[Histemple] Samarpan

Wed May 13 10:00:29 MDT 2015

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    *March-April 2015*

    	
    	Namaste to All! Welcome to the Spring edition of Samarpan! 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 meaning 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
    article 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
    <mailto: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/)

    	
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