NEWSLETTER

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Hindu Temple 8418 Zuni SE Albuquerque

NM87108

Temple hours: Sun, 10am-12pm, Arati 10:30 Tues, Fri, Sat 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Arati 6PM

Table of Contents

Balvihar 2 President’s Corner 3 Annual funtion 4 On going activities 5 Auspicious days 6 Reminders 7 Upcoming events 7 Recognition/Past events 8 ACH form sample 9

Temple website http://htsnm.org/

All the powers in the uni-

verse are already ours. It is

we who have put our hands

before our eyes and cry that

it is dark. -- Swami Vivekananda,

(1863-1902)

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Balvihar super stars Our temple inspires a consistent culture of involvement for youth from kindergarten to high

school , that develops a strong, confident and positive sense of Hindu identity and pride. The Balvihar program aims to adjust our youth to changing realities of the social structure and

obligations of youth. It promotes positive parental support. Learning is a life long endeavor, we encourage our parents to reaffirm your Hindu identity and immerse yourself in the study

of slokas and values that we aim to promote. We thank our volunteers without whom it would not be possible to deliver this program. It is impossible to put a dollar amount on the value of these contributions. The gift of time, it has been said is the greatest gift of all. We

encourage you to join the ranks of those volunteers who’ve given so much of their time.

Spotlight on our wonderful teachers

Kinnari (group 2)

and Sachi (group 3)

Ashwin—common prayers Robotics, chess, soccer, vol-leyball, archery, also, UNM

Dolphins swim team

Nandu—group 1 need a job to pay for bent tire

Abirami—common prayers

many roles, Jasmine, Wicked witch of the

west, Lumiere

Madhu—group 1 cool kid got my own

wheels

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Greetings, Like all non-profit organizations, HTSNM uses multiple ways to do fundraising. For example, we have festival pooja sponsors, Aarti collection, chadawa at the Temple, a few large one-time donors, and the annual program.

One method that I want to talk about is the ACH. ACH payments are electronic payments that are created when the devotee gives an originating institution, au-thorization to debit directly from checking or saving account for the purpose of payment to the temple (form on page 9).

We are encouraging giving to Our temple through ACH donations that enables

contributions received seamlessly, monthly donations will help sustain and grow

Our temple.

Over the last eight years, there have been numerous donors who contributed via ACH. In the last five years we have raised $80k through the generosity of ACH donors. In the future, our Newsletter will publish names of ACH contributors on a monthly basis. Today, I wish to give a special recognition to those who have made continuous ACH contribution for the last several years. These are: Sameer and Chitra Roy, Krishna and Archana Reddy, Amit and Hemal Patel, Jayesh Patel, Tushar Patel, and Prabhat Singh.

President’s Corner

Krishna Jaiswal President

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Annual function/Fundraiser

FUNDRAISING

ANNUAL EVENT

Bringing the community together for a cultural evening and an authentic Indian dinner

DATE: SATURDAY, 13 APRIL 2019 (4-9PM)

RSVP Temple website http://htsnm.org/annualevent/

Charitable giving is an important part of Hindu life—daan (giving) is one’s dharma (religious duty) for the benefit of many. Every gift ensures the continuity of Our temple for current and future families to come. We owe our very existence to those first families who came together and pooled their resources to ensure a place of worship was available to our commu-nity. It is our duty to continue in that spirit to sustain and improve the facilities.

Contacts

Shanti Denduluri (505)504 6300, Swapna Sule (505) 306 7820 Deepa D. Santhanam (505) 269 0997, Ranjana Damle 505 459 6912

EVENT DETAILS

4:00PM: Meet & Greet

5:00-7:00PM: Cultural Program

7:00-8:30PM: Complimentary Dinner !

Location: Performing Arts Center, La Cueva High School, 7801 Wilshire NE , Albuquerque

To advertise Full page $900

Half a page $500 Quarter $300

Due April 1, 2019

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Ongoing activities

Robotics:

Balvihar conducts Robotics classes for kids every Sunday. Robotics classes are to en-courage kids to explore technology by building concepts of science, math and engineering. Th is program helps the st ud ents to d evelop team-building skills as they work to com-plete fun challenges.

Robotics group helps the st ud ents

in d eveloping creative th inking, so-

cial, problem-solving and computer

programming skills wh ich can be

used to solve problems. We thank our

wond erful Parent Volunteers for bringing their experiences to make th is successful.

The encouragement for fut ure problem solvers to participate is evid ent in th is group

of youngsters.

Suggestion box

As promised a suggestion box has

been installed inside the temple to

enable devotees to provide their

input in improving Our temple. You

may also provide input at http://

htsnm.org/contactus/email-us/

Arthi at 6pm has started, we have had many guest come in for Arthi. Everyone is welcome, printed arthi in English is available and an audio version is played for us to follow along. Temple will be open Tues, Fri, Sat 4:30 - 6:30 pm (Aarati 6pm) and Sun, 10am-12pm (Aarati 10:30 am). The lamps will be lit, in addition to Lingabhisheka (water) will be performed.

Nitika we thank you for taking care of

all the little things that make a huge

difference in keeping our premises in

good order for all those who come to

receive the blessings from our

moorties.

Priest selection is in

the final stages, no

more new resumes are

currently accepted.

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Auspicious days in March/April Temple is open on the days that are bolded

March 17, 2019, Sunday, Amalaki Ekadashi, Phalguna, Shukla Ekadashi

March 20, 2019, Wednesday, Chhoti Holi Phalguna, Shukla Purnima, Holika Dahan

March 27, 2019, Wednesday, Chaitra/Krishna Ashtami

March 31, 2019, Sunday, Papmochani Ekadashi Chaitra/Krishna Ekadashi

April 6, 2019, Saturday, Ugadi

April 7, 2019, Sunday, Ugadi temple celebration

April 13, 2019, Saturday, Ram Navami

April 14, 2019 Sunday, Solar New Year (Pana Sankranti/Puthandu/Vishu/Naba Barsha/

Pohela Boishakh/Bihu/Vaisakhi)

istan bhogan hi vo deva

dasyante yajna-bhavitah

tair dattan apradayaibhyo

yo bhunkte stena eva sah

In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance

of yajna [sacrifice], supply all necessities to man. But he who enjoys these gifts, without offer-

ing them to the demigods in return, is certainly a thief.

Food drive

Temple is organizing a Food drive ends

April 7th 2019

Please drop-off your donations at the

designated box in Our temple—help sup-

port our community, Your non perishable

donations go to feed the hungry.

Chapter 3: TEXT 12 from the Geeta Karma-yoga

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1. No footwear allowed in the mandir and on the

second floor, unless worn due to medical rea-

sons. Our Temple requirements are that all foot-

wear be stowed in the cubbies provided to pre-

vent young children from tripping over them.

2. During temple sponsored events Board mem-

bers and/or Advisory committee members will

be available to answer your questions.

3. For renting the premises, the cost is $250 which

includes water and trash bags. It is up to the or-

ganizing committee to provide all others. There

is a 20% discount for 2nd floor rental for mem-

bers of Our Temple.

4. We are soliciting feedback after every activity

to improve Our Temple.

5. if you would like to access the temple at any

time. keys are available to checkout from Bom-

bay Spice grocery store (505 232 6661).

6. Thank you for all you do to help ensure Our

Temple’s cleanliness.

Upcoming events Reminders

• MahaShivarathri—March 10

• Ekadashi—March 17th

• Ugadi– April 6th Ugadi/Yugadi/

Gudi Padwa

• Ugadi—April 7th Ugadi/Yugadi/

Gudi Padwa temple celebration

@ 11AM

• Annual Function—April 13th

Happy Holi

Temple website http://htsnm.org/

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Past events

Maha-Shivaratri

Bolo Bolo Sab Mil Bolo Om Namah Shivaya

Om Namah Shivaya Om Namah Shivaya Celebrations on Monday March 4 even-

ing program and Sunday March 10th daytime

programs were well attended with everyone sing-

ing the praises of Lord Shiva .

It marks a remembrance of "overcoming

darkness and ignorance" in life and the world .

The ardent devotees keep awake all night

HTSNM held a 4-part discourse on Bhagwad Geeta in February 2019 at the temple.

Professor Nitant Kenkre, who has st udied the Geeta extensively, mad e the presentations. He introduced the Bhagwad Geeta, and conveyed the context, the profound ph ilosoph ical and spirit ual messages of the great book, and how the teach ings can guid e our present lives. Professor Kenkre skillfully id entified the key points and then led free flow of discussion among attend ees.

Between 26 and 30 people attend ed the four lect ure/discussions on two consecutive weekends, i.e., Sat urdays and Sundays from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. (February 16, 17, 23 and 24, 2019.)

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ACH form