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Volume 37 JANUARY 2020 Number 1

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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 154246Irving, TX 75015-4246

Temple HoursMon – Fri: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM & 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Sat & Sun: 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM; Aarati: 12 Noon and 7:30 PM, Daily

Website: www.dfwhindutemple.org1605 N. Britain Road, Irving TX 75061

Telephone: Metro (972) 445-3111, Fax: (972) 445-3100

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Monthly Events

Notes:1. Timing for monthly events are subject to change. Check the actual date each month for

any change in timing.

2. These are all Temple activities, supported by other Organizations. Temple reserves the

right to change the timing.

3. Temple special programs will take priority over regular monthly activities.

Every Tuesday 6:30 PM-7:30 PM Hanuman Abhishekam & Sahasranama Archana

Every Tuesday 7:45 PM Hanuman Chalisa Pathan

Every Saturday 8:30 AM Balaji Suprabhatam & Vishnu Sahasranama

First Wednesday 10:30 AM Vitthala Abhishekam & Puja

Second Friday 10:30 AM Mahalakshmi Abhishekam

First Friday 6:30 PM Abhishek by Ilangai Thamizhar Group

First Saturday 3:30 PM Amrit Vaani

First Sunday 4:00 PM Durga Puja - Shakti Group

1st & 2nd Sunday 3:30 PM Shri Jagannath Sahashra Nama and Bhajan

Second Saturday 9:00 AM Balaji Abhishekam (Andal /Chakratalwar)

2nd & 4th Saturday 3:00 PM Veda & Prabhananda Parayanam, Ghosti Group

Second Sunday 1:30 PM Arya Samaj Havan

Third Thursday 11:00 AM Dattatreya Paduka Abhishek

Third Friday 7:45 PM Durga Jagarta

Third Saturday 4:00 PM Gita Reading-Gita Sanskar

Third Saturday 4;00 PM Bhajan by Matiya Samaj Group

Third Saturday 6:00 PM Ayyappa Abhishekam & Puja

Third Sunday 4:00 PM Gayatri Puja

Fourth Saturday 4:00 PM Sunderkand Path

Namaste Devotees:

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Khemchand NangraniChairman, Board Of Trustees, 2020

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I am honored to have the privilege of serving as Chairman of the Trustees Board. I wish all of you andyour family a very happy Mahashivratri and best wishes for upcoming holi. Our Trustees, Presidentand the Executive Committee members will be working hard to provide the best services possible toour devotees. Our temple has gone through extensive renovation, most of the work is complete.Sorry, for any inconvenience you may have experienced during the renovation process. We are planningseveral special religious programs. We will have very busy March and remainder of the 2020 withgood programs. I am looking forward to serve our temple with the help of our excellent Board of Trustees and ExecutiveMembers. Your continuous devotional and financial support is greatly appreciated. May GoddessMahalakshmi continue to bless and guide us all.

Best wishes,

Message from the PresidentDear Devotees,

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Chair PersonKhemchand Nangrani 972-742-5680SecretarySatyanarayana Bodla 817-307-0747

MembersManoj Parikh 214-642-3446Manju Srivastava 972-900-4828Manmadhan Nair 214-675-1201Pradeep Desai 214-763-9539Swati Pandit 817-658-7445

Thakorbhai Patel 972-523-3887Tushar Basu 817-739-6458Vinoda Kumar 817-706-3767

PresidentChandra K. Bandar 469-286-6721

Vice President IRajendra Vankawala 817-896-7258

Vice President IIAnil Sabnis 214-676-0952

SecretaryGiri Padmasolala 817-874-0018

TreasurerManoj Chopra 972-679-7166

Joint TreasurerSanjay Raman Kumar 214-923-3448

Committee Members

D/FW Hindu Temple SocietyManagement

Executive Committee

Board of Trustees

Annapurna Nehru 214-274-5291Balamohan Manickam 469-524-9273Bharathi Chitta 214-226-3355Dharmendar Kumar 214-566-4128Dilip Yadev 972-697-1406Jayesh Jariwala 469-877-0396Mahalakshmi Shivakumar 972-814-4800Mahendar Kami Reddy 972-971-7946Nalini Totloor 214-532-0666Niranjan Tripathy 940-300-6504Panishayee Tirumala 408-507-5589Priyatosh Kanti Nath 214-435-9652Rajneesh Gupta 972-467-3792Raksha Patel 972-821-7033Shakuntala Kalia 214-535-7906Shweta Wani 817-729-8086Varsha Nainani 214-500-0980Vimmy Gandhi 469-955-4964Vinod Kumar 817-366-0641

We should thank and appreciate all founders who invested timeand capital investment to build this wonderful beautiful HINDUtemple in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas, for ourcommunity, and all board and management kept this temple live.It’s almost 35 years old temple by now….

I have worked with all board since beginning when I moved withmy family to Texas. We all working as a team to safeguard thistemple.

This temple helped me taking many challenges in materialisticlife. Praying with faith and believe, will have a great impact in life.

Serving this temple I am blessed. Brings happiness and joy. Madegreat spiritual family friends.

My goal is to keep this temple safe and secured, peace andharmony, and celebrate all events/festivals with joy andhappiness.

When we walk in to this temple or any temple, we all are HINDU’S,no language barriers to keep us in unity and integrity.

We all celebrate 365 days all 29 states Hindu Spiritual Festivals& Celebrations of Bharat/India. Despite we are abroad.Respect the nation we live in…. Keeping our culture live andpassing it to next generation.

We should have faith in God and pray to keep us safe in thismaterialistic life on this planet.

I am looking forward to my best to maintain and keep piece &harmony and work as a team and celebrate all wonderful HINDUspiritual GREAT calendar events and festivals every year withpride.

Life is beautiful, use it wisely.

Thanking You All.

President - 2020

DFW Hindu Temple Society, Ekta MandirIrving, Texas

Om Brahma Roop Sadhanandam, Paramananadam, Swarupini,Rudhi Sidhi Prade, Devi Dhanam Dhanyam, Namastuti Om Shanti.

It’s pleasure and I am blessed this yearelected as President, servingDFW Hindu Temple, Society, Ekta MandirIrving, Texas, since last 22 years.

This temple has great believe andvibration among all favorite GODS &GODDESSESS. We have all HinduDeities we pray….

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North Texas Indian Physicians’ Charitable Foundation

MEDICAL CLINICWith the Support of the D/FW Hindu Temple Society

CLINIC DATES: 1st AND 3rd SUNDAY ( CLOSED ON LONG WEEKENDS)TIME: 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM (Registration & Checking)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL CLINIC @ 972-870-9500ON SPECIFIED DAYS.

PLACE: 1706 NORTH BRITAIN RD., IRVING, TX. 75061( ACROSS FROM D/FW HINDU TEMPLE )

SOME DOs AND DONTs WHILE VISITING THE TEMPLE

We Hindus believe that a temple is an abode of God and a visit to the temple is a visit to the God. As such, weshould be very careful about our behavior in the presence of the Deity. The following are some guidelines.

• Wear clean and proper attire that is appropriate for the temple visit.• Leave shoes outside so as not to drag dust and dirt in to the temple.• Do not go to the temple empty handed. Take some fruit or flowers to offer to the Deity.• Approach the Deity with respect.• Do not engage in loud conversation in the presence of the Deity.• At all times show respect to the Deity.• Be courteous to other devotees.• Maintain silence as much as possible while inside the temple.• Do not let your children run around inside the temple.• Help the management in keeping the temple premises clean.• Follow the parking rules.• Keep even temperament and cheerful countenance.• Do not smoke or consume alcohol or eat non-vegetarian food on the premises.

These are only few of the suggestions that we can make. Please follow your common sense and help us serve youbetter. Thanks.

D/FW Hindu Temple – Ekta MandirRadio Program (Radio Archana)

OnRadio Caravan (AM700/ FM 104.1/ FM 94.5 HD2)

D/FW Hindu Temple hosts a radio program on Radio Caravan every Saturday from 3:00PM-4:00PM. In addition to Bhajans, we also provide informations about the Temple, the templeactivities and upcoming programs celebrated at the temple. Please join us every Saturdayfrom 3:00PM-4:00PM. If any of you would like to sponsor the Radio Program for 30 min or 1hour to celebrate the birthdays, anniversaries or other special occasions of your dear ones,please email: radioarchana@gmail.com or call Front Desk 972-445-3111. D/FW Temple thanksall those who have sponsored the Radio Archana program for the past several months.Every Sunday at 12:05pm, Temple Noon Aarati LIVE on Radio Caravan

Ekta Mandir greatly appreciates Radio Caravan community involvement and the sponsorshipfor relay of Temple Noon Aarati LIVE every Sunday.For more information, please call Temple at 972-445-3111

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Parent

feedback: Our son Ednit attends Vidya Vikas Level 2 religion class. We want to take the time to really appreciate the work you are doing with kids.

Ednit have learned a lot in last 2 years, especially shlokas and bhajans. We have encountered many situations where he listens to a shloka and bhajans

Suggested Donations For Priest ServicesPriestly services are available at the Temple, in your home or your place of business,

Please contact the Temple Office at Metro (972) 445-3111

Advance payment required for all pujasMaximum 4 hours for outside pujas, other than wedding.

Suggested donations for all puja services

performed at home is $151.00

Rates for priest services are subject to change.

100% deposit at the time of booking for facility rental and puja services.otherwise subject to cancellation

Additional charges apply for sound system and use of premises for extra hours.

Cancellation fees applicable, see below

Kitchen Use Charges

FACILITY RENTAL CHARGES

TIME CulturalCenter

8:00 am to 4:00 pm $1000.00

8:00 am to midnight $1800.00

6:00 pm to midnight $1200.00

Extra Charges for trash collection for all rental facilities

weekend: 8:30 am to 8:30 pm (Sanskar Bhavan Only) Cooking $400.00

Warming $200.00 Kitchen available only with Hall Rental

Cleaning Charges Hall $ 400.00

CANCELLATION FEESPrior To: 60 days - 20%, 30-60 days - 35%, 15-30 days - 50% , 1 - 15 days - No refund

Cleaning Charges Kitchen $350.00$650.00 For Both

Sat. - Sun. 9:00 AM- 8:30 PM

$900.00 $800.00 $800.00

$650.00 $400.00 $400.00

$500.00 $400.00 $400.00

Mon. - Fri.

5:30 PM-8:30 PM

SanskarBhavan

Yagnasala

YouthCenter

ClassRooms

9:30 AM-12:30 PM

$40.00per hour

Cleaning $200.00 $50.00$100.00 $100.00

Archana $15.00Archana (Sahasranama) $101.00Abhishekam (Individual Sponsored) $101.00Abhishekam (Group Sponsored) $51.00Abhishekam (Temple Scheduled) $ 35.00Havan (Private Sponsored) $151.00Havan (Temple Scheduled) $101.00Hair Offering (Mundan) $101.00Kalyana Utsavam in Temple $151.00Namkaran (Naming Ceremony) $101.00Outside Metroplex Puja Minimum $301.00

Satyanarayana Puja (Private in Temple) $101.00Satyanarayana Puja $51.00Shraaddha-Havan $151.00Shraaddha Tarapan/Hiranya $101.00Upanayana Thread Ceremony $151.00Upanayana at Home $200.00Vahana Puja $51.00Wedding (On Premises) $401.00Wedding (Off Premises) $501.00*Sunday Mahaprasad sponsor $351.00Funeral $101.00

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GENERAL BODY MEETING

As required in the temple constitution, the Annual General Body Meeting of the D/FW Hindu Temple Society isscheduled for Sunday, March 22nd, 2020, at 1: pm in the Youth Center. All, Founder, Life and Regular Members of theSociety are invited to attend this meeting.

1. Prayer and approval of the minutes of GB Meeting, held on December 8th, 2019.2. Introduction of year 2020, Office Bearers, Executive Committee & Board Of Trustees.3. President Report,4. New Project.5. Financial Report,6. BOT Chairman’s Report,7. Vote Of Thanks And Meeting Adjourned.

Notes:a) Members, please consider this as formal invitation, in lieu of a separate mail.b) Your presence and involvement in the General Body Meetings is vital to the management in executing the

affairs of the Society.

President 2020, D/FW Hindu Temple Society

Sincerely,

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