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ARCHANA Lord Shiva 8 8 t t 8 8 Volume 30 January 2013 Number 1 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; Aarati: 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 Every Tuesday 7:45 PM Hanuman Chalisa Patham 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 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 Fourth Sunday 3:30 PM Arya Samaj Havan GENERAL BODY MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA ON PAGE 23. Dear Devotees, Namaste. I wish all of you a very happy and prosperous 2013. I am honored to have been selected as the chairman of the Board of Trustees this year. We humbly pray that we will be able to fulfill this great responsibility with the help of our excellent Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. Our Temple has grown a lot in the past few years. We have more and more devotees coming to the festivals. This year we are looking forward to even more participation from the community. We anticipate a very busy year with a number of big projects to complete. We beseech Mahalakshmi to guide us in all our endeavors and lead us in the right direction. ìOm Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya, Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya, Mrtyor-Maa Amritam Gamayaî Best wishes, Tushar Basu Chairman, Board of Trustees 2 D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Namaste Devotees: Board of Trustees I am honored to have the privilege of serving as President of the Chairman D/FW Hindu Temple Society for 2013. On behalf of Executive Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 committee and board of trustees I wish you and your family a Secretary happy and prosperous New Year. Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 Our New Year celebration on Tuesday, January 1, revealed an overwhelming show of true devotion and generosity. Even though Members New Year was on a weekday, we experienced an unprecedented Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 number of devotees who visited the temple and celebrated the Harshika Bhatt 975-462-1383 New Year with the Ganesh Homam, Abhiskekham and Dharshan. Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 We also celebrated Lohri, Bhogi, Pongal, and Sankrati Pujas. Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 My sincere appreciation goes out to the numerous volunteers S.P. Krishna Murthy 817-267-5505 Indira Konda 469-272-9967 who spent countless hours to make the New Year and other Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 events a grand success. Hari Patro 972-333-8000 Upcoming events for the Temple include Saraswati Puja on vasant Panchami, a musical night ìAaj ki Sham Apke Namî with our local singars, Maha Shivaratri, Orisa devotional dance, Holi Executive Committee celebration, Anand Bazar, 108 Kundi Gayatri Maha Yagna, President Durgashtami , Ugadi, Kavadi and Ram Navami. This year Maha Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 Shivaratri is on Sunday March 10, 2013, and we are expecting again record amount of devotees to attend the events. We are Vice President (I) Omana Nair 972-444-0662 working on placing an additional door between youth center lobby and main temple lobby to reduce the traffic congestion in the Vice President (II) main temple. In May, we also will be having Brahmot savam Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 program after five years. We are looking forward to your support in making this event a great success. Treasurer Rajyalakshmi Rao 817-488-4850 In 2012, we had a successful year thanks to past president Anita Singhalís hard work and dedication. This year we will continue Joint Treasurer efforts to make the temple a wonderful place of worship. My Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 sincere thanks goes to the volunteers, priests, office staff who Secretary work diligently to ensure our temple is one of the best temple. Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 My hats off to the volunteers who cook delicious Mahaprasad every Sunday for hundreds of devotees. Ex- Officio Every Sunday more than 700 enthusiastic childeren attend the Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 Vidya Vikas program. We have several well qualified and Committee Members dedicated teachers who teach various regional languages, Hindu religion, SAT, dance and music. Our Youth Group is very active Ananda Murthy Kuchibhotla 817-656-8386 and they help in various community projects and also help in Anil Sabnis 972-304-0715 temple programs. Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 Our temple would not be successful without the generosity of Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 our community and we are extremely fortunate to have numerous Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 devotees with big hearts who contribute generously. We still Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 have many projects which need funding and we are counting on Kusum Masters 817-265-0115 Mahalakshmi Sivakumar 972-814-4800 your continued generosity in 2013. Mukesh Wani 817-845-8100 Please do not hesitate to contact me with any suggestions and Prasanna Panicker 469-682-4704 any ways to improve our Temple. May the Lord bless you and Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 your family. Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 Sunil Maini 214-738-6303 Sincerely, Sunil Patel 469-939-1884 Khemchand Nangrani Swati Tripathy 940-368-3698 President, D/FW Hindu Temple Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 3 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY 8 “Ekta Mandir” 8 Cordially Invites You, Your Family & Friends to celebrate Vasant panchami Friday, February 15th, 2013 Saraswati Puja @ 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 17th, 2013 2 Puja 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Bhajans 11:00 a.m. - 12 Noon Mahamangal Aarati 12 Noon Bhishma Ekadashi Feb 21st., 2013 Vishnu Sahasranama Chanting 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Purandara Dasa Day March 23th, 2013 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Panguni Uthiram March 26th, 2013 Murugan Abhishek @ 6:30 p.m. Kavadi Celebration 10:00 AM 4 9 Program: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Kavadi Puja & Parikrama 8:45 am Subramanya/Kartikeya Abhishekam 9:30 am-10:30 am Alankar,Archana, Bhajans 10:30 am-noon Mahamangal Aarati Noon 4 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY m “Ekta Mandir” m Tamil/Kerala New Year Program: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 Vishu Ayyappa Puja 6:00 pm Panchaga Patanam 7:45 pm April 20, 2013 Thyagaraja Aradhana 8:30 a.m - 5 p.m. Vallabhacharya Pragatya Mahotsav celebration on May 5th, 2013 at 10:00 am Akshaya Tritiya Tuesday, May 13th, 2013 Dattatreya Abhishek @ 10:45 a.m. Shri Aadi Shankaracharya Jayanti Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Shiva Abhishekam 6.30pm-7.30pm Chanting stotras and Bhajans 7.45pm-8.30pm ( All devotees are encouraged to participate in Bhajans and Chanting Stotras) Basava Jayanti Puja Saturday, May 25 2013 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 5 D/FW Hindu Temple Society “Ekta Mandir” Proudly presents Krishna Sharanam A Spellbinding Odissi Experience Jack E Singley Academy Auditorium 4601 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving Friday, March 29, 2013 Seating begins 7:45 pm Internationally acclaimed Aruna Mohanty & Orissa Dance Academy Ensemble Tickets: VIP, $100, $50, $20, $15 (Includes Dinner!) Dinner Service: 7:00 – 7:45 pm Sponsors $250 Includes 2 Tickets and advertising rights FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT D/FW HINDU TEMPLE AT 972-445-3111 Dfwhindutemple.org . 1605 N BRITAIN RD, IRVING, TX 75061 6 7 8 9 10:00 AM 4 9 106 11 n D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY n “Ekta Mandir” Chaitri Navaratri Begins Thursday, April 11th, 2013 and Ends saturday, April 20th, 2013 Chaitri Garba & Raas On Saturday, April 13, 2013 Place: Hindu Cultural Hall Time: 8:30 pm Durga Jagran On Saturday, April 13, 2013 Place: Main Temple Hall Time: 9:00 pm Durgashtami Havan Friday, April 19, 2013 Place: Yagna Shala Time: 3:00 pm For more information, please call Temple at 972-445-3111 Those who want to participate in Havan please give your names by Saturday, April 13, 2013 12 13 14 List of the Founder & Life Members of D/FW Hindu Temple Society as of December 2012 = FOUNDER MEMBERS = FM-001 JAGDISH PRASHAD AGARWAL FM-106 DR. PULIN PANDYA FM-002 KUSUM LATA AGARWAL FM-107 DR. VIVIEN PANDYA FM-003 UMA ALLADI FM-108 PRADEEP K. PANDYA FM-004 JAYANT C. AMIN FM-109 KIRIT PANDYA FM-005 BALAKRISHNA V. ARABOLU FM-110 SUDHIR PARIKH FM-006 MANJU ARORA FM-111 DHIRUBAI PATEL FM-007 SUDESH K. ARORA FM-112 NANOO PATEL FM-008 BAGYALAKSHMI ARUMUGHAM FM-113 RAMAN M. PATEL FM-009 DR.