ARCHANA. 9 Ganeshji 9. Volume 28 January 2011 Number 1. D/FW Hindu D/FW Temple Hindu Society Ekta Mandir

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1 ARCHANA Ganeshji 9 Volume 28 January 2011 Number 1 D/FW Hindu D/FW Temple Hindu Society Ekta Mandir Website: N. Britain Road, Irving TX Telephone: Metro (972) , Fax: (972) Mailing Address: P.O. Box Irving, TX

2 Monthly Events 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 10:30 AM Serva Devta Archana 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 1:00 PM Naadhopaasanaa ( with 15 Mins Break for aarati) Fourth Saturday 3:30 PM Sunder Kand Path 6:00 PM Bhajans by Sanatan Satsang Samaj PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR IDs FOR RECEIVING TEMPLE UPDATES Due to the increasing administrative and mailing costs, we are planning to communicate Temple Events, Publications (Archana) and other relevant information electronically. You do not have to be a member to subscribe to this list. Please send your full name & IDs to the following address: DFWHindu@yahoo.com Thank you -Temple Management Dear Devotees, As a chairman of the Board of Trustees, I extend my Greetings to each and every one for the year We all have witnessed what we have achieved in the last 20 years by the unity and co-operation from each and everyone from a humble beginning to a very unique Temple. Extension of Yagnashala and Vidya Vikas school will be soon another mile stone of our Temple. I am looking forward to serve our Temple with an excellent Board of Trustees and its Executive Members. Your continuous Devotional support and Unity is greatly appreciated. May God bless us all in serving our Temple. 2 Sincerely Vinoda Kumar Chairman, Board of Trustees

3 Sincerely Bhasy Nair (President) Message from the President Dear Devotees, My humble pranams to everyone. I am extremely honored and consider it a great blessing to serve as the President of the EC committee of our temple for the calendar year I accept my new responsibilities with humble prayers and seek blessings from God Almighty for a successful mission. The Temple is blessed to have a team of very dedicated and devoted team of Pundits/Priests from different parts of India to help fulfill the religious and ritualistic needs of devotees from all over India. We have a large team of volunteers who have created a huge footprint for the Temple. Religious and cultural events are held on a regular basis in parallel with our traditions and festivals in India based on panchangas. The Temple is also becoming the popular center for marriages, special private poojas, graduation functions, cultural arangettam etc was a year of many milestones and each of them would not have been possible without the help and giving from all our priests, devotees and volunteers. There were many special religious events conducted like the three day Sahasra Linga Archana and the seven day Bhagavath Katha Discourse etc. Our temple was fortunate to have the Dwajastambham installed last year - first one in North Texas. As you may have already noticed, the long awaited construction of the New Vidya Vikas building and the ground floor of the proposed Yagnasala are nearing completion. This will add an additional 16 class rooms to enhance the efforts of the volunteer teachers to improve the learning experience of the Students at Vidya Vikas, as enrollment increases every year. I want to take a minute to applaud the persistence and endurance of all the Volunteer teachers of the religious, language and SAT classes and parents who take the extra effort to instill the religious and cultural aspects of our heritage in our younger generations. Last year we inaugurated the Mural Project. The Cultural Hall is now a treasurehouse of mural paintings depicting many significant events from the Puranas. The murals have added to the grandeur of our cultural hall and are remarkable with the colors and dignity. We expect to have them completed, with the attractive lighting schemes in the first quarter of this year. Plans are underway to improve and enhance the audio system in the Cultural Hall and also to improve the acoustics effect in the Auditorium. We have also initiated a new project to keep our Temple clean and beautiful Sundar project. We will be launching a new service Shubh-Lagna-Sanyog in February for the young adults, see more details in this Archana. Some of the events coming up soon are the Maha -Shivaratri on Wednesdy, March 2 nd with the celebration on March 6-th and the Holi and the popular Anand Bazar on Sunday, March 20 th. In May we have planned the celebration of twenty years of Mahalakshmi PranaPrathishta three day events during memorial day weekend. Please check the temple calendar, posture boards and s for updates; we look forward to everyone s participation in all upcoming events. People with different cultures and backgrounds come together to pray here and our diversity welcomes all under one umbrella as the Ekta Mandir. The past leadership under Sandhyaben has strengthened this effort; I want to leverage off the efforts of all our past Presidents to continue to align and work under one Brand as Ekta Mandir. I request you to help us by sending us ideas that can improve devotee experience. please us at DFWHindu@yahoo.com. The primary focus this year will be targeted more towards enhancing the devotional enlightenment and fulfillment of the devotees, as we finally complete the infrastructure development at the Temple. May I request your active whole hearted participation and support in the devotional activities as the volunteers, priests, Managers and others work together to bring everyday/special pujas, religious discourses and cultural events. Wishing you all a Very Happy and Prosperous New year and looking forward to another devotionally fulfilling year for everyone.. Bhasy Nair D/FW Hindu Temple Society Management Trustees Chairman Vinoda Kumar Secretary Rajiv Gaind Members Asha Ram Dr. N. K. Monga Harshika Bhatt Jyoti Bhatia Manoj Parikh Ranna Jani Rajyam Rao Tushar Basu Executive Committee President Bhasy Nair Vice President (I) Anita Singhal Vice President (II) Khemchand Nangrani Treasurer Kumud Gupta Joint Treasurer Mukund Patel Secretary Omana Nair Ex-Officio Sandhya Patel Committee Members A. L. Somanath Anul Apte Chandra K. Bandar Dilip Yadev Jayakumar Kanti Wani Kishor Fruitwala MVL Prasad Niranjan Tripathy Prasanna Pannicker Rajyalakshmi Rao Satyanarayana Bodla Shakuntla Kalia Sharad Sevak Sudesh Sharma Swati Pandit Vinod Kumar Vinubhai Soni

4 Message from Past President (2010) Namaste Devotees and Jai Shri Krishna, It has been a blessing and an honor to serve the D/FW Hindu Temple in my role as President in I have had the pleasure to take part in many spiritual and festive events, and I am proud to see that the Temple continues to bring together our diverse Indian communities. We promoted Hinduism in a variety of ways, starting with the growth of offerings in our Vidya Vikas School. By instilling our culture and religion in our children at an early age, we continue to make the best kind of investment in our Temple. We also promoted several religious programs during the year to nourish and reaffirm our love for God. In 2010, we were privileged to have our Prana Prathisthapana & Kumbhabishekam of Dwajastambham, a hallmark for our Temple. We started the Radio Archana program every Saturday at 4pm on AM 700. We celebrated Navratri, Diwali and Ayyappa Swamy Mandala Puja. I have served this Temple for over 15 years, and my role as 2010 President was truly a special privilege. Our Temple is blessed with devoted priests, excellent staff, and dedicated volunteers. The entire Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees have helped us greatly to conduct the affairs of the Temple with full devotion and trust. I want to thank all the volunteers and donors who helped us make all of the events of this year possible, and I look forward to working with each of you again in the future. We welcome all suggestions for improvement and we will carefully evaluate them. While my term as President has come to an end, I am confident that our new President, Mr. Bhasy Nair, will continue to promote Hinduism and bring our Temple to even higher levels. As always, I will continue to support our Temple. Sincerely, Sandhya Patel Sandhya Patel A D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Ekta Mandir Cordially Invites You, Your Family, & Friends to Celebrate Vasant Panchami/Saraswati Puja A m m Monday, February 7, 2011 PROGRAM: Sunday, February 12, 2011 Saraswati Puja 6:30 pm Saraswati Puja Bhajans Mahamangal Aarati 10:00 am -11:00 am 11:00 am - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon 4 For more information, please call: Temple:

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7 CULTURAL HALL MURALS PROJECT-UPDATE The Murals decorating the cultural Hall are getting ready towards the final stages of completion. The Hanuman and Garuda panels on both sides of the stage are already placed on the walls. So also the panels above the entrance to the cultural Hall are framed and mounted. The subjects of paintings on this wall are : Dashavatar - the incarnations of Bhagawan, Panchamukhi Hanuman, Swami Ayyappa, Sri Shanmukh, Sri Ganesh, Shri Savithru Narayan, Shri Gayatri Devi, Lekshmi Devi, Durga Devi, Tulasi Vrindavan and Mantramurthy Lekshmi. The North wall on the right side of the stage will have the Ramayan Episodes depicting events like Coronation of Ram, Ramnam Setu(Bridge) across the ocean of the mundane world, Ram crossing Ganga-navigated by Guha, Sita attracted by the Golden Deer the Maya Mrug, Ram breaking the Shiv Dhanushya, Sabari feeding berries to Ram, Ahalya came to life from the stone, Kak Bhushundi narrating Ramayan to Garuda, Valmiki contemplating on Ramayan, Bharatha worshipping golden sandals of Ram on the Throne of Ayodhya. The south wall on the left of the stage has the scenes from Shiv Puranam and Krishna Leela - The Shiv Parivar, Marriage of Uma Maheswar, Shiv the Neelakanth, Shiv in Tandav Nritya Mudra, Brahma-Vishnu praying the Omkar-Shiv in the form of beam of light, The twelve JyotirLingas- Somnathewar, SriShail, Kedareshwar, Grishneshwar, Rameshwar, Nagesh, Viswesh, Trymbak, Mahakaleswar, Omkareshwar etc. The other half of the same wall has the Krishna Leela theme. The Sesh Shai Vishnu, The Balakrishna on the Banyan Tree Leaf, The Sage Markandey, vqsy pçsy puqe zyanm! balm! muk Nd< mnsa Smraim, Krishna dancing on the hood of Kaliya, Krishna lifting Govardhana, Krishna imparting Gitopadesh to Arjuna, The Virat Roop of Bhagawan. The Mural project is expected to be completed by the end of this year, Joshiji s creative masterpieces are going to provide another dimension to Temple Cultural Hall. Devotees can sponsor any of these amazing artworks, sponsor s names will be displayed under the artwork. Please support the Mural project by becoming a sponsor. 7

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9 n D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETYn Ekta Mandir Cordially invites you, your family and friends to join us in the Celebration of On Saturday, April 9, 2011 Chaitri Garba & Raas Place: Hindu Cultural Hall Time: 8:30 pm Durga Jagran Place: Main Temple Hall Time: 9:00 pm Durgashtami Havan On Monday, April 11, 2011 Place: Yagna Shala Time: 3:00 pm For more information, please call Temple at Those who want to participate in Havan please give your names by Saturday, April 9,

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12 m D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Ekta Mandir Cordially invites you, your family, and friends to celebrate m Ram Navami, Akhand Ramayan & Hanuman Jayanti On Tuesday, April 12; Saturday, April 16; and Sunday, April 17 Monday, April 18 and Saturday, April 23, 2011 Ram Navami Sita-Ram Kalyanam Hanuman Jayanti PROGRAM Tuesday, April 12, :30 AM Ram Navami Puja 6:30 PM Sita-Ram Kalyanam 8:30 PM Aarati Saturday, April 16, :00 AM Akhand Ramayan Begins Sunday, April 17, :00 AM Akhand Ramayan Ends 10:00 AM 11:15 AM Ram Navami celebration Bhajans 12:00 Noon Aarati Monday, April 18, :00 PM Hanuman Jayanti Puja Saturday, April 23, :00 AM Ashtottarashata (108) Hanuman Chalisa Parayan

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14 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Ekta Mandir Cordially Invites You, Your Family & Friends to celebrate Akshaya Tritiya Thursday, May 5, 2011 Basava Jayanti 10:00 a.m. Dattatreya 11:00 a.m. Basava Jayanti Celebration Saturday, May 7, 11:00 a.m. Shri Aadi Shankaracharya Jayanti Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham Saturday, May 7, 2011 Shiva Abhishekam Chanting stotras and Bhajans 6.00pm-7.00pm 7.15pm-8.00pm ( All devotees are encouraged to participate in Bhajans and Chanting Stotras) 14 CALL TEMPLE METRO

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17 D/FW HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Ekta Mandir Cordially invites you, your family and friends to Celebrate Sri Mahalakshmi Pratishtapana 20th anniversary celebration On Saturday, May 28 & Sunday May 29, :30 PM: Lakshmi Sahasranamam Archana & Aarati Life members added up to January 2011 ID# First name Last name ID# First name Last name LM1124 Prakash LM1125 Kishor LM1126 Shobha K LM1127 Krushikaben C LM1128 Srinivasan R LM1129 Sangeeta LM1130 Viswanadham LM1131 Dheeraj LM1132 Sharad LM1133 Alpa LM1134 Ricky LM1135 Prabodh LM1136 Ambikesh Annual Statement of Temple Donations Due to increasing administrative and mailing cost, we are going to send your annual donation statement via electronic mail. If we do not have your address, we will send the annual statement via US mail to those who have donated $500 or more. If you would like to receive your statement via , please send the request to: dfwhindudonations@gmail.com Thank You. Temple Management Mehta Fruitwala Patel Patel Manne Gogia Puligandla Akula Sevak Salvi Patel Arora Sharma LM1137 Mahesh Kalia LM1138 Lovkesh Kalia LM1139 Manisha Kalia LM1140 Ankur V Shah LM1141 Bindu Menon LM1142 Avdesh Gupta LM1143 Kumud Chawla LM1144 Vijay Chawla LM1145 Poonam Bhatia LM1146 Hitandra L Desai LM1147 Devanshu L Desai LM1148 Dr. Prithvi Shankar LM1149 Lavanya R Kasireddy 17

18 PLEASE TUNE IN D/FW Hindu Temple Radio Program on AM 700 Every Saturday starting May 8 th, 2010, from 4 PM to 5 PM, the D/FW Hindu Temple will be hosting our own radio program in AM700 Radio Station. In addition to having Bhajans and information about the Temple and the Temple activities and upcoming programs, the objective is to open up a new media of communication between the Devotees in the Metroplex and the religious scholars and Pundits from far and near, who will be participating in this program. Please tune into AM700 from 4 to 5 PM every Saturday. Remember to provide us your feedback and valuable suggestions for improvement. If any of you like to sponsor the Radio Program for 30 min or 1hr. please radioarchana@gmail.com. D/FW Temple thanks all those who have sponsored the Radio-Archana program for the past several months. Please contact the Temple to sponsor the program to celebrate the birthdays or anniversaries or other special occasions of your dear ones. Every Sunday at 12 noon, Temple Aarati LIVE on FM Temple greatly appreciates Radio FUNASIAís Community involvement and the sponsorship for relay of Temple AARATI LIVE every Sunday at 12:00 Noon. For more information, please call Temple or Radio FUNASIA at North Texas Indian Physicians Charitable Foundation MEDICAL CLINIC With the Support of the D/FW Hindu Temple Society CLINIC DATES: 1st AND 3rd SUNDAY ( CLOSED ON LONG WEEKENDS) TIME: 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM (Registration & Checking) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL ON SPECIFIED DAYS. PLACE: 1706 NORTH BRITAIN RD., IRVING, TX ( ACROSS FROM D/FW HINDU TEMPLE ) D/FW Hindu Temple Vidya Vikas School Corner Vidya Vikas is back in full swing after the Holidays, school reopened on January 9 th. Along with the classes, the Vidya Sikas children are also encouraged to participate in special pujas. On Friday February 13 th, for the Vasant Panchami Celebrations, the Vidya Vikas children will be doing the Puja in the Main Temple. Vidya Vikas Picnic/Walkathon this year will be on May 8 th. On Saturday January 29 th, the temple conducted a Ranga Rang Hindi program, where our Vidya Vikas children were encouraged to participate by reciting their own or their favorite poems and songs. On two Sundays in January, several of the Vidya Vikas children and parents participated in the Surya Namaskar Yajna organized by the Sindu Swayamsevak Sangh (USA), along with the D/FW Hindu Temple. The Registration for the coming school year for the period September 2011 to May 2012 will be on Sunday March 27th and Sunday April 10 th for the current students. Registration for new students will be on April 17 th and May 1 st. Please bring a check book for payment of fees. Minimum age to register in religion class is 4 years by August 31st and 5 years for all other classes.. If you have any questions please us at vvikas2004@yahoo.com. You can also check out our website at See the Temple Calendar for more details. Need SAT instructor assistant volunteer ASAP D/FW Hindu Temple Youth Group Corner If you are a student looking for community service hours, the Youth Group is the place to be. In the Youth Group, we do many community service projects, and have fun while we re doing it! This semester, we will be participating/ volunteering for the Anand Bazaar, Walkathon/Picnic, and starting this year, Penny Wars! These are easy community service projects where kids can volunteer and have fun at the same time. Our meetings are usually held in the Youth Center on the first Sunday of the month. Our meetings for this semester will be on February 6th, March 6th, April 3rd, and May 1st. We hope to see you there! 18

19 GENERAL BODY Y MEETING As per constitutional requirement, the Annual General Body Meeting of the D/FW Hindu Temple Society is scheduled for Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 1:00 P.M. in the Youth Center. All, Founder, Life, and Regular Members of the Society are requested to attend this meeting. AGENDA 1. Prayer and approval of the minutes of the Bi-Annual GB Meeting held on 12/12/ Presidentís report 3. Update of Multi-Purpose Structure construction & Library/Classrooms 4. New items or proposals 5. Vote of thanks and Adjournment Appeal to devotees, regarding Parking Please park your vehicles at the designated parking locations. We have received complaints about cars that are parked in fire lane. This could be a hazard in the case of emergency. The local police have also warned us that cars parked in the fire lane will be ticketed and towed at owner s expense.no parking, standing at drop off. Suggested Donations For Services At The Temple For Puja Services at Home or Temple, please contact the Temple Office at Metro (972) Satyanarayana Puja (Private in Temple) $ Shraaddha (Haranya) $ Shraaddha (Tarapan) $ Upanayana Thread Ceremony $ Upanayana at Home $ Vahana Puja $ Archana $ Archana (Sahasranama) $ Abhishekam (Sponsored) $ Abhishekam (Temple Scheduled) $ Havan (Private Sponsored) $ Havan (Temple Scheduled) $ Hair Offering (Mundan) $ Kalyana Utsavam in Temple $ Namkaran (Naming Ceremony) $ * Includes use of Yajnashala for the duration of wedding ** One pre wedding puja included, Advance payment required. Suggested donations for all puja services performed at home is $ Wedding (In the Temple) $401.00* Wedding (Outside) $501.00** Sunday Mahaprasad $ Main Hall Rental Fees: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm $ :00 pm - Midnight $ :00 am - Midnight $ Kitchen: Available with hall rental only Cooking $ /Day Warming $ /Day Service Charge for Cleaning etc. $ Editors: Bhasy Nair, Anita Singhal, Harini Sreekanth Class Rooms $ /hr Youth Center $ Yagnashala $ Both Youth center & Yagnashala $ Deposits are Mandatory 19

20 n D/FW Hindu Temple Society Ekta Mandir n We cordially invite you to the following temple programs (monthly events are on page 2) Day Date Time Events Saturday Feb 5 12:30 pm Jagannath Padmukha Besa Puja Monday Feb 7 6:30 pm Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja Tuesday Feb 8 6:30 pm Shashti Puja Saturday Feb 12 1:15 pm Naadhopasanaa Sunday Feb 13 10:00 am Vasant Panchami Celebration Tuesday Feb 14 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja Thursday Feb 17 6:00 pm Satyanarayan Puja Friday Feb 18 7:45 pm Jagannath Gajauddharana Besa Puja Sunday Feb 20 6:00 pm Sankatahara Chaturthi Tuesday Mar 1 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja Wednesday Mar 2 10:00 am& 6:30 pm Maha Shivaratri(Shiv Abhishek & puja) Saturday Mar 5 8:45 am Mahamrtyunjaya Homam 1:15 pm Naadhopasanaa Sunday Mar 6 10:30 am Maha Shivaratri Celebration Thursday Mar 10 6:30 pm Shashti Puja(Kritikai Nakshatram) Sunday Mar 13 1:00 pm General Body Meeting Monday Mar 14 1:30 pm Kaaradayan Nombu Tuesday Mar 15 7:00 pm Jagannath Chacheribesa Puja Thursday Mar 17 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja Friday Mar 18 6:00 pm Dola Purnima(Satyanarayan Puja) 7:00 pm Holika Dahan Saturday Mar 19 8:30 am Kavadi 6:30 pm Mahalakshmi Jayanti Puja 12:30 pm Lord Jagannatha Rajadesa Sunday Mar 20 12:30 pm Holi Celebration & Anand Bazaar Tuesday Mar 22 6:30 pm Sankatahara Chaturthi Saturday Mar 26 8:45 am Naadhopasanaa - Purandharadasa day Thursday Mar 31 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja Monday Apr 4 6:30 pm Ugadi/Gudi Padwa Puja Chaitri Vasantha Navaratri begins Saturday Apr 9 8:00 am Thyagaraja Aradhana 6:00 pm Shashti Puja 8:30 pm Garba/Raas 9:00 pm Durga Jagran Sunday Apr 10 10:00 am Ugadi Celebration Monday Apr 11 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Durgashtami Havan Tuesday Apr 12 10:30 am Ram Navami Puja 6:30 pm Ram Sita Kalyanam 8:30 pm Thursday Apr 14 6:30 pm Tamil & Oriya New Year s Day Puja 7:00 pm Jagannatha Puja Friday Apr 15 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja 7:45 pm Vishnu Ayyappa Puja Saturday Apr 16 8:30 am Sanitryaodasi Navagrahasanideva Puja 9:00 am Akhand Ramayan Begins Sunday Apr 17 9:00 am Akhand Ramayan Ends 10:00 am Ram Navami Celebrations 6:00 pm Satyanarayan Puja Monday Apr 18 8:00 pm Hanuman Jayanti Wednesday Apr 20 6:30 pm Sankatahara Chaturthi Saturday Apr 23 9:00 am Ashottarashata(108) Hanuman Chalisa Path Saturday Apr 30 8:30am Sanitryaodasi Navagrahasanideva Puja 1:00 pm Naadhopasanaa 6:30 pm Pradosham Shiv Puja Sunday May 1 10:00 am Vallabhacharya Pragatya Mahotsav Thursday May 5 10:00 am Basava Jayanthi puja 11:00 am Dattatreya Abhishek Friday May 6 6:30 pm Jagannatha Ratha Puja Chandanbesa Saturday May 7 11:00 am Basava Jayanthi Celebrations 6:00 pm Aadi Shankara Jayanthi Puja Sunday May 8 9:30 am Mothers Day- Walkathon & Picnic 6:00 pm Shashti Puja Saturday May 14 8:00 am Sri Balaji Kalyanam For Information Please call Temple at For event details, fliers and temple calendar please visit our web-site at dfwhindutemple.org Irving, Texas Non-Profit Org US Postage Paid Irving,Teaxas Permit No. 217 P.O. Box