HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY

HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY
of Lehigh Valley
4200 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109 Ph: (610) 264-2810
NEWSLETTER
April 2013

Volume 25, Issue 4
Om asato maa sadgamaya, tamaso maa jyotirgamaya, mrtyormaa amrtam gamaya.....Om Saantih,Saantih,Saantih *
TEMPLE PROGRAMS
Every Tuesday
11:00 AM
Jain Samuhik Samayik
Every Tuesday
7:15 PM
Hanuman Chalisa &
Sri Ram Amritvani Recitation
Every Wednesday
7:00 PM
Carnatic Music Lessons (Sri Pattaje)
Every Friday
7:00 PM
Vishnu Sahasranamam
chanting
Every Saturday
9:30 AM
Gita Study Group (see page 8 for
details)
Every First Saturday
10:30 AM
Senior Citizens Meeting
Every Sunday
9:00 AM
Yoga Class
Apr 2nd, Tuesday
7:00 PM
Paresh Rawal Hindi Play see p.5
Apr 6th, Saturday
All Day Event
NSF Contest see p.4
Apr 7th, 21st Sunday
2:45 PM—5:30
PM
Balvihar
Apr 7th, Sunday
Apr 23rd, Tuesday
6:30 PM
Pradosha Puja
Apr 13th, Saturday
2:30 PM
Telugu Ugadi Celebrations see p.7
Apr 14th, Sunday
10:00AM
Kannada Ugadi Celebrations p.7
Apr 14th, Sunday
4:00 PM
Sindhi New Year Celebrations p.3
Apr 20th, Saturday
4:00 PM
Rama Navami Celebrations see p.3
Apr 20th, Saturday
11:00 AM-1:00
PM
Kirtan Langar
Apr 21st, Sunday
10:30 AM
Srinivasa Kalyanam see p.7
Apr 25th, Thursday
6:30 PM
Pournami Satyanarayan Puja
Call Sri. Shyam Prasadji to register for puja (1 day prior) Details
on page 3.
Apr 27th, Saturday
8:45 AM
Thyagaraja Aradhana see p.9
Apr 28th, Sunday
11:00 AM-1:30
PM
Bhagvan Mahavir Janam Kalyank
Celebration followed by Lunch
Apr 28th, Sunday
3:00 PM
Sundar Kanda Path Recitation
ALMANAC (Panchang)
6,21
7,23
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9
10
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25
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Ekadasi
Pradosham
Masa Sivaratri
Amavasya
Chaitra masa begins
SriRama Navami
Pournami
Hanumajjayanti
Sankatahara Chaturthi
FORTHCOMING PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
May 4th - Holi Program at Saucon
Valley High School
For program details, please see May
Newsletter.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
Monday - Friday :
10:00 AM - 12:05 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Daily Aarti Timings: 10.00 AM & 7:30 PM
Priests: Acharya Anil Kumar Shukla and Sri. Shyam Prasad Kannadaguli—Cell: (610) 709 7787
HTS of Allentown has decided to GO GREEN. Please email the editor for a hard copy.
Please contact Vindya Chari at (610) 614 0929 or send e-mail to htseditor@gmail.com by the 15th of each month to publish in the
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TEMPLE ADMINISTRATION
An Important Announcement
Executive Council
Paperless Newsletter
In an effort to be more
In order to reduce expenses, The Hindu
green and lower costs, if
Temple Society has decided NOT to
you prefer an email copy in
mail Annual Reports. If you are a paid
lieu of the paper copy,
member of HTS, and would like to
contact the Editor and we
receive an electronic copy of the annual
will place you on the email
reports (2010 and 2011), please email
mailing list.
Mr. Raman Malhotra at
**No Eating in the Temple
ritumoni@ptd.net.
Sanctorum**
Only small quantity of dry
!!NO PARKING ON THE CURB!!
prasad is allowed to be
Note the yellow “no parking” lines consumed in the temple
next to the curbside of the temple. sanctorum. No plates and
cutlery allowed. Please exit
Violations will now on be strictly
out of the temple sanctorum
enforced by the local police.
into the main
lobby area to eat
fruits or more.
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Temple Tax ID
#23-2064729
Please e-mail your ad (in WORD / PUBLISHER ONLY) AS PER
THE ABOVE GUIDELINES to the editor htseditor@gmail.com,
and send the check payment (made out to Hindu Temple
Society) directly to the temple address. Please enter the
purpose of the check in the memo field.
RENTAL AND OTHER CHARGES FOR THE TEMPLE
MEMBERS
NON-MEMBERS
Main Level, Lower Level & Kitchen (6hrs):MEMBERS
$600 NON-MEMBERS
$700
Main
Level(6hrs)
& Kitchen (6hrs):
$550
$700
LowerLevel,
LevelLower
& Kitchen
$450
$550
Lower
Level
&
Kitchen
(6hrs):
$400
$550
Lower Level without kitchen (6hrs): (Fri,Sat,Sun) $300
$400
Lower
Level
without
kitchen
(6hrs):
(Fri,Sat,Sun)
$300
$400
Lower Level without kitchen (6hrs): (Mon - Thu)
Lower
Level
without kitchen (6hrs):
- Thu)
(Except
Holidays)
$150 (Mon $250
(Except
Holidays)
$150
$250
Kitchen only ( 6hrs):
$200
$250
Kitchen
only (Krishna
6hrs): Room (2 hrs or less)
$150
$250
Upper Level,
$10
$15
Upper
$5
$15
Upper Level,
Level, Krishna
Yamuna Room
Room(2
(2 hrs
hrs or
or less)
less)
$15
$20
Upper
Room
(2 hrs
less)
$10
$20
Upper Level,
Level, Yamuna
Ganga Room
(2hrs
or or
less)
$20
$25
Upper
Level,
Ganga
Room
(2hrs
or
less)
$15
$25
Lower Level, Stage Only (2 hrs or less)
$25
$30
Lower
Level, deposit
Stage Only
(2 hrsis or
less)
$20
$30
A refundable
of $100
required.
Use
of
the
audio
system
in
the
temple:
$45
$75
Use of the audio system in the temple:
$50
$75
A
refundable
deposit
of
$100
is
required.
Each
additional
hour
is
$50/hour.
*** Audio system must be operated by a qualified person only.
***
*** Audio system must be operated by a qualified person only. ***
President: Vandana Negandhi 610-530-7918
Vice-President: Subash Asnani 610-530-0389
Secretary: Rakesh Shroff 610-504-9412
Treasurer: Chinna Chinnakaruppan
908-723-7885
Program Director: Shaila Shah 610-706-3233
Editor: Vindya Chari 610-614-0929
Balvihar Director: Amit Mehta 610-253-7234
Community Relations: Surender Dayal
610-706-4584
Webmaster: Anand Chavan 610-530-2339
Members-at-large
Rimi Dawar 610-554-5491
Sougata Roy 610-866-2151
Jaya Saxena 610-974-8244
Sarada Vithala 908-387-8959
Rajendra Shah 610-865-9229
Program Committee
Neela Bera 610-861-0560
Malay Shah 610-366-7931
Anand Chavan 610-530-2339
Pratix Parikh 610-360-3217
Editorial Committee
Akila Shankar 610-398-3209
Amita Pallod 610-336-0633
Sowmiya Sriram 610-530-3192
Treasurer Committee
Narayanan Soundrarajan 610-393-2515
Maintenance Committee
Manish Desai 610-530-4463
Susheer Gandothra 5706206219
Board of Trustees
Chairman:
Kris Kapoor 610-868-9305
Vice Chairman:
Raman Malhotra 610-433-8221
Secretary:
Kamlesh Ashar 610-366-7257
Finance Committee & Projects & Planning Committee:
Vikas Joshi 610-398-8840
Chandra Swaminathan 610-481-9528
Membership & Audit Committee :
Parveen Gupta 610-366-1618
Raman Malhotra 610-433-8221
Education Committee:
Neela Bera 610-861-0560
Lakshmi Yelamarty 610-530-0506
Members:
Dipak Choudhuri 610-799-3918
Rekha Shah 610-868-9914
Ex-Officio Member:
Vandana Negandhi 610-530-7918
Publication Identification
Title: HTS News Letter
Issue Date: Monthly April 2013
Issue No: Volume:25 ; Issue # 4
Published by: Hindu Temple Society,
4200 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109
Visit our website “www.hindutempleallentown.org”
You will find links to the current newsletter, donation and other useful
information.
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Sindhi New Year (Cheti Chand)
Celebration
Sunday April 14th at
Hindu Temple at 4 pm.
Starting with Bahirana Sahib (Puja)
at 4 pm followed by Jhulelal Dhun
and Sindhi Lada and Hindi Bhajans.
Ram Navami Celebration
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Hindu Temple
Anita Makhija and Hiro Pahilajani
from NJ will be the main singers
Dinner at 6 PM.
Sponsored by: Kripa & Raj Singh
Shree Ram Puja: 4:00 - 4:30 PM
Shree Sunder Kand Paath: 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Bhajan & Arti: 6:30 - 7:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
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Maha Shivaratri Celebration
NSF CONTEST
Held in Hindu Temple Society
On Saturday, April 6
Registration Begins: 8:00 AM
Vocabulary Bee: 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Geography Bee: 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Math Bee: 10:30 AM to 11:30 PM
Lunch Break: 11:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Science Bee: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Spelling Bee: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Awards Ceremony: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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TEMPLE BULLETIN BOARD
THANK YOU NOTE
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April2013
Phone Meetings
The meetings for HYA will now be over a
group call. All members who want to be a
part of the meeting should call in around 8
o’clock in the evening of the designated
day. The date of the meetings are usually
in the third week of the month. A specific
date for April will be sent out soon to who
ever is on the email list. If you want to join
the contact list and/or want more information on the phone meetings just contact
one of the officers! The access code will
also be emailed to you but the call number is always the same: :605 475 4000 .
Movie Night
Another HYA tradition: Movie
Night will be at the temple on a
date to be announced in April.
There will be a buffet of Indian
food provided. The price of the
event for a family of four will be
$10. Every year this is a lot of fun
and a big success. If you have not
yet come to this event, you will not
be disappointed. There will be an
American movie for the kids and
an Indian movie for the parents.
There is something for everyone
so don’t miss out!
HYA Camping
We would like to wish a very
Happy Birthday to…
HYA camping is just around the
corner. It seems like it won’t be
a while until it comes but it will be
here before you know it! If you
want to be included in one of
HYA’s biggest events and/or
learn more info about it, contact
one of the officers. Hope we see
you there!
Next Meeting
Meetings for HYA will now be held
over phone. The date is TBA but the
contact number for the meetings is
605 475 4000
We’re on Facebook! Just
search for us by typing
HYA of the Lehigh Valley in the search box.
Officers
CO PRESIDENTS:
-POOJA JOSHI
POOJA.JOSHI1995@GMAIL.COM
-RUCHI DALAL
RuchiDalal@hotmail.com
EDITOR:
-RUSHABH KAMDAR
KAMDARUSHABH@GMAIL.COM
SECRETARY:
-SHYAM MEHTA
Shyammehta2016@gmail.com
Treasurer
-Yesha Nar
Naryesha2014@gmail.com
There are no Birthdays this
month
Join HYA! If any
of your children
are turning 13
soon, they are
eligible to join
HYA! Membership guarantees a lower price for
many events, and you get to make
a lot of new friends! Contact an
officer to join!
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ADVISORS:
-ATUL DALAL
atuldalal@hotmail.com
-Aneze
pappel95@gmail.com
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION –
April 28, 2013
Kamlesh Ashar
eela BeraIra Chalikonda
Parveen
Gupta
KANNADA
UGADI
CELEBRATION
Rajesh
Jain
AT HINDU TEMPLE
Vikas Joshi
ON APRIL 14TH
Kris Kapoor
FROM
10Malhotra
AM TO 4 PM
Raman
Manoj Mittal
10 AM VISHNU
Chandra SAHASRANAMA
Swaminathan
CHANTING AND BHAJANS.
LUNCH AT 12.30 PM
Telugu Ugadi
Come celebrate Telugu Ugadi
on Saturday, April 13th
starting at 2:30 P.M
For tickets and other information:
Please contact
Sangeetha Rajaboina
@ 610-573-0425
FOR MORE INFO
PLEASE CONTACT
VEENA RAGAV
AT
6103955424
HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO
SRINIVASA KALYANA UTSAVAM
Sunday April 21st 10:00 AM
Puja followed by Lunch/Prasad.
Puja Sponsorship: $30. Yajaman Sponsorship: $201
To sponsor, please send an email to htspoojas@gmail.com.
(Send Name, Gothra, Nakshatra details, if you haven’t
sponsored before)
For More Info / To Sponsor Please call:
Usha Swaminathan (610-481-9528) / Kalyani Kuttagola (610-691-5759)
Lakshmi Yelamarty (610-530-0506) / Usha Arun (610-614-1847)
Food with best compliments from
Raj Saraswati
Masala Express
214 Worth St, Iselin NJ 08830 (732) 634-4422/33
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TEMPLE
TEMPLE BULLETIN
BULLETIN BOARD
BOARD
OFFICE MANAGER
NEEDED
HTS is looking for an
Office Manager
to oversee the Temple office
Friday through Sunday
for a few hours / day.
For more info:
Contact Vandana or Subash.
Contact details are on Page 2
GITA WORKSHOP
Classes on Gita and Vedanta
are held every Saturday, 9:30am
to 11:00 in Krishna Room.
Text: BHAGAVAD GITA
Home Study Program
Designed by Swami Dayanandji
of Arsha Vidya Gurukulum
Everybody is welcome
to join any time.
More info please contact:
GITA HOME STUDY
CLASSES
(Chapter-6 on
MEDITATION)
are organized by
Prakash Kutagolla
every Thursday
from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
For more info please
contact: Prakash Kutagolla
at Kutagolla@hotmail.com or
Phone: 610-691-5759
Purshottam Ghai
at plghai@yahoo.com or
Phone: 610-398-1510
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION – April 28, 2013
The Annual General Body meeting of the Hindu Temple Society will be held on Sunday, April 28th at 2:00
PM at the Hindu Temple. The agenda will include an annual report from the President and the treasurer of
HTS. The elections for the next Board of Trustees of HTS will be held during this General Body meeting.
All good standing members of HTS are welcome and are highly encouraged to attend the meeting.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Subash Asnani
Pattabi Neelakantan
Atul Dalal
Nisha Rai
Nitin Patel
This committee met and recommended the following people for the next Board of trustees at the election.
Nominations of other people can be made at the time of election.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 2013 – 2015
Kamlesh Ashar
Neela Bera
Ira Chalikonda
Parveen Gupta
Rajesh Jain
Vikas Joshi
Kris Kapoor
Raman Malhotra
Manoj Mittal
Chandra Swaminathan
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Lehigh Valley Aradhana
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Hindu Temple, Airport Road, Allentown
PROGRAM
Group singing of St. Thyagaraja’s Pancharatna Kritis: 8:45 AM
Individual participation (vocal / instrumental) by children / adults: 10:15 - 4:00
Registration / Guidelines: Subba ( 610 391 1213 or subbasekar@hotmail.com)
Limited to 50 time slots ! Hurry! One item per person or small group. Any composer.
Lunch: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Featured Concert & Snacks 4:00 PM
Admission is Free !
We need your participation & sponsorship to surpass past 4 year’s successful Aradhanas!
Sponsorship Levels: Grand Patron: $200, Patron: $100, Sponsor: $50, Rasika: $25
Tax-deductible donations to Hindu Temple Society, indicate "Aradhana" in memo
Please mail to N. Soundararajan; 60 Witman Drive; Breinigsville, PA 18031
For Pancharathna Group singing participation/rehearsals:
Please contact Ramesh @484-347-1471; sneharagha@yahoo.com
Send your essays, drawings, poems, puzzles on Classical Music or Composers for an event brochure. Please make sure to add your name and
age (if less than 18). Send to: vinsan@rcn.com or Deadline: April 12h; Format: MS Word
Sponsored by Hindu Temple Society, Allentown
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The Hindu Temple is starting a ‘Gift for a Day’ program. The Donors can pick a day of their choice such as
anniversary, birthdays, etc., and make a ‘Gift for that Day’ to the temple. On that day they can attend the
‘Rudra Abhishekam’ to Shiva in the morning. Whether they are present or not, the ‘Abhisheka Puja’ will be
done in their names and Kumkum Prasad will be mailed. They can visit the temple on that day and have an
Archana service performed. One can memorialize loved ones with a gift for a day. Based on the temple’s
annual budget, the expense per day is around $401. So, a gift donation of $401 will pay for the temple’s one
day’s expenses - the lights, the utilities, the priests, the flowers, puja materials, etc. And that amount is set as
the ‘Gift for a Day’ donation. Donors making a donation of $1001 and above can select three Gift for a Day
dates.
For more details please call Chandra @ 610-481-9528/ Vikas @ 610-398-8840 / Vandana @ 610-530-7918
or fill out the below form and send it to the Hindu Temple Society (address shown below)
HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY, 4200 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109
Gift For a Day
Name
Gothra
Nakshatra
Relationship
______________________
___________ _____________
___________
______________________
___________ _____________
___________
______________________
______________________
___________ _____________
___________ _____________
ELECTIONS
FOR
BOARD
___________
___________
OF TRUSTEES
The next Board of Trustees will be elected for a two year term in April 2013.
Nominations are welcome. The following are members of a Nominating Committee formed to come up
with a slate of candidates.
Pattabi Neelakantan (Chair)
610-351-1710
Atul Dalal
610-395-3375
Nitin Patel
610-398-3003
Subash Asnani
610-530-0389
Nisha Rai
610-966-0261
Please call any one of the above members with your nominations and suggestions as soon as possible.
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HINDU TEMPLE of Lehigh Valley Presents
SPRING FESTIVAL (Holi)
TRADITIONAL DANCES & FILM SONGS OF INDIA
&
GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNER
on
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
at
SAUCON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
2100 Polk Valley Road, Hellertown, PA 18055
Donations
Participants & children below 12: $14;
Adults: $22; At the gate: $25
Snacks
3:30-5:00 PM
Entertainment
5:00 PM
dinner
After the Show
Directions:
Take I-78 from east or west to Exit 67 Hellertown/Bethlehem exit.
Turn left off exit onto Main Street Route 412 South.
Proceed approximately 1.7 miles to Walnut Street.
Turn left onto Walnut Street and follow to Saucon Valley School District Campus on right-hand side.
Ticket sales will be at the Temple on :
Saturday, April 13 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Saturday, April 20 (3:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
Sunday, April 22nd (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Come and choose your seats!!
Holi tickets will be limited to 6 per person, tickets will be sold to adults over 18
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4200 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109
(610) 264-2810
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HTS is going
GREEN
The expenses associated with printing and mailing the newsletter constitute a
significant amount of money. In an effort to manage some of the costs and also
to do our part in being environmentally conscious, we will be sending the
newsletter electronically via email.
We request that those who still prefer to receive a printed copy of the
newsletter should please let the Editor know before May 1 and we will continue
to send you the paper copy.
Email: hts.editor@gmail.com
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