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HSNL July 2019

HSNL July 2019

Gen. Coordinator Hersh Sabharwal 630-853-2978

Past Gen. Coord. Pranaam!! Greetings to all Satsangis. Summer is Uma Aggarwal 708-220-1845 warming up and so is our events scenario. We just had our annual summer picnic on July 14th. A big Publication shoutout to our Special Events coordinators Priya Viswanathan 312-493-5443 Kanchan ji and Shammi ji for doing such an amazing job in organizing the picnic. The weather was sizzling Property hot and humid but that could not dampen the spirits Subhash Sharma 815-751-6624 of our satsangis. Here are some of the pictures from the picnic at our Hindu Satsang Facebook page: Prasad http://bit.ly/julysummerpicnic2019. Manju Kalra Guest speaker: 630-379-7422 While you are at Facebook, please Follow and Like Ms. Jyotsna Patel Hindu Satsang page to stay tuned to the latest Liaison updates. Rashmi Gandhi We will have our annual Janmashtami 630-776-7826 program on Aug 25, in place of our regular monthly Shubh Malhan 630-550-1386 congregation. Please contact Special Events coordinators if you would like to participate in the program. Due to time restrictions, please limit to one Education item per person/group, duration not exceeding 4 Nand Parkash Garg 630-750-6669 minutes - this is to ensure that everyone gets an Divya Grover opportunity to perform and we wrap up on time for 815-861-5530 lunch. Amitabh Gupta The guest speaker for our June congregation was 630-209-7319 Ms. Jyotsna Patel who spoke about achieving a Guest singer: Gayatri Vasudev Finance healthy lifestyle through meditation. We thank her for Madhu Gupta taking time out of her busy schedule and sharing some of her invaluable 630-915-1281 experiences with us. Our guest singer could not make it due to some Special Events unavoidable circumstances, we really appreciate Gayatri Vasudev for Kanchan Pandey stepping in at the last minute with some of her melodious . Gayatri's 630-835-7521 velvety voice held the audience spellbound. Shammi Wahi 630-674-2883 Wish you all a very happy Nag Panchami (August 5), Webmaster (August 15) and June Aarti Jai Viswanathan 73rd (August 15). Collections Check Youth Coords. Hoping to see you all on Sunday, Darsh Kapadia, July 28 at 10 am for our monthly Biswas and Urmil Rawal $21 Saanvi Sethi & congregation at HTGC Temple. Daljit and Prem Sabharwal $51 Preena Shroff Cash $56 - Priya Viswanathan o Grand Total $128 Birthdays and Anniversaries are posted on Hindu Satsang's Facebook page by 5th of the 2019-20 Hindu Satsang Sunday Hindu Satsang's Krishna month. If you see any School Registration Janmashtami Cultural Program issues or names Enrollment is open for 2019-20 This year the cultural missing, please let me academic year for the Hindu Satsang program will be held on Sunday, August know before 8th of the Sunday School. Please enroll early by 25th starting at 10:00 am in Rathi month so that it gets completing the online Registration Auditorium. If anyone interested in printed correctly in the form at the link (and QR code) below. presenting cultural item, please contact newsletter. Also, if you Please print the completed form Special Event Coordinators - Ms. Kanchan would like to share (received as a pdf attachment in the Pandey: 630-835-7521 or Ms. Shammi your news with your confirmation registration email) and Wahi - 630-674-2883. fellow satsangis, mail with the donation check. please send me an Kindly please secure a spot for your Hindu Satsang @ Indian Community email with details at: child at the earliest to help us plan for Outreach 2019 Day Parade [email protected] school and the program which Hindu Satsang invites you to join us at the is earlier this year on October 12. 2019 India Day Parade on August 11th Please feel free to pass this 2019. Parade starts at 4pm from Naperville information to other parents who may Central High School, 440 Aurora Ave, be interested in Naperville, IL. Line up begins at 2pm. Show Sunday School. your pride for Hindu Satsang by joining us Orientation day for the in large numbers!!! Sunday School is on Wish you all a September 8, 2019, Below is a photo from Hindu Satsang Very Happy 73rd 2-4pm. Registration Summer Picnic, more pictures at our link and QR code are Facebook page - to stay updated, LIKE Independence provided here: http://rebrand.ly/Sunday-School and FOLLOW our Facebook page. Day No More Missing Newsletters!!! Please go to the following link to get the latest Hindu Satsang Newsletter (and the previous Newsletters too): www.hindusatsang.org/ newsletter Newsletters are generally published at least 3 to 4 days before the 4th Sunday of the month. Festivals in August - Nag Panchami QUIZ: 8CJCPCUQHVJG*KPFW)QFU When is Nag Panchami this year: Monday, August 05, 2019. Most of the have a particular animal as their vehicle or vahana. Vahana in means "which carries or pulls". So important are the vahanas When is celebrated? that deities are seldom depicted without their Nag Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day corresponding animals or birds. These vahanas (Panchami) in Shukla paksha (i.e. in the bright half, represent the various spiritual and psychological forces after the new moon) of the month of . This that carry each deity and represent it. Take a ride on this falls in the month of July or August. quiz and see how many of the vahanas (right side) you can drive to their respective deity on the left: What is Naga Panchami celebration about? The word Nag in the Sanskrit language means DEITIES VAHANAS snake. Nag Panchami is a traditional worship of 1. Aditya (Sun) a. Bull snakes observed by all over the world. 2. b. Crow Snake idols are offered milk and incense to help the 3. c. Donkey worshipper gain knowledge, prosperity, and fame. 4. d. Elephant 5. e. Garuda, & Adi Shesha(serpent) 6. f. Lion Association of snakes and Hindu Gods and 7. Kartikya g. Male Buffalo Goddesses: Snakes play prominent roles in various 8. h. Mouse legends. wears a snake called Vasuki around 9. i. Nandi (the bull) his neck and his two sons - Ganesha wears a 10. j. Owl snake belt and has a snake close to him. 11. Shani k. Peacock sleeps on a snake called Adi Shesha or 12. Sheetala l. Ram Shesh Nag. Lashman and Balaram are considered 13. Shiva m. Seven Horses to be the of Shesh Nag. Another snake 14. n. Seven Swans described in our was the Kaliya snake 15. Vishnu o. Swan who poisoned the entire Yamuna river. Later 16. p. Thousand Horses Krishna confronted and made him leave the river. A Snake goddess prayed in North and North East ANSWERS: India is Mansa (sister of Vasuki). 1. Aditya (Sun) - m. Seven Horses, 2. Agni - l. Ram, 3. Brahma - n. Seven Swans, 4. Durga - f. Lion, The legend about Naga Panchami: 5. Ganesha - h. Mouse, 6. Indra - d. Elephant, In the , "Sarpa Satra" yagna was 7. Kartikya - k. Peacock, 8. Lakshmi - j. Owl, being performed by Kuru King Janamejaya to 9. Saraswati - o. Swan, 10. Shakti - a. Bull, 11. Shani - completely eliminate the snake species from the b. Crow, 12. Sheetala - c. Donkey, 13. Shiva - i. Nandi face of the earth. King Janamejaya was avenging (the bull), 14. Vayu - p. Thousand Horses, 15. Vishnu - the death of his father Parikshita who died due to a e. Garuda, & Adi Shesha (serpent), 16. Yama - g. Male snake bite. Sage Astika saved the snakes species Buffalo. from extinction by stopping King Janamejaya's fire sacrifice yagna. Since then, that day is observed as Animal characters in Ramayan Nag Panchami. Hinduism's compassionate way of living, treats all living beings from animals down to insects and tiny creatures Scientific explanation: with great respect as aspects of God, having souls of Hinduism recognizes the need to protect species their own, going through the same process of births and which could be prone to killing and ultimate deaths as human beings. Here are some of the extinction due to fear and danger from them. important animal characters in Ramayan: Snakes contribute a lot to ecological balance and The great birds - Jatayu and Sampati; hence need to be respected and preserved. It is found to be difficult to make people realize that The monkeys - , Vali, Sugriva, Angada, nature's balance should not be disturbed by killing Nala and Nila; certain animals. By associating snakes with Gods, The bear king - Jambavan, it provides protection to snakes so that they can and even the squirrels who helped to build 's thrive and not go extinct. o bridge (Ram Setu) to Lanka. o Hindu Satsang Samachar C/o Priya Viswanathan 2216 Feldott Ln. Naperville IL 60540

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Hindu Satsang, July Congregation About our Guest speaker and singer for this month: Ms. Nirmita Dholakia (Held every 4th Sunday of the month) Topic: Madhurashtakam Date: July 28, 2019 (Sunday) Blessed with Pujya Gurudev’s grace, Nirmitaji has been Time: 10 am to 12:30 pm a senior cofounding member of Chinmaya Mission Badri Location: HTGC Temple, Lemont. since 1979. A Balavihar & Yuva Kendra sevika, Nirmitaji is also a Hindustani Music teacher. After recently completing the 2 year Course in Agenda for Sunday, July 28 Trinidad under the guidance of Pujya Swami Prakashanandaji, Nirmitaji has been serving the Convener: Mrs. Kanchan Pandey Chinmaya Mission Chicago & Chinmaya Mission 10:00 am: Prayer and Bhajans by Omkara in Indiana, as a Spiritual Guide. o Satsangis 10:45 am: Guest Singer and speaker Ms. Nirmita Dholakia 11:45 am: Announcements and Aarti 12:00 noon: Lunch (Preeti Bhojan): Guest Singer & speaker Sponsored by: Ms. Nirmita Dholakia Ms. Kanchan Pandey, Ms. Madhu Gupta, Sunday, July 28 Ms. Nisha Oza and Ms. Raigaga. o

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