HARI Times... SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM Vol. 18 No. 02 APR - JUN 2018 HARI: 717-774-7750 Priests: Pu. Shastri ji 717-460-1522 Pu. Swamy ji 717-395-6562 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: Mr. Atreia Sindiri 717-395-7675 Senior Vice President: Mr. Sunil Sharma 302-438-0633 Secretary: Mr. Namit Govil 916-627-5076 Treasurer: Mr. Sambasiva Ellanki 717-439-8821 Vice Presidents: Mrs. Minoo Amin 717-732-0513 Mrs. Nupur Bagkar 717-460-6507 Mrs. Hema Balaji 717-440-4140 Mr. Rajdeep Champa 717-650-4303 Mr. Vibeeshan Gereddy 717-503-4567 Mr. Sandeep Gupta 717-579-1375 Mr. Hiteshkumar Patel 717-319-8834 Mr. Purushothaman Rajaram 972-904-0574 Mrs. Pramita Shenoy 570-854-9289 School Director: Dr. Dinesh Pai 973-668-7459 Youth Forum Director: Mr. Vijay Varadarajan 717-395-2588 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman: Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal 717-329-6202 Members: Mr. Sadanandam Bharatha 717-712-9907 Mr. Pallav Bhonde 717-586-6900 Mr. Laxman Buddineni 717-610-0840 Mr. Kanti Jasani 717-671-4875 Dr. Yogesh Parikh 717-979-8886 Mr. Anish Patel 717-756-7841 Mr. Basava Sankar 717-460-4635 Mrs. Ashwini Sathe 717-810-1895 Mrs. Kalpana Sheth 717-437-1014 MATA KI CHOWKI Saturday, April 7, 2018 3:00 pm - Mata Ki Chowki (details on page 3) 7:00 pm - Aarti, Dinner sponsored by Mata Devotees SHRI MAHAVIR JAYANTI CELEBRATION Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:30pm - 5:00 pm - Stavan recitals & Bhakti 5:00pm - 5:30 pm - Cultural program & Vote of Thanks 5:30 pm - Swami Vatsalya (Dinner Prasad) TAMIL, MALAYALAM, BENGALI NEW YEAR Saturday, April 14, 2018 7:00 pm - Panchang Shavanam GURU VANDANA Sunday, April 29, 2018 10:00 am - Teachers Appreciation Program 12:00m pm - Aarti, Lunch by HARI School families MOTHER S DAY HAVAN Sunday May 13, 2018, 11:15 am 12:00m pm - Aarti, Lunch by Sunday School families SHRI ANNAMACHARYA ARADHANA Saturday, May 19, 2018, 12:30 pm - 7 pm A musical homage to the great saint Shri Tallapakam Annamacharya (14th Annual event) 7:00 pm Aarti, Dinner by South Indian Families HARI SCHOOL GRADUATION Sunday, June 3, 2018 10:00 am - Variety program by HARI School Students 12:00 pm - Aarti, Lunch by HARI School families SHRIMAD BHAGWAT GITA STUDY By Shri Bhupendrabhai Pandya (details on page 3) Monday Friday June 11 - June 15, 2018 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Dinner Prasad 7:00 pm Aarti followed by Discourse 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070 (717) 774-7750 * haritemple@gmail.com * www.haritemple.org 1
HARI Temple Hours Monday Friday: 8am-1pm, 3pm-9pm Saturday & Sunday: 8am to 9pm Daily Aarti: 8am, 12pm, 7pm Contact HARI President for Priest Services and Hall Rentals: 717-395-7675 or president@haritemple.org Priest Service request form is available at http://haritemple.org/hari/pdf/priestservicerequestform.pdf Hall rental agreement is available at http://haritemple.org/hari/pdf/temple_hall_use_agreement.pdf ANNOUNCEMENTS HARI TIMES is mailed to paid HARI members only except for the New Year and Diwali editions which are mailed to the all HARI devotees. You may also view HARI Times at www.haritemple.org HARI Emails: Update your email at www.haritemple.org OR drop it in the Hundi (donation box) at the temple OR send a request to haritemple@gmail.com. HARI CALENDAR: Dates of actual and scheduled events, priests availability, and hall rentals are available online at www.haritemple.org. CLOSING / CANCELLATION ALERTS: Temple closings are announced on HARI s website and, when feasible, over local TV channels. R REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS Shri Vishnu Sahasra Namam and Govinda Naamaalu Recital: Every Saturday at 6:00pm (except for other schedule events) Hanuman Chalisa Recital and Satsang: Every Saturday between 7:15pm and 8:15pm (except for other schedule events) Lord Shri Satyanarayana Puja: 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 09:30 am. A token donation of $21 is recommended for each participating family. Havan: Second Sunday of the month from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Organized and conducted by HARI Devotees. (Contact any of the HARI committee members for further details) Shri Ramcharitmanas Sundarkand Recital: Second Tuesday of the month from 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm. Organized and conducted by HARI Devotees. Note: Regularly Scheduled Events may change due to priority of other events HARI Times is a publication of Hindu American Religious Institute, located at 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Rd., New Cumberland, PA 17070. You may send your comments, suggestions, and announcements to Haritemple@gmail.com. HARI Times Editors: Executive Committee members, Mr. Sunil Desai, Mr. Adinarayana Rao Rayavarapu, and Mr. Viren Trivedi. 2 H
MATA KI CHOWKI SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 Spiritual Bhajans: 3:00 pm To 7:00 pm AARTI at 7:00 pm followed by DINNER PRASAD This is a Temple facilitated event, open to all HARI devotees Seek Mata s blessings and listen to spiritual bhajans by accomplished artists. ANIL DUA and MANDALI is a renowned group from New York/New Jersey area. Their orchestra music and divine bhajans will enlighten your soul. They have done a number of Jagrans, Mata ki Chowkis and religious events in many cities. DURGA POOJA, KANJAK POOJAN, MATA CHUNNI CEREMONIES Note: Due to the nature of the Chowki bhajans, music will be loud. EVENT and DINNER PRASAD SPONSORED BY: Rohit & Shabnam Sachdeva, Ujjwal & Renu Mittal, Vipin & Suman Goel, Hitesh & Param Suri, Ramesh & Alka Parmar, Ravi & Alka Anand, Raman & Charu Luthra, Ranjit & Sangeeta Malik SHRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA Chapter 10: Vibhuti Yog Monday June 11 through Friday June 15, 2018 Amrut Vani: Pujya Shri Bhupendrabhai Pandya Ji HARI cordially invites all devotees for an oration of the time-tested principles of the Bhagavad Gita. From the past nine years, each verse of each chapter of Bhagavad Gita was discussed in detail at HARI. This is the tenth year and each verse of Chapter 10 of Bhagavad Gita will be discussed in detail. Please do not miss it. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Monday June 11 through Friday June 15, 2018 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM - DINNER 7:00 PM - AARTI 7:15 PM to 9:30 PM - Discourse of GITA Grand Sponsors: Mrs. Shobhana Devendra Parikh, Mrs. Parul Jagdish Shah, Mrs. Kalpana Ketan Seth, Mrs. Hersha Hasu Shah, Mrs. Leena Rajubhai Parekh and Mrs. Pragnya Piyushbhai Gandhi Sponsors: Mrs. Renuka Yogesh Parikh, Mrs. Rupal Satish Shah, Mr. Vinod Arkula & Mrs. Umangi Shah, Mrs. Neema Anil Thakrar, Mrs. Asha Ashok Agarwal, Dr. Naresh Stan Maingi. 3
HARI Times APR - JUN 2018 2018 HARI PROGRAM CALENDAR Event and Dinner sponsors are welcome any time of the year. **Dinner Sponsors are welcome for events that show OPEN. Please contact HARI President at president@haritemple.org ** Any change in the event schedule will be notified via HARI Times and/ or e-mail communications. 4
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEES Dear HARI Devotees, The year 2018 started with the New Year Havan which was attended by more than 400 devotees making this the most successful New Year s Havan for many years. This was followed by Makar Sakaranti/Pongal Celebration and many other events such as Vasant Panchami, Maha Shivratri, Holi and Marathi/Kannada/Telegu New Year. Despite inclement weather, hundreds of devotees participated and enjoyed all these programs. We thank all the devotees for their constant support and devotion to our temple. There was a special program for Saraswati Puja on Vasant Panchami led by our HARI School students. The students also participated in dress competition with traditional Indian Attire. This program was a great success and students received a gift of itunes Card celebrating their achievement in field of religion, education and arts. For the next three months, we are celebrating several programs at HARI. Please continue to attend these programs. These are listed in the current edition of HARI Times and our website for your convenience. We started with a theme of operational excellence and growth. The Executive Committee and Board of Trustees have been working hard on this theme's and there are significant progress. We have appointed Manjula Narasimhan as our office Manager. She is there to help and assist with the function of the temple and to serve the devotees. Please stop by to say hello to her on your next visit to the temple. She has been a key in the smooth execution of temple operations from the time she took over last month. The combined BOT and EC will continue to strive to provide necessary services and conveniences required to make your experiences at HARI wholistic and satisfying. To sustain and expand our capabilities to serve you, we are planning to initiate a progressive program of updates and maintenance to our infrastructure. One of the immediate programs is to solve the water problem in the bathrooms. The team is working on a resolution to be implemented ASAP. We know this has caused issues during HOLI program, but as we mentioned in the last letter, this is due to our community and visitors expanding, but rest assured it will be solved shortly One such projects recently completed was the installation of a chair lift for use by our senior community members. We welcome your ideas on other such capability improvement programs for HARI. We will continue to stress on expansion of services offered by HARI School, Youth and Anandam group. As the Hindu religious ambassadors of our community in South Central PA and more particularly in the Greater Harrisburg area, we will work to improve our relations with the other communities at large by participating in initiatives like the Interfaith Prayers, programs like Guru Vandana and conferences to enhance our presence, and leadership. We have initiated a process to improve communication with the community, you should see more information and communication coming from our PR and Executive Team about all these interesting activities shortly. The success and growth of the HARI is and has always been based on the participation and generosity of our members, in donations as well as in kind. We thank each and every one of you for your contributions till date and request that you continue to shower your generosity and support for the continued growth of the HARI. Please take a resolution to help HARI to remain a strong and unified family for years to come and support us. I would urge you to think of your contributions to HARI Trust fund, Capital projects and other programs, please find ways to support the long term sustenance of our institution. Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal Chairman Mr. Atreia Sindiri President 5
ANANDAM: HARI Seniors Forum HARI Seniors Forum Anandam consists of paid HARI members, age 60 and up. The group organizes various activities few times a year, including trips to places that are of religious or historic importance. For more information, please contact Anandam Chair Dr. Yogesh Parikh or Mr. Harish Patel at haritempleanandam@gmail.com or at (717) 979-8886. *** OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY ***...on passing away of Mr. Babulbhai Umiashanker Pathak of Harrisburg, PA at the age of 74. He is survived by his wife Ushaben, Sons Nilesh & Minesh, Daughter-in-laws Priti & Avni, and 3 Grand Children Ravi, Rishi & Leinah....on passing away of Mr. Manubhai Dhulabhai Patel of Palmyra, PA at the age of 73. He is survived by his wife Kokilaben, Sons Ronak & Sarthik, Daughter-in-laws Bijal & Rupal, and 3 Grand Children Nitya, Niyanta, & Nish....on passing away of Dr. Gopalakrishnan S Nair of York, PA passed away on February 8th. He is survived by his wife Santha and three children Suresh, Sridhar and Radha and four grand children, Raell, Aseesh, Jacob and Aishwarya. Receipt for your 2017 Donations Donations to HARI are tax deductible under the IRS code 501 (c) (3). HARI sends a donation receipt to all who have donated $250 or more in a calendar year. If you do not receive a receipt of your 2017 donations by February 15, 2018; please contact HARI Treasurer or HARI President....on passing away of Mrs. Shantaben Natubhai Amin of Harrisburg, PA at the age of 81. She is survived by Sons Yogeshbhai & Madhusudan and daughter Varsha Sunil Amin. 6.*** MAY THE DEPARTED SOULS ATTAIN PARAM SADGATI ***
Namaste, Students and Parents, MESSAGE FROM HARI SCHOOL What a way to welcome the warmth of spring in our culture! Happy Holi to you all. As we celebrated Holi, please explain to your child the beautiful significance of this colorful festival at all three levels social, spiritual, and religious. Next couple of months are exciting period for the school, especially for our children. They will get an opportunity to go on a field trip HARI to the beautiful Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple, Morganville, NJ. On our way back we will spend some time at another beautiful facility BAPS Swaminarayan, Edison, NJ. They will also get an opportunity to invite their teachers for the Guru Vandana celebrations; perform a Yagna on Mother s Day; and, of course, exhibit all that they have learned in the school year during Graduation Program. Encourage your child to participate in these activities with full vigor. These activities, in addition to providing cultural mooring, also provides them with an opportunity to become leaders. On January 21, we celebrated Vasant Panchami, our students performed Saraswati puja with utmost devotion and love. They were dressed in traditional and colorful grandeur, and conducted themselves with equal splendor. So far, it has been a wonderful year, which was largely possible due to the perseverance of our hardworking teachers and the cooperation of the parents and, of course, our inquisitive students! Thank you all for you cooperation and good wishes. Sincerely, Dinesh R. Pai HARI School Director Vijay Varadarajan Youth Forum Director OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO HARI volunteers and the members of the Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, and HARI Times editors for sponsoring lunch at the NEW YEAR Havan TO area South Indian families for sponsoring dinner at MAKAR SANKRANTI/PONGAL TO area Bengali families for sponsoring lunch at the VASANT PANCHAMI/MAHA SHIVRATRI Puja TO York families for sponsoring lunch at MAHA SHIVRATRI CELEBRATION TO HARI School & area North Indian families for sponsoring lunch on HOLI TO area Maharashtrian families for sponsoring dinner at MARATHI, KANNADA, TELEGU NEW YEAR/ GUDI PADWA TO HARI devotees for sponsoring dinner at SHRI HANUMAN JAYANTI TO the parents of HARI School for sponsoring lunch on every Sunday at the HARI School. HARI Scholarship 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. Please click on the link below to download the Scholarship forms and instructions to complete the forms. HARI Scholarship - 2018 This application form is also available on HARI's website. In addition to sending completed applications to the address on the form, students may also send completed applications to president@haritemple.org. Deadline for submitting Scholarship applications are 4/29/2018 7
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: 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 Shri Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Abhishekam (First Saturday of every month) Saturday, April 07, 2018 at 09:30 am Saturday, May 05, 2018 at 09:30 am Saturday, June 02, 2018 at 09:30 am Lord Satyanarayana Bhagwan Puja (Full Moon Day) Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 7:15 pm Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:15 pm Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 7:15 pm Jain Swadhayay / Puja (First Sunday of every month) Sunday, April 01, 2018 at 2:00 pm Sunday, May 06, 2018 at 2:00 pm Sunday, June 03, 2018 at 2:00 pm Monthly Havan (Second Sunday of every month) Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 5:30 pm Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 5:30 pm Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 5.30 pm Shri Ramcharitmanas Sundarkand Recital (Second Tuesday of every month) Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:15 pm Tuesday, May 08, 2018 at 7:15 pm Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 7:15 pm 8