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ISSUE VOLUME – 2019

HCS FOCUS (CREATED BY KARTHIK KUMAR) 1

A u g u s t 2 6 t h – 3 0 t h , HCS SUMMER CAMP 2019

2 0 1 9 UPDATED EVENTS CALENDAR

2 0 1 9 – Y e a r R o u n d TEMPLE SERVICES

ADDRESS

PHONE

WEBSITE

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

October 4th October 12th October 13th

Mark Your Calendar Mata Chowki Balaji Utsav Maha Chandi Homam



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

-------- --------

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



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)



For more informationplease contact:

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

MMembership Statistics Patron for Life 2

Patron 1

Booster for life 12

Booster 24

Family for Life 49

Family

Single 15

Student

Organizational

TTotal

REVENUE (INFLOW)

MEMBERSHIP DUES $64,236.00

CORE DONATIONS Priest Services $19,496.00Hundi $16,768.00General Donations $12,567.00

TOTAL - CORE DONATIONS $48,831.00OTHER DonationsMaha Shivratri $1,703.00Flowers/Garlands $2,863.00Color Festival $3,090.00Devalayam Day $2,643.00Mata Chowki Collection $1,525.00Calendars $1,500.00Sports Tournament $610.00Lunch (Preeti bhoj) $440.00Building Cleaning $200.00Gift Shop Sale $200.00Book Sales $10.00Paper Products $30.00

TOTAL OTHER Donations $14,814.00OTHER REVENUERental Fees $12,200.00

TOTAL OTHER Revenue $12,200.00

TOTAL REVENUE (INFLOW) $140,081.00

EXPENSES ( OUTFLOW)INSURANCEBuilding $4,404.00Health $979.00NYS Unemployment Insurance $920.00

TOTAL - INSURANCE $6,303.00REPAIRS & MAINTENANCERepairs $14,629.00Maintenance $9,071.00

TOTAL - Repairs and Maintenance $23,700.00PROGRAM/PROJECT EXPENSES:Preeti Bhoj Preperation $1,469.00Youth Camp $178.00Color Festival $1,358.00Devalayam Day $2,832.00Mata Chowki $850.00

TOTAL - PROGRAM/PROJECT $6,687.00OPERATING EXPENSESSalaries $18,607.00Utilities $16,183.00TAXESTaxes - Town of Amherst $2,246.00Taxes - Payroll $4,874.00

TOTAL -TAXES $7,120.00OTHER ExpensesRent/Lease-Hopkins Court Apts $4,500.00Payroll Expenditure (Worker's comp) $760.00Office Expense $3,331.00Cleaning Services $7,150.00Dues and Subscription $812.00 Employee Gift $252.00Bank charges $389.00 Sectional Stage expenses $1,710.00Food Supplies $117.00 CPR Training $100.00Stationery & Printing $1,021.00Paper products $307.00 Flowers & Garlands $3,890.00Supplies and Materials $4,315.00Shipping Charges (Lunch/Dinner plates from India) $1,065.00

TOTAL - OTHER Expenses $29,719.00

TOTAL EXPENSE (Outflow) $108,319.00

SURPLUS (INFLOW - OUTFLOW) $31,762.00Interest Income - Key Bank $4,096.00Interest Income - Evans Bank (Estimated) $700.00TOTAL SURPLS including interest $36,558.00

Dinesh Parekh, TreasurerBinukumar Nair, President

Semi Annual, Month Ending June 30, 2019



August, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Sravana MasamPrarambham (Lunar Calendar followers)

2 3Aadi Pooram Goda Jayanti 9.15am-11.15am ThirumanjanamNavagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

4NagaChaturthi Garuda PanchamiSpecial Puja 10.00am-10.30am Vedic Havan 11.30am-12.15pm

5ShuklaSashti LordMuruganAbhishek LordMuruganSkandasashtiKavacham 6.45pm -7.30pm

6 7 8 9Varalakshmi Vratam & Deepa Puja 6.45pm-8.30pm

10 Ram Utsavamurthy Abhishek in conjunction with Balaji Abhishek 9.15am-11.00am Jain Puja 11.30am-12.30pm

11 12 Pradosham Shiva Abhishek 7.30PM to 9.00PM

13 14 Rig/YajurUpakarma6.30AM-8.00AM

Raksha Bandhan

Sravanam Balaji Special Puja 10.30-11.30AM

Satyanarayana Puja 7.30pm-9.00pm

15

IndiaIndependence Day

Gayathri Japam

16 17 Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

Sunderkand Path12.00pm-2.00pm

18Sankatahara Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek 9.15AM-10.00AM Sahasranaama Archana 7.00-7.45PM

19 20 21 22 23 Krittika Sri Krishna Janmashtami

24

25 26 Krishna Ekadashi Krishna Utsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00-7.45pm-

27 Pradosham Shiva Abhishek 6.45PM to 8.00PM

28 29 30 31

ShivaAbhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM (EveryMonday)

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

Dattatreya Abhishek 7.30PM-8.00PM (EveryThursday)

Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM (1st

and 3rd

Saturdays)



September, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1Samaveda upakarma 6.30am-8.00am Vedic Havan 11.30am-12.15pm

2Sri Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganapati Navaratri Prarambh

Labor Day

Ganapati Homam 8.00-9.15am

Pradhanamurthy Abhishek 9.15am-10.00am Siddhivinayak Puja and Vrata Katha 6.45pm-8.00pm

3 4 Shukla Sashti LordMuruganAbhishek 11am-11.45amLordMuruganSkandasashti Kavacham 6.45pm -7.30pm

5 6 7Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

8Ganesh Visarjan

9S Ekadashi Ram Utsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00pm-7.45pm

10 Sravana Dwaadasi Sri Vamana Jayanthi Hayagriva Jayanthi Onam BalajiUtsavamurthy Abhishek 7.00-7.45pm Archana, Arati, Prasad

11Pradosh / Shiva Abhishek 7.30PM to 9.00PM

12 13 Satyanarayana Puja 7.30pm-9.00pm

14 Jain Puja 11.30am-12.30pm Pitrapaksh Begins

15 16 17Sankatahara Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek 10.00am-11.00am Sahasranaama Archana 7.00-7.45pm

18 19 20 21 Navagraha Abhishek 11.15AM-12.00PM

Sunderkand Path12.00pm-2.00pm

22 23 24 Krishna Ekadashi 7.00-7.45pm- Special Puja

25 26 Pradosham Shiva Abhishek 6.45PM to 8.00PM

27 28

29 Devi Navaratri Begins Dussera Begins

30



Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Friday, August 23rd, 2019 Moola Murthy Abhishek: 7.30 pm Kirtan followed by Aarti 8.15pm

Abhishek for Laddu Gopal 11.30pm Aarti/Jhoola (Laddu Gopal) 12.00am Midnight



Happy, Healthy and SafeArya Laungani, Age 8

Namaste! My name is Arya Laungani and I live in Atlanta, Georgia. My mom, Anjeli Gupta Laungani was born and grew up in Buffalo. We visit my grandparents Neeru and Ramji Gupta (Nana and Nani) two to three times every year. During our summer visit for one month, my fi ve-year-old brother Aayan and I love to come to the Mandir and sing bhajans every Sunday. My Nani helps me learn and practice bhajans and she plays the Dholak when I sing during

Children’s Time.

Even though my family goes to the Mandir in Atlanta, I like the Buffalo Mandir very much. I think it is the most special because all the Murtees here are so pretty and there is Sunday Kirtan. I love to

listen to the beautiful music, sing with everyone and play instruments. My mom loves to come back to this temple because she saw this temple from when it was fi rst built and how hardeveryone worked to create this Mandir. I also love that everyone knows each other at the Mandir and if you are new, you introduce yourself. There are many special events at the temple. I enjoy the Havan in the beginning of the month. We have participated in this the last couple

of years. I enjoy watching Panditji do the Havan and I enjoy reading the prayer book.

I love to learn about the Hindu religion. My Nana teaches me about the Hindu deities. He told me that just like we have different people doing different jobs, we have Gods who are experts in different areas. I have learned that Lord Ganesh makes us wise and keeps bad things from happening. Lord Ram teaches us doing what is right. Lord Krishna teaches us how to love and also how to solve problems. Mata Laxmi is the Goddess of wealth. Mata Durga uses her many weapons to destroy evil. She is also Mata Parvati. Mata Parvati is my favorite deity because I am

named after her and she destroys evil.

I pray to God because I need blessings every day. I also pray for everyone in my family. I pray every night before going to sleep. I think praying keeps us out of trouble and helps us stay

protected.

The Mandir in Buffalo is one of my most favorite places. It is a place where all of my family looks forward to going to every Sunday. The people who join us at Mandir are also like family to us. The Mandir is a beautiful place that allows us to pray, sing and start every week happy,

healthy and safe!



• We will have a magic show workshop byDr. Kruti Parekh. Tuesday August 27,2019 and

Wednesday August 28,2019.

HCS OCUS

• Aquarium of NiagaraTouch Tank

Thursday August 29,2019.

• Folktales, literatureand storytelling.

• Devotional songs / Bhajan andPooja practice daily.

• Learning about Festivals of India-Arts and Crafts

CLASSES CONDUCTED AT HCS RELIGIOUS CLASSES 1 CM BAL VIHAR

2 SAI CENTER BAL VIKAS

YOGA CLASS

LANGUAGE CLASSES HINDI CLASS

TAMIL CLASSKannappan Sockalingam : (716) 697-3122

MALAYALAM CLASSDinesh Sankarakurup : (716) 462- 5908 Bindukumar Nair : (716) 400- 4599

SANSKRIT CLASS

DAILY DAILY

LUNCH AND LUNCH AND

SNACKSSNACKS

INCLUDED!INCLUDED!

Namste all,

On behalf of the HCS Executive committee let me express the deep sense of gratitude to the

devotees who are supporting the Temple. We are half way through the year and are blessed to

have such generous and supportive devotees without whom nothing could be achieved . Even

though this year started with problems including the $11000 shocker, disruption of the water

supply and the required replacement of the back flow preventer, we have still had an excellent

rest of the year so far. Things continue to go extremely well due to the grace of god and the

sincere efforts from volunteers. The go green and zero waste effort is moving forward with

great success, truly serving as a role model for future projects to come. In the coming months

the executive committee is planning to organize many new events including Ganeshotsav, Balaji

Utsav, Maha Chandi Homam, Summer camp, Kruti Parekh show etc. Additionally, with the

temple being over 25 years old, there needs to be maintenance completed to preserve the

integrity of the building. The roof repair is an inevitable fix that needs to be completed before

winter with an estimated cost of $40,000 to $70,000. To further prevent deterioration from the

cold months, the building must also be insulated with appropriate materials like stucco in

consultation with experts. We started the process and the estimated cost for its completion can

be anywhere from $200,000-$400,000 depending on what we decide. All these goals can only

be achieved with the wholehearted support financially and through volunteering with the

realization that the existence of the temple is very important to the our large demographic of

devotees from South east Asia, especially the people from India, ,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Nepal,

Bhutan and Burma. We request you to provide support, by joining as a member of HCS within

one of the categories listed such, Patron, Booster, Family etc. The membership dues are used to

pay for the building maintenance, utilities etc. If you haven’t yet become a member, please use

the link below to become a member.

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QDev9eUkzg/viewform.

Thank you and God bless 🙏 Bindukumar Nair President, HCS

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