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| ARCHANA | 88888 Volume 31 February 2014 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 Every Saturday 8:30 AM Balaji Suprabhatam & Vishnu Sahasranama 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, Namaste, I wish all of you a very happy and prosperous 2014.† I have been honored to be selected as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the current year.† By the grace of Mahalakshmi, blessings from all of you as well as with the help and cooperation of our Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, I hope that I will be able to fulfill this great responsibility bestowed upon me. † You probably noticed that last year, our temple management has done a spectacular job of operating our great organization smoothly and bringing a record number of devotees from various communities. This year we are looking forward to even more participation from the community.† Like previous year, I am anticipating of celebrating numerous special and big events this year. † We beseech Mahalakshmi to guide us in all our sincere endeavors and lead us in the right direction. With† Best Wishes, Indira Konda Chairperson,† Board of Trustees 2 D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Darsanam no didrksunam dehi bhagavatarcitam Rupam priyatamam svanam sarvendriya-gunanjanam Board of Trustees Chairman Indira Konda 469-272-9967 Namaskar Dear Devotees, Secretary First of all let me offer my humble pranams to Goddess Mahalakshmi Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 for giving me the†health and opportunity to serve the humanity. It is an honor and blessing to be the new president of our Mandir. I am humbled Members by this responsibility and†will put†forward†my best efforts to serve the temple and our community. I will strive to follow in†the footsteps of my Damini Singh 214-755-3931 predecessors and work with† EC/BOT members as a team to make all Dilip Shah 972-307-0407 our events successful. On January 1st, we started with Ganesh Homam, Abhishekam,† Dr. N. K. Monga 214-368-8563 Alankaram and Sahasranamarchana and it was a very successful event. Hari Patro 972-333-8000 A huge crowd waited patiently†in long lines throughout the day to have Jagannath Rao 972-782-2666 Dharshan in the Temple . On Jan 11th, we conducted the very holy Vaikunta Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 Ekadashi following the pattern of puja conducted in the major temples Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 of India including the Balaji Temple at Tirupathi. Vasant Panchami S.P. Krishna Murthy 817-267-5505 celebration was the next major event†. Vidya Vikas children had the opportunity to worship Goddess Saraswati Devi, who is the embodiment of intellect and wisdom.† Bhishma Ekadashi has been observed to mark Executive Committee the day when Bhishma, a hero of Mahabharata,†gave up his mortal body after the†war at †Kurukshetra. President We are planning to conduct several new Spiritual, Cultural, and Yoga Omana Nair 972-444-0662 events this year in addition to the ones specified in the Temple Calendar . Holi, the festival of colors, will be celebrated with great Pomp and Vice President (I) Show with dry colors as devotees rejoice welcoming the spring season. Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 Inside the cultural hall, we will be hosting Anand Bazaar where people may take a break and relax with a wonderful variety of†food, drinks and Vice President (II) entertainment. Ugadi/Guddi Padva will be celebrated on March 31st as it Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 is the New Yearís day†for†some parts of India . Chaitri Navaratri† with Raas Garba† is from April 1st though April 8th and Durgashatami Havan Treasurer on April 7th. The very colorful †Kavadi festival for Lord Kumara†will be Rajyalakshmi Rao 817-488-4850 held on April 12th. We will also be conducting Sri Ramanavami and Baisakhi and Makarasankranti in April.† April 14th marks the New Yearís Joint Treasurer day for some other†regions of India . Shiva Sahasra linga shodasa Kusum Masters 817-265-0115 aavarana puja will be conducted from April 17th to 20th.† It is our great fortune that Her Holiness Sri Karunamayee Ma will participate in this Secretary function. Swati Tripathy 940-368-3698 Our General Body meeting is scheduled for 23 March at 1:00 pm and I would like to stress the importance of your participation in it to discuss various issues pertaining to our temple.† Our temple has grown tremendously due to the tireless contribution of hundreds of selfless Committee Members volunteers and with your continued financial support. We have added †new facilities for our children and continue to modernize the existing Ananda Murthy Kuchibhotla 817-656-8386 structures. Our Vidya Vikas program is well respected in the community Anil Sabnis 972-304-0715 and the Volunteer Teachers are second to none.†† You can obtain Annapurna Nehru 214-274-5291 information about all activities in the Temple by calling 972-445-3111 Ashwin Kalia 817-329-4920 and visiting our website at www.dfwhindutemole.org. Kindly get your Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 free copy of our Temple Calendar so that you can see all the planned Bhagwan Reddy 972-455-8073 events this year.Please feel free to contact me or any member of our Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 management with any suggestions for the improvement of the temple. Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 †On behalf of our entire management team in the Executive Committee Kundan Sharma 972-279-4134 and the Board of Trustees, I wish you all a wonderful, healthy and Mahalakshmi Sivakumar 972-814-4800 prosperous New Year. May the blessings of Lord Ayyappa always be Mukesh Wani 817-845-8100 with all of us and our families. Prakash Ranka 972-717-3830 Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 Prasanna Panicker 469-682-4704 Sincerely, Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 Omana Nair Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 Omana Nair Sita Parikh 972-298-2011 President, D/FW Hindu Temple Society 3 4 5 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY 8 “Ekta Mandir” 8 Cordially Invites You, Your Family & Friends to celebrate Maha-Mrityunjaya Homam Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 8:30am-10:30am Purandara Dasa Day Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 9:00 am. - 5:00 pm Durga Jagran April 4th, 2014 at 8:30 pm Kavadi Celebration th Saturday, April 12 , 2014 10:00 AM 4 9 Kavadi Puja & Parikrama 8:30 am Subramanya/Kartikeya Abhishekam 9:30 am-10:30 am Alankar,Archana, Bhajans 10:30 am-noon Mahamangal Aarati Noon Thyagaraja Aradhana Sunday, April 13, 2014 8:30 am - 11:30 am 6 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY m “Ekta Mandir” m Cordially Invites You, Your Family & Friends to celebrate Tamil/Kerala New Year Monday, April 14th, 2014 Ganesh Abhishek 10:00am Panchanga Pathanam 6:30pm Jagannath Puja 7:00pm Vishu Ayyappa Puja 7:45pm Basava Jayanti Puja Saturday, April 26th, 2014 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Ashtottara-shata Hanuman Chalisa Parayan (Chanting of Hanuman Chalisa 108 times) Saturday,†April 26th, 2014 Vallabhacharya Pragatya Mahotsav Celebration Sunday, April 27th, 2014 at 10:00 am Akshaya Tritiya Thursday, May 1st, 2014 Dattatreya Abhishek @ 10:45 am Narsimha Jayanti Tuesday May 13th, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m. 7 8 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY “Ekta Mandir” Cordially Invites you, Your Friends and Family To Ram-Navami, Sita-Ram Kalyanam, Akhand Ramayan & Hanuman Jayanti Program Sponsorship Saturday, April 5th, 2014 * Maha-Yajman ___ $501 • Akhand Ramayana Begins at 9:00 am * Sunday, April 6th, 2014 * Mahaprasad ____ $301 • Akhand Ramayana Ends at 10:00 am, followed by * • Bhajans, Aarati at Noon & Mahaprasad * Yajman ___ ____ $251 Tuesday, APRIL 8th, 2014 * • Ram-navami Puja: 10:30 am * Ram Parivar Puja__ $101 • Shri Ram Janma & Jhula: 12 Noon * • Sita-Ram Kalyanam: 7:00 pm * Sita-Ram Kalyanam_ $101 Sunday, April 13th, 2014 * • Ram-navami Celebration: Bhajans, Abhishekam * Abhishekam ____ $51 Tuesday, April, 15th, 2014 * • Hanuman Jayanti Puja @ 8:00pm * Archana_________ $31 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Event Chairs: Kundan Sharma, Kishor Fruitwala, Annapurna Nehru _____________________________________________________________________________ 1605, N.Britain Rd, Irving 75061 For more information Call 972-445-3111 Website: dfwhindutemple.org 9 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY “Ekta Mandir” Cordially Invites you, Your Friends and Family To SHIVA SAHASRA LINGA PUJA MAHOTSAVAM ON April 17th, April 18th, April 19th & April 20th, 2014.