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ARCHANA Tt Tt T T ARCHANA tt tt t t Sarva Devata Volume 29 September 2012 Number 3 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 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! On behalf of the Board of Trustees, it is my privilege to extend warm greetings to all of you for the religious events and festivals in coming months. The Temple has been fulfilling the needs of our community satisfactorily for a number of years. This year has brought many key functions to the temple including the just concluded Hanuman Katha and we are looking forward to the upcoming Ganesh Mahotsav celebrations. We are grateful for your participation, support and attendance at these and many other events. Even during difficult economic times, your support has remained steadfast and for that we are truly appreciative. Additionally, our dedicated team of volunteers has continued to expand and we admire their tireless service to the temple. We completed installation of security cameras for our facilities. We are continuing to improve the facilities, including improved exhaust system at Yagnashala, air improvements in new multipurpose unit and other issues. I was privileged to work with an extraordinary team of Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, and dedicated core volunteers who worked together to serve our community needs. We are very thankful for their hard work and sacrifice over the years. Sincerely, Manoj Parikh Chair, Board of Trustees- 2012 2 D/FW Hindu Temple Society \ Message from the President \ Management Namaste Devotees, Board of Trustees I am honored to be given an opportunity to serve as the President of D/FW Hindu Temple “Ekta Mandir”. I thank all of you for the trust you have placed in Chairman me. I would also like to thank my family for supporting me. Manoj Parikh 972-298-2011 Our Temple is Unique. Devotees from every region of India come here to Secretary worship. We have idols from each region of India (East, West ,North and Harshika Bhatt 972-462-1383 South). We have regular daily and monthly Pujas, in addition to these celebrations we have festivals, special events, special Havans, Kathas, Discourses etc. This Temple has been a powerful force in bringing all Hindu Members communities together and celebrating our common religious heritage. I Asha Ram 972-252-1500 strongly believe in this quote “We are only as strong as we are united, as Dr. N. K. Monga 214-368-8563 weak as we are divided.” My objective for Year 2012 was to work together, as our name stands “EKTA”. I worked hard to accomplish this goal by supporting Kanti Wani 817-608-0244 cultural events, discourses, educational activities and community services Rajiv Gaind 972-392-7860 from each region. Sandhya Patel 972-506-9141 This is our last issue of Archana for this Year. I would like to thank each one S.P. Krishnamurthy 817-267-5505 of you from the bottom of my heart for your cooperation, support and generous Tushar Basu 817-354-6068 donations. I also want to thank each and every member of my dedicated and Vinoda Kumar 817-589-2517 supportive Executive Committee and Volunteers who have been extremely helpful in organizing daily and monthly pujas as well as major festivals. I like to take a moment and thank our team of dedicated Priests for their services Executive Committee in enlightening our Temple. I also like to thank our Board of Trustees for their guidance. Special thanks to our Managers for their hard work. They work President hard to provide a support and help to EC, BOT and the devotees. There were many instances when we had more than three events that are happening Anita Singhal 817-261-9174 simultaneously. Managers worked with great dedication to serve everyone’s needs. I like to thank all of the volunteers who help prepare mouthwatering Vice President (I) Mahaprasad every Sunday and on special occasions. I also like to thank our Khemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680 Founders of this temple who taught us diversity of worship and created a path which is easy to follow. My sincere appreciation goes to Vidya Vikas Volunteers, administrators, teachers and parents. Vice President (II) Omana Nair 972-444-0662 Month of May started with Balaji Kalyanam, Mother’s Day - Walkathon and Picnic. Rath Yatra was well organized by our Oriya community. Month of July began with Guru Punima and followed by Gita Homam and many more Treasurer pujas. July ended with a three-day Sri Devi Praarthanaa Mahotsav which Kumud Gupta 817-571-6945 was performed by Yagnya Ratnamji from Chennai. Joint Treasurer Month of August started with a five-day Hanuman Katha. We were blessed to have the opportunity to listen Hanuman Katha narrated by Acharya Vijayji for Mukund Patel 214-357-2844 the first time in temple’s history. This Katha was a huge success and I would like to take a moment to thank Chair, Co chair, Volunteers and Donors for this Secretary Katha. Our Janmashtami day celebration was followed by Annakut and Nand Mahotsav. Since Janmashtami day was on Friday, several devotees attended Swati Pandit 817-267-0264 Midnight aarati and Jhula. Janmashtami Bhajans were performed by Omkar Bhajan group. Garba was performed by Krishna devotees. As per our tradition, following Sunday Janmashtami celebration was performed by the Vaishnav Committee Members Parivaar. A. L. Somanath 817-545-3735 The upcoming events include Ganesh Mahotsav, Navaratri, Diwali, Skanda Anil Sabnis 972-304-0715 Shashti and Ayyappa Mandala Pooja. I like to personally invite each one of you to our annual Diwali dinner on November 17th, 2012. Please come and Bharat Patel 214-893-4139 join this annual function and enjoy evening filled with food and entertainment. Chandra K. Bandar 214-295-7448 We are very blessed to have two Vaikunta Ekadashi’s this year (first on 4th of Dilip Yadev 972-315-3339 January and second on 23rd of December). For upcoming events and Temple News, please visit our web-site www.dfwhindutemple.org. Indiraben Shah 972-283-7955 Kishor Fruitwala 972-234-1211 The new EC and BOT team for year 2013 will be selected early October. I Kundan Sharma 972-279-4134 wish our incoming President and new EC and new BOT team very best as they work together to take Temple to new heights. Mahalakshmi Shivkumar 972-814-4800 MVL Prasad 469-464-7829 I like to thank God for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity. I enjoy Pradeep Desai 972-393-9175 every minute, spent at the Temple . I strongly believe that when 7 Priests of our Temple Chant Mantra’s and perform Puja’s, it feels like Heaven on earth. Prasanna Panicker 972-226-4277 I hope you will continue to support the Temple Management with your time, Rajneesh Gupta 972-370-9493 devotion and generous contributions. I like to share with you a quote from Revathi Srinath 972-387-9248 Mahatama Gandhi “Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion” Satyanarayana Bodla 817-571-4626 Shakuntala Kalia 214-441-3227 With best wishes Sharad Sevak 972-255-7270 Swati Tripathy 940-382-7305 Anita Singhal Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641 President, D/FW Hindu Temple 3 WHY WE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES? | | (Scientific Reason) There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth’s magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on ahilltop. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here. Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as “*Garbhagriha*” or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum.
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