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HARI Times JAN-MAR 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

Vice President/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. Purushothama 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

SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM Vol. 18 No. 01 JAN - MAR 2018

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MAKAR SANKRANTI / PONGAL Saturday, January 20, 2018 12:15 pm - Puja, Pancharathna Kriti 2:00 pm - Student and Senior group singing 7:00 pm - Aarti, Dinner sponsored by South Indian Families. VASANT PANCHAMI Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:15 am - Goddess Saraswati Puja 12:00 pm - Aarti, Lunch sponsored by Bengali Families

MAHA SHIVARATRI PUJA (Actual day) Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7:30 pm - Rudrabhishek. Please register with the priests. $21 Donation suggested.

MAHA SHIVARATRI CELEBRATION Saturday, February 17, 2018

5:30 pm - Classical Dance Program 7:00 pm - Aarti, Dinner sponsored by York Families

HOLI PUJA & HOLIKA DAHAN (actual day) Thursday March 1, 2018 @ 6:00pm

HOLI CELEBRATION Sunday, March 4, 2018

10:00 am Variety Program by HARI School 12:00 pm Aarti, Lunch sponsored by North Indian

Families

MARATHI, KANNADA, TELUGU NEW YEAR Sunday, March 18, 2018 (actual day)

7:15pm Panchangam Shravanam

GUDI PADWA CELEBRATION Sunday, March 18, 2018

5:00 pm: Cultural Program by Ashwini Sathe & Group

7:00 pm Aarti, Dinner sponsored by Maharashtrian Families

24-HR SHRI RAMCHARITMANAS RECITAL Beginning 12:00 pm, Saturday, March 23, 2018 Ending 12:00 pm, Sunday, March 24, 2018 Special Shri Ram Aarti on the actual day at noon

on Sunday 24, 2018; followed by lunch sponsored by Hershaben & Hasubhai Shah

SHRI HANUMAN JAYANTI Saturday March 31, 2018 (Actual day) 12:00 pm - 108 Recital of Shri Hanuman Chalisa 7:00 pm Aarti, Dinner sponsored by HARI Devotees

301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070 (717) 774-7750 * haritemple@gmail.com * www.haritemple.org

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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.

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 dona-tion 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 Sa-maj of South Central PA.

• Lord Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Abhishekam: First Saturday of the month from 09:30 am. A to-ken donation of $21 is recommended for each participating family.

• Havan: Second Saturday of the month from 6:00 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

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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

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.

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ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

At the General Body meeting on Saturday, October 21st, 2017, the following were declared elected:

2018 Executive Committee:

President: Mr. Atreia Sindiri Sr. Vice President: Mr. Sunil Sharma

Secretary: Mr. Namit Govil Treasurer: Mr. Sambasiva Ellanki Vice Presidents:

2018—2020 Board of Trustees (three year term): Mr. Laxman Buddineni Mr. Kanti Jasani Mrs. Ashwini Sathe

2018 Chairman of the Board: At their monthly meeting in December 2017, the Board of Trustees

elected Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal as the BOT Chairman.

Outgoing Members: We recognize the following outgoing committee members for their service:

Board Of Trustees: Mr. Kirit Shah, Mr Ramesh Bathini, Dr. Deepanker Tewari & Mr. Anil Shenoy

Executive Committee: Mr. Laxman Buddineni, Mr. Harish Patel, Mr. Sashidhar Jasty, Mr. Raj Das,

Mr. Raj Sathanur, Ms. Amita Shah & Mr. Harit Trivedi

OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY

… on passing away of Mr. Kiranchandra T. Chokshi, Lancaster, on January 11, 2018. Mr. Chokshi was the

beloved husband of Mrs. Hasuben K. Chokshi and was the father of Mr. Vipul Chokshi and Mr. Ankur

Chokshi.

… on passing away of Tejas Merchant on January 8, 2018 at the of 25. Tejas was the beloved son of

Sangeetaben and Nikhilbhai Merchant and brother of Suraj Merchant.

… on passing away of Smt. Daxa K. Desai on Monday, January 1, 2018 at the age of 62. Smt. Daxaji is

survived by her husband Mr. Kiran Desai (Dover, PA), brother Mr. Shashi Desai (Canada), sister-in-law

Mrs. Madhu Desai (Harrisburg, PA), and sister-in-law Mrs. Ranjana Naik (Dover, PA).

… on passing away of Mr. Arunbhai H Patel of Chambursburg, PA on Oct. 21st, 2017. Mr. Arunbhai H Pa-

tel was brother of Chandrakantbhai Patel & Dineshbhai Patel.

… on passing away of Mr. Akash Patel on September 22, 2017 at the age of 32. Akash was the beloved

son of Mrs. Jayshriben and Mr. Nayan Patel.

.*** MAY THE DEPARTED SOULS ATTAIN PARAM SADGATI ***

Mrs. Minoo Amin Mrs. Nupur Bagkar Mrs. Hema Balaji

Mr. Rajdeep Champa Mr. Vibeeshan Gereddy Mr. Sandeep Gupta Mr. Hiteshkumar Patel Mr. Purushothama Rajaram Mrs. Pramita Shennoy

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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.

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Dear HARI Devotees,

We wish you and your family a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. May Lord Ram shower his

blessings upon you and your family. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for electing us to

the positions of Chairman and President for the year 2018. On behalf of Board of Trustees (BOT), and Exec-

utive Committee (EC), we are excited and honored to serve HARI and our community. We would like to take

this opportunity to thank Pu. Shastriji and Pu. Swamiji, the spiritual beacons of our community guiding all of

us through the past years and we seek their guidance over this coming year.

Over the years, HARI has continued to grown leaps and bounds in terms of membership, religious events

celebrated and attendance. As our community expands we need to ensure that the right foundation is laid to

support this growth. We plan to adopt two simple themes as launch pads for programs to support to this

growth and we need all your help to help make this possible.

Our themes are

1. Growth (Ensure that "HARI Trust Fund" balance reaches a total of $2,000,000.00)

2. Excellence in service (Streamline line HARI operation, creating a simple and transparent opera-

tions model to serve you)

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 infrastruc-

ture. Two such targeted projects in this portfolio of improvement programs are, implementing an upgrade to

our kitchen, and installation of a elevator for use by our senior community members. We welcome your ideas

on other such capability improvement programs. Coupled with the above infrastructure initiatives we will con-

tinue to stress on expansion of services offered by HARI School, Youth and Anandam group.

As the Hindu religious ambassadors of the 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 partici-

pating in initiatives like the Interfaith Prayers and conferences to enhance our presence, and leadership.

Hindu dharma prescribes giving to others as the greatest of all the virtues we can attain in this world, with

this in mind we plan to continue lead via partnership and contribution towards local humanitarian initiatives

like food drives, food banks and other community programs. We request all of you support these programs

whole heartedly.

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.

Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal Mr. Atreia Sindiri

Chairman President

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEES

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ANANDAM: HARI Seniors Forum

HARI Seniors Forum Anandam consists of paid HARI members, age 60 and up. The group organiz-

es various activities few times a year, including trips to places that are of religious or historic im-

portance.

For more information, please contact Anandam Chair Dr. Yogesh Parikh or Mr. Harish Patel at

haritempleanandam@gmail.com or at (717) 979-8886.

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 then please con-

tact HARI Treasurer or HARI President. Their contact information is as provided on the first

page of this HARI Times. You may also send an email using the contact information provided

at www.haritemple.org

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HARI SCHOOL

Namaste, Students and Parents, Happy 2018!

As we look back at our journey through 2017, we reflect on the rapid strides we have taken to make the HARI

School a fun place for our students every Sunday!

On both academic and cultural fronts, we have achieved tremendous progress, which is evident in the energy

and excitement exuded by our students Sunday mornings. Their language skills is improving by the day and

so is their ability to decipher the nitty-gritty of our glorious culture.

We continue to provide our students with more opportunities to immerse in the glory of our cultural heritage

via the annual Holi celebrations, Ganesh puja, Saraswati puja, Ravan Dahan and Diwali lantern making. We

built on our experience from 2016 Guru Vandana celebrations to put together another enthralling program for

our students’ grade school teachers. Over 40 teachers from close to 12 districts and over 15 schools in the re-

gion converged at HARI, some along with their family member, for 2017 Guru Vandana. All of these pro-

grams have had a salubrious impact on our students.

In a nutshell, we have had a wonderful year, which was largely possible due to the perseverance of our hard-

working teachers and the cooperation of the parents and, of course, our ever ebullient students!

Before we sign off, we thank you for your generous donations to the ‘Diwali Food Drive’. We were able to

collect 70 lbs. of nonperishable food items, which were donated to the Central PA Food Bank.

Sincerely,

Dinesh R. Pai Vijay Varadarajan

HARI School Director Youth Forum Director

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS

• TO HARI volunteers and the members of the Executive Committee and the Board who helped with the

Annakut arrangements and Diwali celebrations.

• TO all HARI devotees and area restaurants for sponsoring the Annakut Prasad and dinner at the 2017 Di-

wali celebrations.

• TO the parents of HARI School for sponsoring lunch on every Sunday at the HARI School.

HARI Scholarship

HARI will be offering Scholarship again this year as before. However, this year there will be additional

exciting options for the recipients to choose their award. The committee is working to finalize the pro-

gram which will be announced in next couple of weeks via a special email. Please lookout for this ex-

citing news and plan to apply.

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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, February 03, 2018 at 09:30 am

Saturday, March 03, 2018 at 09:30 am

Lord Satyanarayana Bhagwan Puja (Full Moon Day) Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 7:15 pm

Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7:15 pm Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 7:15 pm

Jain Swadhayay / Puja (First Sunday of every month)

Sunday, February 04, 2018 at 2:00 pm Sunday, March 04, 2018 at 2:00 pm

Monthly Havan (Second Sunday of every month)

Monday, January 1, 2018 at 10:00 am Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 6:00 pm

Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 6.00 pm

Shri Ramcharitmanas Sundarkand Recital Second Tuesday of every month) Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 7:15 pm

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 7:15 pm