HARI Times

JAN-FEB 2016

HARI Times...

SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM

Vol. 16 No. 01

Jan - Feb 2016

H.A.R.I Temple:

717-774-7750

WE WISH YOU A VERY

Priests: Pu. Shastri ji Pu. Swamy ji

717-460-1522 717-395-6562

HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: Mr. Anil Shenoy 717-254-3025 Senior Vice President: Mrs. Kalpana Sheth

717-437-1014

Vice President/Secretary: Mr. Ayyappan Ganesan 804-551-1680 Treasurer: Mr. Ravi Venkatasubramanian Vice Presidents: Mr. Laxman Buddineni Mr. Sandeep K. Gupta Mr. Sashidhar Jasty Mr. Prakash Kolandra Mrs. Manjiri Pangarkar Mrs. Amita Shah Mr. Atreia Sindiri Mr. Sunil Singh Mr. Manoj Yadav

717-503-6203

717-315-8944 717-579-1375 717-265-6833 717-731-6119 717-730-6717 717-557-9086 717-395-7675 717-216-3199 717-571-7942

School Director: Dr. Dinesh Pai 973-668-7459 Youth Forum Director: Mr. Vijay Varadarajan 717-395-2588 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman: Mr. Ramesh Bathini Members: Mr. Pallav Bhonde Dr. Jeffrey Long Mr. Srinivas Gamini Mr. Ramesh Parmar Mr. Anish Patel Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal Mr. Kirit Shah Mr. Kishor Sheth Dr. Deepanker Tewari HARI TIMES EDITORS Mr. Hiten Amin Mr. Ashok Shukla Mr.Jagannath Yedatore

717-460-6556 717-586-6900 717-361-8167 717-421-8718 717-655-0191 717-756-7841 717-329-6202 717-728-9989 717-774-6746 717-566-7999 717-732-0513 717-737-1919 717-932-4161

We request you to make your first check of the New Year payable to HARI. Annual Membership: $51.00 (Sr. Citizens: $25.00) Lifetime Membership: $600.00 (Sr. Citizens: $300.00) Or pay conveniently online http://www.haritemple.org/membership.html We sincerely thank all lifetime members for their continued support to HARI and its Mission

NEW YEAR HAVAN Friday, January 01, 2016 10:00am – Havan 12:00pm – Aarti followed by Lunch Prasad Lunch Prasad Sponsored by the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees MAKAR SANKRANTI / PONGAL Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:30pm - Classical Singing by Local Artists 7:00pm - Aarti followed by Dinner sponsored by South Indian families. Please note: Shri Surya Narayan Aaradhana will be performed on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00pm VASANT PANCHAMI Sunday, February 14, 2016 11:15am – Goddess Saraswati Puja 12:00pm - Aarti followed by lunch Prasad Lunch Prasad sponsored by Bengali Families MAHA SHIVRATHRI Monday, March 7, 2016 Maha Shivaratri puja (actual Day) 7.30 pm—Rudrabishek Please register with the priests. $21 Donation suggested Saturday, March 12, 2016 Maha Shivrathri celebrations. 5.30 pm Classical Dance 7.00 pm Arti followed by dinner sponsored by York Families

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Requests for Priest Services (outside of HARI) and Hall Rentals: Mr. Anil Shenoy Phone: 717-254-3025 Email: [email protected]

HARI Times Editors:

 Executive Committee Members  Mr. Hiten Amin 732-0513  Mr. Ashok Shukla 737-1919  Mr. Jagannath Yedatore 932-4161

ANNOUNCEMENTS HARI TIMES: HARI Times is mailed to paid HARI members only except for the New Year and Diwali editions which are mailed to all HARI Community. You can view or download HARI Times at our website www.haritemple.org HARI Emails: Please update or provide your email or contact information at the upper right-hand corner of www.haritemple.org. You may also drop your contact information in the Hundi (donation box) at the temple or send an email to [email protected]. We will notify you of all HARI events as well as other major community events via email. HARI ON-LINE CALENDAR: Visit www.haritemple.org to access HARI 2016 Calendar for the scheduled events, actual dates of events, priests’ availability for services at home and for the temple hall rentals. We urge you to verify this calendar before scheduling priest services and/or hall rentals. CLOSING/CANCELLATION ALERTS: Unplanned temple closings are announced on HARI website and over local TV channels. When applicable, closings include HARI School and HARI sponsored event cancellations due to adverse weather conditions. The TV Channels are ABC27, CBS21, FOX43 and WGAL8 (look for HARI Temple under “York County Closings” and/or “Churches”).

REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS 

Shri Vishnu Sahasra Namam and Govinda Naamaalu Recital: Every Saturday at 6:00pm (except for other schedule events)

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Hanuman Chalisa Recital and Satsang: Every Saturday between 7:15pm and 8:15pm (except for other schedule events)

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Lord Shri Satyanarayana Puja: Every Purnamasi (full moon) from 7:15pm to 9:00pm. A token donation of $21 is recommended for each participating family.

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Jain Swadhayay/Puja: First Sunday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Organized by the Jain Samaj of South Central PA.

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

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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)

Note: “Regularly Scheduled Events” may change due to priority of other events

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MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEES Dear HARI Devotees, We wish you and your family a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. May Lord Rama and Ram Parivar shower their blessings on you and your family in the year 2016 and beyond. We also take this opportunity to thank you all for electing us to the positions of Chairman and President for the year 2016. On behalf of Board of Trustees (BOT), and Executive Committee (EC), we are very excited and honored to serve the HARI Temple and community. We are very blessed to have our priests, Pu. Shastriji and Pu. Swamiji helping and guiding devotees at the HARI Temple with our religious programs and events. Over the years, HARI temple membership has continued to grow, with the number of religious events and attendance during these events growing many fold. The BOT and EC will strive to provide necessary services and conveniences required to make your visit to the temple a satisfactory one. This requires us to keep the temple facilities up to date on maintenance, and expand capabilities in the prayer hall, dinner hall and parking. Please find the initiatives we would like to achieve in 2016 on pages 8 and 9 of this news letter. As the Indian community in South Central PA and more particularly in the Greater Harrisburg area continues to grow, we will look at improving our relations with the other communities at large and continue to participate in initiatives like the Interfaith Prayers and conferences to enhance our presence, and contribute in kind and intellect towards such community initiatives. We are hoping that as a growing Religious Institute and Hindu community, we can contribute towards humanitarian initiatives such as partnering with food banks and participating in food drives for the needy. We encourage all members to participate in such initiatives and make our society a better place. We will also be working on several long term initiatives such as Target $2M for the HARI Trust Fund, strengthening the Advisory committees, HARI beautification project, laying the foundation for next generation HARI needs, HARI School, Youth and Anandam group activities, up to date technology etc. Providing regular membership updates is important to us, so please let us know if you have any issues with receiving emails or the HARI Times print. We will attempt to update the HARI directory in 2016 to bring our membership information up to date. Your cooperation in providing your most current information would be greatly appreciated. The success and growth of the temple is and has been based on the generosity of our donors and members, in donations as well as in kind. We thank each and every one of you for your contributions and request that you continue to shower your generosity for the continued growth of the temple. Last but not least, your feedback and suggestions are greatly welcome. Please feel free to contact either of us at [email protected] or [email protected] with your continued suggestions. Jai Shri Krishna and Jai Shriman Narayana.

Ramesh Bathini Chairman

Anil Shenoy President

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DONATION RECOGNITION (from Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 10, 2015) We would like to acknowledge the following devotees for their donations: Aggarwal,Shiv (Dr) & Alka

Lala,Kishen & Nita

Amin,Hiten & Minoo

Leena Hospitality Inc. DBA,America's Best Value Inn

Amin,Janak & Alka

Long,Jeffery & Mahua Bhattacharya

Amin,Rohit & Susmita

Mahajan,Anand (Dr) & Suzanne

Anand,Ravi & Alka

Mathur,Ashish

Annurna Five LLC,DBA: Auntie Anne's Pretzel

Mishra,Gautam (Dr) & Mridula

Arya,Satya & Manisha

Mital,Mohan (Dr) & Nirmal(Dr)

Bal,Ganesh & Alka

Mitra,Nayan & Ranjita

Balhara,Yogindra (Dr) & Sonia

Modi,Rupen(Dr) & Meera

Barad,Hina

Mookerjee,Gautam & Dipa

Barot,Chirag & Nita

Mukherjee,Sandip & Sukanya

Bathini,Ramesh & Madhavi

Naik ,Dhiru & Bhanu

Bhargave,Ashutosh & Usha (Dr)

Nambiar,Atmaram (Dr) & Rachita

Bhat,Anand (Dr) & Shaila

Pai,Ananya

Bhattacharya,Syamal & Sulekha

Palani,Balaji Ganapathy

Bhonde,Pallav & Megha

Palla,Veladri

Brahmbhatt,Mahendra

Pangarkar,Rajeev & Manjiri

Chadha,Raj & Santosh

Parikh,Anuj

Chundru,Satya & Satish

Parikh,Devendra (Dr) & Shobhana

Dalal,Priti & Gaurang

Parikh,Harivadan & Nutan

Desai,Bhasker & Pravina

Parikh,Kiran & Sandhya

Desai,Dhimant (Dr) & Jagruti (Dr)

Parikh,Mukul (Dr) & Neelima (Dr)

Desai,Sunil & Anita

Parikh,Yogesh (Dr) & Renuka

Desikachar,N & Gowri G

Parmar,Ramesh & Alka

Elumalai,Nagarajan

Patel,Bhupendra & Dipika

Gajjar,Tapasdip & Ahutiben Desai

Patel,Dimpleben & Piyushkumar

Gandhi,Piyush & Pragnya

Patel,Dipakkumar & Bhavanaben

Grand

Patel,Dusyant & Jagruti

Gupta,Anshul & Mamta

Patel,Harish & Jyotsna

Guru Kirpa Realty LLC

Patel,Harshadkumar (Dr) & Sudha

Janardhana,Kasaragod & Usha

Patel,Jayanti & Jyoti

Kaushik-Basu,Neerja & Amartya

Patel,Kanti & Ruxmani

Kavathekar,Sangeeta and Vinit

Patel,Kiran & Anandi

Kehwar,T.S. & Neetu Choudhary

Patel,Mafat & Sudha

Kiran & Anadi Patel Family Fund

Patel,Mahendra & Bhanu

KP,Technology

Patel,Mahesh & Ranjanbala

Kulkarni,Manjiree

Patel,Naresh & Kamini

Kulkarni,Mukund (Dr) & Prabha

Patel,Shantilal & Madhu

Kumar,Padmani & Natasha

Patel,Shashikant (Dr) & Vimala 4

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DONATION RECOGNITION (from Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 10, 2015) We would like to acknowledge the following devotees for their donations: Pathak,Babul & Usha

Shenai,Pundalik (Dr) & Sheila

Patwardhan,Vijay & Shobhna

Shenoy,Anil & Pramita

Piersoft Information Systems LLC

Sheth,Ketan (Dr) & Kalpana

Popat,Vrajlal (Dr) & Anjana (Dr)

Shukla,Ashok & Maya

Ramanathan,Saravanan& Sreelekha K Nagarajanam

Sindiri,Atreia & Sangeeta Singh,Sanjeev

Ramaswamy,Krishnan & Chellammal

Srinivasulu,Hema Latha

Repaka,Krishnaprasad & Swarna

Srivastava,Naren & Poonam

Sahu,Asha

Srivastava,Pramod & Anju

Saini Express Inc,dba Sei Transportation

Subramanian,Srinivasan & Meena

Saini,Navdeep

Sundara,Rajesh & Gayatri Gopala

Sanghvi,Badal & Kavita

Surapaneni,Rajesh & Sowmya

Sanyal,Arun & Aneeta

Swaminathan,Deepa

Sapra,Aman

Taj Palace,Indian Cuisine

Sathe,Rajendra & Ashwini

Tewari,Deepanker & Aruna

Seetharamaswamy STP

Thattey,Shrikant & Lalita

Sekhar,Sundhar & Liane

Trivedi,Harit & Dipti

Seshan,Prabhakaran & Nirmala

Trivedi,Virendra & Roshni

Shah,Amish & Kavita

Truetandem, LLC, (Bhonde, Pallav)

Shah,Champak & Virbala

Upadhyaya,Sudhir & Sita Upadhaya

Shah,Hasu & Hersha

Vasisth,Anish

Shah,Jagdish (Dr) & Parul

Venkasubramanian,Ravi

Shah,Kirit & Nayana

Venkatadri,Jayanth & Suryakala(Chimili)

shah,Sanjay & Anita

Vyas,Krishnakant & Jyoti

Shah,Sharad & Pushpa

Yadav,Manoj

Sharma,Mani R. & Anupama

Zumkhawala, MD,Ashvin R & Dolar R

Sharma,Ranjana

Cook,Richard & Ami Zumkhawala

Please contact [email protected] for any corrections in the donation details.

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Shri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated on Sept 5, 2015 with great pomp and splendor. The Shri Krishna puja at midnight and the celebrations with Dahi Handi the next day was very exciting. Shri Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated on Sept 19, 2015 with a beautiful program ‘Natyanjali’ organized by the Dance Gurus in our community and performed by the community members. Dinner was sponsored by the Siddhi Vinayak Mandali. Diwali and Annakut were celebrated on Nov 14, 2015 with a beautiful display of sweets, namkeen and fruits. Thanks to all the devotees for bringing the Annakut Sweets, fruits, and other items. Photos of the event can be seen at https://goo.gl/ photos/WMWoEtFH3r5A3SD96 7

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IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES AT HARI FOR 2016 As a commitment to improving devotee experience when you visit HARI, we will strive to continuously identify opportunities and areas in the temple where safety, convenience, resources and sanitation can be improved and added. The Board of Trustees (BOT) and Executive Committee (EC) supports implementation of the opportunities in the table below for the 2016 Calendar year. HARI is a non-profit organization (503 (c)), and as is the case with any such organization, we seek to continuously solicit financial support for improvement projects like the ones below. If you see an initiative that is appealing to you or that you would like to contribute towards, please contact the President or any of the Executive Committee members to initiate a donation towards any specific project. We would be very grateful for your consideration, generosity and kindness for this cause. The Executive Committee will provide regular updates on the progress of these improvement projects. This by no means is an exhaustive list. If you have any other suggestions for improvement in the temple please contact the President via email at [email protected] or by phone (contact information on the 1st page). We will appreciate your financial contributions towards these projects with appropriate recognition if you like.

Area

Project

Dinner Hall

Additional 10 tables During the main temple events we can accommo- $1,500 and 50 chairs date more devotees for dinner in one sitting. Space has been identified, but additional tables and chairs are not available

Jan-Feb 2016

Table/ Chair dollies (4)

Set up and tear down of tables and chairs after $1,400 every dinner event involves moving all the tables and chairs about 40 ft. Dollies will significantly reduce this effort

Jan-Feb 2016

New cooking range

The current cooking range is inefficient and leaks $7,000 gas consistently. Clean up and sanitation are a big challenge. Current cooking conditions sometimes are undesirable

Mar-May 2016

Modifications to Priest Quarters entrance

The living room in the priest quarters can be used $10,000 Jun-Sep 2016 for additional seating for dinner (15-20), but current access is limited due to width of the entrance. Proposal is to widen the entrance by 3’ and replace current door with a sliding door to maintain integrity of the quarters when not used for events

M/W Toilet cations

The sanitary conditions in the Men’s/ Women’s toilet $15,000 Jun–Sep 2016 needs to be improved. Auto flushing for the urinals, proper handicapped toilet seats, storage for bathroom accessories, sink/ vanity have to be improved

Storage shed

Background/ rationale

modifi-

Approx. Timeline cost

Unsafe to use Storage area in the utility room due $10,000 May-Jul 2016 to lack of walkway room. 8

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IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES AT HARI FOR 2016—Continued Upper/ Prayer Hall

Front approach to building

250 Floor chairs

Most of the current floor chairs are old, broken and $10,000 uncomfortable. These chairs cannot be stacked properly either

Mar–Apr 2016

150 Banquet Hall chairs (light and sturdy)

The chairs we have are heavy and difficult to handle. $10,000 Most of them have their backrests broken or loose.

Mar–Apr 2016

Havan exhaust upgrade

The current exhaust is undersized creating a smoke $10,000 hazard during events

May 2016

15 folding tables

Some of our senior members cannot sit on the floor $500 for poojas at the temple. Folding tables will enable them to participate in poojas while sitting on chairs.

Jan 2016

4 Vacuum Cleaners

Our 2 vacuum cleaners have outlived its purpose. $2,000 We need 4 to do a better and faster clean up after major temple events

Jan 2016

Sound System

The current sound system is antiquated, takes up a $10,000 lot of space and is very difficult to use. A compact, user friendly and efficient system has been in need for a while

Mar-May 2016

Redo Guard Railing and lighting

The guard railings and foundation are falling apart. $40,000 This is a safety issue and needs to be addressed with proper pathway lighting

Jun-Aug 2016

Permanent decora- The building should look festive for all the temple $5,000 tive lights for front of events. This lighting would provide such a look building (operated from inside the building)

May–Jun 2016

Replace front doors

Apr-Jun 2016

Some of the door components are non

functional

$10,000

OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY ....To Mr. Mani Ram Sharma (Taj Mahal restaurant at Lancaster), son Mr. Manish Raj Sharma & daughter Archana Sharma on the passing of Mrs Anupama Sharma from Lancaster PA, on November 5th 2015. ..To Mrs. Apsara Madapoosi & Dr. Sudhakumar Madapoosi of York PA on passing of their dear mother/ mother-in-law Mrs. Lakshmi Iyengar at the age of 87 on Monday 23rd November 2015.

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2016 HARI PROGRAM CALENDAR Event and Dinner sponsors are welcome any time of the year. EVENT

CELEBRATION DATE

EVENT SPONSOR

New Year Havan at 10:00am

Fri, Jan 01,2016

Makarsankranti / Pongal/ Shri Surya Narayan Aaradhana at 7:00pm

Thu , Jan 14, 2016

Executive Committee & Board of Trustees N/A

Makarsankranti / Pongal at 12:30pm

Sat, Jan 16, 2016

South Indian Devotees

Vasant Panchami Goddess Saraswati Puja at 11:15am

Sun, Feb 14, 2016

Bengali Devotees

Maha-Shivaratri Puja & Rudrabhishek

Mon, Mar 7, 2016

N/A

Maha-Shivaratri Celebration

Sat Mar 12, 2016

HARI Devotees, York, PA

Holi Puja from 6.00 PM

Wed, Mar 23, 2016

N/A

Holi Celebration from 10:30am

Sun, Mar 27, 2016

OPEN

Telugu, Marathi, Kannada New Year Panchangam Shravanam at 7:00pm

Fri, Apr 8, 2016

N/A

Gudi Padva Celebration

Sat, Apr 9, 2016

Maharashtrian Devotees

Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali New Year

Wed, Apr 13, 2016 Fri-Sat, Apr 15-16, 2016

24 hour Rama Charit Manas Recital

N/A OPEN

Shri Hanuman Jayanti, 108 repetitions of Shri Hanuman Chalisa,12pm to 7pm

Fri, Apr 22, 2016

OPEN

Shri Mahavir Jayanti Celebration

Sun, Apr 24, 2016

Jain Samaj of Central PA

HARI School Graduation from 10:30am

Sun, Jun 5, 2016

HARI School Parents

HARI India Fair from 2pm to 8pm

Sat, Jul 9, 2016

HARI Devotees

Upakarma / Yagnopavit / Raksha Bandhan (schedule Yagnopavit / Janoi / Sacred -thread changing time with the priests) Shri Krishna Janamotsav; Bhajans and Krishna Janma Celebration 10pm-midnight

Wed, Aug 17, 2016

N/A

Thu, Aug 25, 2016

N/A

Shri Krishna Janamashtami Celebration

Sat, Aug 27, 2016

OPEN

Paryushan Parva

Mon Aug 29– Mon, Sep 5, 2016

N/A

Shri Ganesh Puja; Ganesh Puja at 7pm

Mon, Sep 5, 2016

N/A

Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration

Sat, Sep 10, 2016

OPEN

Kolu Puja

Fri, Oct 7, 2016

N/A

Navaratri Mahotsav: Garba – every day from 8pm to 10pm

Sat - Mon, Oct 1 - 10, 2016

N/A

Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami), Durga Puja, from 10:30am

Sat, Oct 15, 2016

Bengali Devotees

Karwa Chauth

Wed, Oct 19, 2016

N/A

Diwali Puja at 7.15 pm

Sun, Oct 30, 2016

N/A

Vikram Samvat 2073 Panchangam Shravanam at 7pm

Mon, Oct 31, 2016

N/A

Diwali Celebration/ Annakut and General Body Meeting

Sat, Nov 5, 2016

OPEN

Vaikunta (Mukkoti) Ekadashi

Fri, Dec 9, 2016

N/A

Gita Jayanti at 6 am

Fri Dec 9, 2016

N/A

**Dinner Sponsors are welcome for events that show ’OPEN’. Please contact HARI President at [email protected] ** Any change in the event schedule will be notified via HARI Times and/ or e-mail communications.

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HARI SCHOOL Dear Students and Parents, Namaste! Wish you all a Very Happy and a Prosperous 2016! HARI School is never short on excitement. The new religion curriculum that we plan to introduce beginning January 2016 is a tremendous milestone and will further add to the excitement. We thank you for your feedback and suggestions. The new curriculum also brings with it more accountability on the part of teachers and parents in ensuring that our students not only learn beautiful things about our culture and religion but also retain those learnings for a long time. Our Bengali language classes have recently adopted a regional curriculum which looks very exciting. With this we now have achieved our goal of having a curriculum for almost all of our classes. Congratulations to Bengali teachers, students and their parents on this achievement! We are proud to inform that HARI School now has a library. The objective of the library is to inculcate the love for reading about our culture and traditions in our students. And as the saying goes “Readers become leaders”, we want to provide our students with an opportunity to become future leaders of our dharma. As we fill our fledgling library with books and cultural magazines, we would be happy to receive your support, as we always have in the past, to make this library grow. To encourage our students to become voracious readers, we also plan to recognize at least three students who would read the most number of books in a given academic year. Details would follow shortly. If you yet haven’t registered your child for the field trip to the beautiful Swaminarayan Mandir, Robbinsville, NJ, we urge you to do so soon. Attendees of the past field trip, especially the students, have enjoyed this event very much. Last year we penitently had to turn down a few last minute requests to attend the trip due to lack of seats. Very soon HARI School would be in touch with you for your help in contacting your child’s school teacher to explore the possibility of having the teacher attend our Teacher’s Appreciation program, which coincides with Mother’s Day Havan. It’s not too early, however, for you to start a dialogue with your child’s teacher to explore how they feel about attending the program at HARI, which will help us extend a formal invitation. Some of the activities and events our students recently celebrated and enjoyed have been possible due to your active participation and volunteering. Please feel free to give your ideas and suggestions to us so we can enhance students experience while they attend HARI School. While your kids are taking classes, please seek out volunteer seva opportunities at the temple. By doing seva, we will be setting an example for our kids to emulate. Once again, have a great 2016! Sincerely, Dinesh R. Pai

Vijay Varadarajan

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Harrisburg, PA

www.haritemple.org

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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

Shri Venkateswara Swamy (Balaji) Abhishekam: (First Saturday of every month) Saturday, January 02, 2016 at 09:30 am Saturday, February 06, 2016 at 09:30 am Lord Satyanarayana Bhagwan Puja: (Full Moon Day) Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7:15 pm Monday, February 22, 2016 at 7:15 pm Jain Swadhayay / Puja (First Sunday of every month) Sunday, January 03, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Wish you a very Happy and a Prosperous 2016! May Lord Rama bless us all

Sunday, February 07, 2016 at 2:00 pm Monthly Havan (Second Sunday of every month) Friday, January 1st, 2016 at 6.00 pm (Exception) Sunday, February 14th, 2016 at 6.00 pm 12