may-june 2007 - hindu american religious institute

301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070 * (717) 774-7750

www.haritemple.org

HARI Times... SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM MAY-JUN 2007 PRIEST: Pujya Shastriji 774-7750 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: Mr. Sunil Desai 792-4661 Sr. Vice President: Mr. Ravi Venkat 651-0620 Secretary: Mr. Krishna Repaka 691-7355 Treasurer: Mr. Pallav Bhonde 266-9195 Vice Presidents: Mrs. Nira Andharia 767-3727 Mr. Devki Khanna 766-2749 Mr. Sunny Patel 730-7271 Mrs. Deepa Patil 731-9398 Mr. Raj Wale 651-7755 School Directors: Mr. Hiten Amin 732-0513 Mrs. Lakshmi Shrikantia 566-8996 Youth Forum Directors: Dr. Mukul Parikh 728-9801 Mr. Aman Sapra 870-0891 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Chairman: Mr. Harish Doshi 840-1090 Members: Mr. Janak Amin 540-5380 Mrs. Manisha Arya 732-8079 Dr. Neelima Parikh 728-9801 Mr. Kiran Patel 657-8607 Mr. Divyang Pathak 506-0627 Mr. Srini Subramanian 730-7168 Mr. Satish Upadhyay 766-5551 Mr. Jayanth Venkatadri 732 5218 Mr. Jagannath Yedatore 932-4161

SHRI ANNAMACHARYA ARADHANA

Saturday, May 19, 2007 From 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

A musical homage for the great Saint Shri Tallapakam Annamacharya., followed by Aarti and Dinner Prasad

Dinner Prasad Sponsored by HARI Devotees

HARI SCHOOL GRADUATION

Sunday, June 3, 2007 Beginning at 10:30 am

Variety Program by Sunday School Students

Followed By Aarti & Lunch Prasad Sponsored by Bhanu & Jagdish Athia

A Special Program During Adhik Mas

SHRI KRISHNA LILAMRITAM (10th Canto, Srimad Bhagavatam)

May 18 and 26, 2007

June 02, 09, 10, and 15, 2007

Speaker: Pujya Shastriji, HARI Temple

Pl. refer to Page 3 for the timings and pertinent details

HARI Times MAY-JUN 2007

IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION

Priest Service Requests for outside of HARI Hall Rental Requests Dinner Coordinator for HARI Programs

Sunil Desai (717) 792-4661

Lunch Coordinator for HARI Sunday School

Geena Modi (717) 600-1599

HARI Times Editors Hiten Amin 732-0513 Ashok Shukla 737-1919

EKADASHI, PURNIMA, AMAWASYA

May 2007 02 Wednesday Purnima 13 Sunday Krishna Ekadashi – Apara 16 Wednesday Amawasya 27 Sunday Shukla Ekadashi - Kamla 31 Thursday Purnima

June 2007 11 Monday Krishna Ekadashi – Kamala 15 Friday Amawasya 26 Tuesday Shukla Ekadashi – Bhim 30 Saturday Purnima

July 2007 10 Tuesday Krishna Ekadashi – Yogini 14 Saturday Amawasya 26 Thursday Shukla Ekadashi – Dev Shayani29 Sunday Guru Purnima

Immediate needs at the temple: Listed below are items for which HARI is looking for donors.

CAPITOL PROJECTS APPROX. COST REMARKS

Asphalt repaving at the main entrance

$12,000.00 Please contact BOT members Jagannath Yedatore or Kiran patel

Curtains for the stage area

$18,000.00 Please contact BOT members Manisha Arya or Kiran Patel

Fire Alarm System $3,000.00

Please contact BOT members Satish Upadhyay or Kiran Patel

Listed below are the maintenance and improvement projects by the Executive Committee. Please contact Raj Wale at (717) 651-7755 or Sunny Patel at (717) 648-2655.

IMPROVEMENTS APPROX. COST

Flush ceiling tube fittings in the dining hall area $1,000.00 total Storage cabinets for the restrooms supplies – two each $300.00 / each, $600.00 total Rest room cabinets – two each $1,000.00 / each, $2,000.00 total Two wooden cabinets for PA System storage $600.00 / each, $1,200.00 total Handicap and Traffic Signs – 6 ea $150.00 / each, $900.00 total

HARI Times is a monthly publication of Hindu American Religious Institute (HARI). HARI is 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 Times MAR-MAY 2007

Shri Krishna Lilamritam, in Hindi (10th Canto, Srimad Bhagavatam)

Speaker: Param Pujya Shri Shastriji, HARI Temple

What is Purushottam (Adhik) Mas? The lunar calendar adds an extra month every third year. This extra month is known by various names: Adhik Mas, Mal Mas, Purushottam Mas, Malimmacha, etc. Religious Significance: Adhik Mas Vrat is capable of washing away all the sins of devotees who observe this Vrat. During this month, mukta, nakta, and fasting are undertaken and food, garments, etc. are distributed to needy people or via charities. The Puranas also sing high praises about Adhik Mas and suggest puja, readings of scriptures, and performing selfless actions during this month. Adhik Mas is the month for Vishnu puja; hence, the recitations of Srimad Bhagavat Purana and Bhagavad Gita

during this month produce top meritorious results. This year, the Adhik Mas starts on May 17, 2007 and ends on June 15, 2007. HARI Temple has organized Shri Krishna Lilamritam during the Adhik Mas as follows:

Day Date Time Subject Friday May 18, 2007 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Dinner Prasad by HARI Devotees Aarti, Shri Krishnalila Mahatmya

Saturday May 26, 2007 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Dinner Prasad by HARI Devotees Aarti, Avatar Katha

Saturday June 2, 2007 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Dinner Prasad by HARI Devotees Aarti, Krishna-janma/Nand Mahotsav

Saturday June 9, 2007 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Dinner Prasad by HARI Devotees Aarti, Govardhan Utsav

Sunday June 10, 2007 10:00 am to 12:00 pm12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Shri Krishna Maharaas Lila Aarti, Lunch Prasad by HARI Devotees

Friday June 15, 2007 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Dinner Prasad by HARI Devotees Aarti, Rukshmani-Vivah (Purnahuti)

• The recitation of Srimad Bhagavat Purana during Adhik Mas produces top meritorious results. Devotees

are encouraged to participate in a large number • HARI devotees will participate in playing out various Krishna-Lila Utsavs • For cleanliness and easy-distribution purposes, Prasad items are limited to fruits and/or dry-fruits only • For more information, please contact HARI Temple Shastriji at 774-7750 or any EC members


A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE As we continue to work diligently towards the goals established at the beginning of the year, we are contented to inform our dedicated members that we are getting closer to achieve our goal in membership sign-ups. In addition, the Board of Trustees has approved major capital projects and efforts to raise funds are underway. We would like to encourage our community members at large to contribute in this fundraiser with donations or a simple hand. All help is greatly appreciated. These projects are designed to enhance appearance, reduce operational cost, and better serve the community with adequate resources for religious occasions & services.

Yours in service

Chair, HARI Board of Trustee President, HARI Executive Committee Harish Doshi Sunil Desai HARI TRUST FUND “HTF” – “SPONSOR A LEAF CAMPAIGN”: Is your children’s / your parents’/ your’s / your Business’ name on the leaves of the “Sri Hanuman and the Peepal Tree” at HARI? If not, please consider sponsoring at least one leaf, by filling the HTF pledge form, available from the priest or the HARI website. The purpose of HTF is to provide long term self sufficiency and growth for HARI temple operation for generations to come. The assets of HTF are professionally managed by the renowned “The Foundation for Enhancing Communities”, in Harrisburg, which is one of the leading community foundations in USA. Let us pray Lord Rama to touch the hearts of His Beloved Devotees to reach the “Million Dollar” goal for HTF. HARI WEBSITE AND EMAIL COMMUNICATION: Many thanks to our webmaster Pallav Bhonde who is continuously improving and adding more information to HARI website (www.haritemple.org) every month. You can visit HARI EVENTS section to view the pictures of the past HARI events or information regarding the upcoming HARI programs. You can also find details about HARI School for school-age children. Please register to receive HARI e-mail notification regarding upcoming HARI and other community events.

CONGRATULATIONS Chetan & Mona Desai, proud parents of AMAN, born on Monday, January 8, 2007. Proud grandparents are Jayantibhai & Naliniben Desai, Reading, PA

Kenny and Ekta Mehta, proud parents of son RIYAN, born on Monday, March 12, 2007. Proud grand parents are Satishbhai & Rajulben Mehta Ashish & Mudita Agarwal, proud parents of PIYUSH, born on Monday, April 2, 2007. Minesh & Avnika Pathak, proud parents of LEINAH, born on Monday, April 9, 2007. Proud grand parents are Babul & Usha Pathak & Navinbhai & Induben Vyas.


HARI MEMBERS AS OF: 4/1/2007 Legends: l-Life Member, ls-Life Member (Senior), m-Annual Member, s-Annual Member(Senior)

LastName FirstName Type Agarwal Ashish & Mudita M Agarwal Pankaj & Malini L Agarwal Manish & Neena L Agarwal Ashok & Asha L Agarwal Avdhesh & Kumud m

Agarwala Aasheesh & Deep Shikha m Aggarwal Shiv (Dr.) & Alka m Agrawal Anurag & Shweta m

Amin Madhusudan & Kalpana m Amin Bhavnesh M. & Gira B. m Amin Hiten & Minoo m Amin Rohit & Susmita l Amin Piyush & Nalini ls Amin Janak M. & Alka J. m

Anand K Ravi & Alka m Andhare Kamlesh m Andharia Atul m

Antani Ramesh & Jyotsna s Arora Ramesh (Dr.) & Rekha l Arora Pawan (Dr.) & Suneela l Arya Satya & Manisha m

Asher Ajit & Shakuntala l Athia Bhupen & Champa l Avu Sarat m Bajaj Rajesh (Dr.) & Monica l Bal Ganesh (Dr.) & Alka m

Balhara Yogindra & Sonia l Bandyopadhyay Kausik & Sombrata m

Bansal Vivek & Sunia m Barad Arun & Hina l Barot Chirag H. & Nita C. l Barot Harish & Pratima l

Bathini Ramesh & Madhavi l Batra Kash & Shashi m

Behari Avinash & Kumkum m Bhadsavle Ashok & Beena m Bhandari Dr. Jagdish C. & Mrs Prabha ls Bhargave Ashutosh & Usha (Dr.) m Bharucha Haresh & Abha m

Bhat Anand (Dr.) & Shaila l Bhat Ganesh P m

Bhatia B. Nisha m Bhatia Ramesh (Dr.) & Pushpa m Bhatt Abhaya l Bhatt Naren & Hema ls

Bhattacharya Syamal & Sulekha m Bhonde Pallav and Megha l

Bose Partha m Brahmbhatt Mahendra K. and Jaya M. ls

Chadha Raj & Santosh l Chandel Yogendra & Kanak ls Chandra Sanjay & Renu l

Chatterjee Kaushik & Sumita m Chhibber Nitin & Aruna m

Chinnabuttan Rajamani & Malarvizhi M Dadhania Suresh & Vijya ls

Dalal Kirit & Pragna l Dalsania Kishor V. and Mrs. Alka K. m

Das Rajkumar & Kakali l Das Jyotish & Jupi m

Dasgupta Swapna m Dash Umakant and Kalyani ls Dave Rajesh L l

Deopurkar Anand N. & Mukta m Desai Sunil & Anita m Desai Haresh & Pushpa m Desai Jay & Darsha m Desai Jayantilal & Nalini l Desai Kishor & Nayna m

Desai Mahesh & Mrudula m Desai Narendra C & Nita N m Desai Narendra & Daxa m

Deshpande Vijay & Priya l Deshpande Ravindra & Swapna m Desikachar Conto & Gowri/Soundra m

Dontu Vijay S. & Vijaya m Doraiswamy Mukundan and Anuradha m

Doshi Harish & Yamini m Doshi Bipin & Pushpa m Dua Sumit & Ruchi m

Durai Srinivasan & Latha m Gami Kapil and Dipti m

Gandhi Piyush & Pragnya m Gangadhar Dasa & Sujatha l

Giri Amar & Meena m Goel Yash & Vidyottama (Dr.) s Goel Rajat & Neeti m

Goyal Padma G. s Gupta Vijay Kumar m Gupta Deep & Rani l Gupta Ajay & Namita m Gupta Anshul & Mamta m

Himatlal Amichande and Rajni s Jadeja Krishna m

Jagannath Yedatore m Janardhana K & Usha ls

Jethwa Vomesh & Prabha m Jethwa Vasant & Vinoda ls Jindal Ramesh (Dr.) & Prabha (Dr.) m Joshi Harendra & Neela m Joshi Gautam & Kirti l Joshi Nirmal (Dr.) & Renu (Dr.) l

Kanabar Anil & Indira m Kanabar Vinod G & Anjana l Kanabar Chandrakant & Shalini m Kanekar Sangam G. & Revati S m

Kant Naval (Dr.) & Nila (Dr.) s Kapil Gautam & Meena m

Kathiresan Muthiah Dr.& Meenakshi l Katoch Avnish & Pamila m Kendre Dnyanoba & Aruna l

Kesavan Vinod K. & Hemamalini S. m Ketty Snober, Ajay and Anita m

Khandelwal Anupam & Chitra m Khanna Devki & Sushma m Khanna Sardari (Dr.) & Saroj m

Kirpalani Duru & Nari m Kohli Baldev & Poonam s

Kolandra Prakash & Shaheera l Kothari Milind & Smeeta l Krishna Bijoy & Madhu m

Krishnamoorthy Sathya & Bharathi m Krishnamurthi Soumya & Vijay Ravichandra m Krishnamurthy Beena & Varada m Krishnamurti Ramesh & Hemamalini m

Kulkarni Mukund (Dr.) & Prabha l Kumar Ramesh & Asha R m Kumar Narendra & Geeta m Kumar Sudhir & Soni Dutta m Kumar Rama m Kumar Satheesh & Parvathy m

Kumar-Dhar Padmani m Kundu Sambhu (Dr.) & Bonnie l

Lad Rajnikant & Pravina l Laddha Jagdish & Rakhi m

Lal Sudarshan & Aruna m Long Jeffery & Mahua Bhattacharya m

Luthra Raman & Charu m Madapoosi Sudhakumar & Apsara m


Mahajan Anand (Dr.) & Suzanne l Mahalingam Kay & Mani m Mahendru Veena & Ruchi m

Maheshwari Vivek & Ragini m Maingi Sawatanter & Naresh (Dr.) m

Mandalia Shashin & Malti l Mandalia Anil A and Bharti A m Mehrotra Gopi & Renu m

Mehta Varsha N. & Narendra m Mehta Arun (Dr.) & Dharmista l Mehta Satish & Rajul l Mehta Chitaranjan & Sarmista l Mehta Yogin & Shobna l Mehta Virendra & Hina l Menon Madhu & Kiran m Mishra Bibekananda & Priyambada m Mishra Gautam & Mridula m

Mithepati Kamesh & Gayatri m Mittal Ujjwal & Renu m Mittal Basant & Pushpa m Mittal Vimal & Anju m Modi Girish & Jainika m Modi Jayantilal & Geeta m Modi Mihir (Dr.) & Geena l

Mongia Rajkumar Dr.& Bindu l Mongia Amita Gagan m

Mukherjee Sandip & Sukanya l Murthy Vidya L m Murti Vedula (Dr.) & Santha s

Muthukumarsamy Sivakumar & Ushar m Nadar Venkatesh & Suganthi m Nagar Prabhavati m

Nagarajan Padmanabhan & Jayanthy m Naik Nitin & Raksha m Nair Gopal (Dr.) & Shantha s

Nakka Prabhakar & Susheela m Nakrani Jagdish D. m

Nalluswami Kumar & Ammu m Nambiar Atmaram and Rachita m

Narielwala Thakorbhai & Nira m Nayak Manamohan m

Pai Swarupa & Jaydeb m Panday Madhukar & Mona m Pandey Sanjay Kumar & Rashmi m Pandey Piyush & Shobha Sharma m Pandya Upen & Madhuri m Pandya Unmesh & Shobhana m Pandya Jagdish & Charulata s

Pangarkar Rajeev & Manjiri l Parekh Jitu & Vasanti l Parikh Mohit & Madhu m Parikh Nayana and Anil m Parikh Mukul (Dr.) & Neelima (Dr.) l Parikh Nutan H m Parikh Hemanshu & Asia m Parikh Kiran Y. & Sandhya K. m Parikh Devendra (Dr.) & Shobhana m Parikh Dinesh & Mita m Parikh Yogesh (Dr.) & Renuka m Parikh Parimal & Geeta m Parmar Ramesh & Alka l Parmar Rasik & Pragna l Patel Bharat & Bhadra m Patel Jagadish & Ranjan m Patel Jayanti & Jyoti l Patel Kanti D & Ruxmani K l Patel Madhukar (Dr.) & Minaxi l Patel Hemant & Varsha l Patel Mafat and Sudha s Patel Mahendra & Bhanu l Patel Manibhai & Manjula ls Patel Manubhai R & Panna M S

Patel Manubhai & Shobhana m Patel Naran & Damu l Patel Kiran & Anandi l Patel Hemant & Daksha l Patel Harshad (Dr.) & Sudha l Patel Hardik & Pragna l Patel Girish & Surbhi l Patel Girish & Mina l Patel Dipak & Neela l Patel Dilip & Kunjani m Patel Devang & Alpa m Patel Chandrakant & Ushma l Patel Bhupendra P & Madhu l Patel Bhupendra M & Purnima l Patel Prakash & Smita l Patel Bhupendra & Kaushika m Patel Vijay & Lalita m Patel Bhupendra & Surekha l Patel Mahendra & Manjula m Patel Vinaj D. & Bhavna V m Patel Claudia & Snehal B. m Patel Pravin & Kokila m Patel Manishaben T & Trushar m Patel Vallabh & Usha m Patel Alpesh & Nehal m Patel Babu R. and Sangita B. l Patel Anilkumar & Jashodaben m Patel Jatin & Tarlika m Patel Hemant G l Patel Suresh & Manjula m Patel Kanubhai & Jigeetsaben m Patel Bhupendrakumar & Dipikaben m Patel Kamlesh l Patel Ajaykumar & Nisha A. m Patel Chandrakant C. & Jyostna m Patel Jayesh & Grishaben J m Patel Pankaj & Jigna m Patel Hitesh & Jaimina H. m Patel Yogendra & Kalpana l Patel Pravin & Mangla l Patel Premjibhai & Mina l Patel Shantilal & Madhu l Patel Shashikant (Dr.) & Vimla l Patel Umesh & Dharmista l Patel Umesh & Priti l Patel Vasudev (Dr.) & Kokila l Patel Dilipbhai m Patel P.G. & S.P. m Patel Vitthal M. & Pushpaben V. m Patel Kantibhai & Vidyaben K. m Patel Neha R. & Rajesh J. m

Pathak Divyang & Ashita m Pathak Virendra N. & Pratima V. s Pathak Babul & Usha m

Patil Subodh & Deepa l Pattarkine Vikram M. and Mrunalini l

Patwardhan Vijay & Shobhna l Podder-Bose Shatarupa m

Pookot Karunakaran & Aruna m Popat Vrajlal (Dr.) & Anjana (Dr.) m

Prabakaran Nirmala & Seshan m Prasad Champa m

Radhakrishnan Rajgopal & Mullai m Rajagopal Archana & Sudhakar m

Rajesh Sundara & Gayathri Gopala m Ramachandran Venkat and Meenakshi m

Ramani Raja and Geetha l Ramaswamy Krishnan & Chellammal l Ramaswamy Sudharsanan & Sowmya m

Ramchandran Rajgopal & Bagyalakshmi m Rao B P & Anu m Rao Kasaragod & Nirmala m


Rastogi Anil & Nita (Dr.) l Rathod Shaktisinh & Chandramohini m Rathod Chandrakant & Manju l

Rayavarapu Adinarayana Roa & Lakshmi m Repaka Krishnaprasad & Swarna m

Roy Ranjan & Rupali m Roy Harry K. & Leela m

Sachdeva Rohit & Shabnam l Saha Satyajit & Sima l Saha Tarun & Banani m Sahai Sanjay Kumar & Sudha m

Sahasrabuddhe Vidy & Mangala l Sahi Bhupinder & Priti m

Saiganesh Narasimhan & Padmini l Sakaria Shashikant & Gita l

Sandirasegarane Lakshman & Sujatha m Sanghvi Jayantilal & Leela s

Sanghvi (Padl) Badal J. & Kavita B. m Santhanagopalan Ravikiran & Lekshmi m

Sanyal Arun & Aneeta m Sapra Aman m

Saraiya Rakesh & Darshini m Sarma Srinivasan & Vimla l Saxena Narendra (Dr.) & Indra s

Sethuraman Ramanathan & Latha m Shah Bipin & Renuka m Shah Sanjay & Amita m Shah Amit & Shefali m Shah Jagdish R. m Shah Rashmica m Shah Bharat & Trupti m Shah Amratlal & Chandrakanta ls Shah Sharad B. & Pushpa S. m Shah Satish (Dr.) & Rupal m Shah Sandip C. & Vandana S. m Shah Pinakin (Dr) & Shobha l Shah Navin & Nalini s Shah Navin & Kunjbala s Shah Pragna & Kirti l Shah Kirit and Nayana l Shah Harshad & Nayana m Shah Dilip & Bharti m Shah Virbala & Champak m Shah Vipin (Dr.) & Niranjana s

Shahane Ratnaprabha s Sharma Sushil & Heena m Sharma Anupama & Mani l Sharma Subodh & Ranjana (Dr.) l Sharma Gyanendra K & Saroj l Shenai Dr. Pundalik & Sheila m Shenoy Vishnudas & Leena l Sheth Ketan & Kalpana l Sheth Jay & Chanda l

Shrikantia Uday & Lakshmi m Shukla Rohitkumar & Sharmistha l Sindiri Atreia & Sangeeta l Singal Mohan & Sudesh m

Singareddy Ravi Kumar R. & Sumana m Singh Manpal & Archana l Singh Sunil Kumar & Sudha m

Solanki Jayesh & Bharti m Sonawane Hemant & Varsha m Srivastava Poonam & Naren m Srivastava Promod & Anju m

Stewart John and Paragi m Subramaniam Arthi m Subramanian Srinivasan & Meena l Subramanian Thyagarajan & Kala m

Surya Ramana & Parvathi m Tadavarthy Ranga & Ratna Kumari m Tadavarthy Raghu & Jyothi (Dr.) l

Tejani Upendra & Vimalaben m Tewari Deepanker m Thakrar Anil & Neema l Thakrar Rajesh l Thattey Shrikant & Lalita l Tripathi Mohit m Trivedi Virendra & Roshni l Trivedi Harit & Dipti l Trivedi Gopalkrishna & Veena l

Upadhaya Sita & Sudhir m Upadhya Raviraja & Savitha m

Upadhyay Satish & Taru & Anupa m Upadhyaya Harikrishna G. & Bharat H.I m

Vaidya Surendra & Jayshree m Varanasi Prasad S. & SriRaksha m Vasant Rashmikant & Kundanaben m

Ved Kiran L. & Nalini m Venkatadri Jayanth & Suryakala m Viramgama Kiran (Dr.) l

Viswanathan B (Dr.) & Lakshmi m Vyas Prakash & Damyanti m Vyas Prafull & Lina m Vyas Vijay & Malti l Vyas Vishnu & Kamini m Vyas Krishnakant & Jyoti s Wale Rajkumar & Swati m

Williams David & Mala l Yadwadkar Shirish and Nilisha m

Zaver Navanit & Kailash l Please direct all membership related inquiries to HARI treasurer Mr. Pallav Bhonde at 717-266-9195.


The HARI temple was founded in 1975 and serving the Indian Community from Harrisburg, Lebanon, Hershey, York, Lancaster and entire region for last 32 years. The entire temple was built from the community donation without any loan or debt. The temple administration and HARI School run by the community volunteers in the Committee and the dedicated HARI school directors and teachers.

The HARI temple is our home away from home and supports us in our good or bad time. This is the place where we meet and celebrate our festivals and culture with freedom. This is the place where our children learn about their religion and traditions. This is the place where we celebrate our children’s first B’day, graduation, marriage, baby shower and so on. Your membership will help us support the temple’s operational expenses. Each new member encourages us volunteers to work hard and serve better. Do you think you can support this divine place by becoming a member?

On behalf of HARI Executive Committee 2007, I kindly request to all who are not HARI members to fill out a membership form below and send it with your payment to HARI temple address at your earliest convenience.

HARI MEMBERSHIP AND DONATION FORM Name: ________________________________________________________________ Last name First name MI (if any) Spouse’s Name: _________________________________________________________ First Name (Optional) MI (if any) Maiden Name Address: Tel No: (_______) ________ -__________ Email:_____________________________ Regular Membership: Annual: 51.00 Life Time: $600.00 Senior Citizens Membership: Annual: 25.00 Life Time: $300.00 General Donation: $ __________ Total Amount Enclosed: $___________


ANNOUNCEMENTS 2007 HARI DIRECTORY: The new 2007-HARI Directory will be available by August 2007. If you have not already sent in your details, please contact Ravi Subramanian at (717) 651-0620 or [email protected] on or before May 15, 2007. In addition, we request the advertisers to send the advertisement details, along with payments, to Ravi Subramanian no later than May 30, 2007. Please contact the “EC Directory Team Members” Ravi Subramanian, Deepa Patil (731-9398), or Nira Andharia (767-3727) if you have any questions. NEW ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM: A new security system has been installed successfully at HARI and will be tested till June 30, 2007. A new temple entry guideline and procedures will be announced in next HARI Times and also posted on HARI website by July 15, 2007. For more information, please contact the BOT member Satish Upadhyay (717 766-5551). HARI PRIEST: Immigration process for Shri Sitharam Swami (Pujya Punditji) is in its final stage and he is expected to return to HARI by July 2007. With two priests, HARI will have extended temple hours and priest services at temple as well as at devotee’s home. OUR SINCERER THANKS: We would like to acknowledge the following devotees for their recent donations:

IMPROVEMENTS AMOUNT - DONOR Printing and mailing expense towards the March-April 2007 HARI Times

$500.00 – Gautam Mishra

Steel Storage Cabinets – Total Three $300.00 – Mukund & Prabha Kulkarni $300.00 – HARI Devottee $300.00 – Narendra & Daksha Desai $301.00 - Virendra Mehta

Vacuum cleaners – two each $300.00 – Vrajlal & Anjana Popat Handicap Parking Signs – 2 ea $400.00 – Vimal & Anju Mittal

OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY ... to Mr. Mahendrabhai Brahmbhatt who has lost his beloved mother Mrs. Shardaben Brahmbhatt on

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in York. ... to Mr. Virenbhai Mehta and Mr. Kantibhai Mehta who have lost their beloved mother Mrs.

Kanchanben Mehta on Friday, March 30, 2007. She is survived by her husband Mr. Jagjivanbhai, two sons, five daughters, and many grand children.

…to Mrs. Sudhaben Mafatbhai Patel, York, who lost her beloved mother Mrs. Kusumben Patel on

Monday, March 26, 2007 in NJ. ….to Mr. Hareshbhai M Desai (Lancaster) who lost his beloved sister Mrs. Manjulaben Desai on

Saturday, April 7, 2007 in Tennessee. ... to Mr. & Mrs. Jayantibhai & Gitaben Modi who lost their beloved son Mr. Pragnesh Modi on

Monday, April 9, 2007 in Philadelphia.

MAY THE DEPARTED SOULS ATTAIN PARAM SADGATI


2007 HARI CALENDAR

DATE EVENT PROGRAM SPONSORS

Sunday August 19 to Saturday August 25

Srimad Bhagwat Katha

Srimad Bhagwat Katha HARI Devotees

Saturday, September 08 Shri Krishna Janmashtami

Live dancing & singing program by Rashmita

Amin & Usha Bhargve

Krishna Devotees

Saturday, September 15 Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Neelima & Mukul Parikh

Sunday, September 16 Devotional Music Concert

Maharajapuram Ramchandran

Dasa Gangadhar

Saturday, September 29 Recital of Sunderkand Recital of Sunderkand Mahendra Brahmbhatt

Friday, October 12 to Saturday, October 20

Navaratri Mahotsav Durga Puja Raas-Garbaa

*** N/A ***

Friday, October 19 Kolu Puja Kolu Puja *** N/A ***

Sunday, October 21 Dusherra Durga Puja

Saturday, November 10 Diwali Diwali Annakot, HARI Annual Meeting

HARI Devotees, Area Indian Restaurants

Saturday, November 24 Tulsi Vivah Puja and Program by Pujya Shastriji

Open (pl contact Sunil Desai)

ACTUAL DATES OF MAJOR FESTIVALS

01-14-2007, Sunday Makar Sankranti / Pongal 01-23-2007, Tuesday Vasant Panchami 02-16-2007, Friday Maha Shivaratri 03-03-2007, Saturday Holi 03-19-2007, Monday Gudi Padva 03-27-2007, Tuesday Ramanavami 03-31-2007, Saturday Mahavir Jayanti 04-02-2007, Monday Hanuman Jayanti 04-20-2007, Friday Akshay Tritiya 07-16-2007, Monday Rath Yatra 08-28-2007, Tuesday Raksha Bandhan 09-04-2007, Tuesday Krishna Janmashtami 09-15-2007, Saturday Ganesh Chaturthi 09-27-2007, Thursday Pitr-Paksha (Shraddh) begins 10-12-2007, Friday Navaratri begins 10-21-2007, Sunday Vijaya Dashami 10-29-2007, Monday Karva Chauth 11-09-2007, Friday Deepavali (Diwali) 11-10-2007, Saturday Vikram Samvat 2064

HARI TRUST FUND AND GENERAL DONATIONS From February 15, 2007 to April 15, 2007

Donations ($101.00 to 200.00) Shenai Dr. Pundlik & Sheila

Brahmbhatt Mahendra & Jaya Loser Andrew & Payal Singh Tejwinder & Gurminder

Mishra Gautam & Mridula

General Donations ($201.00-500.00) Pangarkar Rajeev & Majari Vasisth Anish

HARI Trust Fund Barad Arun & Hina $625.00 Durai Srinivasan & Latha $575.00


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

Satyanarayan Katha Wednesday, May 2 at 7:15 pm

Friday, June 1 at 7:15 pm Saturday, June 30 at 7:15 pm

Satyanarayan Puja is performed on a full moon (Purnima) day to seek Lord’s blessings for good health, peace, and wealth. The puja is performed with total devotion, offering fruits, flower, ghee, milk, yogurt, butter, wheat flour, sugar, and honey to Lord Satyanarayan. After the puja, the story of Lord Satyanarayan is read and the Prasad is distributed to all attendees. The puja thus performed brings in fulfillment of one’s wishes and prosperity.

Jain Swadhayay / Puja

Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 pm Sunday, June 3 at 2:00 pm

Monthly Havan

Sunday, May 13 at 11:00 am Sponsored by Anil & Nita Rastogi

Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Sponsored by Stan & Naresh Maingi

HARI observes a monthly HAVAN on the second Sunday of each month, followed by Aarti and Prasad. Devotees are invited to attend the Havan with their friends and family members.

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