25748 101St Ave SE, Kent, WA 98030

Kent Hindu Temple 2014

25748 101st Ave SE, Kent, WA 98030 Website: www.KentHinduTemple.org Call us: E-mail: [email protected] (425) 413-8900 Inner view of Kent Hindu Temple About Kent Hindu Temple

Pt. Rishikesh Tiwari ABOUT TEMPLE Sanatan Dharma Temple and Cultural Center (SDTCC), is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to meet the community’s growing need for a religious, spiritual, and cultural center in South King County. The temple relocated from Maple Valley to its current location in Kent in May 2013 and is conveniently connected with Highway 167. The temple building has a lot size of 40,075 sqft with a main floor of 10,000 sqft and upper floor of 5,000 sqft with adequate parking. The temple is also known as Kent Hindu Temple (KHT).PanditRishikesh Tiwari is the full-time priest- serv ing the spiritual needs of the temple devotees.

ORGANIZATION SDTCC is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization (UBI #: 602 147 373) in the State of Washington. All donations are tax deductible. The organization is managed by a Board of Directors duly elected by the members of the General Body of SDTCC, per its robust Constitution and By-Laws duly approved by the General Body. Our board has numerous active committees including a Ritual Committee, Cultural Committee, Kitchen Committee, Communication Committee, Construction and Maintenance Committee, Fund Raising Committee as well as an Audit Committee. For additional information on SDTCC Constitution and By-Laws, please visit our website.

VISION OF SDTCC • To preserve and protect the rich Hindu Cultural Heritage in our present and future generations • To practice, promote and teach the Hindu religion and Hindu way of life • To provide social services to the community, including counseling and non-emergency medical services The SDTCC currently conducts religious ceremonies on all major religious festivals like Lohri, MakarSankranti, SaraswatiPooja, MahaShivaratri, Holi, Navratras and DurgaMaa Puja, Hanuman Jayanti, NrisimhaJayanthi, Krishna Jan- mashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Rama Navami, Vijay Dashami, Diwali, TulsiVivah, and other Hindu festivals. It also organizes individually sponsored events like DurgaMaaJaagran, AkhandRamayanPaath, and Shri Satya Narayan Pooja etc. However, we still have a long way to go to fulfill the dream of a full scale temple and a center where we can perform religious, spiritual, social, cultural and educational activities.

DONATIONS All donations are tax-deductible on your tax-return. If you work for employers like Microsoft, Boeing, Chase Bank, Expedia, Real Networksor similar organizations, your donations to SDTCC towards cultural activities are matched by your employer. You may be able to set up for automatic donations through your payroll deductions if you work for corporations like Microsoft, AT & T, GE, and other employers with a similar program. Please donate as much as you can and as often as you can. For donation receipts and other information, please contact the temple Treasurer, Sh. Kul Bhushan Garg at [email protected] or at 253-677-2323.

MEMBERSHIP Currently, SDTCC has about 250 members, including Life ($2100) and Annual ($101) members. Our target for next twelve months is to register additional 250 members. Please become a member and support your temple.

DEITIES Full-size idols of Shri Radha-Krishna, and Shri DurgaMaata, were Installed in April 2009 (5-days long PraanPratishtha ceremony). Sri SatyaSai Baba was installed in June 2009. Based on generous support by various devotees, additional deities including Sri Ram Parivaar, Sri Siva Parivar, Shri Ganesha, Baba Balaknath, Sindhurwale Hanuman ji, LaddoGopal are coming from Jaipur, India, and will be installed 2014.

TEMPLE PRIEST – PANDIT RISHIKESH TIWARI Pandit Tiwari ji came to Sanatan Dharma Temple and Cultural Center in November 2008 after serving for 6 years as principle priest at the Hindu temple of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. He served at the Sindhi Merchant association Hindu temple in Singapore from 2000-2002. During his tenure from 1991 through 2000, he served as one of the five priests at the Prachin Ram Mandir in Greater Delhi area.

Pandit Tiwari ji’s educational background includes Acharya in 2000and Shastri in 1991, both from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi (UP). In addition, he attended 9-month long in-residence special training at Hindu Heritage Pratistan, a Modi Foundation Institution in Meerut, India, This training covered the fields of Samaskaras, Pooja, ShreemadBhagwadgeeta, Upanishads, Astrology, Palmistry, Yoga, Aasanaas, Praanaayaama, and Meditation. Panditji also teaches karmakand and rituals. Panditji has intensive knowledge and ample experience in Yagnyacharya, Archaka, Karamkanda, Akhanda Ramayana path, Durgapooja, Traditional Vedic wedding, Arya Vedic homam, BhagwatGeeta, ChandiYaag, house warming pooja, SatyanarayanPooja, Upanayanam, and more. He is also an expert in South Indian rituals including Archana, Abhishekam, and Vishnu Sahasranamam. He is fluent is Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Sindhi, English, and Nepali.

BOARD SEVAKS (2013-14) :- >> Raj Soi >> Rattan Sund >> Sanjeev Kaushik >> Geeta Tejpaul >> Kul Bhushan Garg >> Rohit Singh Kent Hindu Temple 25748 101st Ave SE, Kent, WA 98030 | sanatandharmatemple.org | (425) 413-8900 January - 2014

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Thank you for all your help to make your temple big- ger and better. It was only possible with your continued support throughout this time since the temple opened its doors in March 2002. With your commitment, we are in the process of adding Rama Parivar, Hanuman Ji, Shiv Parivar, Narmada Shivalingam, Ganesh ji, Baba Balak Nath, Ladoo Gopal and a new set of Nava Grahs in early part of 2014. The temple and its management is looking forward to your continued support in future.

- Temple SEVAKS

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