Upcoming Events

Monday, Sept 9: Ganesh Chathurthi. (Actual day havan) 9 a.m.

Saturday, Sept 14: Dance performance by visually impaired artists 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept 15: Ganesh Chathurthi Week End Celebration 9:00am 9:00 a.m. Abishekam & Pooja for Lord Ganesha

12.00 p.m. Ratha Yathra followed by Mangalarati.

Maha Prasad will be served

September 20 through September 22: Arts in Heart

Monday, October 14: Vijaya Dashmi (Actual day Devi Pooja 10 a.m.)

Saturday, Oct 19 & Sunday October 20: Durga Pooja The Bengali Community of CSRA cordially invites all HTS members and

well wishers to join in the celebration of

Sri Durga [Mahishasur Mardini ] Puja to be held at the temple on the third

weekend of October, 2013.

Saturday, October 19, 2013 Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:00 am- Udbodhan, Puja, Pushpanajali, Chandi Path 12:30 pm - Arati & Maha prasad 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Sandhi puja & Arati 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm - Cultural program, Prasad

8:30 am - Puja, Havan, Pushpanjali, Bir Arati w/Dhunuchi Nritya, Bisarjan & Sindoor Khela 12:30 pm - Mahaprasad

Puja will be conducted by Swami Amarnathanadaji of Bharat Sevashram Sangha,

New Jersey. For additional information, contact Indrani Ganguly (860-5586) or

Arun Dutta (868-5373)

October 22: Karva Chauth

Dates to remember: -

Trustee Nomination form submission last date – September 30, 2013

Laxmi Pooja in Temple: - November 1

Diwali Celebration: - November 2

Soup Kitchen: - Sept 1st and October 6

th 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon,

Newsletter Sept / Oct, 2013

www.augustahts.com

P. O. Box. 204264

Augusta, GA 30907.

1421 Lukes Road

Augusta GA 30909.

Phone: (706) 860-3864

Announcements Arts in the Heart of Augusta September 20-22

Arts in the Heart of Augusta is an arts, music and ethnic festival organized by the Greater Augusta Arts Council

and held in the Commons area downtown. The featured country this year is Greece. HTS sponsors the Indian

Pavilion and it is huge undertaking with much volunteers needed for this multi faceted 3 day event. We will be

serving our delicious food, perform on the global stage, and have a Mehendi tent as well. Please mark your

calendars after checking the schedule of events and find time to help in your best ability so that we can display

the very best in our culture. Tickets at the gate are $7 per person. Admission for children under 10 is free.

Tickets are available for discounted rates for $5 in advance. Donations to HTS of $100 or more towards this

event will give you two free passes.

September 20 (Friday) 6 p.m.: - Parade of nations. Opening ceremony. We will sell food with limited menu

from 6-8 pm. Decorations will be sorted and tent will be set up that morning. Need help with set up and clean

up.

September 21 (Saturday) 7:30 a.m.: - Set up decorations( help needed). Festival hours 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.

Anyone interested in cooking food/ making food donations in kind / helping prepare the food can contact

Varsha Kulkarni and Radhika Subramanian. Global stage presentation of Indian dances is from 12:45 p.m. to

1:45 p.m. and deadline for registering you or your group for the same is Spetember 2nd

. Mehendi tent needs

volunteers that can create designs as well as promote our culture. Please contact Chetna Jain 706-955-0481 if

you can help in Mehendi tent. This is the busiest day in the festival with much help needed!!

September 22 (Sunday): - Festival hours 12 noon-6 pm. Need help with set up at 10 am as well as take down

at 6:30 pm.

How can YOU help? Volunteers are needed for cooking, cleaning, mehendi, collection of money, serving,

performing etc. Going out of town? Donations in kind as well as money is very welcome. Cannot stand the

heat? Volunteers will be cooking throughout the festival in the HTS kitchen (away from the sun and in air-

conditioned quarters. This is a community event and to put our best foot forward to show case our food and

culture, we need 120 volunteers to make this a successful seamless event. Your enthusiasm, help and donations

are very much appreciated!

Questions? Call Varsha Kulkarni (706-993-3145); Radhika Subramanian (706-650-8158).

President's Message:

It has been a wonderful and productive past year. Lots of poojas and cultural programs we as a community

were able to sponsor in the temple.

First we salute to our Priest Satyaji for the great effort he puts forward to conduct and complete these poojas

and programs, year in year out. His efforts complement and contribute to enhance the temple activities and it's

image in the community.

In addition, especially you as the volunteers in the temple make it happen and everything goes so smooth. A

double salute to all of you. I request you all and definitely hope that you will continue to help the temple same

way in the future.

Thank you all.

Temple Parking: There have been quite a few occasions in past years where inconvenience was caused to public by a few people

not parking their cars in marked areas. It is also observed that some people park on the right side of the temple

where there are signs clearly advising not to park your car there. Some people park car in the front of the temple

at different times. You are requested to park your car in the area marked for car parking only. Please do not park

cars at any other place or unmarked area even if it was in the backside of temple. Going forward temple

management has decided to take this seriously and would call authorities to take action against the driver.

NAVRATRI 2013 + JAY AMBE +

HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY Will PROUDLY CELEBRATES

DAY DATE TIME PLACE SINGING GROUP

FRIDAY 10/11/2013 8:00 PM

TO 12:00 AM

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AUGUSTA, GA

Group from INDIA

SATURDAY 10/12/2013 8:00 PM

TO 12:00 AM

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AUGUSTA, GA

Group from INDIA

FRIDAY 10/18/2013 8:00 PM

TO 12:00 AM

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

AUGUSTA, GA

Mumbai Masti Group from INDIA

SATURDAY 10/19/2013 8:00 PM

TO 12:00 AM

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

AUGUSTA, GA

Mumbai Masti Group from INDIA

YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IN MAKING THE CELEBRATION A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. Please contact, Nititn Vashi, Babu Patel, Nitin Shah, Girish Shah, Mahendra Patel, and Ramesh Shah for donations.

Stage Coordinators: Achyut Patel, Suman Shah, Mukund Despande.

Hall arrangements: Mahesh K. Patel, Praful B. Patel, Dinesh R Patel, Janak B. Patel, Harish Amin

Aaarti / murti setup: Bhanu Amin, Meena B. Patel, Nita Vakil, Jyoti Patel

For Prasad and Complementary snacks: Please contact Jyoti Patel 706-860-0174, Gita Shah 706-868-6201, Meena D.

Patel 706-863-2402, Mahendra Patel 803-641-0956

For further information: Please call Dinu Patel 706- 863-2402, Achyut Patel 706-650-7761, Bipin Chudgar 706-495-6837

Food or drink is not permitted in the hall. Need everyone’s support to keep facility clean.

A Show-stopping Dance Performance By Visually-Impaired Artists

(6 Young Female Dancers) FROM

“DEEPA ACADEMY FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED”

Bangalore, India www.deepaacademy.org

SUMA, SOWMYA, RASHMI, LATHAMANI, PALLAVI, GULABSHA

(Classical, Semi-Classical and Folk Dances of India)

100% of the funds raised through dance performances in the USA would be dedicated to Welfare Projects of Deepa Academy

with the Theme “Empowerment of the Girl Child”.

Temple: 706-860-3864 Dr.Radhika Subramanium: 706-650-8158

Condolences:

The Hindu Temple community expresses the hearty condolences to the following families: -

Sujatha and Lakshman Segar on the loss of her father Mr. N. S. Theagarajan who passed away on May 7, 2013 at his Chennai residence. Suresh and Punam Soorma on the loss of her father Dr. Dharm Paul Rana on June 30, 3013 in California. Dr. Rana was 83 and is survived by three brothers, two sisters, two sons, one daughter and seven grand children. He will be dearly missed and may his soul rest in peace. Tejal Patel Rathod on the loss of her husband Sudhanshu Jaswantbhai Rathod who passed away on August 13, 2013 at the age of 35 in Augusta. Besides wife Tejal and stepson Aman, he is survived by one brother, one sister and mother Prabhaben who lives in Navsari Gujarat. Sheila Prakash and Chandra Prakash lost his sister Vimal Sharma in India. She was 62.

Shyamala and Satyam Mruthinti & family on the loss of his mother Kamala Mruthinti in India.

Computer Class Schedule: Time: 11:00 AM - noon on Sundays, except third Sunday.

Sept 1: Apple basics

Sept 8: Microsoft office basics (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.)

Sept 15: No Class, Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration

Sept 22: No Class, Arts in the Heart Program

Sept 29: Outlook and other email programs

October 6: Web and network.

Trustee Selection: The following is a Board of Trustee nomination form. Please review the Trustee qualifications listed on this

page and as indicated in the constitution (www.augustahts.org). Please note that your nomination form should

be received by Nomination Committee: 1) Dr. Kailash Sharma (736-3917) or 2) Mrs. Surekha Prasad (854-

9488) or 3) Mr. Mukund Deshpande (855-6040) by Close of Business Monday, September 30, 2013.

HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY AUGUSTA, GA

Board of Trustee Nomination Form

I hereby nominate Mr./Mrs. ____________________________________

residing at _________________________________________________

to become a member of Board of Trustees for The Hindu Temple Society.

Number of Years: One Two Three (circle one)

Qualifications:

(Continuing member since _________)

1.______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

2.______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

3.______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Nominated By: ____________________________

Seconded By: ______________________________

If nominated, I shall abide by the rules and regulations of the Hindu Temple Society.

______________________/________

Signature Date

Trustee Qualifications:

The nomination shall be based on dedication of the candidate to the cause and objectives of the HTS and upon

the candidate’s previous record of service to the HTS, as specified below:

A. A past President or a past Chairman is automatically qualified.

B. A BOP Member for one year term from BOP.

C. Others shall satisfy at least three of the following five criteria:

1) A perpetual donor for three years, or a member for seven years

2) A voting member of the BOT or EC for two years, or an officer of the BOT or EC for three years

3) Active participant in organizing religious, social, and/or cultural affairs of the temple for 3 years

4) Active participant in the maintenance or improvements of the temple facilities for three years

5) Periodic and substantial donations of at least $5,000 to the temple over three years.

September 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Soup Kitchen

8.30 a.m

2

7p Shiv Puja

3

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

4

7p.m. Krishna

Archana

5

Priest Day

off

6

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

7 p. Devi Puja

7

9 a. Kartikeya Puja

11 a. Priest Busy

8

2p Jain Puja

9

7p Shiv Puja

9 a Ganesh

Chaturhti

11 a. Priest Busy

10

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

11

7p.m. Krishna

Archana

12

Priest Day

off

13

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

14

9a Venkateswara Puja

11 a Priest Busy

6 P Dance Program by

visually impaired

15

9 a. Ganesh

Chaturthi week end

celebration.

16

7p Shiv Puja

17

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

18

7p Krishna

Archana

19

7p

Satyanaray

ana Puja

20

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

Arts in Heart

21

11 a. Priest Busy

Arts in Heart

22

11 a. Priest Busy

2p Jain Puja

Arts in Heart

23

7p Shiv Puja

24

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

25

7 p. Ganesh

Chaturthi

6.45 p. Krishna

Archana

26

Priest Day

off

27

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

28

29

30

7p Shiv Puja

October 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

2

7p Krishna

Archana

3

Priest Day

off

4

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

7 p. Devi Puja

5

9 a Kartikeya Puja

11 a. Priest Busy

6

Soup Kitchen 8.30 a

7

7p Shiv Puja

8

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

9

7p Krishna

Archana

10

Priest Day

off

11

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

12

9a Venkateswara Puja

11 a Priest Busy

13

11 a Priest Busy

2 pm Jain Puja

14

Vijaya Dashmi

10 a Devi Puja

11 a Priest Busy

7p Shiv Puja

15

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

16

7p Krishna

Archana

17

Priest Day

off

18

11aSatyanarayana

Puja

11 a Priest Busy

Lunar Eclipse

temple closes 5 p.m.

19

10 a. Durga Puja

Celebrations

11 a. Priest Busy

20

10 a. Durga Puja

Celebrations

11 a. Priest Busy

21

7p Shiv Puja

22

6.30 p Hanuman

Chalisa

7 p. Ganesh Puja

23

7p Krishna

Archana

24

Priest Day

off

25

6:15p Krishna

Chanting

26

27

Priest Day off

11 a Priest Busy

2 p.m. Jain Puja

28

7p Shiv Puja

29

7p Hanuman

Chalisa

30

7p Krishna

Archana

31

SCHEDULE

Mondays 7 pm Shiv Puja

Tuesdays 7 pm Hanuman Chalisa

Wednesdays 7 pm Krishna Archana

Fridays 6:15 pm Krishna Chanting

First Friday 7 pm Devi Puja

Saturdays 8 am Suprabhatham

1st Saturday 9am Karthikeya Puja

2nd Saturday 9am Venkateshwara Puja

3rd Sunday 10am Monthly Puja

2nd & 4th Sunday 2 pm Jain Puja

Temple Hours: 8 - 10 AM and 6 - 8 PM

Temple is open every day at these hours except on Thursday.

Temple is CLOSED on Thursdays and last Sunday of the month.

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