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ARCHANA tt tt t t HANUMANJI Volume 29 May 2012 Number 2 D/FW HinduD/FW Temple Hindu Society “Ekta Mandir” Website: www.dfwhindutemple.org 1605 N. Britain Road, Irving TX 75061 Telephone: Metro (972) 445-3111, Fax: (972) 445-3100 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 154246 Irving, TX 75015-4246 Temple Hours Mon – Fri: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM & 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM Sat & Sun: 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM; Arati: 12 Noon and 7:30 PM, Daily 9 Monthly Events 9 Every Purnima 6:00 PM Satyanarayan Puja/Katha Every Pradosh 6:30 PM Shiva Puja & Abhishekam Every Shashti 6:30 PM Murugan Abhishekam Every Chaturthi 6:30 PM Ganesha Abhishekam First Wednesday 10:30 AM Vitthala Abhishekam & Puja First Friday 10:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abhishekam First Friday 6:30 PM Abhishek BY Ilangai Thamizhar Group First Saturday 3:30 PM Amrit Vaani First Sunday 4:00 PM Durga Puja-Shakti Group Second Saturday 10:00 AM Balaji Abhishekam (Andal /Chakratalwar ) Second Saturday 5:30 PM Bhajans by Omkar Satsang Mandal Second Sunday 10:30 AM & 1:30 PM Arya Samaj Havan Third Thursday 10:00 AM Dattatreya Paduka Abhishek Third Friday 8:45 PM Durga Jagarta Third Saturday 4:00 PM Gita Reading-Gita Sanskar Third Saturday 6:30 PM Ayyappa Abhishekam & Puja Third Sunday 4:00 PM Gayatri Puja Fourth Friday 7:00 PM Naadha/Nrtya Upaasanaa ( with 15 Mins Break for aarati) Fourth Saturday 4:00 PM Sunder Kand Path 6:00 PM Bhajans by Sanatan Satsang Samaj Fourth Sunday 3:30 PM Arya Samaj Havan GENERAL BODY MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA ON PAGE 19. Important Contact information for various Temple Activities: Administration/Bhajans Anita Singhal [email protected] 817-261-9174 Archana/Discourses Khemchand Nangrani [email protected] 972-742-5680 Mahaprasad/Kitchen Vinod Kumar [email protected] 817-366-0641 Membership Pradeep Desai [email protected] 972-393-9175 Maintenance Bharat Patel [email protected] 214-893-4139 Public Relations Omana Nair [email protected] 972-444-0662 Puja Swati Tripathy [email protected] 940-382-7305 Senior Citizens Mukund Patel [email protected] 214-357-2844 Seva Swati Pandit [email protected] 817-267-0264 Suggestions/Complaints Kumud Gupta [email protected] 817-571-6945 Temple Tours Swati Pandit [email protected] 817-267-0264 Temple Website Satyan Bodla [email protected] 817-571-4626 Tithi Program Indiraben Shah [email protected] 214-357-2844 Youth Mahalakshmi Shivkumar [email protected] 972-814-4800 Vidya Vikas/Education Rajneesh Gupta [email protected] 972-370-9493 2 D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Jai Mata ki Devotees, Board of Trustees “Say it with pride : we are Hindus”, is what Swami Vivekananda taught his fellow Hindus and also claimed “I am proud to belong to a religion which Chairman has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 My humble Namaste to all of you. It is an honor and privilege to Secretary serve this temple for the past four months. My sincere thanks to all of Harshika Bhatt 972-462-1383 you for your support, participation and donations for our Temple events. This temple is run on your generosity and I want to thank from the bottom Members of my heart for your time and dedication in serving this Temple. Asha Ram 972-252-1500 For the first time in our templeís history we organized a fund raiser for Dr. N. K. Monga 214-368-8563 Vidya Vikas. It was a very well planned cultural evening with food, fun Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 and cultural program by the Vidya Vikas children. I would like to thank Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 all the participants: children, choreographers, parents, volunteers and Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 donors. I would also like to recognize the dedicated group of 100 volunteer S.P. Krishnamurthy 817-267-5505 teachers and Vidya Vikas administrators for their selfless services. Our Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 Vidya Vikas with over 700 students, is run only by volunteers. I invite all Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 the parents of young children to take advantage of the Vidya Vikas Program and facilities to teach culture and heritage to our children. We just finished celebrating Shiv Sahasra Linga Mahotsav - a three day Executive Committee celebration - in our Temple. This Mahotsav was a great success and President devotees felt as if they were in Kailash. The celebration became more Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 special due to the divine presence of Karunamai Amma. Amma not only blessed devotees but participated in Shiv Abhiskem and Maha Rudram Vice President (I) Homam. Having Ammaís presence during this event was blessing to temple and devotees. Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 The year 2012 started with the New Year Puja. We had a record participation and collection. We celebrated Vaikuntha Ekadashi, Lohri, Vice President (II) and Vasant Panchami in the month of January. By Lord Shivaís grace Omana Nair 972-444-0662 Mahashivaratri was on Monday and celebrations were on Sunday. On Saturday a special Mahamrtyunjaya Yagna was performed for the benefit Treasurer of our devotees. Our volunteer Dilip Flint and Hariniji created special Kumud Gupta 817-571-6945 Mount Kailash Pandaal structure for Mahashivratri. True to our traditions back home, Holika Dahan and Holi Celebrations were conducted in a Joint Treasurer grand manner. It was wonderful to realize that the majority of participants Mukund Patel 214-357-2844 were our youth. It was thrilling to see them dancing and playing with colors. The month of March ended with celebration of Chaitri Navratri, Secretary Ugadi, Gudi Padva, Durga Jagran, Durga Ashtami Havan, Akhand Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 Ramayan, and Sita - Rama Kalyanam. The month of April began with Ram Navami celebrations, Thyagaraja Aradhana followed by Tamil New Year, Ashottarashata Hanuman Chalisa Parayan, Vallabhacharya Pragatya Committee Members Mahotsav and Akshaya Tritiya. Monthly Jagganath pujaís are conducted A. L. Somanath 817-545-3735 by the Oriya community with great devotion. Anul Apte 817-919-2333 I would personally like to thank all the event chairs , co-chairs, and Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 volunteers for their hard work. I also like to thank our generous sponsors, our priests, managerial and janitorial staff. I also like to acknowledge my Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 sincere gratitude to our excellent team of Executive Committee members Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 and members of Board of Trustees who take pride in working together Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 and doing what is best for the temple and our devotees. Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 We are working hard to meet the needs of our devotees and are planning Kundan Sharma 972-279-4134 to bring a number of new events including Hanuman Puran Katha, Grand Mahalakshmi Shivkumar 972-814-4800 celebration of Ganesh Mahotsav, religious discourses, Dhanwantri Havan MVL Prasad 469-464-7829 and Yagnas along with regular events. Kindly keep an eye on email from Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 our Temple as well as periodically check the web-site Prasanna Panicker 972-226-4277 www.dfwhindutemple.org for the upcoming events. Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 I encourage all of you to consider volunteering your services Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 to the temple and be a part of the future management team. If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to email me at Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 [email protected]. Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 With best wishes Sharad Sevak 972-255-7270 Swati Tripathy 940-382-7305 Anita Singhal Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 President, D/FW Hindu Temple 3 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY “Ekta Mandir” , Cordially invites you, your family, and friends to join us for , THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EVENTS Vat Savitri Vrat Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 Puja @ 7:45 PM Ends on Monday, June 4th, 2012 Puja @ 7:45 p.m. Devshayani (Ashadhi) Jaya Parvati Vrat Begins Ekadashi Sunday, July 1st, 2012 Vitthala Abhishek Puja @ 6:00 p.m. Friday, June 29th, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m. Ends on Thursday, July 5th, 2012 JAGANNATH BAHUDA YATRA PUJA Puja @ 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29th, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m. Guru Purnima Dattatreya Abhishek On Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m. Satyanarayan Puja @ 6:30 p.m. Gita Homam On Saturday, July 7th, 2012 @ 8:45 a.m. Varalakshmi Vratam On Friday,July 27th, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m. Aadi pooram(Andal Thayar) Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 Andal Puja @ 10:00 am Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 Satyanarayan Puja @ 6:30 p.m. Raksha Bandhan @ 7:00 p.m. ONAM PUJA Saturday September 1st, 2012 @ 9:30 a.m. KEVDA TEEJ (Haritalika Vratam) @ 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 18 2nd, 2012 Swarna Gowri Vratam @ 6:30 p.m. 4 , , 5 6 , , 7 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY | | “Ekta Mandir” Cordially invites you, your family and friends to Participate in the JANMASHTAMI CELEBRATIONS PROGRAM Friday, August 10, 2012 ` 9:00 PM to 11:45 PM: Bhajans by various groups Midnight Aarati & Jhula Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon: Nand Mahotsav & Bhajans Govinda Aala (This event will be outside the temple) 12noon: Aarati and Mahaprasad For more information, Please contact Temple at 972-445-3111 8 North Texas Indian Physicians’ Charitable Foundation m m MEDICAL CLINIC With the Support of the D/FW Hindu Temple Society CLINIC DATES: 1st AND 3rd SUNDAY ( CLOSED ON LONG WEEKENDS) TIME: 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM (Registration & Checking) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL CLINIC @ 972-870-9500 ON SPECIFIED DAYS.