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HARI Times JUN—AUG 2016

H.A.R.I Temple: 717-774-7750

Priests: Pu. Shastri ji 717-460-1522 Pu. Swamy ji 717-395-6562

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 717-503-6203 Venkatasubramanian

Vice Presidents: Mr. Laxman Buddineni 717-315-8944 Mr. Sandeep K. Gupta 717-579-1375 Mr. Sashidhar Jasty 717-265-6833 Mr. Prakash Kolandra 717-802-1753 Mrs. Manjiri Pangarkar 717-730-6717 Mrs. Amita Shah 717-557-9086 Mr. Atreia Sindiri 717-395-7675 Mr. Sunil Singh 717-216-3199 Mr. Manoj Yadav 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 717-460-6556

Members: Mr. Pallav Bhonde 717-586-6900 Dr. Jeffrey Long 717-361-8167 Mr. Srinivas Gamini 717-421-8718 Mr. Ramesh Parmar 717-655-0191 Mr. Anish Patel 717-756-7841 Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal 717-329-6202 Mr. Kirit Shah 717-728-9989 Mr. Kishor Sheth 717-774-6746 Dr. Deepanker Tewari 717-566-7999

HARI TIMES EDITORS Mr. Hiten Amin 717-732-0513 Mr. Ashok Shukla 717-737-1919 Mr.Jagannath Yedatore 717-932-4161

SITA-RAMA * RADHE-SHYAM Vol. 16 No. 03 Jun—Aug 2016

HARI Times...

HARI SCHOOL GRADUATION Sun, June 5, 2016 10:00 am Hari School Children will graduate this day for 2015-2016 School Year

Shrimad Bhagavada Gita Study by Shri Bhupen-

drabhai Pandya Mon, June 6— to Fri, Jun 10, 2016 5.30 pm to 9: pm.

Discourse on Chapter 8—Akshara Brahma Yog

HARI Anniversary, Fair and MAHA YAGNA Sat, July 16, 2016 starting at 9:00 am

HARI’s 40th Anniversary celebrations will conclude with a grand Maha Yagna followed by the Annual HARI Fair where you can eat a lot of yummy food 11:00 am—Pravachan by Pu. Chidanand Saraswati

12:00 pm—Aarti 12:30 pm— Maha Yagna and Dhwajarohan 3:00 pm— HARI Fair starts

VARA MAHALAKSHMI VRATAM Fri, Aug 12, 2016 7:00 pm: Temple Aarti 7:15 pm: Vara Mahalakshmi Vratam ($21 donation sug-gested

HARI RAKHI RUN Sun, Aug 14, 2016— 8:00 am at City Island, Harris-burg. This event has been very popular for the past few years. Come walk/ run for your health and fitness and enjoy the company of others in the HARI community

RAKSHA BANDHAN/ UPAKARMA/

YAGNOPAVEETAM Wed, Aug 18, 2016— 6:00 am. Temple will open early this day to enable all devotees to partake in Upakarma and Yagnopaveetam rituals.

SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI Thu, Aug 25, 2016—Actual Day celebration 10:00 pm to Midnight: Shri Krishna Puja Sat, Aug 27 5:30 pm: Puja and Cultural program 7:00pm: Aarti followed by Dinner sponsored by Mrs Hersha and Mr Hasu Shah

PARAYUSHAN PARVA Sun, Aug 28 to Sun, Sep 4, 2016

from 7:15 pm to 9.30 pm

301 Steigerwalt Hollow Road * New Cumberland * PA 17070

(717) 774-7750 * [email protected] * www.haritemple.org

tel:804-551-1680

http://www.haritemple.org

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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 sched-uled 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION



mailto:[email protected]



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Dear HARI Devotees,

The programs at HARI never cease to amaze us. March, April and May went by very quickly with all the events like

Ramnavami, Holi, Gudi Padva and other festivals being well attended by all of you.

The various committees at HARI are taking us through a lot of transformation in terms of community outreach, facili-

ties upgrades, parking lot expansion, etc. All these efforts are towards consolidating our presence and vision for

years and years to come in our area. We have established good relations with Fairview Township officials,and towards

this,established a $ 500 scholarship for a deserving Senior from the Red Land Schools, and have been attending the

Interfaith Services programs in the greater Harrisburg area.

HARI’s 40th Anniversary celebrations started off with a big bang with Ramnavami celebrations and a 24 hour non-stop

recitation of Ramcharitmanas. This was followed by the Mega event SANSKRITI, a one of a kind event that brought

together HARI’s 40 years of history along with the rich culture of the Hindu religion through dance and song. It was

heart warming to see the outpouring of support from our community for this event, not only by way of participating in

the cultural program, but also by way of sponsorships and donations. The cultural program under the able guidance and

leadership of Dr Renu and Dr Nirmal Joshi was a huge success with 24 performances and 200 participants. There were

approximately 1200 people in attendance! Many of our devotees from far and near supported us financially as we ex-

plained our capital project objectives for the year and the need to fund these projects. Sponsorships from $250 to

$10000 and donations from $51 to $1000 were received and the final tally on the day of SANSKRITI turned out to be

$205,250! We can’t thank our devotees enough for this show of support through ‘taan, maan and dhan’ and are very

humbled and thank our devotees for their spontaneous contributions to our community when called for.

As we do not now just be satisfied with the success of efforts in the past, we have already embarked on the project

to expand parking facilities at the temple, we are well on our way with plans for the temple parking lot expansion. This

is the first step on the roadmap to expanding our temple premises. Other building improvements like replacing the

guard rails along the approach to the front entrance of the temple building, mens/ womens toilet upgrades, exterior

lighting, etc are in the plans with the assurance that your precious donations and sponsorship will very carefully be put

to use for necessary projects that will help all devotees with their visit to the temple in the future. As you visit the

temple over a period of the next few months you will see construction and modifications either initiated or in pro-

gress towards these goals.

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEES

UPDATED 2016 HARI DIRECTORY

We will keep our promise to deliver to you an updated HARI directory this year, but it will be delayed to the end

of the year so that we can properly document member information in the directory. We have started working on

the directory diligently to update information for all HARI members and provide you with a ready reference on

many aspects of the social and religious resources available in the Greater Harrisburg area community. As this is

a significant undertaking, we would appreciate if all of you could help in the effort by providing us with up to date

information on your membership when we ask for it. If you would like to sponsor an advertisement, whether it is a

HARI Times Editors

HARI Temple is looking for Editors for HARI Times. This is for a three year term period. Consideration will be

given to members not already serving HARI committees. Please send your nomination to [email protected]

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DONATION RECOGNITION (from Jan 01, 2016 to May 31, 2016)

We would like to acknowledge the following devotees for their donations:

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

LastName FirstName Donation Type

Aggarwal Shiv (Dr) & Alka Donation

Amin Rasmita HARI Trust Fund

Balhara Yogindra (Dr) & Sonia Capital Project Donation

Bandyopadhyay Kausik & Sombrata HARI Trust Fund

Baweja Raman & Ritika Donation

Bhat Anand (Dr) & Shaila Donation

Bhavsar Pathikkumar Donation

Bhonde Pallav & Megha HARI Trust Fund

Brahmbhatt Mahendra K & Punam M. Donation

Buddineni Laxman & Deepika HARI Trust Fund

Chandel Yogendra & Kanak Donation

Chaudhary Sandeep & Kavita Donation

Dasgupta Swapna Donation

Dhuri Vivek Donation

Doshi Bipin & Pushpa HARI Trust Fund

Doshi Janak & Mona HARI Trust Fund

Gupta Anshul & Mamta Donation

Gupta Arun & Sharad Donation

Gupta Deep & Rani HARI Trust Fund

Gupta Sundeep HARI Trust Fund

Gupta Vivek & Nisha Donation

Jade Manjiree K. & Hardik V. Donation

Joshi Nirmal (Dr) & Renu (Dr) Donation

Kulkarni Dilip & SriLakshmi HARI Trust Fund

Kulkarni Gauri & Vikram Jeyasekaran Donation

Kulkarni Mukund (Dr) & Prabha Donation

Long Jeffery (Dr) & Mahua Bhattacharya Donation

Luthra Raman & Charu Donation

Mahajan Anand (Dr) & Suzanne Donation

Makwana Dharmesh & Saritha HARI Trust Fund

Master Manufacturing Ind Inc Donation


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DONATION RECOGNITION (from Jan 01, 2016 to May 31, 2016)

We would like to acknowledge the following devotees for their donations:

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


Mishra Gautam (Dr) & Mridula HARI Trust Fund

Mital Mohan (Dr) & Nirmal(Dr) Donation

Modi Rupen (Dr) & Meera HARI Trust Fund

Palla Veladri Donation

Pandey Piyush & Shoba Donation

Pandya Unmesh & Shobhana HARI Trust Fund

Pangarkar Rajeev & Manjiri HARI Trust Fund

Parikh Mukul (Dr) & Neelima (Dr) Donation

Parikh Sandhya HARI Trust Fund

Parmar Ramesh & Alka Donation

Patel Anish Capital Project Donation

Patel Ronak Donation

Pathak Kaushal & Prafulchandra Donation

Popat Vrajlal (Dr) & Anjana (Dr) Donation

Prabakaran Nirmala & Seshan Donation

Ramanathan Saravanan& Sreelekha K Nagarajanam HARI Trust Fund

Rayavarapu Adinarayana Rao & Lakshmi HARI Trust Fund

Repaka Krishnaprasad & Swarna HARI Trust Fund

Sanyal Arun & Aneeta Donation

Sathe Rajendra & Ashwini Donation

Shah Champak & Virbala HARI Trust Fund

Shah Devesh & Anisha HARI Trust Fund

Shah Satish (Dr) & Rupal HARI Trust Fund

Shah Sharad & Pushpa HARI Trust Fund

Shenai Pundalik (Dr) & Sheila Donation

Sheth Kishor & Aarti HARI Trust Fund

Shukla Ashok & Maya HARI Trust Fund

Sindiri Atreia & Sangeeta HARI Trust Fund

Singh Manpal & Archana HARI Trust Fund

Subramanian Srinivasan & Meena Donation

Subramanian Srinivasan & Meena HARI Trust Fund


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Update on HARI Scholarships:

The HARI scholarships are given to the graduating high school seniors for purpose of advancing their education. This year,

as a part of public outreach and giving back, a new scholarship was also awarded to a Fairview township student attending the

Redland School, who has shown personal growth and is committed to volunteer work within the community. It was great to

see increased interest in the HARI scholarships. Seeing the community growth, and interest in the scholarships, it’s cru-

cial that we all keep supporting the trust fund with donations and support to the HARI.

The scholarship applicants and award winners for 2016 are Harsh Shah, Sagar Kumar, Venkatiraghavan Srimat, Anusha

Sanivarapu, Aditi Kulkarni, Pravallika Sanke, Shivansh Sachdeva and Julia Zarichenko (Redland School).

We all wish the young graduates a bright future ahead and may Lord Rama guide everyone starting a new journey on

the right path!

Here is what some of the award winners had to say about how the temple has influenced them.

Anusha Sanivarapu: “HARI has taught me the value of not just a religion, but also a deeper understanding of life. Aspects I have

learned in HARI I use in my everyday life such as respect, service, passion, and teamwork through diversity. “

Venkatiraghavan Srimat: “Having been with the Hari temple for most of my years in America, i have learned a few things. Even in

the darkest times when you have no one to turn to, God is there for you. I have also learned that Hari temple is a place that brings

people together despite our differences. “

Sagar Kumar: “Through HARI Temple, I have learned that Religion is a concept that brings entirely different people together and

helps them bond because of the similarities in their faith and beliefs."

Shivansh Sachdeva:“The Hari Temple has set a mark on me throughout my childhood in that it has taught me about cultural values

and a system of faith that I will always be able to turn to, whether I am going through high or lows. The culmination of all these ex-

periences from Hari will follow me throughout life, guiding me to be a man of respect, morals, peace, family values, and a sense of

culture.”

Harsh Shah: “I'm sincerely grateful for the scholarship and I hope to achieve many great things at Duquesne University in Pitts-

burgh. Over the many years I attended HARI school … I have appreciated how much Gujarati I learned at HARI Sunday school and

how it has enhanced my communication with my grandparents. I will forever be thankful to be able to communicate with my family

in India. …”

Deepanker Tewari

Public Relations Committee Chair


Sundara Rajesh & Gayatri Gopala HARI Trust Fund

Thakrar Anil & Neema HARI Trust Fund

Thattey Shrikant & Lalita Donation

The Solution Company LLC Donation

Upadhaya Sudhir & Sita Donation

Vasant Rashmikant & Kundanaben HARI Trust Fund

Verma Navin (Dr) & Mamta (Dr) Donation

Wadhwaha Pushaben Donation

Sanskriti donor list will be published separately after all sponsorships and donations are accounted for. In the

meantime, Please contact [email protected] for any corrections to the above list.


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HARI has been very fortunate over the past few years in having the monthly Havans at the temple

under the guidance of Pu. Shastriji and Pu. Swamiji. In continuation of this tradition, the Havan

schedule for 2016 is listed in the table below. Thank you to all the devotees that have generously

agreed to sponsor these Havans. As you can see, there are only two open sponsorships remaining—

for the months of June and July. If you or someone you know would like to sponsor either of these

two months please contact Anil Shenoy at [email protected] or 717.254.3025. Continuing

the tradition of having the monthly Havans at HARI provides another avenue for the community to

come together, besides getting blessings from the Lord. Sponsoring the Prasad after the Havan is

a great sign of kindness on behalf of the sponsors, but please do not feel obligated to have an

elaborate spread of food for the dinner Prasad. A simple dinner Prasad can suffice for the occa-

THE MEASURE OF A LIFE, AFTER ALL,

IS NOT ITS DURATION,BUT ITS DONATION

BECOME A HARI MEMBER TODAY

http://www.haritemple.org/membership.html If you wish to sponsor an issue of HARI Times completely or in part, please contact any HARI Committee members.

If you wish to “go green” and read HARI times online only, please email to [email protected].

MONTHLY HAVANS

Month Sponsor

Jan1, 2016 BOT and EC

Feb 14, 2016 Seema and Alok Gupta

Mar 13, 2016 Manjiri and Rajeev Pangarkar

Apr 10, 2016 Kavita and Sandeep Chaudhary

May 8, 2016 Mothers Day Havan (Sunday School)

Jun 12, 2016 Deepa and Subodh Paatil

Jul 10, 2016

Starts at 5:00 PM

Meera and Rupen Modi

Aug 14, 2016 Dr Maingi (we will start the Havan at 5 pm on this day)

Sep 11, 2016 Manisha and Satya Arya

Oct 9, 2016 Aruna and Sudarshan Lal

Nov 13, 2016 Nibha and Sundeep Nath

Dec 11, 2016 Pramita and Anil Shenoy/ Alka and Ramesh Parmar

http://www.haritemple.org/membership.html

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Area Project Timeline STATUS

Dinner Hall Additional 10 tables

and 50 chairs

Accommodate more devotees for dinner in

one sitting.

Jan-Feb 2016 COMPLETE

Table/ Chair dollies Set up and tear down of tables and chairs

in dining hall

Jan-Feb 2016 COMPLETE

New cooking range The current cooking range is inefficient and

leaks gas consistently.

Mar-May 2016 COMPLETE

Modifications to

Priest Quarters

Additional seating for dinner Jun-Sep 2016 COMPLETE

M/W Toilet

modifications

Improve sanitary conditions in the Men’s/

Women’s toilet

Jun–Sep 2016 IN PROGRESS

Storage shed Improve storage capabilities at the temple May-Jul 2016 NOT STARTED

IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES AT HARI FOR 2016 — Update Thanks to the generosity of our devotees, the projects we have undertaken to improve HARI’s facilities and services

is off to a great start with the support we have received so far. Many of the upgrades have been completed and oth-

ers are on track to be completed as planned. We are still looking for sponsors for some of the projects and request

all the devotees to consider sponsoring all of part of any of these projects. This is an opportunity to help improve our

temple facilities and make it a better place to visit. Please contact the president at [email protected] or

Chairman at [email protected] or any of the Executive Committee members/ Board of Trustees listed on the

front page if you are interested in sponsoring any of this work.

Upper/ Prayer

Hall

250 Floor chairs Replace existing old chairs Mar–Apr 2016 IN PROGRESS

150 Banquet Hall

chairs(light & sturdy)

Replace existing heavy difficult to handle

chairs

Mar–Apr 2016

IN PROGRESS

Havan exhaust up-

grade

Design/ install proper sized exhaust to pre-

vent smoke hazard

May 2016 IN PROGRESS

15 folding tables Enable senior members to participate in

pujas, sitting on chairs.

Jan 2016 COMPLETE

4 Vacuum Cleaners Enable better and faster clean up after ma-

jor temple events

Jan 2016 COMPLETE

Sound System Improve sound quality and management Mar-May 2016 COMPLETE

Front ap-

proach to

building

Redo Guard Railing

and lighting

Replace unstable guard railings/ build safe

walkway

Jun-Aug 2016 IN PROGRESS

Permanent decora-

tive lights for building

Provide festive look to building for temple

events

May–Jun 2016 NOT STARTED

Replace front doors Safer and better accessible door Apr-Jun 2016 IN PROGRESS

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HARI Long Term Committees for the Year- 2016 COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CHAIR PHONE

Finance Mr. Pallav Bhonde (586-6900)

Legal Mr. Kishor Sheth (774-6746)

Nominations Mr. Ramesh Parmar (651-0191)

Public Relations Dr. Deep Tewari (566-7999)

Religious Mr. Kumar Piraviperumal (329-6202)

School Dr. Jeff Long (361-8167)

Security and Technology Mr. Srinivas Gamini (421-8718)

Senior Forum and HARI Expansion Mr. Kirit Shah (728-9989)

Youth Forum and HARI Maintenance Mr. Anish Patel (756-7841)

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MAHA SHIVRATRI was celebrated on Sat, March 12, 2016 with a Classical Dance program by Rasmita Amin’s group. Dinner was

sponsored by the York Families. We had a fantastic attendance for this event.

HOLI PUJA and HOLI CELEBRATION took place on Wed, March 23, 2016 and Sun, March 27, 2016. A Variety of cultural Pro-

grams were presented by HARI School students. Lunch was sponsored by the North Indian families. Holi was played with colors in

pomp and splendor.

GUDI PADVA was celebrated on Sat, April 09, 2016 with a Musical/ Dance program by Mrs. Ashwini Sathe

& Group Dinner was sponsored by Maharashtrian Families. Over 300 devotees attended

SHRI RAM NAVAMI was celebrated on April 15/16, 2016 with a 24-HOUR

RAM CHARIT MANAS RECITAL. Dinner was sponsored by Rasraj , This was

the first milestone in the 40th Anniversary celebrations for HARI.

SHRI HANUMAN JAYANTI was celebrated on Fri, April 22, 2016. 108 repeti-

tions of Shri Hanuman Chalisa marked the birth of Bajrangbali Hanuman. Din-

ner was sponsored by many devotees of Lord Hanuman.

SHRI MAHAVIR JAYANTI was celebrated on Sun, April 24, 2016. Snatra pujan was performed and Cultural program was

presented by the Jain Samaj. Dinner was also sponsored by Jain Samaj of CPA.

SHRI ANNAMACHARYA ARADHANA—A musical homage to the great Saint Shri Tal-

lapak Annamacharya fwas celebrated on May 21,2016. Dinner was sponsored by South

Indian families

MATA KI CHOWKI was celebrated on Sat, May 28, 2016 with a Devotional program by

Anil Dua and group. Dinner was sponsored by many North Indian Families

HARI Temple would like to thank all the sponsors and participants for the

events that took place from March to May 2016

MARCH—MAY EVENTS

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SANSKRITI—THE MEGA EVENT IN PICTURES

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SANSKRITI—THE MEGA EVENT IN PICTURES

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2016 HARI PROGRAM CALENDAR

Event and Dinner sponsors are welcome any time of the year.

**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.

EVENT CELEBRATION DATE EVENT SPONSOR

New Year Havan at 10:00am Fri, Jan 01,2016 Executive Committee & Board of

Trustees

Makarsankranti / Pongal/ Shri Surya Narayan Aaradhana

at 7:00pm

Thu , Jan 14, 2016 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 North Indian Families

Telugu, Marathi, Kannada New Year Panchangam

Shravanam at 7:15pm

Fri, Apr 8, 2016 N/A

Gudi Padva Celebration Sat, Apr 9, 2016 Maharashtrian Devotees

Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali New Year Wed, Apr 13, 2016 N/A

24 hour Rama Charit Manas Recital Fri-Sat, Apr 15-16, 2016 Rasraj Caterers

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 16, 2016 HARI Devotees

Upakarma / Yagnopavit / Raksha Bandhan (schedule Ya-

gnopavit / Janoi / Sacred -thread changing time with the

priests)

Wed, Aug 17, 2016 N/A

Shri Krishna Janamotsav; Bhajans and Krishna Janma

Celebration 10pm-midnight

Thu, Aug 25, 2016 N/A

Shri Krishna Janamashtami Celebration Sat, Aug 27, 2016 Mers Hersha & Mr. Hasu Shah

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 Manjiri and Rajeev Pangarkar

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

Vaikuntha (Mukkoti) Ekadashi Fri, Dec 9, 2016 N/A

Gita Jayanti at 6 am Fri Dec 9, 2016 N/A

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HARI SCHOOL

Dear Students and Parents, Namaste!

A year has whizzed by! Unbelievably quickly. This truly has been another eventful year for HARI School.

We started the year on an auspicious note with a guided Sri Ganesha puja, which was performed by students themselves; we sought

the blessings of Sri Ganesha for a fruitful year ahead. We celebrated Dussehra with Ravan Dahan and during Deepavali we had our

students do hands on activities like making lanterns, etc. At the onset of New Year, we implemented new curriculum for religion as

well as Hindi classes. On Vasant Panchami our students performed Saraswati Puja and took the blessings of Devi Saraswati, god-

dess of knowledge, for their bright academic future. Over the years, Holi celebration has become HARI School’s marquee event

with colorful and ebullient performances by our students. The well attended field trip to the beautiful Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at

Robbinsville was a short but a nice spiritual getaway for our students and parents. Mother’s Day Havan once again reinforced the

myriad sacrifices mothers make every day.

On May 1, we introduced a new tradition of Guru Vandana at HARI

School. Close to 40 teachers, mostly from grade schools, including a few

school principals, representing over eight school districts in the region

attended the program. This was probably for the first time so many peo-

ple from different religious and cultural backgrounds converged at the

HARI Temple for a cultural program. The program culminated with a

befitting felicitation ceremony for the teachers. In a survey administered

after the program, teachers profusely appreciated this gesture by HARI

community. Some of the teachers had this to say: “This was an out-

standing event in which we educators could not have felt more warmly

honored. I feel very privileged to have been invited,” “Thank you so

much for making us feel appreciated! It was a great day and I couldn't

brag enough about it to friends, family, co-workers. Thank you for the

amazing students you bring to us each day,” “This was an amazing day.

I have never felt so honored to perform the daily duties in which I love.

Thank you for making what I do so special.” In the coming days, I am sure these educators will be-

come our cultural ambassadors and help permeate the spirit of Hinduism in the local communities.

In a nutshell we have provided ample opportunities to our students to imbibe Hindu cultural values and take pride in our heritage.

Each and every program we conducted throughout the year added to our students experience and provided them with an exposure to

the greatness and universalism of Hindu culture.

All of the activities and events our students celebrated and enjoyed have been possible due to your active participation and volun-

teering. Thank you.

Have a great summer break!

Sincerely,

Dinesh R. Pai Vijay Varadhrajan

HARI School Director Youth Forum Director

OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY

…To Shobhanaben Patel (daughter) and Pravinbhai Patel,(son-in-law) on the passing of Mrs. Taraben A.Patel longtime residents of Mechanicsburg, PA. on Sunday, Feb 21, 2016. ...To Bipinbhai Rathod and Dilipbhai Rathod (sons), Meenaben Gohel and Bharti Solanki (daughters) on the passing of Mrs. Labhuben Rathod on Monday, April 11, 2016 ...To Mr. Virendra Trivedi on passing of his sister Sunanda Trivedi on Monday, April 16, 2016 at the age of 62

...To The Padalia family on the passing of their grandfather Shri. Pranjivan Padalia on Sunday, May 8, 2016. ...To the Singh family on the passing of Dr Ram Binod Singh on Friday, May 20, 2016

*** MAY THE DEPARTED SOULS ATTAIN PARAM SADGATI ***

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New Cumberland PA 17070 Harrisburg, PA

www.haritemple.org Permit No. 304

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, June 04, 2016 at 09:30 am

Saturday, July 02, 2016 at 09:30 am

Saturday, August 06, 2016 at 9.30 am

Lord Satyanarayana Bhagwan Puja:

(Full Moon Day)

Monday, June 20, 2016 at 7:15 pm

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7:15 pm

Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 7.15 pm

Jain Swadhayay / Puja

(First Sunday of every month)

Sunday, June 05, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Sunday, July 03, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Sunday, August 07, 2016 at 2.00 pm

Monthly Havan

(Second Sunday of every month)

Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 6.00 pm

Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 5.00 pm

Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 5.00 pm

Wishes for

A Happy Fathers Day to All

Fathers

Raksha Bandhan

Happy

May Lord Rama bless us all!!!

Wishes for

A Happy Fathers Day to all

Fathers

Raksha Bandhan

Shri Krishna Janmashtami

May Lord Rama bless us all!!!

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