HINDU SANDESH HARI OM MANDIR Hindu Society of Metropolitan Chicago Non Profit Organization under IRS Sec. 501(3)

VOL. 70 No. 04, APRIL, 2017 6 NORTH 20 MEDINAH ROAD, MEDINAH IL 60157

Phone: 630 980 0900, www.hariommandir.net

Executive Board

Vipan Wadhera President 630 550 8839 Ashok Sharma Vice President 630 550 6693 Anita Rawal Secretary 630 229 4603

A.G. Mohansundr Treasurer 630 336 1892

Indu Wadhwa Publication 630 205 0552

Aarty Singla Inside Property Mgmt. 630 479 3661

Madhu Gupta Outside Property Mgmt. 847 439 1573 Jeetu Patel Special Events 630 347 9302 Shubh Sharma Food & Prasad 847 946 1863

Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Gosahin

Kripa Karahu Gurudev ki nyahin

Board of Trustees

Sat Pal Salwan

Chairman 847 477 2769 Krishan Tejpal Vice Chairman 630 629 0770 Naveen Paul Secretary 518 312 4657 Chandru Bhojwani 847 895 7126

Ram Verma 630 529 4509

Mahendra Thakkar 630 665 8125

Subhash Sharma 630 653 0553

Upma Hardy 630 307 9028

************************* MANDIR TIMINGS

************************* Open: 8:00am 1:00pm Open: 3:00pm 8:00pm __________________________

Meaning:

"Victory to you O master of the senses. Show

mercy on us like a Guru does"

Close: 1:00pm 3:00pm **Except Saturday, Sunday, Holidays & Special Events Priest: Pandit Dinesh Kumar Manager: Hardev Raj

April 2017 PROGRAM

8:00 am Everyday MANGLA AARTI 11:00 am11:30am Every Sunday 11:15am -12:30pm Every Friday

8:00 pm Everyday SHAYAN AARTI VEDIC HAVAN YOGA CLASS by Anita Rawal

Sat. April 1st 6:00pm - 9:00pm Special Navratrey Jagran

SPECIAL NAVRATREY DEVI JAGRAN: Bhajans by Bunty Bawa Sponsor : Dr. Arun & Sushma Verma, Jodh Singh Rawat & Family

Sun. April 2nd 11:30 am 1:00pm Congregation: Bhajans by Anil Dhutia

Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Tue. April 4th 7:30pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Sun. April 9th 11:30am 1:00pm

Congregation: Bhajans by Suresh Mehta with Hitesh master Sponsors: Garg & Singla Family

Tue. April 11th 7 :30pm 8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Wed. April 12th 1:00pm 3:00 pm

LADIES SATSANG ( Bhajans 1- 2 pm) (Talk on Gita by Hersh Khetarpal 2- 2:50 pm)

Sun. April 16th 11:30am 1:00pm

Mandirs 30th Anniversary 4:00pm 6:00pm

Congregation: AMRITVANI PATH by Goldy-Happy, Rekha-Kailash Mehta, Kavita Kumar and Rama Kapoor group Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome SADHU VASWANI SATSANG: All are Welcome

Tue. April 18th 7:30pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Sun. April 23rd 11:30am 1:00pm

Congregation: Bhajans by Karuna Gupta and group Sponsors: Brij Sharma & Sita Sharma

Tue. April 25th 7:00pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH & BHAJANS by Madhu Kalia & Mona Sharma

Sun. April 30th 11:30am 1:00pm

Congregation: Baba Balak Nath Ji Chauki by Shama Sharma & group Sponsors: Brij and Sita Sharma

UPCOMING FESTIVALS:

Ramnavmi Wednesday April 5th

Baisakhi Thursday April 13th

May 2017 PROGRAM

8:00 am Everyday MANGLA AARTI 11:00 am11:30am Every Sunday 11:15am -12:30pm Every Friday

8:00 pm Everyday SHAYAN AARTI VEDIC HAVAN YOGA CLASS by Anita Rawal

Sat. May 6th 6:00pm - 9:00pm

DEVI JAGRAN: Bhajans by Artists from Bombay Sponsors : Jasbir Sugga & Family of Sugga Builders

Sun. May 7th 11:30 am 1:00pm Congregation: Pravachan by Pt. Raghubir Dave Ji Sponsors: Usha Singla, Madhu Gupta, Bimla Gupta

Tue. May 9th 7:30pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Wed. May 10th 12:00pm 3:00 pm Mothers Day Luncheon and cultural program By Mothers

Sun. May 14th 11:30am 1:00pm

Mothers Day celebration Congregation: Bhajans by Padmini Rao Sponsors : Garg &Singla Family

Tue. May 16th 7 :30pm 8:00pm HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Sun. May 21st 11:30am 1:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm

Congregation: AMRITVANI PATH by Goldy-Happy, Rekha-Kailash Mehta, Kavita Kumar and Rama Kapoor group Sponsors: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome SADHU VASWANI SATSANG: All are Welcome

Tue. May 23rd 7:30pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH by Pt. Dinesh ji & Suchitra Sarkar

Sun. May 28th 11:30am 1:00pm

Congregation: Talk by Hersh Khetarpal Sponsers: Open / Sponsor ( s ) Welcome

Tue. May 30th 7:00pm 8:00pm

HANUMAN CHALISA PATH & BHAJANS by Madhu Kalia & Mona Sharma

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Mothers Day celebration Sunday May 14th

Mothers Day cultural program Wednesday May 10th

Please contact Ms. Shubh Sharma @847-946-1863 to sponsor food.

Thanks to all food sponsors of March: Om & Kanan Dhingra and Family, Deepak and Reena Uppal,

Singla and Garg Family, Tina & Sanjeev Thawaney

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Dear Brothers, Sisters and loving young friends,

Jai Shree Ram!

Once again, I would like to thank everyone for actively participating in all the programs organized by the

Mandir. It gives me great pleasure to see that our community is taking keen interest in all the activities,

festivals, celebrations, regular congregations, and also coming forward to offer voluntary services in various

fields of interest.

Holi one of the most vibrant and colorful festivals of India was celebrated with great enthusiasm and joy this

month. It was a pleasure to see all the smiling faces of our Parivar, dressed in colorful attires, singing and

dancing with joy on this occasion. As always has been the tradition of HOM, to play safe and pious Holi with

Flowers, this year too, devotees came in with multi-colored Bouquets to share blessings and joy with Family,

Friends and above all with Lord Krishna & Radha Rani. People showered flowers on each other and also

offered them at the lotus feet of their beloved Lord. This year, to add to the spirit of the Festival, all the

devotees were also greeted at the entrance by two cheerful ladies Indu Wadhwa & Meera Chander with

Happy Holi and a colorful Gulal Tilak on the forehead!!! Rama Kapur and her Bhajan Mandli took charge of

the melodious Holi Songs and transported everyone to Vrindavan, Brij Dham, and Barsana in India. My thanks

to the Food Sponsors on Holi Singla, Goyal & Garg Families, who made special Prasad arrangements for a

huge gathering that day. Everybody relished the Bhatura-Chanas!!!

Sunday Congregation also enjoyed the mesmerizing bhajans sung by Pratibha Jairath and Raju Bankapur two

well-known names of Chicagoland. They involved the Devotees also to sing along with them, popular Bhajans

from films and everybody was seen to be giving in their little contribution into the Mahayagya of Bhajans.

With Sincere Regards,

Vipan Wadhera.

Happy Holi Glimpses

Congratulations to our Youth Night Coordinators: Aditya Mohunsundr and Sidhant Singla

JAI MATA DI !!!

DEVI JAGRAN:

Sponsors: Dr. Arun & Sushma Verma & Family Mr. Jodh Singh Rawat & family

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Past Sponsors:

January: Executive Board and Board of Trustees of Hari Om Mandir February: Vipan & Sangeeta Wadhera March: Om & Kanan Dhingra & Family

Coming Months Sponsors:

April- Dr. Arun & Sushma Verma, Jodh Singh Rawat & Family May- Jasbir Sugga & Family June-Sanjay & anu Gupta, Manish & Shalini Verma, Anita Chandra July-Arun Talwar and Natraj Goyal August-Mikky Leekha & Family September, October, November & December -------- OPEN THANKS TO ALL THE DEVI JAGRAN SPONSORS!!!

ANNIVERSARY WISHES

Aditya & Rupali Karkare, Preeti & Ravind

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Akshay Prasad, Nitin Jog, Avni Mishra, Vipan Wadhera, Rama Kapur, Aviral Mishra, Rimpi Kapur

SPECIAL THANKS

Transportation Sanjay Huda & Narinder Arya (Lala)

Decoration Namrata Patel, Aarty Singla, Jayanthi Mohansundr, Mona Sharma, Hiteshri Patel, Garima Bhargav,

Sunil Sharma, Dinesh Patel, Varsha Patel

Food Services on several occasions by: Singla & Garg Family for being food sponsors on one Sunday every month and all other volunteers

who stepped up and provided help in kitchen.

Media Services by: Suresh Modi of Asian Media Services

Murtis Vastra & Shingar Services by: Bhartiben Patel, Shardaben Patel, Bina Patel, Aarti Singla , Anuradha

Shani Darbar Seva: Vibhore & Shikha Kapoor, Garbage Disposal: Eddy Mohansundr

Mandir Cleaning: Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, Sandeep Kaur, Navjot Saini

INVITATION

All are cordially invited to join us in Celebrating

30th Anniversary of Hari Om Mandir On Sunday, April 16, 2017

Havan: 10:30 am-11:15 am

(In Honor of founder & senior members of the Mandir)

Amritvani 11:30 am- 12:15 pm

Hari Om Mandir Invites you all to join on

MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON

-:Program:- Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Lunch: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Cultural Program: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Tea and Snacks: 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Lots of food, music, and dance for mothers and by mothers of all ages For further information, please contact:

Nirmal Bagga: 847-998-5662 Mandir: 630-980-0900

Celebrate Mothers Day at Hari Om Mandir

On Sunday, May 14, 2017

-:As per program:-

Bhajans by: Padmini Rao from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm

Words of praise for Mothers by Kids, Poetry Recitation

Aarti: 1:00 pm

Bhojan Prasad at 1:15 pm by: Sponsors: Garg & Singla Families