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Archana AUGUST 2006 -.Pmd 8-05-06 | ARCHANA | H H A A P P P P Y Y D D I I W W A A L L I I ~~~~~ Volume 30 September 2013 Number 322 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, It is my high privileges and great honor to thank all of you for attending the numerous events like Bhagvat Katha delivered by Acharya Mridul Krishan Goswamiji, Bhagagwat Gita Gyan by Pujya Shri Rameshbhai Oza, Lord Balaji Brahmotsavam celebration to name a few.† Just like last year, Temple celebrated the Sri Sri Ganesh Mahotsav in a spectacular manner.† I must congratulate† and thank Temple Management and all the volunteers, involved in this great event. As a part of continuous improvement of the Temple premises, promised in the last quarter, I would like to inform you that reconstruction of Edith Street and Temple Street has started under the great leadership of our Construction Committee and is expected to be completed by end of October. I would like to inform to all of you another important news that we reached another milestone in our Temple history by creating the Endowment/Charitable foundation for the future development and establishing avenues for receiving and managing donations for the different causes.† A sub-committee has been established to take care of developing protocols of accepting your kind donations for the specific causes which will be informed shortly. In conclusion, I express my thanks from bottom of my hearts to all the BOT members, EC/OB members, dedicated volunteers and devotees who donated their valuable services and times to run our temple smoothly. I would also like to convey my special thanks to Mr. Khem Nangrani, President, for providing the required leadership and showing the cooperation of working with Board of Trustees which are the essential ingredients of running the Temple very effectively and efficiently. At last I would like to extend my special thanks and gratitude to all the BOT members for extending their heartfelt cooperation as well as their valuable advices. Best Wishes, Tushar Basu 2 Chairman,† Board of Trustees D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Namaskar Devotees.....Jai Gayatri Maa: Board of Trustees Chairman It is my distinct pleasure and great honor to serve as a president Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 of D/FW Hindu Temple and present updates and accomplishments of past four months. Month of May started Secretary with the grand celebration of Sri Balaji Brahmotsavam. The Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 celebration was lead by our Priest Sri Acharyaluji with guidance of two priest from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. The Members recitation of Vedic mantras, performing various homas and religious activities by fourteen different priests made our temple Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 ground seems to be heaven on the earth. All the rituals along Harshika Bhatt 975-462-1383 with beautiful cultural activities were carried out flawlessly. Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 In month of June we had three days discourse on GIta Gyan by Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 Bhai Shri Rameshbhai Oza. Even though, this program S.P. Krishna Murthy 817-267-5505 Indira Konda 469-272-9967 happened with very short notice it was very successful. Everyday Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 more than 800-900 devotees were in attendance. In months of Hari Patro 972-333-8000 July and August we celebrated the Lord Jagannath Ratha Yatra, conducted Varalakshmi Vratam. We were privileged to have Goswami Shri Mridul Krishnaji to narrate the Bhagwat Katha Executive Committee for seven days. The Janmashtami and Nand Mahotsav were also celebrated. The Walkathon was very successful with the President help of Verizon employees. Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 The long waited road construction project has started. The project includes brand new cement concrete road of entire Vice President (I) Temple Way Street along with improved drainage system. The Omana Nair 972-444-0662 construction committee chair Shri Kantibhai Wani has worked Vice President (II) hard with City of Irving and has managed to save several Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 thousands of dollars for this project. The project should be completed by mid October. We are very sorry for any Treasurer inconvenience you may incurred during this construction time. Rajyalakshmi Rao 817-488-4850 The long debated Endowment fund has been finally established. The endowment committee consisting of seven members is Joint Treasurer working very hard to put all the guidelines together. Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 The Ganesh Utsav has started with great pomp, dancing and religious ceremony. Vidhya Vikas School session has started Secretary with good numbers of students. Volunteers are preparing for Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 Navratri celebration, Diwali and Skanda Shashti programs. I Ex- Officio would like to wish you all very happy Navratri and Diwali. Our Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 annual diwali dinner is on November 9, please come with family and friends to enjoy the delicious food and great entertainment Committee Members program. This is last archana for this year and I want to thank from bottom Ananda Murthy Kuchibhotla 817-656-8386 of my heart to all the Priests, OB team, EC, BOT members , Anil Sabnis 972-304-0715 the managers, Vidya Vikas School teachers and scores of Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 volunteers who help in making the temple run smoothly and Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 make all the events very successful. Some of you have gone Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 out of your way to support me in the different events. I will always Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 remember your generosity and great dedication. Kusum Masters 817-265-0115 Please visit our temple and contribute enthusiastically in the Mahalakshmi Sivakumar 972-814-4800 collective effort for improving good activities at the temple for Mukesh Wani 817-845-8100 the society and our biggest investment our children the future Prasanna Panicker 469-682-4704 of our ongoing Hindu heritage. Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 Sincerely, Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 Sunil Maini 214-738-6303 Khemchand Nangrani Sunil Patel 469-939-1884 Khemchand J. Nangrani Swati Tripathy 940-368-3698 President, D/FW Hindu Temple Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 3 | Ganesh Mahotsav 2013 | 4 SARASWATI MURTI STHAPANA ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH, 2013 @ 9:30 am 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 ) 5 s D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY s “Ekta Mandir” Cordially invites you, your family and friends to NAVARATRI GARBA CELEBRATIONS Saturday October 5th through Monday October 14th, 2013 In Cultural Hall at 8:30 p.m. every evening C Mataji Puja during Navaratri at 7:15 p.m. Lalita Sahasranamam every evening at 7:45 p.m. Durga Jagaran on Saturday October 12th , 2013 at 9:00 p.m. Evening Aarati Times will be at 7:00 p.m. during Navaratri Festival For more information, please call Temple at 972-445-3111 NAVACHANDI MAHA YAGNA On Saturday October 12th, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Coconut offering 6:00 p.m. - Mahaprasad 6:30 p.m. Suggested Donations: Mukhya Yajman $1001.00 Yajman $501.00 Mahaprasad $301.00 Donor $251.00 Sponsor $101.00 Garba Aarati $31.00 IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN NAVCHANDI MAHA YAGNA 6 PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME BY FRIDAY OCTOBER 4TH, 2013 On Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 at 4:30 PM and onwards First batch is at 4:30 PM and Last batch starts at 7:45 PM After Aarati SHARAD PURNIMA - GARBA RAAS ON FRIDAY,OCTOBER 18, 2013 AT 8:30 PM 7 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY “Ekta Mandir” Cordially Invites You, Your Family And Your Friends To Join Us For THE DIWALI CELEBRATION PROGRAM Sunday November 3th, 2013: DIWALI DAY 6:00 p.m.
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