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Indo American Cultural Center & Temple
Temple Calendar 2010 available for download
September 2010 Newsletter available for download
Satsang Sponsors
Thank you very much to all families for sponsoring Satsangs at IACC&T !!
IACC&T is seeking short-term loans from the community to continue to service the mortgage for the
adjacent property owned by IACC&T
Please contact Brij Bhargava:Brij_Bhargava@yahoo.com or at 375-6474 or Shri Valvani: SValvani@hotmail.comor at 372-6760 if you are interested in providing
a loan to IACC&T at 5% per annum interest. The provisions of loans are as follows:
Loans are not insured by FDIC
IACC&T will issue a Legal Promissory Notes to lenders
IACC&T will accept loans with a minimum of $10,000
IACC&T will pay 5% annual interest on the borrowed funds every quarter until principal and interest are paid in full; IACC&T will report the interest income to IRS; lender will be responsible for paying taxes on the interest earned from IACC&T
Loans will be for one year term, which may be renewed for another year or longer if mutually acceptable
IACC&T reserves the right to pay the principal with interest prior to the end of the term. IACC&T will retain and pay interest for the loan at least for one qu arter (3 months)
Temple Events
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration, Saturday, September 11, 2010 6.00pm
Satsang being sponsored by Hari & Urmil Bhargava, Ramesh & Malti Patel, Virendra & Vijay Sood, Shri and Swerun Valvani
Ganesha Pooja will be held every evening from September 12 through September 21 beginning at 6:30 PM. The
Ganesha festival will conclude with Anant Chaturdashi pooja and celebration on Wednesday, September 22.
Please note that no lunch prasadam for regular satsang on Sunday, Sept 12, 2010.
We are seeking sponsoring families for Alankaram or Special Ornament Pooja
with a donation of $251 per family for Lord Ganesha on Ganesh Chaturthi.
During his recent visit, Panditji brought beautiful ornaments for deities from India.
Anant Chaturthi Celebration, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6.00pm
Anant Chaturdashi, the last day of the Ganesh Festival will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. The
program for the day, beginning at 6:00 PM is as follows:
Ganapati Uttar Pooja
Bhajans
Ganesh Archana
Aarati
Mantrapushpanjali
Prasad/Dinner
Sponsors:
Damodar & Jyotsna Golhar,Shivdas & Surekha Kalokhe,Chandrakant & Trupti Patel,Subhas & Prabha Ravi
Special Kumkuma Archana and Homa Celebration, Friday, Oct 1 and Saturday, Oct 2, 2010
IACC&T is pleased to announce a grand two-day celebration with Laksha Mahalakhsmi Kumkuma Archana and Ganesha
Navagraha Mahalakhsmi Maha Mritunjaya Poorvaka Sri Rudra Mahayagna. Preliminary program is as follows.
Day 1: Friday, October 1, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Laksha Mahalakhsmi Kumkuma Archana, open to ladies and girls above
10 yrs age. Panditji will lead the pooja for up to 108 ladies who will chant 1008 names of Mahalakshmi. With participation
of all 108 ladies during the pooja, the group will accomplish over 108,000 chants of Mahalakshmi. This event is equivalent
to 108 Mahalakshmis attending pooja, and has the potential for Mahalakshmi Asta Anugraha to bring about generational
happiness, remove generational poverty, sorrow and fear. For Kumkuma Archana, a donation of $51 for each participant is
required. We are counting on great community support to fill the prayer hall with reverberations of Mahalakshmi chants.
Please support IACC&T efforts by participating in Kumkuma Archana.
Day 2: Saturday, October 2, 9:00 AM - Noon followed by Lunch Mahaprasad: Ganesha Navagraha Mahalakhsmi
Maha Mritunjaya Poorvaka Sri Rudra Mahayagna, open to all. Our Panditji and up to four other Panditji’s will lead the
108 Modaka Ganesha Havan, 108 x 9 Navagraha Havan, Mahalakhsmi Sahasra Nama Havan, and Rudra Havan pooja
outdoors. This Homa is very powerful and has the potential for Nirvighanata, Vijaya, Manashanti, Manashantosha, Sakala
Navagraha Dosha Nivarana (Mangala and Shani Dosha), Apamrituya Nivarana and Sarva Roga Nivarana. Sponsoring
donation for Homa is $151 for each family. Event Sponsor donation for the entire Mahayagna is $251 (includes participation
in all events and would be recognized as the sponsors for Mahaprasad). We hope that many of you from the community will
support IACC&T efforts by participating in Kumkuma Archana and/or Homa or the entire Mahayagna. This is an
excellent opportunity to participate in Special pooja and/or havan and support the temple.
Yoga for Fitness and Fellowship - By Sudhir Reddy
Fuelled by the enthusiasm of the membership of IACC&T, and the initiative of Sudhir K. Reddy, the Yoga Activity is etc hed into the fitness routines of many of
IACC&T friends and members from Greater Kalamazoo area. Attendance for Yoga sessions has ranged from a few people on
Wednesday evenings, to a room full of over 20 people on several Saturday mornings. Some of the participants long to gettogether
at the temple, to forget the mundane pressures of day-to-day lives and "to focus for an hour on our inner selves while
we breathe and stretch". The net result and feedback is that, all of us feel relaxed and rejuvenated after yoga, while others
also feel a gradual improvement in their flexibility. With a mean age of the yoga enthusiasts of approximately 35 yrs, the
fellowship of the "retired but not tired" members continue to inspire the younger participants. Regular couples, childrenparent,
spouses or friends, occasionally visiting parents-relatives, have all been finding this activity, a healthy addition and a
great complement to Prayers and Satsangs at the temple. With about 30 asanas and much practise by now, we are now well
on our way to say, Yoga at IACC&T has been a Fitness, Fellowship, a Fun activity, all started with a mere half a dozen of us
showing some interest, back in April 2010. Your editor has had a privilege to attend Yoga sessions from time to time. I can
truly attest to the inspiring enthusiasm by Sudhir Reddy, who is able to share his Yoga knowledge not only for novices like
me, but also for many others who have been practicing Yoga for several years. The maturity of the classes has been evident
by a few “other participants” who are able to lead the Yoga classes during Sudhir’s occasional absence. The Yoga sessions
are free to all and donations to IACC&T are welcome. The regular sessions are held for about an hour every Wednesday at
7:00 PM and every Saturday at 10:30 AM. IACC&T gratefully acknowledges Sudhir Reddy’s volunteer services and
contribution to the community. His quest for Yoga is bound to make our body and souls healthy and add several Yoga
enthusiasts to the Kalamazoo community.
Gita Study: Those who are interested in participating in Gita Study
led by Mr. Sunder Hattangadi and Mr. Pradip Sagdeo can send an email to Sunderh@yahoo.com and you will be informed about the schedule.
Usually Gita Class is on a Sunday from 10.30 am to 11.20 am in the Temple.
For information on Temple Fund Raising Initiative please contact:
Brij Bhargava: (269) 375-6474
Email:Brij_Bhargava@yahoo.com
*** All donations made to temple are Tax Deductible ***
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