any given situation. Varuthani Ekadashi / Shri Vallabhacharya Jayanti When the vibrations of light are too slow, we do not see them, nor do we see April 18 Saturday them when they are too rapid. So it is with sound; we do not hear it when the Chetichand celebration pitch is too low or very high. Same is true for resistance and non-resistance. April 19 Sunday Shri Vallabhacharya Buddha gave up his throne and all the associated perks, that was true renuncia- celebration tion; but do we even talk about renunciation in the case of a beggar who has noth- April 20 Monday ing to renounce? Hence we must always be prudent and cautious about what we Shri Parashuran jayan- really mean when we speak of this non-resistance and ideal love. It is most im- thi portant to know whether we have the power of resistance or not. Then, having the April 21 Tuesday power, if we renounce it and do not resist, we are doing a grand act of love; but if Akha Trij/Akshya Tritiya we cannot resist and yet, try to deceive ourselves into the belief that we are actu- April 23 Thursday ated by motives of the highest love, we are doing the exact opposite and fooling Shri Aadya Shank- ourselves and the world. racharya and Shri Ra- manujacharya Activity always means resistance. Resist all evils, mental and physical; and when April 29 Wednessday one has succeeded in resisting, calmness will result ending ultimately in self- Mohini Ekadashi surrender. Let us strive to be true Karma Yogis and do our bit for our beloved Monthly Activities Mandir in whatever shape, form, and capacity that we are endowed with. Kshama Raghuveer 707-332- Yours, 3400 Ramesh Viswanathan April 3, Friday Vishnu Sahasranama Special Prayers Parayanam @ 8 pm ITA has a program whereby you can have prayers performed on your behalf every year on a April 4, Saturday special day in your life by pledging $301. Also, at your request, Shri. Bhupendra Shuklaji will Shri Satyanarayan perform a special puja on your behalf, or the regular temple puja performed on the designated Pooja 3:30pm day will be dedicated in your name. Below are the donors for this month. April 18, Saturday Babaria Ashok Apr 02 Brunt Arpana & David Apr 19 Sunderkand Path 10am Gujrathi Urmila Apr 02 Desai Shailendra Apr 19 Monthly Bhajans Bhatt Narendra Apr 03 Patel Arny & Deepal Apr 20 April 17, Friday 8-9pm Gandhi Kevin Apr 03 Choksi Yogendra B. Apr 22 Sheth Surendra Apr 04 Jain Nimisha & Rajen Apr 22 Satya Sai Baba of Med- Patel Savitaben Apr 06 Khurana Samir Apr 22 ford Pandya Dipti Apr 08 Dube Neal Apr 23 P.K. Prabhakar 856-596-3147 Shah Upen Apr 12 Rao Ramachandra Apr 25 Sesha Vemuri 856-751-0867 Patel Vaishali Apr 13 Kothari Hansa H. Apr 28 Vasa Siddhi Apr 15 Condolences Ghanshyam (Ghanu) Dave's mother Jasodaben Kundanlal Dave at age 87 years passed away in Anand, India on March 23rd 2015. She is survived by 2 sons, 2 daughters, 8 Grandchildren and 7 Great-Grand Children. ITA and its board extend their sincere condolences to their family. Hindu Senior Citizens of South Jersey April 2015 Meeting Announcement; Venue – ICC Please visit our website www.Hinduseniors.com for more information Thursday, April 9 & Thursday April 23 6:30 pm Tea/coffee with snacks, aartii 7:00 pm Meeting starts 7:30 to 8:30 Seminar 8:30 pm Meeting ends Thursday April 9 - SAFETY SEMINAR The Evesham Police department will be conducting a safety seminar on a how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft or a victim of a telephone or email scam. They will help attendees identify those areas where many victims have fallen prey in the past. They will go over what information to keep private and those ways to ensure your information is not stolen. All too often their officers respond to reports of scams where the victim will never be able to recoup the money they lost in the scam. Let’s not become another victim. Let’s learn how to protect ourselves and spread the word to our friends and family. Please join the officers in getting the message out. The seminar will be conducted by Lt. Ron Ritter and Officer Mike Trampe of the Evesham Police department. Thursday April 23 – How to Take Good Photographs Seminar Photography is an art and is definitely more than spressing our camera trigger. Important elements that determine a dynamic picture is the key of this seminar. Spring is upon us and Nature’s beauty, our loved ones, various sites during our travels are going to be the objects of our photogaphy. We take many pictures but capturing them in a manner that brings out the very best in the them is a skill which we can acquire with proper facts and information. A professional photographer will share the key elements and will share some of his best pictures taken in different settings. The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Devkumar Gupta who was an MD-anesthesiologist ane who after retire- ment re-invented himself by becoming a full time student in the world famous Hallmark Institute of Photography for a year and become a professional photographer par excellence. He will share valuable tips for taking good photographs, our life-long memories. S. Gambhir, President HSCSJ ***************************************************************************** Senior Social Group ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ Senior Social Group(SSG) will meet every Tuesday at 1pm in the Social Hall at Berlin Temple. Please contact Mr. Bhulabhai Bhaktaji at 8569830769 for details. ***************************************************************************** Monthly Pujas at Mandir It is a pleasure to perform Satyanarayan puja on Saturday April 4 at 3:30pm and read Sunderkand Path on Saturday April 18, at 10 am at our Temple with family and friends. We invite you to join us and perform Satyanarayan puja every Purnima day with family and friends and receive the blessings of Almighty God. Donations are welcome. Suggested donation is $ 31. It is followed by Mahaprasad generously sponsored by Indian Villa. Please join us for Sunderkand Path held on third Saturday of every month. Mahaprasad generously sponsored by Gagan Palace. Jai Krishna, Kshama Balvihar by Sriram Kiron OUR BALVIHAR SESSION OF FEBRUARY 22, 2015 We celebrated “Shivaratri” in our balvihar session of February 22, 2015. Shree Sudhir ji, one of our Berlin Temple Priests, came to help us perform Shiv puja. We were all given a puja thaali which had haldi, kumkum, flower petals, an apple for offering, yellow rice, water, betel nut representing Lord Ganesh ji and a small rock to represent Lord Shiva. We performed Shiv puja being guided by Sudhir ji. He explained the significance of performing different things in a puja, and why we do it. The Shiv puja went off very well. The whole place was filled with good vibrations as we chanted various shlokas and “Om Namah Shivaya” chantings. The puja went on for the duration of the whole Balvihar session and it was definitely a very calming experience. After puja, we went to the cafeteria to find a hot, Indian lunch awaiting us. ***************************************************************************** Youth Group by Rashmi Devadiga The Youth group met again on March 8th at Cherokee High school. Praveen Uncle was not here,so class was run by Lalit Uncle. Rather than what we normally do, we took time to talk about our future, more specifically college and jobs. We discussed how we should have passion for what we do, so that we do our best. We also talked about what problems we can face if we decide to change our career after we have already started. This topic then led into a conversation about skills that we need to have, such as communication, in order to do our job properly and how important it is for us to build these skills over the years. After our long and meaningful discussion, we headed down for Aarthi and finished our session with pizza. Thanks to Lalit Uncle for a great class! Hanuman Jayanti Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 6pm to 8pm Hanuman Jayanti is celebration of birth of Lord Hanuman. We are celebrating Hanuman Jayanti a little more elaborately this year. Nitin Khanna who regularly attends and sings at the Sunderkand Paath held on the 3rd Saturday of the month at our mandir has volunteered to organize a wonderful pro- gram for Hanuman Jayanti which is on Saturday April 4th. You may remember his melodious bhajans on Maha Shivra- tri celebrations at our temple. Led by Nitin Khanna, we will recite Hanuman Chalisa 11 times, and sing Kirtan, Bhajan, Dhun. All followed by Aarti and Mahaprasad. “CHETI CHAND” Sindhi New Year Celebrations at Hindu Temple, Berlin NJ on Saturday, April 18, 2015, 4pm onwards Cheti Chand is celebrated on the second day (Chand - new moon day) of the 1st month in the Hindu New Year - Chaitra (Chet in Sindhi).