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Archana AUGUST 2006 ARCHANA qq Ganeshji Volume 29 January 2012 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 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 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 Saturday 5:30 PM Bhajans by Omkar Satsang Mandal 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 6:00 PM Bhajans by Sanatan Satsang Samaj Fourth Sunday 3:30 PM Arya Samaj Havan GENERAL BODY MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA ON PAGE 19. Dear Devotees: Namaste, I am humbled and thankful to the Board of Trustee members for selecting me as the Chairman of the BOT. I seek to fulfill this great responsibility with your cooperation, support and blessings. I am looking forward to serve our Temple and the devotees to the best of my ability. We are proud to have an Excellent Board of Trustees and dedicated hard working Executive Committee team. This year we will be completing some of the various projects and focus on improving the community service. Your continuous Devotional support and Unity is greatly appreciated. May Goddess Mahalakashmi bless and guide us all. Best Wishes, Manoj Parikh Chairman, Board of Trustees 2 D/FW Hindu Temple Society Message from the President Management Dear Fellow Devotees, Board of Trustees Namaste to all of you. I feel very humble and privileged to be given the opportunity of serving Chairman our sacred temple and our community. I pray to God to help and guide Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 me in my heart felt desire to serve the temple to the best of my ability. I thank Mr. Bhasy Nair, our past President, under whose leadership Secretary our temple progressed well. We were able to work as a team and Harshika Bhatt 972-462-1383 brought a number of diverse functions for the benefit of devotees of Members our “ Ekta Mandir “. Asha Ram 972-252-1500 As a result of the tremendous hard work of the members of the past Executive Committees, Board of Trustees and our numerous under Dr. N. K. Monga 214-368-8563 recognized volunteers our temple has grown tremendously. Our main Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 temple with deities attracting worshippers from all regions of India is Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 Unique. We have a dedicated team of priests from different parts of Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 India to fulfill devotees religious needs. We have facilities that are S.P. Krishnamurthy 817-267-5505 popular center for marriages, Private Pujas and community events. Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 We have two full time and one part time Managers to support temple Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 operations and two full time housekeeping employees to keep the facility clean. Executive Committee Our school with over 800 students and the new building is something our community can be proud of. I like to recognize and thank more President than 100 volunteer teachers, Parents and Vidya Vikas administrators Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 for their dedication and hard work to keep this school one of the best one in the metroplex. Every Sunday, during school year, temple Vice President (I) becomes a centre for families to get together and spend entire day Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 together. Parents take yoga classes, learn Sanskrit, Art classes and take part in religious activities while their children learn religion, Vice President (II) language, Music, Dance and take SAT classes. I promise that we will Omana Nair 972-444-0662 work hard to improve the facilities and make it even more enticing for our students. The future of our beloved Mandir depends on our youths. Treasurer Their participation and involvement in the activities is a must for the Kumud Gupta 817-571-6945 long term future of our Mandir. Our Temple serves the best and freshly cooked Mahaprasad every Joint Treasurer Mukund Patel 214-357-2844 Sunday after Mahamangal Aarati at noon. I like to take this moment to thanks all those volunteers who help cook this Mahaprasad and serve Secretary more than 1000 devotees on regular Sundays and more than 5000 on special events. Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 On January 1st we started with Ganeshji’s Puja and Homam followed by Mahaprasad . More than 5000 devotees showed their true devotion Committee Members and generosity in celebrating New Year with us. I LIKE TO WISH ALL DEVOTEES A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. We also celebrated Vaikunta A. L. Somanath 817-545-3735 Ekadashi, Lohri, Andal Kalyanam and Makar Sankranti Pujas. Some Anul Apte 817-919-2333 of the upcoming events are Vasant Panchami puja, Maha Shivaratri, Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 Holika Dahan, Holi celebrations & Anand Bazaar, Chaitri Navaratri,Durga Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 Jagran, Sita-Rama Kalyanam, Durgashtami Havan and Garba/Raas, Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 Ramnavami celebration, Kavadi , Balaji Kalyanam and many more. Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 We are planning to perform Shiva Sahasra Linga Mahotsavam during Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 April 20th weekend. Please check the temple website Kundan Sharma 972-279-4134 www.dfwhindutemple.org, Archana magazine, posture boards and Mahalakshmi Shivkumar 972-814-4800 emails for upcoming events. MVL Prasad 469-464-7829 Temple operates on the generosity and cooperation of all of you. I look Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 forward to working with all EC members, Trustees, Volunteers and our Prasanna Panicker 972-226-4277 devotees. If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to email Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 me at [email protected]. Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 With best wishes Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 Anita Singhal Sharad Sevak 972-255-7270 Swati Tripathy 940-382-7305 President, D/FW Hindu Temple Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 3 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY 5 “Ekta Mandir” 5 CULTURAL HALL MURALS Temple’s Cultural Hall is a unique place. It is busy all year with multiple activities such as Spiritual discourses, Cultural program, Prayers and gatherings. On every Sunday, thousands of devotees are served with “Mahaprasad” in this hall. Last year the cultural Hall Mural project was completed. This hall has been decorated with the “Murals” depicting deities and events from Mythological and Epic subjects derived from “Shiv Puran”, Bhagwat Geeta “Bhagvatam” and “Ramayan”. The upper portion of the walls all around the cultural hall is painted with continuous series of 300ft. X 4ft. long mural. The area is divided in four sections of the wall: THE SOUTH HALL : Consists of 112 feet X 4 feet area of Murals, that illustrates images from “ ShivPuran”, “Bhagwat Geeta” and “Bhagwatam”. THE NORTH WALL : Has the length area of 112 feet X 4 feet. The entire wall surface is dedicated to the subject of “Ramayan” It begins with the 1st page of the “Ramayan” and ends at the image of “Hanuman” listening to the glory of the “Ramayan” with devote attention. THE WEST WALL : Is the entrance to the Cultural Hall. The “Mural” continues above the entrance gates. The size of this portion is 60 feet X 4 feet. The images and forms are based and derived from the various images of the deities. THE STAGE SIDE : In the middle, is the wide stage. Various performers and the stage events take place there. On the both sides of the stage, are large panels of 8 feet X 4 feet size, with the paintings of the “Garuda” and “Hanuman” in celebration dance poses. We will continue the titles, contents and description of paintings in the next issue of Archana. If you like to sponsor any of these Murals please contact temple at 972-445-3111 or Anita Singhal @ [email protected]. 4 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY 5 “Ekta Mandir” 5 Maha Shivaratri (Great night of Shiva) is celebrated with great devotion and religious passion by Hindus, in honor of Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu Gods forming the Trinity. The festival falls on the moonless, 13th or 14th night of the new moon (Krishna Paksh) in the Hindu month of Maagha or Phalgun (in the month of February - March, according to the modern Calendar). On the festival of Maha Shivaratri, devotees observe day and night fast and worship Lord Shiva. Many interesting legends have been related to the festival. According to one of the most popular legends, Shivaratri is the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. It is also believed that Lord Shiva performed “Tandava”, the dance of the primal creation, preservation and destruction on this auspicious night of Shivaratri. According to another popular legend, described in Linga Purana, it was on Shivaratri that Lord Shiva manifested himself in the form of a Linga for the first time.
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