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Dear Devotees,

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the month of April, which is filled with various festivals and

cultural events for the CSRA Indian community. The main events of this month are Ram Navami

and Hanuman Jayanti. To celebrate the birth of lord Shri Ram and Hanuman, a Shri. Hanuman

Havan is organized on April 30th, the sponsorship starts with $ 101.00. the details of this is includ-

ed on page 2 and page 4 of this news letter. Apart from the havan, every year there is a

Akhand Ramayan path organized at the temple, and a large number of you volunteer for the

path. We hope to see your there again in large numbers.

In this month, two main cultural events are arranged for the members of the HTS. The Nama

Sankirtana on April 2 was a great success and attendess thoroughly enjoyed that presentation

immensely. The second event will be presented by Hindustani Vocalist on April 15th. The Youth

Group is organizing its fund raising event on April 22nd.

We hope that you will enjoy the spring weather and the events of this month very much.

Cultural events

Nama Sankirtana April 2 3:30 pm

Ram Navami April 4 7pm

Hindustani Vocal

Concert April 15th

4– 6:30pm

Akhand Ramanyan

Path April 15—16

MASTI a Youth group

event

April 22

6 pm

Annual Hanuman

Havan April 30 9 am

April Pujas

Apri1 9am Karithikeya Puja

April 4 7pm Ramnavami Puja

April 7 7pm Devi Puja

April 8 9am Venkateswara Puja

April 11 11am Sathyanarayana Puja

April 11 6:30pm Hanuman Jayanti

April 14 7pm Sankashtahara Chathurthi

April 15 9am Akhand Ramayana Path Begins

April 16 10 am Akhand Ramayana Path Puja

April 16 6pm Vishu Puja

April 30 9am Annual Hanuman Havan

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Hindu Temple Society of Augusta Presents

a Naama Sankeertanam Concert where

Classical-music Based Sampradaaya Bha-

jans, Shlokas, and Compositions in Sanskrit,

Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi,

and Hindi sung by Sri. Senkottai Hari Hara

Subramania Bhaagavatar. The entourage

includes Carnatica Brothers – Sri.

Shashikiran and Sri. Ganesh, Sri. Manikan-

dan (Harmonium) and Sri. B. Sivaraman

(Mridangam).

Sri S.K.S. HARI HARASUBRAMANI-

AN from a very traditional Indian Music

family. He had initial training in Music

(Vocal) under the tutelage of Late Guru

Sri. Parameswara Bhagavathar, a vet-

eran Musicologist for about Ten years.

He had extensive training under the

Vocal and Miruthangam Mastereo Sri.

Srimushnam V. Rajarao and Smt. Pad-

ma Chandilyan Chennai, a renowned

musician for three years.

Sri. Senkottai Hari Hara Subrama-

nia Bhaagavatar . Image

Youtube.com

Naama Sankeertanam Concert April 2nd

Venue: Main Temple

Time: 3:30 pm

Admission: free for paid members

Hindustani Vocal Concert by Pt. Brajeswar Mukherjee April 15th 4:00 to 6:30 pm

Keeping in tradition with previous years, the temple is hosting the annual havan in the month of

April. This year the principal deity is Shri Hanuman. The Havan will start at 9 am in the morning of the

April 30th, 2017. This havan is a sponsored event with sponsorship starting at $101.00 onwards.

The time table for the events are posted on last page.

Pt. Brajeswar Mukherjee . Photo:

myspace.com

Hanuman Havan April 30th 9:30 am

The Hindu Temple is sponsoring the Hindustani Vocalist Pt. Brajeswar Mukherjee on April 15th

2017. Sri Mukherjee is accompanied by Pt. Gourab Chatterjee (Harmonium) and Pt. Gourishankar

Karmarkar ( Tabla). Pt. Mukherjee, born in a musical family hailing from Borsul in the Burdwan dis-

trict of West Bengal, India. He has trained under the eminent vocalist Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty since a

tender age of 10. Currently a Musician Tutor and Junior Guru at ITC SRA, Kolkata, Brajeswar is a B-

High Grade regular artist of All India Radio, Kolkata.

The Venue is Cultural Center in HTS Campus, admission is free to members.

Temple is hosting Shri Hanuman Havan

on April 30th .

This is a sponsored event.

More details on Page 4

Contacts:

General : Nimitha Shetty, Srinivasan

Thiyagarajan, Mohan Wakade

Maha Prasad sponsor/Preparation:

Gita Shah

HTS Community Out-reach

Hindu Temple Society Community Out-reach program lead by Manuj is going to start 2017 Soup Kitchen from April. The group is actively recruiting volunteers for cooking and serving. Following is the schedule: May 14th 2017 Cooking (8:30 to 10:30) Dinning (10:30 to 12:30) The group is also looking for dedicated volunteers to help with OPEN MAS-TERS TABLE kitchen for following dates: Dining room team: Wed 3/29 Tuesday 4/4 Wed 4/5 Thurs 4/13 Kitchen team: Mon 3/20 Fri 3/24 April 2-7 (Masters week)

Balshala Third Sunday Puja After almost five years, Balshala took the initiative to have the chil-

dren perform the third Sunday Puja at HTS Augusta. So, Mar.19th

was a special day indeed! It was heartwarming to see our future

generation children perform the third Sunday Puja with the guid-

ance of their Balshala teachers. The Balshala senior kids (5th-7th

grades i.e. Guha & Yuva Balshala groups) performed an abridged

version of the usual third Sunday Puja while the rest of the chil-

dren in Balshala watched keenly their seniors in action. Following

the Puja, all children sang the bhajans that they have learned in

Balshala group classes. The adults present were touched to see the

potential of our community kids. We just need to focus our energy

in guiding the young minds in the right direction! The Mahaprasad

prepared by Balshala parents was also well enjoyed and appreciat-

ed by the large number of attendees. Hope this Balshala tradition

continues in the coming years too!

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Hanuman Havan Schedule April 30

Ganesh Puja 9:00

Sankalapam—Kalashsthapana 9:30

Hanuman Havan 10:00

Maha Poornahuti 11:00

Hanuman Abhishekam 11:15

Alankara Hanuman Chalisa/Bhajan 11:30

Mantra Pushpam & Mangala Arthi 12:00

Theertha Prashad/Bhajan 12:30

Maha Prashad 12:45-

MASTI the annual YG fund raising event... April 22nd ... 6 pm at the Columbia County Library

Auditorium .. tickets 10 dollars and contact Sanjiv Singhal (706) 664-4221 or Varsha 7066918133

for tickets