From histemple at histemplemn.org Thu May 7 20:03:26 2015 From: histemple at histemplemn.org (histemple at histemplemn.org) Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 21:03:26 -0500 Subject: [Histemple] Events at Hindu Samaj Temple Rochester MN In-Reply-To: <51362588.5060607@gmail.com> References: <51362588.5060607@gmail.com> Message-ID: *Hindu Samaj Temple Rochester MN* Inline image 1 *Religious Events/Poojas For May* *DATE** * *DAY** * *TIME** * *EVENT** * 5/7/2015 Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sankathara Chaturthi Sri Ganesh Puja* 5/9/2015 Saturday 6:00 ? 7:00 PM *Satsang Full temple* 5/14/2015 Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sri Saibaba Puja* 5/15/2015 Friday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Pradosham Rudra Abhishekam* 5/22/2015 Friday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sri Durga Puja* *Other Events* *DAY** * *TIME** * *EVENT** * 5/16/2015 Saturday 5:30 - 7:00 PM Thirukural competition *Recurring classes* Tuesday 5.00 PM - 7.00 PM Ragamala-Bharatanatyam classes(basement) Wednesday 7.00 PM - 8.30 PM Yoga classes-(basement) Thursday* * 7.00 PM -8.00 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya- Temple basement Saturday (Alternate Saturdays) 9:30 AM - 12 Noon Telugu classes - Basement 2.00 PM -8.00 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya- Contemporary and classical dance classes Sunday 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Hindi School speaking class 11:00AM-12.00 Noon Bal Vikas 12.:15 PM-1.30 PM Balagokulam 1.:30 PM -5.30 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Gita Discussion 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Tamil School- Temple basement * All donations to the Temple are Tax Deductible as the Hindu Samaj Temple is A Non-Profit Entity As Per IRS # 501(C)(3).* *Please make checks payable to: **Hindu Samaj Temple* Please share this information with others who may not be currently on the Temple mailing list. 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How appropriate that we Celebrated Holi, our Spring Festival, to coincide with the arrival of Spring in Minnesota. It was a Grand success and transported me to the Melas in India. The sight of people dressed in colorful clothes and jewelry, the stalls selling jewelry and clothes, the smell of food in the air and the chatter of people mixed in with a background of Hindi Film songs, were all so reminiscent of home. For a few short hours we recreated a piece of India- for those of us who have experienced it and for those whom we what to share it with. We had more than 200 adults plus children, four vendors - each offering food, clothes and jewelry for sale. It was a first for all and I can tell with confidence that everyone had a great time. We hope to repeat it in the future as we have several requests from you all to host similar events to bring the community together. On a more serious note, our New Temple construction has to be delayed until Spring of 2016. Olmsted County is widening the road near our land and is requesting a portion to be used for the project. We are in the process of negotiating with the county as it is greatly affecting our ability to build as planned. We will be unable to build Phase 3 as described in the initial plans and maybe not at all as we see it now. We are hoping to keep phase 1 and 2 intact, so that we can have a Temple and Community center as we envisioned. We are in the final stages of planning and redesign, and hope to have it completed in the next few months. The County has been very considerate of our efforts and is working with us to achieve the best solution for both. With this behind us, we hope to have the Bhoomi Pooja in Spring 2016 and start construction immediately. If all goes as planned with no more delays, we will be in our New Temple for Diwali 2016. Thank You, Santhi Subramaniam President, Hindu Samaj Temple. Hello Readers: We are off to a good start in Spring after the relatively mild winter that was a pleasant surprise. I hope everybody had a wonderful time at the Holi Mela held on April 18^th . We have included some pictures of the event in this issue of /Samarpan/. Featured in this issue are poems submitted by Shanthi Siva and young Prabhav Kaginele. Both poems are based on memories made in India and are a delight to read, stirring your own nostalgia if you either grew up in India or have visited there. The annual /Kalyana Utsavam/was held at the Temple on April 19^th and our Priest, Sri Hari Krishna Ji, has submitted an article outlining the mean?ing of this celebration, an annual occurrence at our Temple in Spring. In the previous issue of /Samarpan/, a couple of high school graduates from our community shared their first-time college experiences. In this issue we have an article submitted by Pranita Kaginele sharing her thoughts and experience about her first year at Washington University. In addition, Dr. Mohandas Bhat from Maryland, a cousin of one of our community members ? Mrs. Neeta Pai, has written about the millions of Gods of Hinduism, providing a good perspective on the worship of many Gods and Goddesses as manifests of one supreme God. We have an arti?cle by Alisha Bhagia on Mahatma Gandhi and his fight to liberate India, and one submitted by Chandu Valluri with valuable tips on parenting. Read and share your opinion on the article submitted by one of our editors, Anantha Santhanam! We welcome submissions from all of you, children as well as adults. Please email your submissions to editors at histemplemn.org for publication in a future issue of /Samarpan/. Best wishes from the /Samarpan/Team. _Editorial Team:_ /Forrest Dailey, Jyothi Muthyala, Anantha Vijay Raghavan Santhanam Rajani Sohni, Bhaskar Iyengar, Nisha Kurup/ /Unni Krishnan (//Design & Illustration/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 24535 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 7118 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 413 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 100347 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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How appropriate that we Celebrated Holi, our Spring Festival, to coincide with the arrival of Spring in Minnesota. It was a Grand success and transported me to the Melas in India. The sight of people dressed in colorful clothes and jewelry, the stalls selling jewelry and clothes, the smell of food in the air and the chatter of people mixed in with a background of Hindi Film songs, were all so reminiscent of home. For a few short hours we recreated a piece of India- for those of us who have experienced it and for those whom we what to share it with. We had more than 200 adults plus children, four vendors - each offering food, clothes and jewelry for sale. It was a first for all and I can tell with confidence that everyone had a great time. We hope to repeat it in the future as we have several requests from you all to host similar events to bring the community together. On a more serious note, our New Temple construction has to be delayed until Spring of 2016. Olmsted County is widening the road near our land and is requesting a portion to be used for the project. We are in the process of negotiating with the county as it is greatly affecting our ability to build as planned. We will be unable to build Phase 3 as described in the initial plans and maybe not at all as we see it now. We are hoping to keep phase 1 and 2 intact, so that we can have a Temple and Community center as we envisioned. We are in the final stages of planning and redesign, and hope to have it completed in the next few months. The County has been very considerate of our efforts and is working with us to achieve the best solution for both. With this behind us, we hope to have the Bhoomi Pooja in Spring 2016 and start construction immediately. If all goes as planned with no more delays, we will be in our New Temple for Diwali 2016. Thank You, Santhi Subramaniam President, Hindu Samaj Temple. Hello Readers: We are off to a good start in Spring after the relatively mild winter that was a pleasant surprise. I hope everybody had a wonderful time at the Holi Mela held on April 18^th . We have included some pictures of the event in this issue of /Samarpan/. Featured in this issue are poems submitted by Shanthi Siva and young Prabhav Kaginele. Both poems are based on memories made in India and are a delight to read, stirring your own nostalgia if you either grew up in India or have visited there. The annual /Kalyana Utsavam/was held at the Temple on April 19^th and our Priest, Sri Hari Krishna Ji, has submitted an article outlining the mean?ing of this celebration, an annual occurrence at our Temple in Spring. In the previous issue of /Samarpan/, a couple of high school graduates from our community shared their first-time college experiences. In this issue we have an article submitted by Pranita Kaginele sharing her thoughts and experience about her first year at Washington University. In addition, Dr. Mohandas Bhat from Maryland, a cousin of one of our community members ? Mrs. Neeta Pai, has written about the millions of Gods of Hinduism, providing a good perspective on the worship of many Gods and Goddesses as manifests of one supreme God. We have an arti?cle by Alisha Bhagia on Mahatma Gandhi and his fight to liberate India, and one submitted by Chandu Valluri with valuable tips on parenting. Read and share your opinion on the article submitted by one of our editors, Anantha Santhanam! We welcome submissions from all of you, children as well as adults. Please email your submissions to editors at histemplemn.org for publication in a future issue of /Samarpan/. Best wishes from the /Samarpan/Team. _Editorial Team:_ /Forrest Dailey, Jyothi Muthyala, Anantha Vijay Raghavan Santhanam Rajani Sohni, Bhaskar Iyengar, Nisha Kurup/ /Unni Krishnan (//Design & Illustration/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 24535 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 7118 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 413 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 100347 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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How appropriate that we Celebrated Holi, our Spring Festival, to coincide with the arrival of Spring in Minnesota. It was a Grand success and transported me to the Melas in India. The sight of people dressed in colorful clothes and jewelry, the stalls selling jewelry and clothes, the smell of food in the air and the chatter of people mixed in with a background of Hindi Film songs, were all so reminiscent of home. For a few short hours we recreated a piece of India- for those of us who have experienced it and for those whom we what to share it with. We had more than 200 adults plus children, four vendors - each offering food, clothes and jewelry for sale. It was a first for all and I can tell with confidence that everyone had a great time. We hope to repeat it in the future as we have several requests from you all to host similar events to bring the community together. On a more serious note, our New Temple construction has to be delayed until Spring of 2016. Olmsted County is widening the road near our land and is requesting a portion to be used for the project. We are in the process of negotiating with the county as it is greatly affecting our ability to build as planned. We will be unable to build Phase 3 as described in the initial plans and maybe not at all as we see it now. We are hoping to keep phase 1 and 2 intact, so that we can have a Temple and Community center as we envisioned. We are in the final stages of planning and redesign, and hope to have it completed in the next few months. The County has been very considerate of our efforts and is working with us to achieve the best solution for both. With this behind us, we hope to have the Bhoomi Pooja in Spring 2016 and start construction immediately. If all goes as planned with no more delays, we will be in our New Temple for Diwali 2016. Thank You, Santhi Subramaniam President, Hindu Samaj Temple. Hello Readers: We are off to a good start in Spring after the relatively mild winter that was a pleasant surprise. I hope everybody had a wonderful time at the Holi Mela held on April 18^th . We have included some pictures of the event in this issue of /Samarpan/. Featured in this issue are poems submitted by Shanthi Siva and young Prabhav Kaginele. Both poems are based on memories made in India and are a delight to read, stirring your own nostalgia if you either grew up in India or have visited there. The annual /Kalyana Utsavam/was held at the Temple on April 19^th and our Priest, Sri Hari Krishna Ji, has submitted an article outlining the mean?ing of this celebration, an annual occurrence at our Temple in Spring. In the previous issue of /Samarpan/, a couple of high school graduates from our community shared their first-time college experiences. In this issue we have an article submitted by Pranita Kaginele sharing her thoughts and experience about her first year at Washington University. In addition, Dr. Mohandas Bhat from Maryland, a cousin of one of our community members ? Mrs. Neeta Pai, has written about the millions of Gods of Hinduism, providing a good perspective on the worship of many Gods and Goddesses as manifests of one supreme God. We have an arti?cle by Alisha Bhagia on Mahatma Gandhi and his fight to liberate India, and one submitted by Chandu Valluri with valuable tips on parenting. Read and share your opinion on the article submitted by one of our editors, Anantha Santhanam! We welcome submissions from all of you, children as well as adults. Please email your submissions to editors at histemplemn.org for publication in a future issue of /Samarpan/. Best wishes from the /Samarpan/Team. _Editorial Team:_ /Forrest Dailey, Jyothi Muthyala, Anantha Vijay Raghavan Santhanam Rajani Sohni, Bhaskar Iyengar, Nisha Kurup/ /Unni Krishnan (//Design & Illustration/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 24535 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 7118 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 413 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 100347 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From histemple at histemplemn.org Thu May 7 20:03:26 2015 From: histemple at histemplemn.org (histemple at histemplemn.org) Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 21:03:26 -0500 Subject: [Histemple] Events at Hindu Samaj Temple Rochester MN In-Reply-To: <51362588.5060607@gmail.com> References: <51362588.5060607@gmail.com> Message-ID: *Hindu Samaj Temple Rochester MN* Inline image 1 *Religious Events/Poojas For May* *DATE** * *DAY** * *TIME** * *EVENT** * 5/7/2015 Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sankathara Chaturthi Sri Ganesh Puja* 5/9/2015 Saturday 6:00 ? 7:00 PM *Satsang Full temple* 5/14/2015 Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sri Saibaba Puja* 5/15/2015 Friday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Pradosham Rudra Abhishekam* 5/22/2015 Friday 7:00 - 8:00 PM *Sri Durga Puja* *Other Events* *DAY** * *TIME** * *EVENT** * 5/16/2015 Saturday 5:30 - 7:00 PM Thirukural competition *Recurring classes* Tuesday 5.00 PM - 7.00 PM Ragamala-Bharatanatyam classes(basement) Wednesday 7.00 PM - 8.30 PM Yoga classes-(basement) Thursday* * 7.00 PM -8.00 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya- Temple basement Saturday (Alternate Saturdays) 9:30 AM - 12 Noon Telugu classes - Basement 2.00 PM -8.00 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya- Contemporary and classical dance classes Sunday 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Hindi School speaking class 11:00AM-12.00 Noon Bal Vikas 12.:15 PM-1.30 PM Balagokulam 1.:30 PM -5.30 PM Rochester Vidhyalaya 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Gita Discussion 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Tamil School- Temple basement * All donations to the Temple are Tax Deductible as the Hindu Samaj Temple is A Non-Profit Entity As Per IRS # 501(C)(3).* *Please make checks payable to: **Hindu Samaj Temple* Please share this information with others who may not be currently on the Temple mailing list. 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How appropriate that we Celebrated Holi, our Spring Festival, to coincide with the arrival of Spring in Minnesota. It was a Grand success and transported me to the Melas in India. The sight of people dressed in colorful clothes and jewelry, the stalls selling jewelry and clothes, the smell of food in the air and the chatter of people mixed in with a background of Hindi Film songs, were all so reminiscent of home. For a few short hours we recreated a piece of India- for those of us who have experienced it and for those whom we what to share it with. We had more than 200 adults plus children, four vendors - each offering food, clothes and jewelry for sale. It was a first for all and I can tell with confidence that everyone had a great time. We hope to repeat it in the future as we have several requests from you all to host similar events to bring the community together. On a more serious note, our New Temple construction has to be delayed until Spring of 2016. Olmsted County is widening the road near our land and is requesting a portion to be used for the project. We are in the process of negotiating with the county as it is greatly affecting our ability to build as planned. We will be unable to build Phase 3 as described in the initial plans and maybe not at all as we see it now. We are hoping to keep phase 1 and 2 intact, so that we can have a Temple and Community center as we envisioned. We are in the final stages of planning and redesign, and hope to have it completed in the next few months. The County has been very considerate of our efforts and is working with us to achieve the best solution for both. With this behind us, we hope to have the Bhoomi Pooja in Spring 2016 and start construction immediately. If all goes as planned with no more delays, we will be in our New Temple for Diwali 2016. Thank You, Santhi Subramaniam President, Hindu Samaj Temple. Hello Readers: We are off to a good start in Spring after the relatively mild winter that was a pleasant surprise. I hope everybody had a wonderful time at the Holi Mela held on April 18^th . We have included some pictures of the event in this issue of /Samarpan/. Featured in this issue are poems submitted by Shanthi Siva and young Prabhav Kaginele. Both poems are based on memories made in India and are a delight to read, stirring your own nostalgia if you either grew up in India or have visited there. The annual /Kalyana Utsavam/was held at the Temple on April 19^th and our Priest, Sri Hari Krishna Ji, has submitted an article outlining the mean?ing of this celebration, an annual occurrence at our Temple in Spring. In the previous issue of /Samarpan/, a couple of high school graduates from our community shared their first-time college experiences. In this issue we have an article submitted by Pranita Kaginele sharing her thoughts and experience about her first year at Washington University. In addition, Dr. Mohandas Bhat from Maryland, a cousin of one of our community members ? Mrs. Neeta Pai, has written about the millions of Gods of Hinduism, providing a good perspective on the worship of many Gods and Goddesses as manifests of one supreme God. We have an arti?cle by Alisha Bhagia on Mahatma Gandhi and his fight to liberate India, and one submitted by Chandu Valluri with valuable tips on parenting. Read and share your opinion on the article submitted by one of our editors, Anantha Santhanam! We welcome submissions from all of you, children as well as adults. Please email your submissions to editors at histemplemn.org for publication in a future issue of /Samarpan/. 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