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BALA JYOTHI CLASSES- 2005 SAMPRADYA BOOK DONATION TO HCCC LIBRARY

Baljyoti ,Bhakti jyoti,Bagawad Gita and ""Chairman of Samradaya Vishnusahasranamam classes for Committee Sri.Srikantiah prepared a children and Youth list of Scholarly Reference Books for contact: [email protected] or HCCC Library that will be of value to [email protected] the Committee in preparing the HCCC Libray hours 10:30 AM to 3:30PM Temple Sampradaya Document and BALA JYOTHI CLASSES- 2005 also to priests and Devotees interested in reading on these subjects. The List JUNE 18TH 11AM - 12 NOON, includes 68 Volumes of Ancient All youngsters are welcome to participate in Indian Tradition and Mythology Series that cover most of the Puranas and other books on Graduation Puja – 2005.Students graduating from Vaisnavism, Saivism and Bhavagatam. Venky (K.Venkateswaran) acquired the books during elementary school,middlehighschool,eollege and his last visit to India. Dr.Kamala Shankar graciously donated the entire cost of books, students of any grade are welcome to participate. including Shipping, for this valuable addition to our Temple Library. The Books were donated to HCCC library on January 23 after a dedication Ceremony with a Puja conducted For details please contact: [email protected] by Priest Chandramouli. The books are now available for referencing at HCCC library""

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TS U N A M I RE L I E F W O R K B Y HCCC Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore (HCCC) Week’s supply of ration for each family, toilet worked with the village chief and AID to put up a has a long-standing tradition of Human Services supplies, some inner garment for ladies, shelter, sample thatched hut to determine the cost of each work, locally and internationally. In keeping with fishing nets (4 types), motor repairs, boat repairs, one. this tradition, HCCC is raising funds for Tsunami new motors and boats. HCCC has initially sponsored 15 huts at a unit relief work. One of the temple volunteers, Sri. On Jan 13th, with the help of 30 volunteers (all cost of Rs. 9,000 or $ 210. Baskaran and other Baskaran Tranquebar has visited and worked in college students in and around Chennai), HCCC officials are in contact with the AID the affected areas of Tamil Nadu. Baskaran visited Saravanas provision store, coordinator who helped us make this service a Baskaran initially went to Muttakadu, a village Saravanas dept store and the Saravanas textile possibility for HCCC. Discussions are on going 10 Km south of Kalpakkam that was affected by with him about long term plans relating to HCCC’s Tsunami. (tentative) plan on rebuilding the lives of Tsunami victims.

Sorted rations ready for distribution showroom to procure the following items, Dhal - 1000 kgs (2 kg packs) , Cooking oil – 1000 liters, Coconut oil – 500 kg, Sugar - 1000 kg, Milk pow- Displaced villagers in tents Volunteers distributing the rations der -500kg, Mustard – 500 packets (100gms each), Tamarind – 1000 kg (I kg packets), Thoor Dhal – 1000 kg , Rice - 5000 Kg, Chilli powder – 500 packs (100gm each), Saththu Maavu - 800 packs (250gm each), Salt – 500 packs (1kg each) Aruva manai – 800 nos, Ladies petticoat – 1500 nos, Ladies underwear – 400 nos (assorted sizes) After distributing the rations, Baskaran also New huts under construction Living condition in the tent

Around 250 families lost their homes, fishing boats and nets and pretty much are living under the tents that were installed on the beach sand. There is no running water, no food, no vessels, no light and no sanitation. The image above is a por- tion of the village in their current living condi- tions. It was clear that the immediate needs were: Only surviving girl in front of her hut New huts ready for occupation Phalguna / April 2005 Meena / Mesha Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday T hursday Friday Saturday RAHU KALA OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA 4:30 to 6:00 pm 7:30 to 9:00 am 3:00 to 4:30 pm 12:00 to 1:30 pm 1:30 to 3:00 pm 10:30 to 12 noon 9:00 to 10:30 am 1 2 : 27:44 : 25:24 Moola : 08:10 P. Ashada : 06:42

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dasami : 23:59 Ekadasi : 21:33 Dwadasi : 19:11 Trayodasi : 17:00 Chaturdasi : 15:04 : 13:32 CHAITRA U. Ashada : 06:06 Prathama : 12:28 Sravana : 28:26 Dhanishta : 26:45 Satabhisha : 25:10 P. : 23:47 U.Bhadra : 22:42 Revathi : 22:02 P r a d o s h a m Masa Shivaratri Hybrid Solar Eclipse Aswini : 21:53 Daylight Saving Time (Parthiba) begins at 2:00 AM Ugadi Asthanam 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 : 11:59 : 12:07 : 12:53 : 14:17 Shasti : 16:10 : 18:26 Ashtami : 20:50 Bharani : 22:18 Krittika : 23:21 Rohini : 25:01 Mrugasira : 27:14 Arudra : 29:52 Punarvasu : Whole day Punarvasu : 08:45 Tamil New Year (Parthiba) Sun enters Mesha 11:40 Baishaki, Vishu 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Navami : 23:10 Dasami : 25:13 Ekadasi : 26:48 Dwadasi : 27:48 Trayodasi : 28:11 Chaturdasi : 27:56 Poornima : 27:06 Pushya : 11:40 Aslesha : 14:24 Makha : 16:45 P. Phalguni : 18:35 U. Phalguni : 19:49 Hasta : 20:27 Chitra : 20:29 Sri Rama Navami Pradosham Chitra Poornima Seetha Rama Kalyanam Meenakshi Kalyanam 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Prathama : 25:46 Dwitiya : 24:01 Tritiya : 21:57 Chaturthi : 19:41 Panchami : 17:17 Shasti : 14:53 Saptami : 12:32 Swathi : 19:59 Visaka : 19:04 Anuradha : 17:49 Jyeshta : 16:20 Moola : 14:44 P. Ashada : 13:06 U. Ashada : 11:30 Lunar Eclipse Sankatahara Chaturthi

Chaitra / Vaishaka May 2005 Mesha / Vrishabha Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday T hursday Friday Saturday RAHU KALA OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA 4:30 to 6:00 pm 7:30 to 9:00 am 3:00 to 4:30 pm 12:00 to 1:30 pm 1:30 to 3:00 pm 10:30 to 12 noon 9:00 to 10:30 am 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ashtami : 10:18 Navami : 08:14 Dasami : 06:23 Dwadasi : 27:29 Trayodasi : 26:31 Chaturdasi : 25:55 Amavasya : 25:45 Sravana : 10:02 Dhanishta : 08:44 Ekadasi : 28:47 P. Bhadra : 06:48 U. Bhadra : 06:16 Aswini : Whole Day Aswini : 06:14 Satabhisha : 07:38 Revathi : 30:04 Masa Shivaratri Pradosham 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shasti : 10:25 Dwitiya : 26:52 Tritiya : 28:10 Chaturthi : 29:56 Panchami : Whole day Panchami : 08:04 Pushya : 19:42 Prathama : 26:04 Krittika : 07:55 Rohini : 09:29 Mrugasira : 11:31 Arudra : 13:59 Punarvasu : 16:46 Sun enters Vrushabha 08:33 Bharani : 06:51 Akshaya Tritiya, Sankara Jayanthi, Basava Jayanthi Basava Jayanthi Ramanuja Jayanthi (weekend function) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saptami : 12:48 Ashtami : 15:00 Navami : 16:47 Dasami : 17:59 Ekadasi : 18:29 Dwadasi : 18:13 Trayodasi : 17:13 Aslesha : 22:36 Makha : 25:14 P. Phalguni : 27:24 U. Phalguni : 28:57 Hasta : 29:47 Chitra : 29:52 Swathi : 29:15 Vasavi Jayanthi P r a d o s h a m Narasimha Jayanthi

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Chaturdasi : 15:32 Visaka : 28:01 Poornima : 13:18 Pratama : 10:38 Dwitiya : 07:42 Chaturthi : 25:35 Panchami : 22:41 Shasti : 20:03 Buddha Pournima, Va i k a s i Anuradha : 26:18 Jyeshta : 24:15 Tritiya : 28:38 P. Ashada : 19:46 U. Ashada : 17:37 Sravana : 15:43 Visakam, Vasavi Jayanthi Annamacharya Jayanthi Moola : 22:01 Sankatahara Chaturthi Annamacharya Jayanthi (weekend function) (weekend function) 29 30 31 Saptami : 17:46 Ashtami : 15:55 Navami : 14:29 Dhanishta : 14:10 Satabhisha : 11:01 P. Bhadra : 12:18 Memorial Day Hanumath Jayanthi (weekend timings) "Nakshatra and Thithi ending timings are based on San Francisco time and listed in 30 hr format (30:00 is 6:00 AM)" 7 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA

SHIVA BRAHMOTSAVAM - SHIVARATRI

Brahmotsava- Sahsra Deepalankaranap Shivaratri – Jyothirlinga lighting Brahmotsava - Procession Shiva-Vishnu temple celebrated Shiva Brabmotsavam and Shivaratri festivals during the early part of March, with several devotees, Deeksha volunteers, priests, pachakas and office staff contribute to these annual events in full rhythm.. All in all, it was a holy and lively weekend on Mar 4th with a lot of activity and plenty of oppor- tunity for the devotees to please Lord Shiva & Goddess Paravathi and other deities. Shiva Brahmotsavam Program held from Friday Mar 4th (Dwajarohana) to Sunday Mar 6th (Dwajawarohana) was well orchestrated by Pdt. Chandramowli and Pdt. Sampath Sridharan.. The entire program was well planned and coordinated by Samatha and Venkat Vankayalapati family much ahead of time. We thank the couple for their dedication to this cause. Shivaratri event was coordinated by Samatha and Ravi Cherukuri and we thank the couple for coming forward and assuming this respon- sibility. Sesha vastra event went off well on Mar 5th with temple receiving over $8000 in donations. We congratulate Vijaya Neelamraju garu and her team for conduct- ing this event and disposing off all sesha vastras. More Dhotis and few melchats are still available at the temple office. During those five days from Mar 4th to 9th it has been very hectic at the temple. The entire office staff, priests, coordinators, volunteers and maintenance staff per- formed their duties much beyond their normal routine. We THANK everybody for their dedication in supporting these celebrations with Bhakti in their heart and Beauty in their duty. THANK YOU ALL

A picture is worth million words. The composite picture of Executive committee, Board of directors and program coordinators of 2004, all at one place celebrating ANNUAL RECOGNITION DAY for the first time in the history of HCCC. Even more important, all employees including priests, Admin staff and maintenance staff accepted the invitations and showed up for the occasion some with their spouses. We sincerely thank them for being part of the happy hour. All these and many many others have contributed throughout the year on several occasions and made it a very successful year. It has been a great team effort for every occasion and we have enjoyed great pleasure in working together. This is our way of saying “THANK YOU” to all. We thank our fellow devotee Amrit Duneja ( now president), for hosting the function at Double Tree Inn. 6 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA

HCCC-2005 TEAM HOW DID WE DO IN 2004? The out going team of 2004 welcomes HCCC – 2005 team. The new Board of directors Elected Akella Jagannadham for Projects Implemented Chairman, Amrit Duneja for President and Balamani for The following are significant projects that were approved by 2004 corporate secretary positions. We all wish the new team best EC/Board team and executed successfully by executive committee. of luck in upholding our Institution and our Constitution 1. Re-roofing Shiva shrine ...... COMPLETED (by-laws). 2. Walk-in cooler (Food) ...... COMPLETED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 3. Bath Rooms complete upgrade (both) ...... COMPLETED Boda Rao Srinivas Lingutla Chittaranjan Mallipeddi Srinivas Malladi 4. Temple front foyer tiles and plant pots ...... COMPLETED Debasis Bagchi Sridhar Pootheri 5. Kanaka Durga Shrine roof and ceiling ...... COMPLETED Dr. Kamala Shankar Sriram Madabhishi Kesavan Srikumar Usha Ramaswamy 6. Devotee information displays in hallway ...... COMPLETED Laxmikant Joshi Vidya Ananth 7. Multimedia Presentation system in A Hall . . . . .COMPLETED Mohan Rao R. Vinay Kalesh Ram Nagulapalli 8. Name plaque wall space & beautification ...... COMPLETED

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 9. Storage on Abharana & electric room attics . . . .COMPLETED

Amrit Duneja S. Visweswaran 10. Campus sign boards ...... COMPLETED Bala Mani Sambasivarao Gullapalli 11. Assembly hall painting ...... COMPLETED Jagannadham Shiv Kumar Mehta Krishna Reddy Suresh Upadhyayula 12. HCCC Site clean –up ...... COMPLETED Lingagoud Memula 13. Temple Interior painting ...... COMPLETED

14. Hiranya Shardhasha Sheds up grade ...... COMPLETED FI N A N C I A L STAT E M E N T F O R 2 0 0 4 15. Parking lot streamlining + additional lighting .COMPLETED 2004 2003 16. Food Buffet stands for Annadana ...... COMPLETED Total Income ...... 2,061K 1,713K 17. Arrowhead shoulders reinforcement . . . .90% COMPLETED

Expense ...... 1,385K 1,327K 18. South fence repair (6oo ft) ...... COMPLETED

Net cash in-flow ...... 213K 103K 19. Audio chanting; Archana timers ...... COMPLETED

Out standing loans ...... 1,395K 1,127K 20. Puja booking card system and accounting . . .COMPLETED

Endowment Fund ...... 456K 236K 21. Temple landscaping in the front and sides . . . .COMPLETED

Total Cash/Bank/Stock ...... 799K 597K 22. Storage capacity build up ...... 90% COMPLETED (Including Endowment Fund) 23. Shilpi house backyard improvements . . . .10% COMPLETED Vaishaka / Jyestha June 2005 Vrishabha / Mithuna Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday T hursday Friday Saturday RAHU KALA OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA 4:30 to 6:00 pm 7:30 to 9:00 am 3:00 to 4:30 pm 12:00 to 1:30 pm 1:30 to 3:00 pm 10:30 to 12 noon 9:00 to 10:30 am 1 2 3 4 Dasami : 13:31 Ekadasi : 12:59 Dwadasi : 12:52 Trayodasi : 13:10 U. Bhadra : 12:01 Revathi : 12:11 Aswini : 12:46 Bharani : 13:45 Pradosham Masa Shivaratri

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chaturdasi : 13:51 Amavasya : 14:55 JYESTHA Dwitiya : 18:11 Tritiya : 20:18 Chaturthi : 22:39 Panchami : 25:06 Krittika : 15:07 Rohini : 16:51 Prathama : 16:22 Arudra : 21:24 Punarvasu : 24:09 Pushya : 27:05 Aslesha : Whole day Mrugasira : 18:57

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Shasti : 27:27 Saptami : 29:31 Ashtami : Whole day Ashtami : 07:04 Navami : 07:57 Dasami : 08:02 Ekadasi : 07:17 Aslesha : 06:06 Makha : 08:59 P. Phalguni : 11:33 U.Phalguni : 13:35 Hasta : 14:56 Chitra : 15:29 Dwadasi : 29:43 Sun enters Mithuna : 15:11 Swathi : 15:12

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Trayodasi : 27:26 Chaturdasi : 24:33 Poornima : 21:14 Prathama : 17:39 Dwitiya : 13:59 Tritiya : 10:26 Chaturthi : 07:08 Visaka : 14:08 Anuradha : 12:23 Jyeshta : 10:06 Moola : 07:28 U. Ashada : 25:52 Sravana : 23:16 Panchami : 28:14 Pradosham Jyeshta Abisheka P. Ashada : 28:40 Sankatahara Dhanishta : 21:02 for Balaji Chaturthi 26 27 28 29 30 Shasti : 25:50 Saptami : 24:03 Ashtami : 22:53 Navami : 22:21 Dasami : 22:24 Satabhisha : 19:17 P.Bhadra : 18:06 U.Bhadra : 17:32 Revathi : 17:36 Aswini : 18:15

PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS D AT E /D AY E V E N T T I M E A C T I V I T I E S JApr 2nd Saturday 1st Saturday of the Month 12:00 Noon Balaji Vastra samarpana 11:00 AM Swarna Alamkara for Shiva Apr 3rd Sunday S r a v a n a 6:30 PM Balaji Sahasranama Archana First Sunday in April 2:00 AM Daylight Saving time begins at 2 AM ( Clocks set forward one hour ) Apr 4th Monday Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka Apr 5th Tuesday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka Apr 6th Wednesday Masa Shivaratri 6:30 PM 108 Kalasha Abhisheka for Shiva April 8th Friday Solar Eclipse Eclipse begins at " 9:51AM--3:20 PM Temple opens at 7:00AM and Closes at 9:30AM April 9th Saturday 2nd Saturday of the Month 10:00 AM Sahasra kalasha Abhisheka for Balaji 10:30 AM Muttangi Alamkara for Shiva Ugadi New Year (Parthiva) 6:30 PM Asthana Utsavam and Panchanga Sravanam in Telugu ,Kannada and English Apr 10th Sunday Murugan Kalyanam 3:30 PM Murugan Kalyana Utsavam Apr 11th Monday K r i t t i k a 6:30 PM Kartikeya Abhisheka and Archana Apr 12th Tuesday Rohini 6:30 PM Sri Krishna Pooja Apr 14th Thursday Shasti 6:30 PM Sri Kartikeya Sahasranama Archana Tamil New Year's Day 6:30 PM Panchanga Sravanam in Tamil ( Parthiva ) Apr 15th Friday Punarvasu 6:30 PM Sri Rama Abhisheka Apr 16th Saturday 3rd Saturday of the Month 11:00 AM Tiruppavadai Seva for Balaji 10:30 AM Rajata Kavacha Alamkaram for Shiva Apr 17th Sunday Sri Rama Navami Detailed Program at the end 3rd Sunday of the Month 1 1 : 0 0 A M Bilva Dala Archana for Shiva Apr 19th Tuesday Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka Apr 21st Thursday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka Apr 23rd Saturday 4th Saturday of the Month 12:00Noon Pushpa Seva for Balaji Poornima 6:30 PM Sri Lalita Sahasranama Parayana Chitra Poornima 3:30 PM Meenakshi Sundareshwara Kalyanam Apr 24th Sunday Swathi 6:30 PM Sri Narasimha Swamy Abhisheka Lunar Eclipse 23rd Night 11:00PM to 24th Early Morning 4:00AM 4 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS D AT E /D AY E V E N T T I M E A C T I V I T I E S Apr 27th Wednesday Samkatahara Chathurthi 6:30 PM Ganesha Abhisheka May 1st Sunday Sravana 6:30 PM Balaji Sahasranama Archana May 3rd Tuesday Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka May 5th Thursday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka May 6th Friday Masa Shivaratri 6:30 PM 108 Kalasha Abhisheka for Shiva May 7th Saturday 1st Saturday of the Month 12:00 Noon Balaji Vastra samarpana 11:00 AM Swarna Alamkara for Shiva May 8th Sunday Shiva Kalyanam 3:30 PM Shiva Kalyanotsavam K r i t t i k a 6:30 PM Kartikeya Abhisheka and Archana May 9th Monday Rohini 6:30 PM Sri Krishna Pooja May 10 Tu e s d a y Akshya Tritiya 6:30 PM Chandana Abhisheka for Sri Narasimha Swamy May 12th Thursday Shankara Jayanthi 6:30 PM Sri Adi Shankara Pooja Ramanuja Jayanthi 6:30 PM Sri Ramanuja Satmura May 13th Friday Punarvasu 6:30 PM Sri Rama Abhisheka May 14th Saturday 2nd Saturday of the Month 10:00 AM Sahasra kalasha Abhisheka for Balaji 10:30 AM Muttangi Alamkaram for Shiva Shasti 6:30 PM Sri Kartikeya Sahasranama Archana Basava Jayanthi 11:00 AM Basava Pooja in A.Hall May 15th Sunday 3rd Sunday of the Month 11:00 AM Bilva Dala Archana for Shiva May 18th Wednesday Vasavi Jayanthi 6:30 PM Sri Kanyakaparameshwari Pooja May 19th Thursday Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka May 20th Friday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka May 21st Saturday 3rd Saturday of the Month 11:00 AM Tiruppavadai Seva for Balaji 10:30 AM Rajata Alamkaram for Shiva Narasimha Jayanthi Detailed Program At the End May 22nd Sunday Poornima 6:30 PM Sri Lalita Sahasranama Parayana Vaikasi Visakam 10:30 AM Shanka Pooja 11:30 AM Shanka Abhisheka For Sri Kartikeya Vasavi Jayanthi (Weekend Function ) 11:30 AM Sri Vasavi Kanyakaparameshwari Pooja May26th Thursday Samkatahara Chathurthi 6:30 PM Ganesha Abhisheka May 28th Saturday 4th Saturday of the Month 12:00Noon Pushpa Seva for Balaji Annamacharya Jayanthi Special program in A.Hall Sravana 6:30 PM Balaji Sahasranama Archana May 30th Monday Memorial Day Temple opens from 9:00AM to 8:00PM May 31st Tuesday Hanuman Jayanthi 10:00 AM Sundara Kanda Homam 6 : 3 0 P M Anjaneya Swamy Abhisheka 7:30 PM Sahasra Nagavalli Dala and sahasra Amra Phala Archana 8:30 PM Ekanta Seva June 2nd Thursday Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka June 3rd Friday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka june 4th Saturday 1st Saturday of the Month 12:00 Noon Balaji Vastra samarpana 11:00 AM Swarna Alamkara for Shiva Masa Shivaratri 6:30 PM 108 Kalasha Abhisheka for Shiva K r i t t i k a 6:30 PM Kartikeya Abhisheka and Archana June 5th Sunday Rohini 6:30 PM Sri Krishna Pooja June 9th Thursday Punarvasu 6:30 PM Sri Rama Abhisheka June 11th Saturday 2nd Saturday of the Month 10:30 PM Sahasra kalasha Abhisheka for Balaji 10:30 AM Muttangi Alamkaram for Shiva June 12th Sunday Murugan Kalyanam 3:30 PM Murugan Kalyana Utsavam Shasti 6:30 PM Sri Kartikeya Sahasranama Archana June 18th Saturday 3rd Saturday of the Month 11:00 AM Tiruppavadai Seva for Balaji 10:30 AM Rajata Alamkaram for Shiva Ekadasi 6:30 PM Balaji Bhoga Murthy Abhisheka Swathi 6:30 PM Sri Narasimha Swamy Abhisheka June 19th Sunday Pradosham 6:30 PM Shiva Abhisheka 3rd Sunday of the Month 11:00 AM Bilva Dala Archana for Shiva June 21st Tuesday Poornima 6:30 PM Sri Lalita Sahasranama Parayana Jyesta Abhisheka for Balaji 4:30 PM Jyesta Abhisheka Homa 6:30 PM Jyesta Abbhisheka for Balaji June 24th Friday Sravana 6:30 PM Balaji Sahasranama Archana Samkatahara Chathurthi 6:30 PM Ganesha Abhisheka June 25th Saturday 4th Saturday of the Month 12:00 Noon Pushpa Seva for Balaji 5 OM NAMAH SHIVAYA OM NAMO NARAYA N AYA

SRI RAMA NAVAMI CELEBRATIONS T I M E A C T I V I T I E S T I M E A C T I V I T I E S

Apr 9th Saturday to Apr 16th Saturday (daily program for 8 days) Apr 17th Sunday Sri Rama Navami 8 : 0 0 a m - 1 2 N o o n . . .Srimad Ramayana Parayana , Archana and Arathi 11:00AM ...... Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam 6 : 1 5 P M ...... Sri Rama Sahasranama Archana 12:00Noon ...... Sumuhurtam 1:00PM ...... Akshata Aaropana and Asheervachanam Apr 17th Sunday Sri Rama Navami 12:30PM ...... Akshata Aaropana and Asheervachanam 8:00 AM ...... Suprabatham for Shiva and Vishnu 3:00PM ...... Sri Rama Pattabhisheka 8 : 3 0 A M ...... Abhisheka -Shiva ,Karthikeya , Ganesha and Anjaneya 6:00PM ...... Hanumad Vahana Utsavam with Rama sankeertana ...... Sri Rama Shadakshari Homa & Nama Karana Samskara Homa ...... chakka bhajan 1 0 : 0 0 A M ...... Sri Rama and Sita Devi Edurkolu Utsavam 7:00PM ...... MahaMangala Arathi ...... Sri Rama Shadakshari Homa & Nama Karana Samskara Homa 8:00PM ...... Ekanta Seva SRI NARASIMHA JAYANTHI May 21st Saturday 5:00PM ______Sri NarasimhaSwamy Moola Mantra Homa 6:30PM ______Sri Narasimha Swamy Abhisheka & Sahasranama Archana 8:00PM ______Ekanta Seva ANNUAL BOOK DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

For the second year in a row, HCCC joined hands with Rotary Club of Livermore in serving the local community. This year HCCC contributed $1800 towards book distribution project to local elementary schools in Livermore. Few hundred copies of MacMillan Dictionaries with personalized name plaques were distributed to 3rd grade students at Croce and few other Elementary schools in Livermore. The long term goal of this project is to give all 3rd graders every year, until eventually all Livermore children will have this gift of words for learning and expression. Teams of Rotarians and members from HCCC helped distribute the dictionaries.

YOUTH FORUM - BOOK ARUDRA NATYANJALI REVIEW On Jan 23rd,2005, Sunday, Time: APR- 23RD;1PM- 3PM HCCC celebrated its 10th Venue: Temple assembly hall Anniversary of Arudra Natyanjali Festival. The par- • RAMAYANA ticipants started registering at by C.Rajagopalachari Noon and the program started • GEETHANJALI & GORA at 12:15 p.m. About 13 dance by Rabrindranath Tagore schools participated and about Participants must read at least one 70-75 students performed in of this event. The youngest dancer who participated in this event is 5 years old. Lots of enthusiasm the three books. was there among the various Bay Area dance schools. The program was attended by about 300 people. HCCC received lot of compliments on organizing this kind of a program that gives an Registration closes on April 10, 2005. opportunity for all young dancers to exhibit their skills. We thank Kala Iyer and Venky for their To register please email combined effort in pooling together all resources and pulling all these people together with [email protected] meticulous planning. Thanks to Mohan Somarapu and other HCCC staff for all their support. [email protected] Most of important we thank all dance schools and the young dancers for taking time to partici- pate in this wonderful tradition of Arudra Natyanjali at HCCC.