HARI Times... SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM Vol. 14 No. 02 Mar May 2014 H.A.R.I Temple: 774-7750 Priests: Pu. Shastri ji 460-1522 Pu. Swamy ji 395-6562 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: Mrs. Meena Ravi 651-0620 Senior Vice President: Mr. Ramesh Parmar 728-1143 Vice President/Secretary: Mr. Rajkumar Das 856-1061 Vice President/Treasurer: Mr. Barath Srinivasan 573-639-0102 Vice Presidents: Mrs. Nira Andharia 767-3727 Mr. Satish Chundru 418-8324 Mr. Vibeeshan Gereddy 620.5122 Mr. Sathya Krishnamurthy 395-8521 Mrs. Manjiri Pangarkar 730-6717 Mr. Hitesh Patel 319-8834 Mr. Kiran Polsani 312-545-0427 Mr. Anil Shenoy 766-2040 Dr. Deepanker Tewari 566-7999 School Director: Mrs. Kalpana Sheth 242-3881 Youth Forum Director: Mr. Vijay Varadarajan 440-6710 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman: Mr. Hiten Amin 732-0513 Members: Mr. Sunil Desai 792-4661 Mr. Srinivas Gamini 421-8718 Dr. Jeffrey Long 361-8761 Dr. Madhu Menon 329-7125 Mr. Harish Patel 576-1223 Mr. Mafat Patel 764-3288 Mr. Pravin Patel 329-7457 Mr. Krishna Repaka 829-3551 Mr. Kishore Sheth 774-6746 HOLI CELEBRATION Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:30am: Variety Program by HARI School students 12:00noon: Aarti followed by Lunch Lunch sponsored by the North Indian families. MARATHI, KANNADA, TELUGU New Year Monday March 31, 2014. Telugu Panchangam Shravanam at 7:00pm, followed by Archana (Please refer to page 4 for further details) GUDI PADVA CELEBRAITON Saturday, April 05, 2014 4:45pm: Puja and a Musical/ Dance program by Mrs. Ashwini Sathe & Group 7:00pm: Aarti followed by Dinner Dinner sponsored by Maharashtrian Families RAMNAVAMI CELEBRATION: 24-HOUR RAM CHARIT MANAS RECITAL Starting on Friday April 11, 2014 at 6.00pm Saturday April 12, 2014 7:00 pm Aarti and dinner SHRI MAHAVIR JAYANTI CELEBRATION Sunday, April 13, 2014, 2:00pm to 5:30pm Jain Puja by Shri Devjibhai Dedhia of Cherry Hill, NJ 5:30pm dinner sponsored by Jain Samaj of Central PA. BENGALI, MALAYALAM, TAMIL, New Year Monday April 14, 2014. Tamil Panchangam Shravanam at 7.00 pm followed by Archana (Please refer to page 4 for further details) SHRI HANUMAN JAYANTI CELEBRATION Tuesday, April 15, 2014 (actual day): From 12:00noon 108 repetitions of Shri Hanuman Chalisa. 7:00pm: Aarti followed by Dinner Prasad, sponsored by Mrs. Damuben Naranbhai Patel and Mr,. & Mrs. Kumar Piraviperumal MATA KI CHOWKI Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 3:00pm Devotional program. 7.00 pm Aarti followed by Dinner Prasad (details on page 3) SHRI ANNAMACHARYA ARADHANA Saturday, May 17, 2013: From 1:00pm A musical homage to the great Saint Shri Tallapakam Annamacharya 7:00pm Aarti and Dinner Prasad, sponsored by South Indian families 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070 (717) 774-7750 * haritemple@gmail.com * www.haritemple.org
CONTACT INFORMATION Requests for Priest Services (outside of HARI) and Hall Rentals: Mrs. Meena Ravi: Phone: 651-0620 (Home), 503-6567 (cell) Email: president@haritemple.org HARI Times Editors: Executive Committee Members Mr. Hiten Amin 732-0513 Mr. Ashok Shukla 737-1919 ANNOUNCEMENTS HARI TIMES: HARI Times is mailed to paid HARI members only except for the New Year and Diwali editions which are mailed to all HARI Community. You can view or download HARI Times at our website www.haritemple.org HARI Emails: Please update or provide your email or contact information at the upper right-hand corner of www.haritemple.org. You may also drop your contact information in the Hundi (donation box) at the temple or send an email to haritemple@gmail.com. We will notify you of all HARI events as well as other major community events via email. HARI ON-LINE CALENDAR: Visit www.haritemple.org to access HARI 2014 Calendar for the scheduled events, actual dates of events, priests availability for services at home and for the temple hall rentals. We urge you to verify this calendar before scheduling priest services and/or hall rentals. CLOSING/CANCELLATION ALERTS: Unplanned temple closings are announced on HARI website and also over local TV channels. When applicable, such closings include HARI School and HARI spon-sored events cancellations due to adverse weather conditions. The TV Channels are ABC27, CBS21, FOX43 and WGAL8 (look for HARI Temple under York County Closings and/or Churches ). REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS Bhajans & Bhagavad Gita Study: Every Friday from 6:30pm to 9:00pm, followed by Prasad. Organized by the Institute of Higher Understanding (IoHU). You may contact IoHU directly at HbgVedic@yahoo.com or (717) 791-9138 for further details. Shri Vishnu Sahasra Namam and Govinda Naamaalu Recital: Every Saturday at 6:00pm (except for other scheduled events) Hanuman Chalisa Recital and Satsang: Every Saturday from 7:15pm to 8:15pm (except for other scheduled events) Lord Shri Satyanarayana Katha: Every Purnamasi (full moon) from 7:15pm to 9:00pm. A token donation of $21 is recommended for each participating family. Jain Swadhayay/Puja: First Sunday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Organized by the Jain Samaj of South Central PA. Lord Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Abhishekam: First Saturday of the month from 09:30am to 12:00 noon. A token donation of $21 is recommended for each participating family. Havan: Second Sunday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Organized and conducted by HARI Devotees.
YOU ARE EVERYONE IS CORDAILLY INVITED FOR MATA KI CHOWKI/ BHAJANS Mr. Anil Dua & Mandli from NY and Dr. Usha Bhargave from York Saturday, May 3, 2014 FROM 3 PM TO 6:30 PM AARTI AT 7 PM FOLLOWED BY DINNER PRASAD Note: This is a Temple facilitated event, open to all HARI devotees. Anil Dua and mandli is a renowned group from New York/ New Jersey area. Their full orchestra music and bhajans will fill you with devotion. They have done numerous Jagrans, Mata ki Chowkis and other religious events in many cities. Dr. Usha Bhargave is our local artist who will bless us with her beautiful voice by singing Mata bhajans. Also: Durga Puja, Kanjak Poojan & Mata Chunni Ceremonies Don t miss this opportunity to seek Mata s blessings and listen to devotional bhajans by accomplished artists. During the Mata ki Chowki program, we will be listening and singing devotional songs (bhents) in praises of Durga Maa. It is believed that the Maa visits in form of a jyote (flame) which is lit before the ceremony. It is also believed, that devotees will be blessed with the accumulation of wealth, health, peace of mind and will be granted with all their desires, wishes and objectives in life fulfilled. Please plan to participate in Mata Jagran/Chowki. Event & Dinner Prasad sponsors Rohit & Shabnam Sachdeva Ujjwal & Renu Mittal Vipin & Suman Goel Hitesh & Param Suri Ramesh & Alka Parmar Ravi & Alka Anand Pavan & Suneela Arora श र र मचन द र क प ल श र र मचन द र क प ल भज मन हरण भवभय द र णम नवकञ ज ल चन, कञ जम ख कर कञ जपद कञ ज र णम १ क दपप अगणणत अममत छब नव न ल न रज स न द दरम पटप त म नह तड त र चच-श च न मम जनक स त वरम २ भज द न न द ध ददन श द नव द त यव शननकन द दनम रघ नन द द आन दक द क शल चन द द दशरथ नन द दनम ३ मसर म क ट क ण डल नतलक च र उद र अङ ग ववभ षणम आज न भ ज शर च पधर सङ र म-जजत-खर द षणम ४ इनत वदनत त लस द स शङ कर श ष म नन मनरञ जनम मम ह दयकञ ज ननव स क र क म दद खलदलगञ जनम ५ 3
Telugu, Marathi, Kannada New Year, Monday March 31, 2014 Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam New Year, Sunday, April 14, 2014 "kalyana gunavaham, ripuharam, duswapana doshavaham gamgasnana vishesha punyaphaladam,godanatulayam nrinam AyurvudgItamuttamaM subhakaram samtana sampadpradam nana karma susadhanam samuchitam pamchamgamakarnyatam" An important aspect of the New Year is Panchangam Shravanam or listening. As the name Panchangam suggests, it has five parts ("Pancha" means five and "Angam" means parts). The five parts are: 1) Tithi, 2) Varam, 3) Nakshatram, 4) Yoga, and 5) Karanam. It is believed that the fortune for the coming year for all the people is documented in Panchangam. Hence, listening to the Panchangam at the beginning of a New Year brings great strength to perform daily karma in addition to bringing good luck. Listening to Panchangam keeps mind clear and gives good vibes, eliminates enemies and effects of bad dreams, gives the result of taking a bath in holy Ganges and donating a cow, increases life span, brings good fortuneand good offsprings. Agenda: 7.30 pm Telugu Panchanga Sravanam (3/31/3014) ; Tamil Panchanga Sravanam (4/14/2014) 8.30 pm Sri Venkateswara Swamy Archana 8.40 pm Mangala Shasanam, Teertha Prasada Vitarana(Distribution) OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO all the South Indian families for sponsoring the Makar Sankranti/Pongal dinner and coordinating the classical music program TO all the Bengali families for sponsoring the Vasanth Panchami lunch and conducting drawing competition for the children. TO all the York Indian families for sponsoring the Maha Shivratri dinner and coordinating the dance program. TO the parents of HARI school and other devotees for sponsoring lunch at the HARI School Please contact us if you wish to voluntarily serve HARI in any capacity 4
Dear Devotees, MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEES Year 2014 started auspiciously with nearly 425 devotees participating in the New Year Havan. Month of January continued with Makara Sankranti / Pongal celebration with classical Carnatic music presented by local artists and their children numbering almost 80 and attended by well over 400 devotees. We celebrated Bheesma Ekadhashi and Vasant Panchami programs. HARI school students and several community children performed Goddess Saraswati Puja. Shiva Puja, Rudrabhishek and Shiva Aarti were celebrated on the actual day of Maha Shivratri. Almost 85 families participated in the Shiva Puja and around 250 devotees attended for the event. Maha Shivratri day celebration with puja and classical dance program was attended by about 450 people. We thank you for your continued participation and support to this great institution. A few of our goals for 2014 were set by Mother Nature. Heavy and regular snow fall has not only increased the day to day expenses, but also have directed us towards fixing some structural damages and other unexpected repairs. We have replaced two of our well pumps and one pressure pump. We also are working on getting the restroom inside the priest quarters to be a family restroom for devotees with young children. We are looking for physical, intellectual and monetary help with respect to these projects and some more that are under conception. We do have our main goals as to increase memberships, with emphasis on lifetime membership; invest in efforts to recruit the next generation-youth in the service of the community at large; and provide more resources to meet the religious and cultural needs of our community. With the help of our members, our goals are becoming reality. We would like to thank all those who have already paid their dues for 2014 and request other devotees to support HARI by becoming members and participate in HARI activities. Your membership and generous donations are directly tied to the temple s maintenance, day- to- day expenses, and quality programs. Please remember that you have given us the opportunity to work on behalf of HARI to serve its devotees and the community. Therefore, as a part of this community, please guide us with your suggestions for improvements in our services to the community. You may direct your suggestions to haritemple.org or drop it off in the suggestion box/hundi. We thank you for being a community we feel proud to be a part of and serve. Jai Shri Ram! Mr. Hiten Amin Chairman Mrs. Meena Ravi President HARI SCHOOL Namaste! HARI School continues to grow with enrollment of more than 150 students this year. Students continue to learn our way of life, our culture, and our religion. School is a platform to make many new friends and children have lots of fun also. Students performed Saraswati Puja and celebrated Vasant Panchmi on February 9. They are now getting ready for Holi Program on March 23. They have prepared a variety of program consisting of skits, folk dance and singing. We invite you all to attend Holi program, which will be followed by celebration of Dhuleti. I thank volunteer teachers, lunch sponsors and parents who help us to run the School. Mrs. Kalpana Sheth HARI School Director Mr. Vijay Varadarajan Youth Forum Director HARI Times is a bi-monthly publication of Hindu American Religious Institute (HARI), located at 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070. You may send your comments, suggestions, and important announcements to HARI Times Editors using the address provided on the HARI website www.haritemple.org. Hari Om! 5
HARI TRUST FUND (HTF) UPDATE Dear Devotees of HARI In response to our appeal during the New year,sankanthi and Maha Sivarathri celebrations, we have received pledges from the following devotees. Our profound thanks go to these devotees for their financial support. PLEDGEE NAME New Year Program Sharad Shah Rupen and Meera Modi Sankaranti Program Srinivasan Subramanian Ramesh Bathini Adinarayana Rayavarapu Rajesh Sunder MahaShivratri Rohit & Susmita Amin Ameet& Reema Parikh Ravindra & Swapna Deshpande Prakash & Shantala Patil Trusha & Vipul Patel Mamata & Manish Amin Anurag Walia Divyang Pathak Rajesh Panchwagh Rohit & Deepti Jindal PLEDGEE NAME New year event Srinivas & Nivedita Kalakuntla Maulikumar& Chirayu Patel Mani R&Anupama Sharma Kapil &Dpiti Gami Narendra & Nita Desai Madhu&Sreedevi venkata BidyaNevpane Sashi Sharma Ravi & Alka Anand Kinjal & Ashish Ramani Rupal & LenaDumista Ramesh Paikh Suresh Parikh Rajesh &Brenda Singal Vijay Janak Doshi Pawan Arora Harish Doshi Pradeep & Kalpana HARI TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP It is with pleasure to announce that the HARI Board has decided to offer scholarships to high school graduates for their first year in college. Thanks to the generosity of some HARI Devotees to enable us to do so. The HARI Temple Scholarship has been established to provide scholarships to deserving high school seniors throughout central Pennsylvania for the purpose of advancing their education. HARI Education Committee consisting of a Chair of Committee, Trust Fund Coordinator, President, Chairman and three members at large will choose the scholarship recipient or recipients based on the information supplied by the applicants. Scholarship opportunity available to High School Seniors graduated in 2014 (i.e. class of 2014) for the purpose of advancing his/her education. Only those applications received on or before May 15, 2014 will be considered. Please visit http://www.haritemple.org/pdf/harischolorshipdocument.pdf to download the further details and application package. 6
DONATION RECOGNITION (from December 15, 2013 to February 28, 2014) Name of the Donor Ravi (Dr) & Falguni (Dr) Acharya Ashok & Asha Agarwal Shiv (Dr) & Alka Aggarwal Rasmita Amin Rohit & Susmita Amin Ravi & Alka Anand Pawan (Dr) & Suneela Arora Satya & Manisha Arya Vijay Balaji Yogindra (Dr) & Sonia Balhara Hina & Arun (Late) Barad Sankar & Raji Basava Ramesh & Madhavi Bathini Anand (Dr) & Shaila Bhat Deepa Bhat Divya Bhat Pallav & Megha Bhonde Aarti Hospitalitiy Mgmt Comfort Suite Rajkumar & Kakali Das Sunil & Anita Desai General Account Econo Lodge Srinivas & Mahalakshmi Gamini Namrata & Arup K. Saha Haldipur Prabha Jindal Harendra & Neela Joshi Vinod & Anjana Kanabar Vinod & Anjana Kanabar Sangeeta and Vinit Kavathekar Andrew & Payal Loser Anand (Dr) & Suzanne Mahajan Mohan (Dr) & Nirmal Mital Nayan & Ranjita Mitra Rupen (Dr) & Meera Modi Nivedita & Rajesh Panchwagh Anjali P. & Prakash H. Pandya Rajeev & Manjiri Pangarkar Ankur Parikh Type HARI Times Printing and mailing Costs $500.00 per issue, If you wish to sponsor a issue completely or in part, please contact any HARI Committee members listed in page 1. If you wish to go green and read HARI times online only, please email to president@haritemple.org. 7
DONATION RECOGNITION (from December 15, 2013 to February 28, 2014) Name of the Donor Anuj Parikh Type Hemanshu & Asha Parikh Mukul (Dr) & Neelima (Dr) Parikh Yogesh (Dr) & Renuka Parikh Mukul (Dr) & Neelima (Dr) Parikh Ramesh & Alka Parmar Ramesh & Alka Parmar Rasik (Dr) & Pragna Parmar Jayanti & Jyoti Patel Mafat & Sudha Patel Shashikant (Dr) & Vimala Patel Varsha & Shaskikari patel Babul & Usha Pathak Subhodh & Deepa Patil V. C. Patel, DDS Paxton Dental Care, P.C. Sridhar Gopalan(Dr) & Srividya Ramanathan Krishnaprasad & Swarna Repaka Aman Sapra Aman Sapra Rajagopalan & Subha Sathanur Amratlal & Chandrakanta Shah Hasu & Hersha Shah Sharad & Pushpa Shah Mani R. & Anupama Sharma Uday & Lakshmi Shrikantia Ashok & Maya Shukla Sreenivas & Kavitha Sindam Brijmohan (Dr) & Savita Sood Pramod & Anju Srivastava Rajesh & Gayatri Gopala Sundara Cap Project Rajesh & Gayatri Gopala Sundara Virendra & Roshni Trivedi Meena Ravi & Ravi Venkatasubramanian Rajkumar & Swati Wale SAI Medical Billing Our sincere thanks to all the HARI members for you continued support and encouragement to your HARI family. It is said that by sharing, happiness multiplies and sorrows reduce. If you wish to share the births, marriages etc or other news about your family with the community please send an email to president@haritemple.org. ** Please note: Publishing any news is at the discretion of the HARI Times editorial team. 8
2014 HARI PROGRAM CALENDAR We welcome event sponsors any time of the year. New sponsors will be added to this list EVENT CELEBRATION DATE EVENT SPONSOR Holi Puja from 6.15 PM Sunday, March 16, 2014 N/A Holi Celebration from 10:30am Sunday, March 23, 2014 North Indian Devotees Telugu, Marathi, Kannada New Year Panchangam Shravanam at 7:00pm Monday March 31, 2014 Gudi Padva Celebration Saturday, April 05, 2014 Maharashtrian Devotees 24 hour Rama Charit Manas Recital Fri-Saturday April 11-12, 2014 Shri Mahavir Jayanti Celebration Sunday April 13, 2014 Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali New Year Monday, April 14, 2014 Shri Hanuman Jayanti, 108 repetitions of Shri Hanuman Chalisa,12pm to 7pm (actual day of Hanuman Tuesday April 15, 2014 Jayanti) 9 N/A HARI Devotees Jain Samaj of Central PA Mata Ki Chowki Saturday May 3, 2014 HARI Devotees N/A Mrs. Damuben Naranbhai Patel Mr. & Mrs. Kumar Piraviperumal Sri Thallapakka Annamacharya Aradhana Saturday May 17, 2014 South Indian Devotees Discourse on Shrimad Bhagavad Gita by Shri Bhupendra bhai Pandya Sunday(2-9 June 4-8, 2014 Wed-Sat(7-9pm) PM) HARI Devotees HARI School Graduation from 10:30am Sunday, June 8, 2014 HARI School Parents HARI India Fair from 2pm to 8pm Saturday, July 12, 2014 HARI Devotees Upakarma / Yagnopavit / Raksha Bandhan (schedule Yagnopavit / Janoi / Sacred -thread changing time with the priests) Shri Krishna Janamotsav; Bhajans and Krishna Janma Celebration 10pm-midnight Sunday, August 10, 2014 Sunday, August 17, 2014 Shri Krishna Janamashtami Celebration Saturday, August 23, 2014 OPEN Paryushan Parva Friday-Friday, Aug 22-29, 2014 N/A Shri Ganesh Puja; Ganesh Puja at 7pm Friday, August 29, 2014 N/A Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration Saturday, August 30, 2014 Siddi Vinayak Mandali Kolu Puja Friday, September 26, 2014 N/A Navaratri Mahotsav Garba every day from 8pm to 10pm Thu-Friday, Sep 25-Oct 3, 2014 N/A Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) Celebration, Durga Puja, from 10:30am Saturday, October 04, 2014 Karwa Chauth Saturday October 11, 2014 N/A Vikram Samvat 2071 Panchangam Friday, October 24, 2014 N/A Shravanam at 7pm Diwali Puja / Annakut Saturday, October 25, 2014 OPEN Gita Jayanti Tuesday, December 2, 2014 N/A N/A N/A Bengali Devotees * Any change in the event schedule will be notified via HARI Times and e-mail communications. OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY to the family of Mrs. Sharmistha Mallik on passing away of her beloved husband Mr. Arun Mallik on Jan 3, 2014 to the family of Mrs. Jyotsna Antani on passing away of her beloved husband Mr. Ramesh Anthani on Jan 16, 2014 to the family of Mr. Pinakin Shah, on passing away of his beloved wife Mrs. Shobha Shah on Friday Mar 14, 2014 to the family of Mr. Ravi Venkatasubramanian on passing away of his beloved father on Sunday, Mar 16, 2014. *** MAY THE DEPARTED SOULS ATTAIN PARAM SADGATI ***
Hindu American Religious Institute 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road New Cumberland PA 17070 www.haritemple.org Nonprofit Org. US Postage Paid Harrisburg, PA Permit No. 304 Directions: Take Exit 39A, Lewisberry Road, off I-83 Make left at the STOP for Route 114 West Go 1/3 mile; make Left on Steigerwalt Hollow Rd Go 1/2 mile to HARI Temple on right Phone: (717) 774-7750 HAPPY HOLI!! HAPPY UGADI!! HAPPY GUDIPADVA!! HAPPY TAMIL NEW YEAR!! HAPPY BENGALI NEW YEAR!! HAPPY VISHU PUNYAKALAM!! HAPPY RAM NAVAMI!! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!! Shri Lord Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Abhishekam: (First Saturday of every month) Saturday, March 01, 2014 at 09:30am Saturday, April 05, 2014 at 09:30am Saturday, May 03, 2014 at 09:30am Lord Satyanarayana Bhagwan Puja: (Full Moon Day) Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 7:15pm Monday, April 14, 2014 at 7:15pm Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 7:15pm Jain Swadhayay / Puja (First Sunday of every month) Sunday, March 02, 2014 at 2:00pm Sunday, April 06, 2014 at 2:00pm Sunday, May 04, 2014 at 2:00pm Monthly Havan (Second Sunday of every month) Sunday, March 09, 2014 at 05:30pm Sunday, April 06, 2014 at 05:30pm Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 11:00am 10