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Balaji Utsav

Saturday, Oct 12th, 2019

HCS Diwali

Dinner

Saturday , Nov 2

2019

Maha Chandi Homam

Sunday, Oct 13th, 2019

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ADDRESS

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HCS FOCUS“IF GOD INTENDED FOR TODAY TO BE PERFECT, HE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE TOMORROW” - ANONYMOUS

UPDATED EVENTSCALENDAR

TEMPLE SERVICES

Balaji Utsav

Saturday, Oct 12th, 2019

HCS Diwali

Dinner

Saturday , Nov 2

2019

Maha Chandi Homam

Sunday, Oct 13th, 2019

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HCS Income Statement, January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019

REVENUE (INFLOW)

MEMBERSHIP DUES $71,086.00CORE DONATIONS Priest Services $30,622.00 Hundi $25,772.00 General Donations $27,137.00

TOTAL - CORE DONATIONS $83,531.00OTHER DonationsMaha Shivratri $1,703.00Flowers/Garlands $3,080.00 Color Festival $3,090.00Devalayam Day $2,643.00Mata Chowki Collection $2,510.00Illusion of Mind Show $1,685.00Summer Youth Camp $3,025.00Temple Calendars $1,800.00Sports Tournament $610.00Lunch (Preeti bhoj) $2,026.00Building Cleaning $461.00Gift Shop Sale $350.00Book, Shirt Storage box Sales $428.00Paper Products $30.00

TOTAL OTHER Donations $23,441.00OTHER REVENUERental Fees $19,192.00

TOTAL OTHER Revenue $19,192.00

TOTAL REVENUE (INFLOW) $197,250.00

EXPENSES ( OUTFLOW)INSURANCEBuilding $7,537.00Health $1,791.00NYS UI and Withholdings $1,709.00

TOTAL - INSURANCE $11,037.00REPAIRS & MAINTENANCERepairs $18,563.00Maintenance $13,373.00

TOTAL - Repairs and Maintenance $31,936.00PROGRAM/PROJECT EXPENSES:Preeti Bhoj Preperation $2,860.00Youth Camp $784.00Color Festival $1,494.00Devalayam Day $3,590.00Mata Chowki $850.00Chandi Homam $750.00

TOTAL - PROGRAM/PROJECT $10,328.00OPERATING EXPENSESSalaries $27,537.00Utilities $19,458.00TAXESTaxes - Town of Amherst $2,246.00 Taxes - Payroll $6,881.00

TOTAL -TAXES $9,127.00OTHER ExpensesRent/Lease-Hopkins Court Apts $6,750.00Payroll Expenditure (Worker's comp) $354.00Office Expense $3,331.00Cleaning Services $9,898.00Dues and Subscription $1,632.00Employee Gift $252.00Bank charges $591.00Sectional Stage expenses $1,710.00Food Supplies $117.00CPR Training $100.00Stationery & Printing $2,794.00Paper products $0.00Flowers & Garlands $5,121.00Supplies and Materials $5,537.00Shipping Charges (Lunch/Dinner plates from India) $1,065.00

TOTAL - OTHER Expenses $39,252.00

TOTAL EXPENSE (Outflow) $148,675.00

SURPLUS (INFLOW - OUTFLOW) $48,575.00Interest Income - Key Bank $4,766.00Interest Income - Evans Bank (Estimated) $1,000.00TOTAL SURPLS including interest $54,341.00

Prepared By: Dinesh Parekh, TreasurerOctober 3,2019

A Note from the TreasurerDear Devotees and Friends,On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am pleased to share with you the Income Statement for the period starting from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. During the 3 rd quarter (last three months), we noticed that that there was a signifi cant increase across all three components of CORE donation, which consists of PriestServices, Hundi Collection and General Donations. This means that the devotees and community members have donated quite generously during the third quarter. In addition, it should be noted that the rental income has substantially increased this year.After three quarters of 2019, our surplus is approximately $49,000 before interest income. The surplus will help us in pro-viding the various services and upkeep of the temple.We encourage you to visit our temple frequently, participate in all our activities and programs, and help us by volunteer-ing. The month of October signifi es the beginning of our festival season. HCS has planned several religious programs and celebrations. Please join us with your family and friends and get spiritually fulfi lled at the temple. We are extremely grateful to our community members for your contributions. Please continue to give us your support, by not only opening up your wallets but also by opening your hearts.Warm Wishes,Dinesh ParekhTreasurer

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HCS SERVICES

TTemple Services

AAt the TTemple

AAt HHome

PPriest Services

AAt the TTemple AAt Home

AArchana $$5 -------- Annaprashan $$25 $$151 DDeva Dravya $$5 -------- Punyahavachanam -------- $$151

SSahasranama Archana $$11 -------- Special Puja for birthdays, Anniversaries $$51 $$151

DDaily Abhishek (Moola Murthy) $$21 -------- Vahana Puja $$25 -------- DDaily Abhishek (Utsav Murthy) $$11 -------- Mundan Ceremony $$51 $$151 SSatyanarayan Puja

PPurnima IIndividual

$$25 $$51

--------$$101

Seemantham / Baby Shower Blessings $$251 $$251

VVedic Havan & other Havans ** 11. Samuhik - Sundays &

SSpecial Days 22. IIndividual (any day)

$$25 $$101

-------- $$151

Thread Ceremony (Yagnyopaveet) $$251 $$251

KKalyana Utsavam 11. Samuhik 22. IIndividual (any day)

$$25 $$101

-------- $$151

Engagement / Sagai / Nischayatartha ceremony $$101 $$151

MMaata Chowki / MMaata Jagran 11. Samuhik (sponsors) 22. IIndividual (any day)

$$101 $$351

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Shashtiabdha Poorthy ceremony $$251 $$251

Vivah (Wedding) $$501 $$501 Graha Pravesh -------- $$151 Hiranyaka Shraddha $$25 -------- Parvana Shraddha $$100 $$150

FFor Non--TTemple activities performed by Panditj::

SSannidhy RReligious Coordinator Phone Numbers LLord Ganesh, Sannidhii MMrs. Mala Nemi MMrs. Usha Kamisetti

6633--77924 6688--44146

LLord Shiva Parivar Sannidhi MMr. Krishna Mani Devarajan MMr. Satya Ijjapureddy 6650--44249 7783--66574

MMata DDurga Sannidhi MMrs. Mona Lall MMr.Aswini Sood 4440--11977 8812--66650

LLord Ram Parivar Sannidhi MMrs. Sanjogta Rai DDr. Sudesh Kapur 8836--88198 6631--33895

LLord Venkateshwara Sannidhi DDr. Vijayraghavan CChakravarthy MMr. Sridhar Balasubramanian 6688--11635 8829--77296

LLord Radha Krishna Sannidhi MMr. Deepak Shastri MMrs.. AAsha Divan 6636--11104 8868--22050

LLord Mahavir & Parshvanath Sannidhi Mrs. Pramod Pahade Mrs. Usha Jain 688-2907 634-3015

Navagraha Sannidhi Mrs Anita Chahal 741-3638

Vedic Havan Mrs. Mrs.

Satyanarayan Puja (Poornima) Mrs. Meena Shastri Mrs. Anju Gupta 636-1104 632-5878

Lord Dattatreya Mr. Manohar Wagle Mr.. Ravi Rajagopalan 633--1596 994--2898

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FACILITY RENTAL

Rental rates for Friday - Non-

Rates

-profit

(practice session -

-hour session)

HHCS GIFT SHOP

Please visit the HCS Gift Shop to buy spiritual/ religious books, CDs, and beautiful religious showpieces of Lord Ganesh, Krishna, etc. We have a new shipment from India. FFor more information, please ccontact: Dr. Dilip Sinha: (716) 634-9729 Surabhi Kakati: (716) 689-7315

HCS Library Please visit the HCS Library. We are adding new books and magazines all the time! HCS will soon be stocked with an amazing selection of new books magazines and DVDs. More Yoga items to come.

FFor more information, please ccontact: Manjula Hathi

FFACILITY RENTAL Member Organization fee: $750.00

Security deposit: $250.00 is required at the time of reservation. This deposit is refundable on the terms that the hall is returned undamaged and clean.

The rental fee is discounted by 25% Monday to Thursday.

Chair Set-Up: (Additional charge): $50 (for big hall) or $30 (for small hall)

Please Note: Big Hall rental is not available on Sundays until 3:00PM.

RRental rates for Friday - SSunday MMember Rates NNon-

mmember RRates

YYouth center (big hall) $300 $450

SSmall hall $200 $350

CChanging rooms $50 $75

SSmall hall once a week for a year ((4 hours per use, non--profit oorganizations only)

N/A $2,000 per year

SSmall hall once a week (4 hours pper use, if an organization is rreserving for half year or a full yyear)

N/A $200 per month

AArangetram (practice session - wweekdays 3 hours per session)

$100 each session

$175 each session

KKitchen $150 $200

Rehearsals (3-hour session)

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MMembership Statistics Patron for Life 2

Patron 1

Booster for life 12

Booster 24

Family for Life 49

Family

Single 15

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October, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2Gandhi Jayanthi

3Shukla Shashti

Lord Murugan Abhishek 10-10.45am

Datttreya Abhishek 11.00am-11.45am

Lord Murugan Skandasashti Kavacham 6.30pm -7.15pm

4Maata Chowki Special Puja Details in Flyer

5108 Hanuman Chalisa10.00AM-5.00PM

Navagraha Abhishek 11.15am-12.00pm

Durgashtami Moola Virat Abhishek 6.45pm-8.45pm

6Vedic Havan 11.30am-12.15pm

Maharnavami

Saraswati Puja and Navaratri concludes

Navakshari Homam 108x

7Vijayadashami

Aksharabhyasam

Vidyarambha Puja 7.00-8.00pm

8SriVenkateshwara Jayanthi

Utsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00pm-8.00pm

9 10Pradosh / Shiva Abhishek 6.45PM to 8.00PM

11 12 Sudarshan Homam 8.00am-9.30am BalajiJayanthi Celebrations 9.30am-12.00p

Jain Puja 11.30am-12.30pm

Satyanarayana Swamy Puja 7.30-9.00pm

13Sri Chandi Homam 7.00am-1.00pm

Details in Flyer

14Columbus Day

15 16 17Sankatahara Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek 10AM-11.00AM

Karva chauth 3.00pm-4.00pm

Sahasranaama Archana 7.00-7.45PM

18 19Navagraha Abhishek 11.15am-12.00pm

20 21 22 23 24 Ekadashi Utsavmurthy Abhishek 7.00pm-7.45pm

25Dhan Teras

Pradosh / Shiva Abhishek 6.45PM to 8.00PMSri Dhanvanthri Jayanti

26NarakaChaturdashi

27Deepavali Amavasya Dhanlakshmi Puja 7.00pm-8.00pm

28Gujarati New Year Day

Annakoot

Govardhan Puja 6.45pm-8.00pm

Sashti Utsavam begins

29 30 31Nagula Chavithi

Shiva Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM (Every Monday)

Hanuman Chalisa & Maata Bhajan 7.45-8.45PM (EveryTuesday)

Dattatreya Abhishek 7.30PM-8.00PM (Every Thursday)

Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM (1stand 3rdSaturdays)

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November, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2Skanda Shashti 6.00pm-9.00pm

Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

3DAYLIGHT Savings time ends

Vedic Havan 11.30am-12.15pm

4Sravanam 7.00-7.45pm

BalajiUtsavamurthy Abhishek

5 6 7Shukla Ekadashi

Ram Parivar Utsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00-7.45pm

8Ksheerabdhi Dwadashi Tulsi Vivaah 7.00-7.30pm

9Sani Thrayodashi Pradosham

Thailabishekham 11.30-12pm

6.45pm-8.00pm Shiva Abhishek

Jain Puja 11.30am-12.30pm

10 11Satyanarayana Puja 7.30pm-9.00pm KartikaDeeparadhana

Kartika Poornima

12 13 14 15 16Sri Ayyappa Swamy Puja Sankatahara Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek 6.30pm-7.00pm 7.00-7.45pm Sahasranaama Archana Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

17 18 19 20 21 22Ekadashi Radha Krishna Utsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00-7.45PM

23Sani Pradosh / Shiva Abhishek 6.45PM to 8.00PM

24RENEW 2020 Memberships CONTACT EC MEMBERSTODAY Ref: GIVING TUESDAY 12/3/2019

25 26 27 28Thanksgiving Day

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For more information

22019 Executive Committee

PPresident Dr. Bindukumar Nair

716-400-4599

VVice PPresident Mr. Sibu Nair

716-242-1121

TTreasurer Mr. Dinesh Parekh

716-830-7260

GGeneral SSecretary

Mr. Rajinder Bansal

716-465-4153

SSecretary oof RReligious Affairs

Mr. Mohan Natarajan

716-206-4084

SSecretary oof EEducation & CCultural Affairs

Dr. Anil Bhargava

716-335-5043

SSecretary oof YYouth &Sports AActivities

Mrs. Shailaja Kokil

716-298-4203

SSecretary oof CCenter Facilities

Mr. Bhaskar Chatrath

716-807-8467

SSecretary oof PPlanning & BBuilding

Dr. Kishore Divan

716-689-2362

SSecretary oof FFaacilities RRental

Mr. Rakesh (Ricky) Verma

716-870-6213

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The 2019 Hindu Cultural Center Summer Camp

The 2019 Hindu Cultural Center Summer Camp

The HCS Summer Youth Camp was held from August 26-30, 2019 from 8:30-5:30, with 25 students and 11 camp

counselors who participated. The kids participated in many fun-filled activities such as various indoor and outdoor

sports, Pooja and Bhajan practice, reciting shlokas, arts and crafts, a magic workshop and even the Aquarium of Niagara Touch Tank activities! Whew, what a fun packed week that

just flew by! I want to thank all the children, camp counselors, and parents for engaging in the summer youth

camp this year. It was so great to see the children developing friendships and bonding with each other. Can’t

wait for next year!

All the best, Shailaja Kokil

Youth and Sports Secretary

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Dear HCS community, We have had great success with the rental income this year. Year to date, we have already tripled our rental income as compared to the entire revenue for year 2018. As you noticed, the rental charges were increased. It was unavoidable due to the ever increasing maintenance cost of the Temple. These funds have been used to hire professional cleaners, create signs for the convenience of the devotees in the parking lot, buy utility carts for the kitchen, add new and improved sound system for the stage and much more. There are a lot more improvements to come. I am hoping for an excellent outcome the rest of this year. This could not have been accomplished without the limitless and generous support from the devotees. As always, we would greatly appreciate any donations or volunteer efforts to help with these renovations. Please give us suggestions as to what changes you would like to see here at the temple, or let us know if you like some changes that you already can notice. We will try to address each of the suggestions on a priority basis. We appreciate your feedback. Thank you, Rakesh (Ricky) Verma Secretary of rental facilities hcsricky@gmail.com 716-870-6213