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Archana AUGUST 2006 -.Pmd 8-05-06 ARCHANA | | | | | | Lord Balaji Volume 30 April 2013 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; 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 19. Dear Devotees, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for participating in numerous great events this year - New Year Puja, Mahashivaratri Mahotsav, Gayatri Maha Yagna to name a few. We had record participation and record collection as well. This was possible only due to your kind cooperation and participation in combination with tireless and dedicated services rendered by our EC members and Temple Volunteers. This year the Temple is going to embark on celebrating Lord Balaji Brahmotsavam from May 17 through May 19. I sincerely request all of you to attend this great event as a sponsor or volunteer. As you know the success of this type of event is solely dependent on your kind participation. As a part of continuously improving our facilities, we are in the process of reconstructing Edith Street and Temple Street entirely. Considering this voluminous task, I sincerely urge all of you to cooperate in this matter. In conclusion, I express my heartfelt thanks to all the BOT members, EC/OB members, volunteers and the devotees for conducting the events successfully so far and thank you in advance for your participation in other events to be held in future. Best wishes, Tushar Basu 2 Chairman, Board of Trustees D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Namaste Devotees: Board of Trustees I am honored and blessed to be a president of this great temple for the last four months. We had several religious Chairman events. In February we celebrated Vasant Panchami with Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 students from Vidya Vikas school. The Mahashivratri utsav Secretary was celebrated in March with record number of devotees. It Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 was estimated that 7000 devotees came for Shiv jiís dharshan. The Holika dhahan and anand bazaar events were Members outstanding. We again had record numbers of devotees who came to play the Holi. Whole ground outside was filled with Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 people drenched in color having fun, enjoying the outstanding Harshika Bhatt 975-462-1383 music and variety of food. Mahalakshmi jiís birthday was Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 celebrated on March 31. Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 On April 7 , we performed 108 Kundi Gayatri Mahayagya. S.P. Krishna Murthy 817-267-5505 The havan was performed by All World Gayatri Parivar. The Indira Konda 469-272-9967 Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 power of Bhakti was felt by the Yagya participants. This is Hari Patro 972-333-8000 second time in temples history the yagya of this high magnitude was performed successfully. The chaitri month Durga Jagran was celebrated on April 13. Panguni Uttiram, Executive Committee Ugadhi and Kavadi were celebrated followed by Ram Navmi, akhand ramayan and Hanuman jayanti. President May is going to start with the Walkathon organized by our Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 Vidhya Vikas followed by their year end celebration of the school year. On May 17-19 we are going to witness the grand Vice President (I) celebration ìBrahmotsavamî by the distinguished priest from Omana Nair 972-444-0662 Tirumal Tirupati Devsthanam, our priests and priests from Vice President (II) different part of the country. We have Geeta Gyan discourse Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 by Bhai Shri Rameshbhai Oza on June 10-12. July 27- August 3 brings us seven days of Bhagvat Katha by shri Treasurer Mridul Krishna Shastri. Please come and join for these rare Rajyalakshmi Rao 817-488-4850 auspicious events. For detailed information on current and upcoming events, Joint Treasurer please visit our web site www. dfwhindutemple.org , also read Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 our Archana magazine and listen to our Radio Archana program on Fun Asia Radio every Saturday 4-5 pm on 1110 Secretary AM. Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 On construction side, we have installed pair of double doors Ex- Officio between main temple lobby and youth center lobby. We also Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 removed the railing and leveled the surface in front of youth center. I have heard lots of good comments about this Committee Members modification and it has also helped us a lot to control the devotees traffic during major events. We are planning to Ananda Murthy Kuchibhotla 817-656-8386 widen the Temple Way road and the construction work will Anil Sabnis 972-304-0715 begin in the month of July. Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 My message cannot be complete without thanking all the EC, Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 BOT members , the management team and scores of Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 volunteers who help in making the temple run smoothly for Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 the devotees. These devotees are the integral part of our Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 Kusum Masters 817-265-0115 temple and my sincere and humble pranam to them for their Mahalakshmi Sivakumar 972-814-4800 support, dedication and devotion to the almighty. Mukesh Wani 817-845-8100 Please visit our temple and contribute enthusiastically in the Prasanna Panicker 469-682-4704 collective effort for improving good activities at the temple Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 for the society and our biggest investment our children the Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 future of our ongoing Hindu heritage. Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 Jai Gayatri Maa. Sunil Maini 214-738-6303 Sunil Patel 469-939-1884 Khemchand Nangrani Swati Tripathy 940-368-3698 President, D/FW Hindu Temple Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 3 North Texas Indian Physicians’ Charitable Foundation 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. PLACE: 1706 NORTH BRITAIN RD., IRVING, TX. 75061 ( ACROSS FROM D/FW HINDU TEMPLE ) TEXAS INDO-AMERICAN PHYSICIANS SOCIETY (T.I.P.S.) North East Chapter And THE DFW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Invite you to the 18th ANNUAL HEALTH AWARENESS & SCREENING FAIR And Childhood Obesity Awareness Day Sunday, June 9th, 2013 (7: 45 am – 12 noon) DFW Hindu Temple Cultural Hall 1605 N Britain Road, Irving TX 75061 REGISTRATION 7:45 am HEALTH SCREENING 8:30 am - 12:00 noon • Blood Test* • Pap Smear (Cervical Cancer)* $30.00 o Metabolic Profile • Peripheral Artery Disease $10.00 (Kidney/Liver)/CBC/Cholesterol $15.00 • EKG* $15.00 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) $10.00 o • Nutritional Counseling Free o Thyroid function (TSH) $10.00 o Hemoglobin A1C $10.00 • Eye Exam Free • Dental Screening- Free (Adult & Children) • Urine Test (Kidneys)* $5.00 • Ayurvedic Counselling Free Bone Density (Heel) Free; Finger stick blood sugar and cholesterol measurement Free • Obesity (BMI) screening, Blood Pressure Check and counseling. • Bone Marrow Donor Registry • Enrolment for Free Mammogram for low income, uninsured or underinsured patients by the • Asian Breast Health Outreach Project • PLEASE BRING CASH/CHECK only • Educational Slide Shows: Healthy Nutrition/AAPI-TIPS NEC Childhood Obesity Awareness Campaign Contact information:[email protected] www.tipsnec.org and www.dfwhindutemple.org Co-Sponsors: TANTEX, Texas Instruments, FunAsia, Dallas EkNazar, Desi Plaza, Baylor Hospital at Irving, 4 Be A Match, Asia Breast Network 4 5 Brahmotsavam Celebration Tirumala Brahmotsavam is a Hindu festival celebrated annually at Tirumala Venkateswara Temple at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. The festival continues for 9 days in the months of September and October every year. It is believed that Lord Brahma was the first to start this festival. He worshiped Sri Balaji on the banks of the river Pushkarini in Tirupati to thank him for the protection of mankind. Hence the festival bears his name ‘Brahmotsavam’ which means Brahma’s Utsav. Celebration Every year millions of devotees gather at the temple of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala to take part in the festival. It gives devotees an opportunity to receive the blessings of Sri Venkateswara Swami and experience “Vaikuntha Anubhava” or heavenly enjoyment and feeling. The idol of Lord Venkateshwara is taken out for processions on different vehicles on different days.
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