HARI Times... SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM MAR-MAY 2006 PRIEST: Rev. Seetharamaaswamy (Punditji) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: Mr. Srini Subramanian 730-7168 Sr. Vice President: Mr. Sunil Desai 792-4661 Secretary: Mr. Pallav Bhonde 266-9195 Treasurer: Mr. Samir Parikh 767-6665 Vice Presidents: Mrs. Minoo Amin 732-0513 Mrs. Pragna H Patel 732-8030 Mr. Krishna Repaka 691-7355 Mr. Kirti Shah 697-9061 Mr. R V. Subramanian 651-0620 School Directors: Dr. Mukul Parikh 728-9801 Mr. Hiten Amin 732-0513 Youth Forum Directors: Mr. Haresh Bharucha 975-3432 Dr. Mukul Parikh 728-9801 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Chairman: Dr. Nirmal Joshi 541-0363 Members: Dr. Ramesh Bhatia 560-1405 Mr. Harish Doshi 840-1090 Mrs. Sukanya Mukherjee 761-7927 Dr. Neelima Parikh 728-9801 Mr. Divyang Pathak 761-2418 Mrs. Priti Patel 732-2345 Mr. Raghu Tadavarthy 728-2883 Mr. Satish Upadhyay 766-5551 Mr. Jagannath Yedatore 932-4161 HOLI CELEBRATION Sunday, March 26, 2006 Variety Program 11:00 am Aarti at 12:00 pm, followed by Lunch Prasad Sponsored by North Indian Families GUDI PADVA Saturday, April 1, 2006 Cultural Program 5:15 pm Aarti at 7:00 pm, followed by Dinner Prasad Sponsored by Maharashtrian Families SHRI RAMANAVAMI Friday- Saturday, April 7-8, 2006 24-Hour Rama Charit Manas Recital From 6:00 pm on Friday Purnahuti 6:00 pm on Saturday, Followed by Aarti & Dinner Prasad 7:00 pm Sponsored by Mrs. Padma Goyal SHRI HANUMAN JAYANTI Thursday, April 13, 2006 from 11:30 am 108 repetitions of Shri Hanuman Chalisa Aarti at 7:00 pm, followed by Dinner Prasad MAHAVIR JAYANTI. Saturday, April 15, 2006 Dinner Prasad 5:30 pm, Sponsored by Jain Society Of South Central Pa Followed by Aarti and a Discourse by Shri Shrutpragnya Swamiji 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070 * (717) 774-7750 www.haritemple.org
COMMUNITY CORNER IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION Priest Service Requests for outside of HARI Hall Rental Requests Srini Subramanian (717) 730-7168 Dinner Coordinator for HARI Programs Lunch Coordinator for Alka Amin HARI Sunday School (717) 540-5380 HARI Times Editors Hiten Amin 732-0513 Ashok Shukla 737-1919 OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS Every Friday, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Open to all Sunday, March 26, 2006 Saturday, June 24, 2006 Fri-Sat, Sept 29-30, 2006 Saturday, October 21, 2006 Sunday, December 3, 2006 Bhajans and Bhagwad Gita study, conducted by Institute of Higher Understanding (IoHU). Details at HbgVedic@yahoo.com or (717) 791-9138 Gujarati Play Sponsored by Guj Samaj Gujarati Samaj Picnic Navaratri Mahotsav Sponsored by Guj Samaj Guj Samaj Diwali Dinner AIACPA Annual Dinner EKADASHI, PURNIMA, AMAWASYA March 2006 10 Friday Falgun Shukla Ekadashi 14 Tuesday Falgun Purnima 26 Sunday Falgun Krishna Ekadashi 29 Wednesday Falgun Amawasya April 2006 09 Sunday Chaitra Shukla Ekadashi 13 Thursday Chaitra Purnima 24 Saturday Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi 27 Wednesday Chaitra Amawasya May 2006 08 Monday Vaishakh Shukla Ekadashi 13 Saturday Vaishakh Purnima (for Vratam, Satyanarayan Katha on 5/12) 23 Tuesday Vaishakh Krishna Ekadashi 27 Saturday Vaishakh Amawasya PRIVATE RENTAL DATES AT HARI Saturday, March 4, 2006 Saturday, March 11, 2006 Temple Needs: The Board of Trustees has approved the following Capital Projects. We appeal devotees for specific donations towards these projects. CAPITAL PROJECT APPROXIMATE COST DONORS, AMOUNT Outdoor Landscaping and Temple Beautification Project Stage Curtain Project $12,000.00 Alarm and Video Surveillance About $10,000.00 $13,000.00 This is already covered by the UTSAV proceeds from 2005 Please contact Nirmal Joshi at 541-0363 or Srini Subramanian at 730-7168 for further details and/or with your pledge. HARI Times is a 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 Page 2
A MESSAGE FROM THE 2006-COMMITTEE Dear HARI devotees, The year has started well with very successful programs that were well attended. Thank you for your support. If we did measurable progress in terms of fund raising activities, like Utsav, and Capital Projects, like establishing the stage last year, this year is one of consolidation, improvement of the office process, and operational aspects of running the temple. We are streamlining the program coordination activities, HARI financial processes by performing all activities at the temple office, and e-mail communication process. We have few challenges ahead, like no priest coverage between March 17 and June 1. Even though we selected the new priest well on time, getting a visa interview in India takes inordinately long time and has resulted in this period of no coverage. We plan to keep the temple open every day, even if for limited time with the help of volunteers. We hope you understand and not hesitate to contact us if you would like to keep the temple open for a special occasion. Yours in service Srini Subramanian President, Executive Committee Nirmal Joshi Chairman, Board of Trustees ANNOUNCEMENTS HARI PRIEST: Due to the immigration requirements, temple Priest Rev. Seetharamaaswamy, affectionately known as Rev. Punditji, will leave USA on March 17 2006 for India. He is expected to return back to HARI during 2007. The HARI Priest Search Committee, under the leadership of Ashok Shukla, has hired Rev. Naranji Pandya (Rev. Pandyaji) from Ahmedabad, India. Rev. Pandyaji is expected to assume his duties from June 2006. In the meantime, change in temple hours will be posted on the HARI web page and communicated via e-mail to all e- mail subscribers. Related inquiries may be directed to any HARI committee members. SIGN UP FOR E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION... Are you interested in finding out about all activities of HARI via e-mail? If so, then sign up for our announcements via e-mail by visiting the HARI website http://www.haritemple.org and follow the link available on the top right hand corner. You may also change the present e-mail details by using the link at the bottom of the HARI notification Email. Also, remember to visit HARI website to view the pictures of the events celebration at HARI temple. THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES The 2006 regional Spelling Bee, Vocabulary Bee, Math Bee, Geography Bee, Essay Writing, and Public Speaking contest registrations are open. After registering online at www.northsouth.org, you will be able to download the practice words. The contest will be held at HARI Temple on May 12, 2006 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on May 13, 2006 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please contact Beena(beena@us.ibm.com) or Sreedhar(sreedharane@yahoo.com) for guidance and/or further details. 2005 HARI Directory... The 2005 HARI Directory is now available at HARI temple. Devotees may also obtain the same at the area Indian Grocery Stores (Hampden Grocers, Indian Grocers, and Shop-N-Drive). Corrections, updates, and/or additions to the directory listings may be submitted to any HARI committee members. Page 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continues ) BOT COMMITTEES: The sub-committees for the year 2006 have been finalized as follows (listed in alphabetic order): Building Maintenance & Planning: Harish Long term self sufficiency: Nirmal Joshi Doshi, Jagannath Yedatorre Priest committee: Divyang Pathak Finance: Raghu Tadavarthy Public Relations: Sukanya Mukherjee Land and Lot Maintenance: Ramesh Bhatia Security and Legal: Satish Upadhyay OUR SINCERE THANKS TO... Umesh & Priti Patel, Naran & Damu Patel, Bhupendra & Surekha Patel, Shantilal & Madhu Patel, Uttam & Pushpa Patel, and Shashi & Geeta Sakaria for the donation of power flush toilet pans for restrooms. Kiran & Anandi Patel for the donation of $2,500.00 towards the Stage Project. Krishnan & Chellammal Ramaswami for the donation of $300.00 for one Cushion Trolley. York area families for sponsoring dinner prasad on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri celebration. CONGRATULATIONS to Pankaj & Rashmi Bhonde, proud grandparents of RIYA SARAIYA, born on Wednesday, November 16, 2005. to Meena and Venkat, proud parents of twins KARTHIK and SWAPNA, born on Sunday, January 22, 2006. to Anil & Neema Thakrar, proud grandparents of AMIT and ANYA. The twins were born to parents Sandeep & Kavita Thakrar on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. to Harish & Jyotsna Patel, proud grandparents of MITCHELL, born to parents Sanjay & Uma (Alka) Dua on Thursday, February 9, 2006. OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY to the family of Pragna K Dalal who lost her beloved father Mr. Jagdev H. Gohel December 5, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA. to the family of Kirti Shah who lost his beloved brother Mr. Pinakin Shah on January 2, 2006 in NJ. to the family of Kamini Vishnu Vyas who lost her beloved brother Mr. Harshad J Bhatt, 62, on January 31, 2006 at Ahmedabad, India. Page 4
2005 HARI ACCOUNTS SUMMARY (For the Year Ending December 31, 2005) Opening Balance - Jan 1, 2005 62,495.56 Fund Disbursements: 111,704.74 Transfer to HARI Trust Fund A/C 21,827.00 General Receipts: 202,307.19 Capital Projects: Hundi 31,760.00 Phase II Donor Recognition 7,041.87 Memberships 20,305.00 Trust Fund Tree 20,837.70 HARI Programs 5,436.00 Partitions 18,984.50 Sunday School 2,819.00 Signage 1,266.76 Hall Rental 3,654.00 Stage 23,685.19 Refunds (750.00) Air Conditioning (two new units) 7,070.02 Puja Services 14,632.00 Other 10,991.70 Other Donations 30,513.19 Utilities: 19,016.34 HARI Directory 4,274.00 Gas & Electric 16,138.40 Trust Fund 14,633.00 Telephone 717.15 Fund Raisers: 75,031.00 Waste Disposal 2,160.79 Tsunami 52,054.00 Employee Related: 20,669.58 Utsav 21,887.00 Priest 18,600.00 Anand Bazar 1,090.00 Office Manager 2,069.58 Publications (Newsletter & Directory): 10,155.52 Earned Interest 1,369.36 Temple Maintenance: 24,266.16 Property Taxes 898.69 Insurance 5,378.00 Janitorial 5,052.92 Maintenance 12,936.55 Special Fund-Raisers Disbursements: 54,066.15 Tsunami: Rotary International 25,000.00 H E L P 20,000.00 World Surgical Foundation 5,000.00 Utsav 4,066.15 Program Disbursements: 3,424.50 HARI School (Spelling Bee) 732.52 Other 1,573.86 Mailings 1,118.12 General Supplies: 7,151.39 Other Disbursements: 6,282.00 Professional Fees 4,390.76 Bank Fees 95.00 Other 1,796.24 Total Available Cash 266,172.11 Total Disbursements 256,736.38 Ending Cash, December 31, 2005: $9,435.73 Page 5
HARI MEMBERSHIP AND DONATIONS (as of 2/22/2006) A = 2006 Membership ($51.00) AS = 2006 Membership Seniors ($25.00) L= Life Members ($600.00) LS=Life Members Seniors ($300.00) L Agarwal Ashok & Asha A Agarwala Aasheesh & Deepshikha A Aggarwal Shiv & Alka A Agrawal Mahesh A Amin Hiten & Minoo A Amin Janak M. & Alka L Amin Rohit & Susmita A Anand K Ravi & Alka A Andhare Kamlesh & Manjiri A Andharia Atul AS Antani Ramesh & Jyotsna L Arora Pawan & Suneela L Arora Ramesh & Rekha A Arya Satya & Manisha L Asher Ajit & Shakuntala L Athia Bhupen & Champa L Bajaj Rajesh & Monica A Bal Ganesh & Alka L Balhara Yogindra & Sonia L Barad Arun & Hina A Barapatre Ajay Kumar L Barot Chirag & Nita L Barot Harish & Pratima L Bathini Ramesh & Madhavi A Behari Avinash & Kumkum LS Bhandari Jagdish & Prabha A Bhargave Ashutosh & Usha A Bharucha Haresh & Abha L Bhat Anand & Shaila A Bhatia Ramesh & Pushpa L Bhatt Abhaya LS Bhatt Naren & Hema L Bhonde Pallav & Megha A Bhorkar Sunil & Archana A Bose Partha AS Brahmbhatt Mahendra & Jaya A Brewster Roy & Sherry L Chadha Raj & Santosh LS Chandel Yogendra & Kanak A Chatterjee Kaushik & Sumita A Chhibber Nitin & Aruna L Das Rajkumar & Kakali A Dasgupta Swapna LS Dash Umakant & Kalyani L Dave Rajesh L Desai Jayantilal & Nalini A Desai Saryuben A Desai Sunil & Anita A Desai Sunil & Seema L Deshpande Vijay & Priya A Desikachar Conto & Gowri A Doraiswamy Mukundan & Anuradha A Doshi Harish & Yamini A Doshi Janak & Mona A Durai Srinivasan & Latha A Duvvuri Vijay & Syamala A Gamini Srinivas & Mahalakshmi A Ganapathy Ramesh L Gangadhar Dasa & Sujatha L Godhania Anil & Jana AS Goyal Padma G. A Gupta Anshul & Mamta A Gupta Arun & Sharad L Gupta Deep & Rani A Gupta Manoj & Tripti A Iyer Anand & Meera LS Janardhana K & Usha A Jasani Kanti & Hansa LS Jethwa Vasant & Vinoda A Jindal Ramesh & Prabha A Joshi Anil L Joshi Gautam & Kirti L Joshi Nirmal & Renu A Kanabar Anil & Indira A Kanabar Chandrakant & Shalini A Kapil Gautam & Meena A Kapur Jai & Ami L Kathiresan Ray & Meenakshi A Katoch Avnish & Pamila L Kendre Dnyanoba A Ketty Snober A Khetarpal Sharad & Suneeta AS Kohli Baldev & Poonam L Kothari Milind & Smeeta A Krishna Bijoy & Madhu A Krishnamurthy Beena & Varada A Krishnamurti Ramesh & Hemamalini L Kulkarni Mukund & Prabha A Kumar Padmini A Kumar Satheesh & Parvathy A Kumar Sudhir & Soni L Kundu Sambhu & Bonnie L Lad Rajnikant & Pravina A Laddha Jagdish & Rakhi A Lal Sudarshan & Aruna A Long Jeffery & Mahua A Luthra Raman & Charu A Madapoosi Sudhakumar & Apsara A Madhankumar A. B. & Sasidevi L Mahajan Anand & Suzanne A Mahendru Veena & Ruchi A Mandalia Anil & Bharti L Mandalia Shashin & Malti A Mehrotra Gopi & Renu L Mehta Arun & Dharmista L Mehta Chitaranjan & Sarmista Page 6
L Mehta Satish & Rajul A Mehta Varsha & Narendra L Mehta Virendra & Hina L Mehta Yogin & Shobna A Mirchandani Naresh A Mishra Bibekananda & Priyambada A Mithepati Kamesh & Gayatri A Mittal Ujjwal & Renu A Modali Anand & Kala A Modi Girish & Jainika L Modi Mihir & Geena A Mongia Gagan & Amita A Mongia Rajkumar & Bindu L Mukherjee Sandip & Sukanya A Murthy Vidya AS Murti Vedula & Santha A muthia Varadarajan & Bama A Mutreja Pankaj & Sheirazada A Nadar Venkatesh & Suganthi A Nakka Prabhakar & Susheela A Narayanan Murali & Saraswathy A Narielwala Thakorbhai & Nira A Natarajan Rajesh & Jyothikiran A Pai Swarupa & Jaydeb A Palayamnallusamy Sivaraju & Sangeetha A Pandya Jagdish & Charulata A Pandya Madhuri L Pangarkar Rajeev & Manjiri L Parekh Jitu & Vasanti A Parekh Rajubhai & Lina A Parikh Kiran & Sandy AS Parikh Mahendra & Hemlata A Parikh Mohit & Madhu L Parikh Mukul & Neelima A Parikh Samir L Parmar Ramesh & Alka L Parmar Rasik & Pragna A Patel Ajaykumar & Nisha A Patel Bhupendra & Kaushika L Patel Bhupendra & Madhu L Patel Bhupendra & Purnima L Patel Bhupendra & Surekha A Patel Bhupendrakumar & Dipikaben A Patel Chimanlal H & Gomatiben L Patel Dipak & Neela L Patel Girish & Mina L Patel Girish & Surbhi L Patel Hardik & Pragna L Patel Harshad & Sudha L Patel Hemant L Patel Hemant & Daksha L Patel Hemant & Varsha A Patel Jagdish & Ranjan L Patel Jayanti & Jyoti L Patel Kamlesh L Patel Kanti & Ruxmani L Patel Kiran & Anandi A Patel Kirit & Ramila L Patel Madhukar & Minaxi A Patel Madhuri & Urvish AS Patel Mafat & Sudha L Patel Mahendra & Bhanu LS Patel Manibhai & Manjula L Patel Naran & Damu A Patel Nilesh & Hemanaini A Patel P.G. & S.P. L Patel Prakash & Smita L Patel Pravin & Mangla L Patel Premjibhai & Mina A Patel Sanjay L Patel Shantilal & Madhu L Patel Shashikant & Vimla L Patel Umesh & Dharmista L Patel Umesh & Priti A Patel Vallabh & Usha L Patel Vasudev & Kokila A Patel Vijay & Lalita L Patel Yogendra & Kalpana A Pathak Divyang & Ashita A Pathak Haren R. L Patil Subodh & Deepa L Patwardhan Vijay & Shobhna A Piraviperumal Kumar & Bagavathy A Podder-Bose Shatarupa A Pookot Karunakaran & Aruna A Prabakaran Nirmala & Seshan A Prabhu Pradeep & Latha A Prasad Champa A Prasad Pankaj & Poonam A Rajasekharaiah Anitha A Ramachandran Venkat & Meenakshi L Ramani Raja & Geetha L Ramaswamy Krishnan & Chellammal A Rao B P & Anu A Rao Sanjay & Vidya L Rastogi Anil & Nita L Rathod Chandrakant & Manju A Rathod Dilip & Heena A Rayavarapu Adinarayana & Lakshmi A Repaka Krishnaprasad & Swarna A Sachdev Sandeep & Pratibha L Sachdeva Rohit & Shabnam L Saha Satyajit & Sima L Sahasrabuddhe Vidy & Mangala L Saiganesh Narasimhan & Padmini L Sakaria Shashikant & Gita AS Sanghvi Jayantilal & Leela A Sapra Aman L Sarma Srinivasan & Vimla AS Saxena Narendra & Indra A Sekhar Sundhar & Liane A Sethuraman Ramanathan & Latha L Shah Amratlal & Chandrakanta A Shah Bharat & Trupti Page 7
A Shah Dilip & Bharti A Shah Harshad & Nayana A Shah Jagdish R. L Shah Kirti & Pragna L Shah Pinakin & Shobha A Shah Sandip & Vandana A Shah Sanjay & Amita A Shah Satish & Rupal AS Shah Shantilal & Urmila A Shah Sharad & Pushpa A Shah Sunil AS Shahane Ratnaprabha L Sharma Gyanendra K & Saroj L Sharma Mani & Anupama A Sharma Rattan & Suraksha L Sharma Subodh & Ranjana A Shashikumar Bellave & Usha L Shenoy Vishnudas & Leena L Sheth Jay & Chanda L Sheth Ketan & Kalpana A Shrikantia Uday & Lakshmi L Shukla Rohitkumar & Sharmistha L Sindiri Atreia & Sangeeta A Singal Mohan & Sudesh A Singal Rajesh & Brenda A Srinivas Venkatakrishnan & Radhika A Srivastava Promod & Anju A Subramanian Girish & Vidya A Subramanian Ramesh L Subramanian Srinivasan & Meena A Swaminathan Bala & Deepa L Tadavarthy Raghu & Jyothi A Tadavarthy Ranga & Ratna A Talluri Partha & Rajitha A Tanna Nitin & Daksha A Tewari Deepanker L Thakrar Anil & Neema L Thakrar Rajesh L Thattey Shrikant & Lalita L Trivedi Gopalkrishna & Veena L Trivedi Harit & Dipti A Upadhyay Satish & Taru A Upadhyaya Harikrishna & Bharat A V.Subramanian Ravi & Meena A Varanasi Prasad & SriRaksha A Ved Kiran & Nalini AS Ved Narendra & Neela A Venkatadri Jayanth & Suryakala A Vyas Prafull & Lina L Vyas Vijay & Malti A Vyas Vishnu & Kamini A Wale Rajkumar & Swati A Watturkar Suhas & Seehma L Williams David & Mala A Yedatore Jagannath & Saraswathi L Zaver Navanit & Kailash General Donations (less than $50.00) Agarwal Ashok & Asha Desai Sunil & Seema Gurwan Venktesh & Nirmala Hemdata Mahendra Jindal Ramesh & Prabha Kakaria Sandeep & Parul Lal Sudarshan & Aruna Munshi Ajit C. Patel Shashikant & Vimla Shah Hasu & Harsha Shah Satish & Rupal Srinivasan A.R. & S. Mythily Viswanathan Anana & Kousi General Donations (from $50.00 to $99.00) Amin Susmita & Rohit Arora Ramesh & Rekha Bhattacharya Syamal & Sulekha Bhorkar Sunil & Archana Global Healthcare Group Godhania Anil & Jana Mehta Arunkumar Parikh Anil & Nayana Rajul Corporation DBA Budget Host Sapra Aman Saraiya Rakesh & Darshini Shah Pragna & Kirti Srivastava Promod & Anju General Donations (from $100.00 to $249.00) Aggarwal Shiv & Alka Bhat Anand & Shaila Desai Bhasker & Pravina Loser Andrew & Payal Mahajan Anand & Suzanne Parikh Mukul & Neelima Patel Shipan & Krishna Patel Vasu & Kokila Reynolds, Jr Allen L. Srivastava Archana Tadavarthy Raghu & Jyothi General Donations (from $250.00 to $500.00): Joshi Nirmal & Renu Ramaswamy Krishnan & Chellammal HARI Trust Fund (received in 2006): Venkatasubramanian Ravi & Meena $625.00 Page 8
2006 HARI CALENDAR DATE EVENT PROGRAM DINNER SPONSOR Sunday, June 11 Saturday, August 19 Monday, August 21 to Monday, August 28 HARI School Graduation Shri Krishna Janmashtami Paryushan & Shamapna Parva Graduation Program Bhajan Sandhya Dr. Usha Bhargave Open Rajkumar Wale Jai Bhakti *** N/A *** Saturday, August 26 Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Puja / Bhajans Vishnu & Leena Shenoy (Passage To India) Saturday, September 23 to Sunday, October 01 Navaratri Mahotsav Durga Puja Raas-Garbaa Friday, September 29 Kolu Puja Kolu Puja by HARI Devotees *** N/A *** *** N/A *** Saturday, October 07 Dusherra Durga Puja Open Tuesday, October 10 Karva Chauth Puja *** N/A *** Saturday, October 29 Diwali Diwali Annakot, HARI Annual Meeting HARI Devotees ACTUAL DATES OF MAJOR FESTIVALS (MARCH OCTOBER) 03-14-2006, Tuesday Holi 03-30-2006, Thursday Gudi Padva 04-06-2006, Thursday Ramanavami 04-11-2006, Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti 04-13-2006, Thursday Hanuman Jayanti 04-30-2006, Sunday Akshay Tritiya 06-27-2006, Tuesday Rath Yatra 08-09-2006, Wednesday Raksha Bandhan 08-16-2006, Wednesday Krishna Janmashtami 08-27-2006, Sunday Ganesh Chaturthi 09-08-2006, Friday to Pitr-Paksha (Shraddh) 09-22-2006, Friday 09-23-2006, Saturday to Navaratri Mahotsav 10-01-2006, Sunday 10-02-2006, Monday Vijaya Dashami 10-10-2006, Tuesday Karva Chauth 10-22-2006, Sunday Deepavali (Diwali) 10-23-2006, Monday Vikram Samvat 2063 Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea but it is an expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality - ceaseless and unending." "... our daily worship of God is not really the process of gradual acquisition of him, but the daily process of surrendering ourselves, removing all obstacles to union and extending our consciousness of him in devotion and service, in goodness and in love..." Rabindranath Tagore Page 9
Hindu American Religious Institute Nonprofit Org 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road US Postage Paid New Cumberland PA 17070 Harrisburg, PA www.haritemple.org Permit No 304 Directions: 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 www.haritemple.org HARI CALENDAR AT A GLANCE March 2006 03/05 Sunday Jain Puja 2:00 pm 03/12 Sunday Monthly Havan 5:30 pm Falgun Purnima 03/14 Tuesday - Holika Dahan 7:00 pm - Satyanarayan Katha 7:30 pm 03/26 Sunday Holi Celebration at HARI School 10:30 am April 2006 04/01 Saturday Gudi Padva celebration 5:30 pm 04/02 Sunday Jain Puja 2:00 pm 04/06 Thursday Shri Ramanavami, Rama-Janma Aarti 12:00 pm 04/07 Friday 24-Hour Shri Rama Charit Manas recital 6:00 pm 04/08 Saturday 24-Hour Shri Rama Charit Manas purnahuti 6:00 pm April 2006 (continue) 04/09 Sunday Monthly Havan 5:30 pm Chaitra Purnima 04/13 Thursday Shri Hanuman Jayanti - 108 recital of Shri Hanuman Chalisa 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Satyanarayan Katha 7:30 pm 04/15 Saturday Mahavir Jayanti celebration 5:30 pm May 2006 05/07 Sunday Jain Puja 2:00 pm 05/12 Friday Satyanarayan Katha 7:30 pm 05/14 Sunday Mother s Day Havan at HARI School 11:00 am Page 10