HINDU SANDESH HARI MANDIR Hindu Society of Metropolitan Chicago Non Profit Organization under IRS Sec. 501©(3) VOL. 68 No. 03, March 2015 6 NORTH 20 MEDINAH ROAD, PO BOX 433, MEDINAH IL 60157 Phone: 630 980 0900, www.hariommandir.com

Executive Board Board of Trustees

Indrajit Sarkar Ayodhia Salwan President Chairman 847 508 8194 847 985 7004

Anil Saxena Nirmal Bagga Vice President Vice Chairman 630 221 0054 847 998 5662

Anita Rawal Mohan Karamchandani Secretary Secretary 630 932 9327 630 229 4603

Gopal Tiwari Naveen Paul 518 312 4657 Treasurer

630 860 2774 Ram Verma 630 529 4509 Ashok Sharma Publication Mahendra Thakkar 630 550 6693 630 665 8125

Sham Taxali Subhash Sharma Inside Property Mgmt. 630 653 0553 630 543 2776 Amar Singla Open Position 630 543 5171 Outside Property Mgmt. ************************* Aarty Singla MANDIR TIMINGS Special Events ************************* 630 479 3661 Open: 8:00am – 1:00pm Open: 3:00pm – 8:00pm ______Usha Verma Food & Prasad 708 544 7241 Meaning: Close: 1:00pm – 3:00pm You possess a Golden Hue, and you are Neatly ** Except Saturday, Sunday, Dressed, You wear Ear-Rings and have a Curly hair. Holidays & Special Events

Priests:

Pandit Dinesh Kumar

March 2015 PROGRAMS

08:00 am Everyday MANGLA AARTI 8:00 pm Everyday SHAYAN AARTI 11:00 am–11:30am Every Sun. VEDIC HAVAN 12:00am -1:00pm Every Other Sun. HINDI / RELIGIOUS CLASSES

Sun. March 1 st 11:30am -1:00pm Congregation: by Naresh Regmi Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome Tue. March 3rd 7:30pm – 8:00pm CHALISA PATH by Suchitra Sarkar & devotees Sponsor: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome Sat. March 7 th 7:30pm -10:00pm JAGRAN: Bhajans by Mr. Subhash Sharma, Kapoor & Mandali

Sponsors : Sada and Sudesh Rajput

Sun. March 8 th 11:30 am -1:00pm Congregation: Talk by Dr. Sham Lal Bhatia ( CELEBRATION ) (spiritual teachings of Lord Rama and ) And Holi celebration Sponsors: Singla and Garg Family Tue. March 10 th 7:30pm8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt.Dinesh ji & Suchitra Ji Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Wed. March 11 th 1:30pm -3:30pm LADIES SATSANG

Sun. March15 th 11:30a m –1:00 pm Congregation:AMRITVANI PATH by Goldy -Happy, Rekha -Kailash Mehta, Rama Kapoor Grp Sun.Feb.15th 4:00pm – 6:00pm Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome VASWANI SATSANG. All are Welcome Tue. March 17 th 7:3 0pm -8:00p m HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt.Dinesh ji & Suchitra Ji Bhog Prasad: Salwan Family Sat. March 21 st 7:00pm -10:00pm Navratre Jagran by Mrs. Asha Khanna ji Sponsors: Brij and Vijay Sharma Sun. March 22nd 11:30am – 1:00pm Congregation: Pravachan on By Mr. Yash Chaudhary Sponsors: Usha Verma

Tue. March 24 rd 7:00pm – 8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH & BHAJANS by Madhu Kalia & Mona Sharma Dinner Prasad: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome Sat. March 28 th 10:00 am Akhand Ramayan Path Start s by Subhash Sharma Ji For 24 hours (Please, see attached flyer)

Sun. March 29 th 11:30 -1:00pm Congregation: Ramnavmi celebration

Lunch Prasad: Tina Thawaney UPCOMING EVENTS : Holika Dahen Thursday March 5 th

Navratre Ends Friday March 27th

Ramnavmi Saturday March 28 th Ramayan path starts for 24 hour

April 2015 PROGRAMS

08:00 am Everyday MANGLA AARTI 8:00 pm Everyday SHAYAN AARTI 11:00 am–11:30am Every Sun. VEDIC HAVAN 12:00am -1:00pm Every Other Sun. HINDI / RELIGIOUS CLASSES

Sat. April 4th 7:30pm - 10:00pm DEVI JAGRAN: Bhajans by Mr. Subhash Sharma, Rama Kapoor & Mandali

Sponsors : Anita & Family

Sun. April 5 th 11:30am - 1:00pm Congregation: Bhajans by devotees and Talk by Poornima Jha ( sabke sukh mai apna sukh) And Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome Tue. April 7th 6 :00 pm – 8:00pm Sunderkand and Hanuman chalisa path by Subhash Sharma, Pt. Dinesh ji HANUMAN JAYANTHI CELEBRATION & Suchitra Sarkar Group Sponsor: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome Wed. April 8 th 1:30pm – 3:30 pm LADIES SATSANG

Sun. April 12th 11:30 am – 1:00pm Congregation: Bhajans by Shweta Kothari HOM ANNIVERSARY & BASAKHI Sponsors: Singla and Garg Family Tue. April 14th 7:30pm – 8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Sun. April 19th 11:30a m –1:00 pm Congregation:AMRITVANI PATH by Goldy -Happy, Rekha -Kailash Mehta, Rama Kapoor group Sponsors: Sushma & Swati Agarwal

Sun.April 19th 4:00pm – 6:00pm SADHU VASWANI SATSANG: All are Welcome Tue. April 21st 7:3 0pm – 8:00p m HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Suchitra Ji & devotees Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Sun. April 26th 11:30am – 1:00pm Congregation: Pravachan by Didi Rameshwari Devi Ji

Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Tue. April 28th 7:00pm – 8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH & BHAJANS by Madhu Kalia & Mona Sharma Dinner Prasad: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

UPCOMING EVENTS:

HARI OM MANDIR ANNIVERSARY & BASAKHI CELEBRATION SUN. APRIL 12TH 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION BY THE YOUTH SUN. MAY 10TH 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

President’s Message

Dear Devotees,

“Hari Om”. Thank you for a great participation in all HOM’s religious functions and celebrations. Along with all other functions we celebrated Maha Shiv Ratri with great joy & devotion. We had a record breaking gathering of devotees all day long. It was only possible with the dedicated team work. I thank and congratulate all of you, specially; Subhash Sharma, Anil Saxena, Arty & Rajan Singla, Usha Verma, Sham Taxali, Anita Rawal, Ashok Sharma, Gopal & Tiwari, Vipan & Sangeeta Wadhera, Jeetu Patel, Ramesh & Vasumati , Nirmal Bagga, Satpal Salwan, Ramesh Bhardwaj, Deepak & Mona Sharma,Ram Verma, Ravinder Kalia, Lilly Ben, Rajeev Bharel, Hardev & Pushpa Raj, Pt. Raghuvir ji.

Our major upcoming events in the month of March & April are: The Special Navratre Devi Jagran, Ramnavami Akhand Ramayan Paath and Hanuman Jayanthi. I request you all to participate and volunteer in these events. Devotees who want to contribute their volunteer work contact me with your area of interest for service, so that I can place you in appropriate sub-committees. Team has started planning and working for the Hari Om Mandir Anniversary and Baisakhi, which will be celebrated in the month of April with great pomp and show.

With warm regards and Service to God and community,

Indrajit Sarkar, President- EB

Please contact Ms. Usha Verma @ (708) 544 7241 to sponsor food. Lunch Prasad : After Aarti (Every Sunday) Dinner Prasad: 8.00pm – 8.30pm (Every Tuesday) * Thanks to all the food sponsors of February2015: Grover family, Salwan Family, Nirmal Bagga, Raj Rawal & family

FOOD SPONSORS OPEN/ SPONSORS WELCOME, PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE FOOD SPONSOR’S CALANDER for Sundays and Tuesdays in 2015

HARI OM MANDIR Invites you all to celebrate H O L I

Holika Dahan: 5-Mar ( Thursday) From: 7.00pm to 8.00pm

Holi Celebration: 8-Mar (Sunday) From: 11.00am to 1.00pm

Hari Om Mandir celebrates Holi with Flowers!!! Please bring a bunch of multi color flowers

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AKHAND RAMAYAN PATH PLEASE ATTEND WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

PROGRAM 28th March,2015 Saturday: Pooja Begins : 10.00 AM Akhand Ramayan Path Start : 11.00 AM

29th March, 2015 Sunday: Akhand Ramayan Bhog : 11 AM & : 11 AM – 1 PM Aarti & Prasad : 1 PM

THANKS TO ALL THE DEVI JAGRAN SPONSORS!

Please Register for Year 2015 Devi Jagran’s.

3rd Jan. EB & BOT member and families 1st Aug.

7th Feb : Grover Family 5th Sept.

7th March: Sada & Sudesh Rajput family 3rd Oct.

21 st March: Brij Sharma & Family (Navratre)

4th Apr. : Anita Chandra & Family 17 th Oct.: Navratre Jagran

2nd May 7th Nov.

6th June 5th Dec.:

4th July

SPECIAL NAVRATRE DEVI JAGRAN BY Smt. ASHA KHANNA JI ON 21st March 2015 (SATURDAY)

Pooja Starts : 7.00 PM Followed by Smt. Asha Khanna ji’s Bhajans (Bhent’s) Aarti & Prasad : 9.45 PM

Smt. Asha Khanna

SPONSORED BY : Brij & Vijay Sharma FAMILY

For Further Information- Contact:

Subhash Sharma :815 751 6624 Mandir Office: 630 980 0900