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<strong>Hindu</strong> <strong>Temple</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dayton</strong><br />
2615 TEMPLE LANE<br />
BEAVERCREEK, OH 45431-8773<br />
937 / 429-4455<br />
Priest Ramesh Rajamani<br />
(<strong>of</strong>f Tuesday) 937-431-9988<br />
Sri Ashwani Kumar, Priest<br />
(<strong>of</strong>f Mon.) 937-429-5815<br />
TEMPLE HOURS<br />
Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 11:00 am<br />
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />
Sat, Sun and Holidays 9:00 am - 8:00 pm<br />
(April through October open til 9:00pm)<br />
DIRECTIONS TO THE TEMPLE: From I-75<br />
or I-70 to I-675 and take Exit 17 (North Fairfield<br />
Rd.). South on Fairfield Road, East on New Germany<br />
Trebein Road, and South on Lillian Lane.<br />
West on <strong>Temple</strong> Lane. <strong>Temple</strong> is at the end <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Temple</strong> Lane (less than a mile from the exit).<br />
*InsIde and outsIde personal pujas<br />
can only be scheduled by callIng<br />
jyothI sIngrI (937) 426-6210<br />
gnan thaKore (FalgunI) (937) 429-9169<br />
Editor: Benu Kulkarni (937) 435-7729<br />
Email: benuk@earthlink.net<br />
HINDU COMMUNITY ORG<strong>ANI</strong>ZATION, INC.<br />
P.O. Box 340397<br />
<strong>Dayton</strong>, <strong>Ohio</strong> 45431-0397<br />
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED<br />
HINDU TEMPLE OF DAYTON, OHIO<br />
Tuesday, January 4th from 7-9pm<br />
Hanuman Jayanthi<br />
Puja Bhajan & Aarthi<br />
PUJA & PRIEST SERVICE Over 90 miles $100 Extra<br />
Puja Service *In <strong>Temple</strong> *Outside <strong>Temple</strong><br />
METRO (50 - 90 miles)<br />
Abhishekam-Lord Venkateshwara $101.00 - -<br />
Archana $ 11.00 - -<br />
Sahasranama $ 51.00 - -<br />
Akshrabhyas $ 51.00 $101.00 $151.00<br />
Annaprasana $ 51.00 $101.00 $101.00<br />
Amritvani $ 101.00 $121.00 $151.00<br />
Ayush Homam/Birthday Cele. $ 101.00 $151.00 $201.00<br />
Basement Rental $ 51.00 - -<br />
Engagement Celebrations $201.00 $251.00 -<br />
Funeral - $101.00 $151.00<br />
Graha Praveshman - $151.00 $201.00<br />
Ground Breaking Ceremony - $151.00 $201.00<br />
Kalyana Uthsava $ 101.00 -<br />
Kesh Khandan $ 51.00 $101.00 $201.00<br />
Nama Karanam $ 71.00 $101.00 $151.00<br />
Navagraha Homam $181.00 $201.00 $201.00<br />
Nitya Seva $101.00 - -<br />
Ramyan Path $151.00 $201.00 $251.00<br />
Saraswathi Puja $151.00 $181.00 $181.00<br />
Satya Narayan Puja $101.00 $151.00 $201.00<br />
Seemantham $181.00 $181.00 $201.00<br />
Sashti Poorthi $181.00 $181.00 $201.00<br />
Shraaddham $ 51.00 $101.00 $151.00<br />
Sundar Kand $121.00 $151.00 $181.00<br />
Upanayanam $151.00 $181.00 $201.00<br />
Vahan Puja $ 31.00 - -<br />
Wedding $251.00 $351.00 $501.00*<br />
Graha Praveshman w/s/p - $201.00 $251.00<br />
Any Other Puja $121.00 $171.00 $201.00<br />
Any other Homan $151.00 $181.00 $201.00<br />
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:<br />
President (937) 429-9169 Gnan Thakore<br />
Vice President (937) 885-3609 Satish Kathula<br />
Secretary (937) 429-9341 Sharmila Mukhopadhyay<br />
Treasurer (937) 264-0178 Amrit Dewan<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:<br />
Internal Auditing / Puja Scheduling Jyothi Singri<br />
Reg. Puja / Special Puja / Discourses Suseela Ramanathan<br />
Library / Fund Raising Satish Kathula<br />
Mandir Vani / Advertising Benu Kulkarni<br />
Communications / Membership Amrit Dewan<br />
Inventory Control / Supply Bhavana Patel<br />
Construction / Volunteers / Facilities Management Gnan Thakore<br />
Compliance / Operational Analysis / Facilities Management Sanjay Sandhir<br />
Public Relations Sharmila Mukhopadhyay<br />
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:<br />
Chairman Benu Kulkarni<br />
Vice Chairman Sharmila Mukhopadhyay<br />
Advisor Gnan Thakore, Suseela Ramanathan<br />
Advisor Sanjay Sandhir & Jyothi Singri<br />
* for one day<br />
DONATE GENEROUSLY TO OUR TEMPLE www.DAYTONTEMPLE.COM<br />
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<strong>Dayton</strong>, <strong>Ohio</strong><br />
Permit No. 1151<br />
<strong>MANDIR</strong> V<strong>ANI</strong><br />
VOL XXV NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2010 NO 6
November 2010<br />
December 2010<br />
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun<br />
1 2<br />
Ekadasi<br />
3 4<br />
Nakara<br />
5<br />
Deepawali<br />
6<br />
Govardhan<br />
7<br />
Chatur Dasi<br />
(Kalichavdas)<br />
Puja<br />
4:30 PM<br />
8 9 10<br />
Amavasya<br />
15 16<br />
Kadaimukam<br />
22<br />
Kartika<br />
Bhahula<br />
Pratama<br />
29 30<br />
17<br />
Ekadasi<br />
Mudavan<br />
Muzukku<br />
11<br />
Skanda<br />
Shashti<br />
7-9 PM<br />
23 24 25<br />
Sankatahara<br />
Chaturthi<br />
12<br />
Sravanam<br />
18 19 20<br />
Bharani<br />
Deepam<br />
13 14<br />
26 27 28<br />
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun<br />
3 4<br />
6<br />
Margaseera<br />
Suddha<br />
Prathama<br />
13 14<br />
20<br />
Poornima<br />
Satyanarayan<br />
Puja 6:30 PM<br />
1<br />
Ekadasi<br />
2<br />
Vaishnaya<br />
Ekadasi<br />
7 8 9<br />
Mahalaya<br />
Amavasya<br />
15 16<br />
Dhanur<br />
Month<br />
Begins<br />
21 22<br />
Margaseersh<br />
Bhahula<br />
Prathama<br />
Arudra<br />
10<br />
Sravanam<br />
17<br />
Vaikunta<br />
Ekadasi<br />
6-9 PM<br />
Abhishekam<br />
23 24<br />
Sankatahara<br />
Chaturthi<br />
27 28 29 30 31<br />
Ekadasi<br />
11<br />
Suklashashti<br />
18<br />
Krithikai<br />
Ayyappa<br />
Puja<br />
5-7 PM<br />
21<br />
Annamalai<br />
Deepam-<br />
Satyanarayan<br />
Puja 6:30 PM<br />
5<br />
Amavasya<br />
12<br />
19<br />
25 26
January 2011<br />
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun<br />
31 1<br />
New Year<br />
Abhishekam<br />
11 AM<br />
3<br />
Bodayana<br />
Amavasya<br />
10<br />
Suklashathi<br />
4<br />
Hanuman<br />
Jayanthi<br />
Puja 7 -9 PM<br />
11<br />
Koodaraivalli<br />
5<br />
Pushya<br />
Suddha<br />
Prathama<br />
12<br />
Bhogi<br />
Festival<br />
17 18 19<br />
Poornima<br />
Satyanarayan<br />
Puja 6:30 PM<br />
24 25<br />
Krithikai<br />
26<br />
Regular Regular Weekly Weekly Events:<br />
Events:<br />
6<br />
Sravanam<br />
2<br />
10 AM - Lord<br />
Venkateshwara<br />
Abhishehkam<br />
7 8 9<br />
Dhanur<br />
Vyathepatam<br />
13 14 15<br />
Makara<br />
shankaranthi<br />
20<br />
Pushya<br />
Bhalula<br />
Prathama<br />
27 28<br />
Ekadasi<br />
21 22<br />
Sankatahara<br />
Chaturthi<br />
16<br />
Vaishnava<br />
Bheeshma<br />
Ekadasi<br />
23<br />
29 30<br />
Vaishnava<br />
Ekadasi<br />
Sundays: Abhishekam for Lord Venkateshwara at 10:00 a.m.“Bhagavad Gita” class from 3 -4 pm<br />
“<strong>Hindu</strong>ism” class from 4-5 p.m by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ramesh Patel.<br />
Mondays: Abhishekam for Lord Shiva Somavara Puja at 6:00 p.m.<br />
Tuesdays: Chanting <strong>of</strong> Hanuman Chalisa at 7:00 p.m.<br />
Wednesdays: Bhagavatam Reading 7-8 p.m.
Fridays: Chanting <strong>of</strong> Vishnu Sahasranaman at 7:30 p.m.<br />
Every Poornima: Lord Satyanarayan Puja at 6:30 p.m
December 2010 Events at <strong>Temple</strong>:<br />
Bhajans by Community<br />
December 4, 2010<br />
5:30 – 7:30 PM<br />
General Body Meeting<br />
December 5, 2010 @ 12 PM<br />
Agenda: President’s update, Treasurer<br />
Report, Update on <strong>Temple</strong> Development,<br />
Nomination for New Board Members for<br />
2010 – 2011, Board Positions, Recognizing<br />
Volunteers, Discussions<br />
Tiruppavai Recital<br />
December 16, 2010 – Janauary 14 th 2011<br />
Monday – Saturday 7:00 am – 8:00 am<br />
Sunday after the Abhishekam at 11:00 am<br />
Vaikunta Ekadasi<br />
December 17, 2010 6-9 PM<br />
Abhishekam for Lord Venkateshwara,<br />
Srinivasa Kalyanam, Sundersana Homam<br />
Ayyappa Puja<br />
December 18, 2010 (Saturday)<br />
5 – 7 PM<br />
Satyanarayan Puja<br />
December 20, 2010 (Monday) @ 6 PM<br />
January 2011 Events at <strong>Temple</strong>:<br />
New Year’s Day Abhishekam<br />
January 1, 2011 @ 11 AM<br />
Abhishekam, Alamkaram, Aarti & Prasad<br />
Hanuman Jayanthi<br />
January 4, 2011 (Tuesday)<br />
7 – 9 PM<br />
Makar Sankaranthi Festival (Pongal)<br />
Januaury 15, 2011 (Saturday)<br />
10:30 AM<br />
ANNOUNCEMENT:<br />
Special Trustee Meeting date to be<br />
announced for approval <strong>of</strong> Gopuram repair<br />
and <strong>Temple</strong> Expansion. Board members<br />
that have been approved for 2011 are:<br />
Mr. Amrit Dewan, Mr. Venki Venkatesh,<br />
Mrs. Anandi Patel. General Body Meeting<br />
vote needed.<br />
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK 2011:<br />
This book is packed with two for one<br />
deals and is a great gift idea. They are<br />
available for sale now at our temple.<br />
Contact the priests regarding this book if<br />
interested. They are also on sale at SriG<br />
Groceries (937-439-4090) and Mall <strong>of</strong><br />
India (937-429-3800). Each book sells<br />
for $30. HCO will receive $6 for every<br />
book sold by our temple. They will be on<br />
sale from now through December 15,<br />
2010.
Makar Sankranti and Pongal January 15, 2011 10:30am<br />
Makara Sankranti is the occasion when Lord Surya Narayan (the Sun God) is<br />
worshipped signifying the sun’s movement from Cancer to Capricorn. The<br />
beginning <strong>of</strong> the sun’s northern course called “Uttarayan”, is hailed as an<br />
auspicious period, during which the days are longer than the nights.<br />
In North India, devotees take bath in holy rivers on Makara Sankranti day. In<br />
Punjab where December and January are the coldest months <strong>of</strong> the year, huge<br />
bonfires are lit on the eve <strong>of</strong> Sankrant and celebrated as “Lohri”. Sweets,<br />
sugarcane and rice are thrown in the bonfires, around which relatives and<br />
friends gather. In Ahmedabad, state <strong>of</strong> Gujarat, Makara Sankranti is<br />
celebrated by flying colorful kites. As night falls cylindrical paper lamps are<br />
sent up into the sky. They fill the sky with a thousand flickering lights. In<br />
Maharashtra, people exchange “tilguds” – made from sesame seeds and jaggery and “Haldi-kumkoo” is<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered to the married women along with a gift <strong>of</strong> any utensil, which is purchased on Sankranti day by<br />
the woman <strong>of</strong> the house.<br />
It is a three day harvesting festival, and one <strong>of</strong> the most colorful events in South India, particularly in<br />
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and TamilNadu. First day (the day before Sankranti) is celebrated as Bhogi,<br />
the day when old stuff is discarded and the house is well cleaned. On Sankranti day, the newly harvested<br />
rice is ceremoniously cooked in a pot <strong>of</strong> milk; when it boils and overflows,<br />
people loudly and joyously say “Pongal-O- pongal”; jaggery is added to the pot<br />
and the sweet pongal is <strong>of</strong>fered to Sun God as thanksgiving.<br />
The third day (the day after Sankranti) is celebrated as “Mattu Pongal”. Cows<br />
and bullocks are painted, decorated and fed with Pongal. In the evening, the<br />
cattle in each village are led out in procession to the beat <strong>of</strong> drums and music.<br />
In some towns <strong>of</strong> South India, the festival is climaxed by a kind <strong>of</strong> bull-fight in which young men try to<br />
wrestle bundles <strong>of</strong> currency notes from the horns <strong>of</strong> ferocious bulls. In Andhra Pradesh, every household<br />
displays its collection <strong>of</strong> dolls for all the three days, in addition to the above celebrations. The third day<br />
is also celebrated as “Kanu Pongal” in South India. On this day young girls and women pray for the well-<br />
being <strong>of</strong> their brothers and receive gifts from them. It is similar to Raksha Bandhan being celebrated in<br />
North India. In Kerala, Makara Sankranti is celebrated with Ayyappa Swami Puja; Devotees visit<br />
Sabrimalai <strong>Temple</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sri Ayyappan and wait to witness the flash <strong>of</strong> a strange light – the “Makara<br />
Vilakku”. The atmosphere reverberates with the sound <strong>of</strong> ‘Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa’.<br />
Aadityahrudayam punyam sarva shathru vinashanam; Jayaavaham japennithyam akshaiyam<br />
paramam shivam<br />
Sarvamangala maangalyam sarvapaapa pranaashanam; chinthaashoka prashamanam<br />
aayurvardhanam uthamam.<br />
Please come and participate in the Makara Sankranti / Pongal celebrations.
Significance <strong>of</strong> Andal’s Tiruppavai during the month <strong>of</strong> Margazhi<br />
The month <strong>of</strong> Margazhi is the Tamil month <strong>of</strong> religious austerities and devotional singing. It<br />
corresponds to the mid-December to mid-January period culminating in the harvest festival called<br />
Pongal. During this hallowed month <strong>of</strong> Margazhi, people young and old rise up at dawn and sing the<br />
celebrated devotional hymn called Tiruppavai. The Tiruppavai is a lyrical poem <strong>of</strong> 30 stanzas, <strong>of</strong><br />
exquisite beauty and devotional ecstasy. It was composed by Andal – one <strong>of</strong> the 12 Alwars, in praise<br />
<strong>of</strong> Lord Krishna. The theme <strong>of</strong> this poem is spiritual awakening.<br />
Legend has it that Andal and her father belonged to Srivilliputhoor, a little town near Madurai in<br />
South India. Andal was the foster child <strong>of</strong> Vishnuchitta, also called Periyalwar or Pattarpiran, who<br />
found her as a child beneath a ‘tulsi’ plant in his garden. His own overwhelming devotion to Lord<br />
Vishnu led to Periyalwar’s encouragement <strong>of</strong> Andal in her participation in the worship <strong>of</strong> the Lord,<br />
also known as Vatapatrasaayin in the shrine <strong>of</strong> Srivilliputhoor. She composed the Tiruppavai<br />
consisting <strong>of</strong> 30 hymns, and the Naachiar Tirumozhi in 143 stanzas.<br />
Andal, also known as Kothai, was believed to be an Avatara <strong>of</strong> Sridevi, Mother Earth. It is said that<br />
one day, Andal decked herself in the garland that Periyalwar had kept for adorning the Lord. When<br />
Periyalwar came to know <strong>of</strong> this, he was filled with remorse and admonished Kothai for doing this.<br />
He made a fresh garland and <strong>of</strong>fered it to the Lord. But the Lord Vatapatrasaayin came in<br />
Periyalwar’s dream that night and asked for the garland worn by Kothai! In course <strong>of</strong> time, Andal’s<br />
Bhakthi knew no bounds and she took to Paavai Nonbu (austerities) in expression <strong>of</strong> her earnest<br />
desire to have none other than Lord Krishna as her husband. It is said that later, Lord Ranganatha<br />
<strong>of</strong> Srirangam appeared in a dream and asked Periyalwar to bring Andal to his abode. It was there<br />
that Andal – the saint poetess merged with the divine form <strong>of</strong> Lord Ranganatha.<br />
Traditionally, the 30 hymns <strong>of</strong> the Tiruppavai are broken up into sections. The first section (songs<br />
1-5) introduces us to the ancient Tamil custom <strong>of</strong> Paavai Nonbu, when maidens undertake vows<br />
during Margazhi for a happy married life and for the good <strong>of</strong> the community. This section, in a<br />
broader sense also provides an overview for Jeevanmukthi. In section two (songs 6-15), Andal goes<br />
from door to door arousing her friends. The time <strong>of</strong> the day is Brahma Muhurtham, 4 AM to 6 AM<br />
which is considered to be the most auspicious period <strong>of</strong> the day. In section three (songs 16-22), the<br />
girls come to Krishna’s palace. They enter seeking the guard’s permission and wake up Nandagopala,<br />
Yashoda, Balarama and finally Krishna and his spouse Nappinnai or Nila. In section four (songs 23-<br />
28), Andal talks to Krishna. In song 29, she discloses the true purpose <strong>of</strong> their visit to him, which is<br />
not the riches that Krishna willingly gives, but for the true affirmation <strong>of</strong> the eternal bond between<br />
them and him, between the Lord and his devotees. The poem concludes with a benediction for all<br />
who recite it faultlessly.