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of Dayton & PRIEST SERVICE Over 90 miles $100 Extra EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: For Priests Overnight Stay, Add $250 per Priest to the Total Cost. 2615 TEMPLE LANE President (937) 885-5685 Rajan Rajendran BEAVERCREEK, OH 45431-8773 Puja Service *In Temple *Outside Temple Vice President (937) 426-6236 Suseela Ramanathan la WITHIN 100 MILES 937 / 429-4455 Archana $ 11.00 - Secretary (937) 429-9341 Sharmila Mukhopadhyay Priest Ramesh Rajamani Archana Sahasranama $ 51.00 - Abhishekam (For One Deity) $101.00 - Treasurer (937) 339-8249 Suman Kejriwal (off Tuesday) 937-431-9988 Aksharabya $ 51.00 $101.00 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Sri Ashwani Kumar, Priest Annaprasana $ 51.00 $101.00 Anniversary Celebration $ 151.00 $201.00 Membership / Auditing Compliance / Operational Analysis / (off Mon.) 937-429-5815 Ayush Homam/Birthday Cele. $ 101.00 $201.00 Basement Rental (6 hours) $ 75.00 - Facilities Management Ragan Rajendran TEMPLE HOURS Engagement Celebrations $151.00 $201.00 Construction Gnan Thakore Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 11:00 am Fundraising Ragan Rajendran 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sat, Sun and Holidays 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Internal Auditing / Compliance Manoj Kumar Havan $181.00 - Inventory Control / Supplies Anandi Patel (April through October open til 9:00pm) Kalyana Utsavam $ 151.00 - Kesh Kandan $ 51.00 $101.00 Communications - Mandirvani / Facebook / Email Sharmila Mukhopadhyay Nama Karanam $ 71.00 $101.00 Website Manoj Kumar DIRECTIONS TO THE TEMPLE: From I-75 Nitya $101.00 - Ramayan Path $151.00 $201.00 Maintenance Sanjay Sandhir & Sunder Bhatla Saraswathi Puja $151.00 $181.00 Satyanarayan Puja $151.00 $201.00 Regular Puja / Special Puja / Puja Scheduling Loganathan - Seemantham $181.00 $201.00 many Trebein Road, and South on Lillian Lane. Seemantham w/ Homam/Havan $201.00 $251.00 & Suseela Ramanathan Shashti Poorthi $181.00 $201.00 Youth Activities Manoj Kumar West on Temple Lane. Temple is at the end of Shashti Poorthi w/ Homan/Havan $201.00 $251.00 Temple Lane (less than a mile from the exit). Shrardham $ 51.00 $101.00 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Special Services not listed here CALL HCO Sundar Kand $151.00 $201.00 Chairman Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay *InsIde and outsIde personal pujas Upanayanam $151.00 $181.00 Vice Chairman Suman Kejriwal Vahana Puja $ 31.00 - can only be scheduled by callIng Wedding $251.00 $351.00 Advisor Suseela Ramanathan, Manoj Kumar maya loganathan (937) 626-1126 Advisor Maya Loganathan, Sanjay Sandhir jyothI sIngrI (937) 426-6210 * for one day Editor: Sharmila Mukhopadyay (937) ? DONATE GENEROUSLY TO OUR TEMPLE www.DAYTONTEMPLE.COM Email: [email protected] HINDU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, INC. 2615 Temple Lane Beavercreek, Ohio 45431 U.S. Postage RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED QUARTERLY MAILER Paid Dayton, Ohio Permit No. 1151 MANDIR VANI VOL XXXIMARCH2015NO1 HINDU TEMPLE OFDAYTON, OHIO

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May Calendar March Calendar 3rd- Sun- Poornima 5th-Thur - Poornima 6:30 PM Sri Satyanarayana Puja 6:30 PM Sri Satyanarayana Puja 7th-Thu - Sankatahara Chathurthi 9th-Mon - Ganesh Abishekam for Sankashti (No Abishekam that day) 8th-10th (Fri-Sun): Temple Anniversary th Weekend 16 -Mon - Ekadasi 10th Sun- Sravanam 17-Tue - Sravanam 14th - Thu - Ekadasi 19-Thu - Amavasya 17th- Sun- Amavasya 20-Fri - Eve 6:30 PM (Telegu New Year) 18th- Mon - Krithikai 24-Tue - Krithikai 23rd- Sat- Suklashshti 25-Wed - Suklashashti 29th- Fri- Ekadasi 27-Fri - Venkateswara Kalyanam at 6.30 PM

28-29 (Sat-Sun )- Ram Navami Regular Weekly Events 30–Mon - Ekadasi Sun 10 AM...... Abhishekam for Lord

Venkataswarara 3 – 4 PM……. “” class April Calendar 4 – 5 PM……. “” class by Prof. Ramesh Patel. 3rd - Fri- Poornima, Panguni Uttaram Mon 6 PM………..Abhishekam for Lord Shiva Somavara 4th-Sat- Ayyappa puja at 10.30 am Tue 7 PM……….. Chanting of Chalisa Fri 7:30 PM…… Chanting of 7th-Tue- Sankatahara chathurthi Sahasranaman Abishekam at 6.30 pm

13th-Mon- Sravanam Regular Monthly Events 14th-Tue- Ekadasi, Tamil New Year's Day celebration at 7 pm 1st Sat 5:30 – 6:30 PM Community 18th- Sat- Amavasya Poornima Full Moon Days 6:30 PM 20th - Mon- Krithikai Lord Satyanarayan Puja First Tuesday of the month Amritvani 22nd- Wed- Adi Guru Sankaracharya Jayanthi after Hanuman Chalisa 23rd- Thu- Sri Jayanthi

29th- Wed - Ekadasi

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2015

1. YOUTH FORUM - March 30 (Monday): 7 PM Acharya Vivek Gupta from Chinmaya Mission West to speak: specifically designed for the youth in this community.

2. CULTURAL TALENT SHOW - April 18th (Saturday): 6:00 - 8:30 PM Fundraising event by local artists

3. TEMPLE ANNIVERSARY – MAY 8-9 (Fri-Sat) May 8th : 5:30 PM 8:00 PM May 9th : All day Suprabhatham, Shree Ram Puja, Krithis (8:00 AM -3:30PM) Vishnu Sahasranaman (starting 5:00 PM)

4. MAHARUDRAM - June 12-13 (Fri-Sat): Timings to be announced June 12th: Kalasa Sthapanam and Mahanyasam June 13th: Maharudram ------HCO MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

Hindu Community Organization (HCO Inc) is offering several membership options for devotees. Trustees: Baseline donation of $5,000 Voting Trustees: Trustees who donate $500/year Voting Members for HCO: Devotees who donate $200 /year or higher Gold Members: Devotees donating at least $50/month (or $600/year)

Please remember that all HCO services and activities are fully dependent upon financial support of devotees like you. To sign up for membership, please send a check to HCO with a note, or contact one of the Board members. Address and telephone numbers are on the cover. The HCO President is also available at [email protected]. ------WEBSITE Please logon to www.daytontemple.com for the latest updated information on timings and events. In an effort to bring all the latest updates and events to our community in the year 2012 all updated information will be on the website only. ------VOLUNTEERS Volunteers are needed in all areas of the temple. Please give your time generously, it will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Suseela Ramanathan if you are interested in volunteering your time on Saturday or Sunday at (937) 426-6236. ------FACILITIES RENTAL For renting space at SHANTI HINDU CULTURAL CENTER (HCC) Please Contact Mrs. Veera Gogineni. Tel. 937-429-5954

PLEASE HELP RAISE MONEY FOR HCC ENDOWMENT FUND HCO needs to raise $ 250,000 by December 2016 to receive matching award from the Soin Family. We have pledges for $ 40,000 and need to raise an additional $ 210,000 to reach our goal.

REGISTER YOUR KROGER PLUS CARD FOR COMMUNITY AWARDS TO HCO HCO gets part of proceeds if we as a group spent over $ 5000 in a month. We received multiple checks from Kroger this year. Register on-line at krogercommunityrewards.com. Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering password, agreeing to terms and conditions. Click on my account and use E mail address and password to the next step. Click on Edit Kroger Community awards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information. They will send you E mail and click on the link. Enter NPO number 82208 or name of organization from the list and click on confirm. To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see HCO on the right side of your information page.

COMMUNITY INITIATED EVENTS TABLE TENNIS held every Monday, 5 -9 PM (Lobby of OM Shanti Center). Contact: Shekhar Patil: 937-429-4009 or Jyothi Singri: 937-426-6210 If you want to organize any cultural, social or religious activities for the community, please contact any HCO Board member. If you have any suggestions or ideas for HCO, please drop a note in the suggestion box at the temple. We will consider that at the next meeting.

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IN MEMORIUM Surinder Kumar Bahl of Beavercreek,OH passed away on Monday, January 27, 2015. He was born in Jhang, India on June 5, 1937 to Narain Dass Bahl and Kushalaya Bahl. Surinder was an extremely devoted and well-loved husband, father, and grandfather. Prior to his retirement, Surinder was Chief Scientific Officer at Kodak. During his career he led a number of important scientific innovations, holding a total of twelve patents which served as major technological breakthroughs for his company. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Northeastern University, his Master of Science in Physics from Aligarh University, and his Bachelor of Science from Government College in India. Surinder was a selfless, affectionate, and strong individual who was in constant touch with family and friends. He was always there to support them in whatever way needed and was loved by all. Surinder lived life to the fullest, and with a zest, humor, and energy which was a model to his family members. He was an avid player of many sports for much of his life, with a particular love of racket sports – tennis, badminton, and racquetball. He enjoyed traveling globally, including to Africa, Asia, Europe, and throughout the US and Caribbean, which included many family vacations with his children and grandchildren. He will be badly missed by both family and friends. ------

“Asato ma Sad-gamaya, Tamaso ma Jyotir-gamaya, Mrityor ma Amritam-gamaya, Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti” The Translation: Lead us from the unreal illusion to the real truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. Let there be peace, peace, and only peace.