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Hari Om.

Welcome to the Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple in Bentonville, Arkansas. Bearing witness to the opening of a new temple is a rare opportunity, and we’re delighted that you could join us on this auspicious and wonderful day. As you know, building this temple has been the dream of Hindus in this region for over twelve years, and we’re thrilled to finally realize this goal. This accomplishment is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work by many people in the HANWA community, and the BOD is both honored to represent these dedicated volunteers and hum-bled by the magnitude of their devotion to the cause.

The beauty of HANWA is that each member can serve the Lord and the temple in his or her own unique way. Some devotees serve the religious needs of the community by regularly opening the temple, helping the Priest perform poojas, leading bhajans, and providing Prasad. Others invest their time and expertise in maintaining and improving the facility and grounds. We also have community members who drive the fundraising efforts that are essential to building a permanent temple like the one we are inaugurating today. Others cook and serve food to the many visitors we have during the various festivals we celebrate each year. There are many, many other ways in which people support the temple and these individual contributions add up to a strong, united temple com-munity.

To all of the people who have made the temple construction possible, we thank you for your selfless devotion and leadership. This is a proud day for Hindus in Northwest Arkansas and around the world, and we will forever remember July 29, 2012 as a truly blessed occasion.

Letter from the Board of Directors Letter from the Board of Directors

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07/27/2012 – Friday 6.00 PM to 8.30 PM

Swastivachanam

Vishwaksena Aradhana

Punyahavacanam

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra Parayanam

Mrutsangrahanam

Ankuraropana

Soma Homam

Vastu Homam

Mangalasasanam

07/28/2012 – Saturday 9.00 AM to 12:30 PM

Suprabhatam

Aradhana, Sevakalam

Lakshmi-Gubera Homam

Yantra Adhivasam

Mangalasasanam

Teerthaprasada Goshthi

07/29/2012 – Sunday 9.00 AM To 2.00 PM

Pradhana Dwara Torana Pooja

Kamadhenu Pooja

Alaya Pradakshina and Yantra Pratishtha

Alaya Pradakshina and Vigraha Sthapana

Astothara Kalasa Abhishekam

Gopura Kumbhabhishekam

Santi Kalyanam

Chakrasnanam

Aseervacanam

Mangalasasanam

Teertha Prasada Goshthi

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Strotra Parayanam

Sri Rudra Homam

Yantra Adhivasam

Ashtottara Sata Kalasa Adhivasam

Cultural Programs

Manglasasanam

Teerthaprasada Goshthi

07/28/2012 – Saturday 5.00 PM To 8:00 PM

~~~ Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple on 07/27/2012 To 07/29/2012 ~~~

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The origins of HANWA date back to 1990’s, when a handful of Hindu families in Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in each other’s homes to sing bhajans, perform poojas, and keep their Indian heritage alive. In August 1999, the group decided to formalize its structure and establish by-laws, and HANWA was born. Over the next few years, HANWA steadily increased its membership, especially with devotees from Bentonville, which was becoming a center for the Indian population due the growth of its IT sector.

In 2002, HANWA purchased a plot of land in Gentry, AR, with the intention of building a permanent temple there. In the short-term, the group sanctified a barn that existed on the property for use in conducting poojas and other events. After discussion among the community, the members decided that the main deity of the temple would be Krishna and the other deities of the temple would be Ganesha, Durga, Shiva, Lakshmi, and Venkateshwara. The community then put its focus on raising funds for a permanent structure, establishing the Deity and other Temple Sponsorships.

HANWA commissioned an engineering firm to start drawing up site plans for the development of a temple building and started working with the city government to develop a paved road to serve the site. However, due to various external factors, the later effort did not show the hope for progress. By 2009, it was evident that the Gentry site no longer met the needs of a permanent temple, and a team of BOD members and other community leaders was formed to look for a new site. After an in-depth search and much discussion, HANWA moved in November 2009 to the current site in Bentonville, Arkansas. A Gita Yagna on November 28, 2009 consecrated the new temple, located in a house on the site. This new location put the temple in a more accessible position for the community, and enabled HANWA to increase the number of events from five per year to twenty or more per year.

Fall 2010 saw the addition of the venerable Priest, Swami Venugopala Gattu, to the HANWA team for weekend temple hours and special events. His presence and knowledge added depth to the religious celebrations. Additionally, for the first time, devotees were able to engage priest services for their personal poojas, either at home or at the temple, through HANWA. In 2011, after the selection of an architect, work began on the site plans and temple design for the permanent temple. In preparation for temple construction, murthis were brought from India and Prana Prathishtas (Eye-Opening for the murthis) were held in separate events from December 2010 through June 2012.

On October 9 2011, HANWA celebrated the Bhoomi pooja (Groundbreaking Ceremony) for the new temple. Throughout construction, the temple continued to function, supporting the religious needs of the community. In preparation for a new, permanent temple, HANWA launched “Bring Mathura to Arkansas” a major fundraising effort prior. Additionally, the community celebrated Holi on the Bentonville Square as a means of introducing the broader community to Hindu culture. Now, from July 27-29, 2012, HANWA is very pleased to be celebrating the Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple, the culmination of many years of effort and the realization of a long-held dream.

Name: Venugopalacharya Gattu (NWA Hindu Temple Priest)

Parents: Venkatacharya and Rama devi

Acharya (Guru): Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamiji.

Education and Training: Sri Pancharatra Agama and Sri Ubhayavedanta

Experience: Established and served as a Chief Priest (Sthanacharya) in Sri Vijayalakshmi Temple--Hyderabad,India; Worked as a Chief Priest in Mahalakshmi Temple

Name: Venkatacharyulu Samudrala

Parents: Late Sri Ramanujacharyulu, Neela Devi

Acharya: Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyarswamiji.

Guru: Narasimhacharyulu. Samudrala

Education: Pancharatra Agama

Experience: Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, VA---5 Years

~~~ Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple on 07/27/2012 To 07/29/2012 ~~~

Our Temple History Our Temple History

Priests Performing the Grand Opening PoojasPriests Performing the Grand Opening Poojas

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Ganesha also known as Ganapati or Vinayaka, is one of the Deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu religion. Before celebrating any occasion, the first God that will be worshipped is Lord Vinayaka, to remove all obstacles. He is the supreme commander of Shiva Ganas. Because of His grace, we can earn education as well as wealth.

Shiva is also called Bholenadh and Sankar. Shiva means "auspicious one" and He is a major Hindu Deity, and is the Destroyer or Transformer among the Trimurtis, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. He is regarded as the most powerful God in Hinduism. To protect the world, Lord Shiva consumed poison and preserved it in his neck due to which His neck looks blue. That is why he is called Neela Kanta.

Goddess Durga represents the power of the Supreme Being that preserves moral order and righteousness in the Creation. The Sanskrit word Durga means a fort or a place that is protected and thus difficult to reach. Durga, also called Divine Mother, protects mankind from evil and misery by destroying evil forces such as selfishness, jealousy, prejudice, hatred, anger, and ego.

Lord Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, born in the Era of Dwapara. He is the embodiment of love and divine joy. He is born to destroy evil and establish Dharma. He preached Geetha to the world, the divine book Hindus read. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as described by the Vedas, the most sacred scripture of Hinduism.

Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, and the embodiment of beauty. She is the consort of Lord Vishnu. Also called Lakshmi , she is said to bring good luck and is believed to protect her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows. Laksmi personifies wealth, riches, beauty, love, grace, charm and splendor.

Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple is a Hindu temple in the hill town of Tirumala. Lord Venkateshwara is the Deity of this temple, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the Era of Kali. Vishnu himself came to help to protect people and save them in distress. Venkateshwara is also called Balaji, Srinivas etc. Tirumala is the richest temple in the world.

Deities of our TempleDeities of our Temple

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Why do we need Temples?Why do we need Temples?

~ Ramakantha Rao Chakalakonda~ Ramakantha Rao Chakalakonda

This is a normal question in every mind. We have sensory organs - mouth, eyes, nose, ear and skin. The very nature of human perception is confined to the inputs given by these sensory organs and it seems to be the only truth , something experienced by these, and nothing else. Unfortunately sense organs can only perceive that which is physical and because your perception is limited to the five sense organs. Everything that you know in life is only the physicality. Your body, your mind, your emotion and your life energies are all physical. These sensory organs are like a shield, which cover your body, and you feel, what is experienced by these five. Now think that you put a hole to this shield and look at the outside world through that hole.

What you call a temple - is like that small hole on the shield, creating a space where the physical becomes thin and something beyond becomes visible to you. The science of making “the physical less visualization is the science of consecration”. The temple is the place which gives a broader picture of the world, than what you can conceive through the senses. You need a microscope to see minute things; you need a telescope to see distant things. A temple is the device that provides minutest details of life as well as the distant details, of truth, which we cannot sense through our normal senses. It develops our mind to see these facts.

When you enter a temple, you control your mind and thoughts. You concentrate your mind on God, away from the worldly things; control your behavior and actions. You feel guilty, if a bad thought enters your mind, when you are in temple. You put your mind on GOD, concentrate and worship GOD, even may be for a minute, but that is what matters. This answers the question why you need a temple.

A temple is a place of congregation, where we can do worship in a group. Also certain prayers like “Yagna, Homa, Abhisheka, Tirunalla” can be performed in the right format, with all sanity in a temple, which may not be possible at individual homes. Also a large group can visualize all these activities. This brings a kind of belonging and unity. Apart from that, children can see events, may or may not understand, but feel what our culture is, what our religion is, what we are and what we should do and what we should not do, as they age.

If you see in other religions, people concentrate on a Friday or a Sunday and perform group prayers, listen to sermons and take the benefits of temple. In Hindu religion, we do not have a fixed day or time for such gathering. We celebrate such things on certain occasions or festivals. But we can plan to visit the temple along with family at least once in a week, for our own benefit and for our own children’s benefit. Every moment is auspicious when we contemplate on God and so is every Day to visit the Temple. – Jai Sriman Narayana

VolunteerismVolunteerism

Every act done with the name of Lord becomes sanctified. You are volunteering for the Lord and what a great oppor-Every act done with the name of Lord becomes sanctified. You are volunteering for the Lord and what a great oppor-tunity to be one?tunity to be one?

~ Jagga Muddasani~ Jagga Muddasani

Volunteers play an essential role in the maintenance of the temples, helping the community raising their spiritual bars, nurturing their minds, reaching the families in critical need etc. Temples need lot of help from the people who can volunteer to provide the services as a group or individual contributions that they can provide to uplift the community and humanity. There are many ways that you can serve inside the Temple or manage free services offered by the Hindu community outside the temple.

Below are some of the Volunteer Opportunities

Food Preparation– Groups, families or individuals can volunteer to prepare food or Prashad as a one time event or on a scheduled basis. There is famous phrase called “Anna Dato Sukee Bhava”

Gardening – Our Temple Garden and House Plants need special attention too! Volunteer to plant, weed, rake or water to make the Temple an attractive place for visitors as well as our community members.

Cleaning – Cleaning the temple is part of our spiritual work at Hindu Temples. When we go to a temple, we find that it is our turn to clean and react adversely thinking, we do not want to be burdened by this task, considering it beneath our professional work or education or whatever. At other times we may clean the temple, but we fail to see any virtue in doing so. We convince ourselves that it is a necessary social service and simply condescend to clean it. However, even though we acknowledge that cleaning the temple may be necessary, we harbor resentment about it and proceed to do so only for the sake of social nicety. Please do not think this way and put yourself in the tight corner. In our culture we see often that there are many great people who approach temples cleaning with ‘inspiration, joy, dedication, and pure perception.’

~~~ Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple on 07/27/2012 To 07/29/2012 ~~~

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The journey of a child kicks off in the womb of the Mother with her thoughts. Hence, Mother is the first Teacher of a child. Every thought of the mother gets imprinted in the child’s heart. Imagine what great responsibility it is to play the role of a mother?

Child enters this world with the invisible garland of Karmas around its neck. It is the mother’s responsibility to teach the child the basic values of Humanity; to emphasize the significance of human birth; to teach them to respect elders and love youngsters; to love God selflessly; to pray for the World Peace; never to speak untruth which affects the lives of others; to tread on the right path; never to fight in the name of Religion, Caste, Movies or God.

Mother is the first and foremost being a child imitates knowingly or unknowingly. It is Mother’s inbound responsibility to lead an exemplary life at least for the sake of her children. Living a human life, we are all brought up in a way so as to believe in the existence of the Lord.

As a first teacher of the child, a Mother has to first live this principle of loving God. Love God with all your heart; depend on Him and no one else; trust Him, speak to God, sing His glory with Love, sob only for Him. Be one with Him and realize and teach the children that the ultimate purpose of human life is to realize one’s own self, to fulfill life’s purpose and thus merge with the Lord.

Sometimes we mistake children to be very young, thus underestimating their power and capability but they are more understanding than we can comprehend. Bhakti or love for God has to come at a tender age and no child is too small to be taught. Let them see you feel God and lo you have paved way for their future and for all their lives to come. This is the greatest gift any Mother can ever give her child.

Teach children to nurture the nature; respect it and feel the earth under their feet; be thankful to the Earth for bearing our weight of sins and merits; thank the Water for quenching our thirst; chit chat with the nature while strolling peacefully; pray to the Lord before eating so that they are grateful for the daily bread; think of the children in need of parents, food, money and shelter. Let our children not be drowned in the pool of money; teach them money is not everything and it is just a form of Energy. Tell them how grateful they ought to be to God for granting them all they need which they acquired due to their merits; teach them the value of Parents and how much the children mean to parents. Teach them to do service to the community with a selfless motto. Education is important for every child to become an asset to the World. Education is not for mere living but for Life; teach them the real art of living a meaningful life.

Children need not be Leaders of a bunch of minds but leader of their own lives. Once they control their thoughts, words and deeds, only then can they lead others. Check every moment if we are helping them tread on the right path or not? Share your experiences and converse with them not missing even a single opportunity. Teach them their thoughts are powerful and they can create their own future for the good of all by meditating on their thought process. It takes endless nights, innumerable hours, immense care, incessant Love and a strong mental ability and valor for a Mother to teach the invaluable things in the world. Every time, a mother moulds a child into a thoughtful soul, it multiplies into thousands of children of value and culture who could rule the world of Wisdom, Love, Truthfulness and Righteousness.

-“A great Future of the World rests in the Hands of a noble Mother.”

~ Sharmila Sanka

~~~ Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple on 07/27/2012 To 07/29/2012 ~~~

MotherMother--Child's First TeacherChild's First Teacher

~ Sharmila Sanka

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Sridhar Vuppala,Indira,Priyanka,Rohan

Santhakumari Jayave-

lu,Arumugam,Geetha,Aurthi and Abhishek

V.S., Kusum and Nirupama Raghavan

Radhika, Sneha, Srikar and Ramesh Chikkala

Sampath Kumar,Dr. Geetha Ramaswamy

Dr. Subra Bhat,Vandana,Prarthana and Siddhi

Dr Shivram Rao, Jyothi, Pallavi & Prajval

Dr Madhu Kalyan and family

Navagnana Hettiarachchy

Dhruv, Manisha and Ram Jha

Karthik, sowmya, Geetha ,Sivakumar

Radhika, Sneha, Srikar and Ramesh Chikkala

Shree Venkateshwara Deity $5,001 Donors

Shree Shiva Deity $5,001 Donors

Soumya Das, Swapnila (Lisa), Saswat, Swagat

Arun, Srividya, Matangi,Anirudh

Shree Krishna Deity $10,001 Donors

Kal Raman & Family

Raja Singhasana Vittadana $15,001 Donors

Nirupama Raghavan Temple Doors $5,001 Donors

Dhanasekar & Muthukala, Shiva and Surya

Sridhar Narayan & Meera Narayan

Rathnaa Dipika, Maanoj Deepakk, Pankajam

Ramachandran

Temple Hall $5,001 Donors

Sivalingam and Madanagopal Family

Nirupama Raghavan

Rahul Jalali

Grand Opening Event Sponsor $5,001 Donors

NWA Tamils

Temple Hall $3,850 Donors

Maitri, Bela, Ketan Pandya

Ravikanth Krovvidi,Padma, Apoorva, Abhinav

Ravikumar Kandasamy, Lalitha & Pratheepa

Shivaprasad Kulkarni, Nirmala Kulkarni, Anish,

Anagha

Subbaraidu Moppuru and family

Nagarajan & Rajlakshmi

Sanjiva Srivastava, Sanjeeta, Sanket, Shivali

KhadarReddy Boyapalli,Dakshayani Biyapalli,Prudhvi & Sanjana

Mahesh Pradhan and Family

Kruti, Varun, Sheela, Manish Shah

Sumathi Sridhar,Sridhar Iyer and family

Anand Sankaran & Nandhini Varadaraj

Shree Ganesha Deity $2,501 Donors

Bala Sivalingam, Sharmeelee, Sarvesh and Akilesh Bala

Tripati Reddy,Sucharitha,Sahithi,Sannihith

Kotaiah Naidu, Suneela, Rohan Mortha

Narender Rao Gorukanti and family

Ramakrishna Gorti,Madhavi,Aditya,Arvind

Satish Ramani, Akilandeswari Venkataraman, Shreya, Aditya

Umashankar Balaraman, Sudha Umas, Hrudhai

Umas

Dr. Subra Bhat,Vandana,Prarthana,Siddhi

Shilpa Sadashiviah, Veerendra Basappa

Shivendra Bajpayee,Arunima,Swati,Neeraj

Venkata Ramana Murthy and Jyothi Bagadi

Rithvik, Rachna, Madhavi and Srinivas Talluri

Venkata SeshaSai

Anaparti,Suneetha,Santosh,Sanjana

Sai Prasad Sanka, Sharmila, Roopali, Roohi

Avani, Akshith, Madhavi,Naresh Sunkireddy

Anoop, Vidya V Prasanna

Shivanand,Poornima Majagi

Risheel, Praneel, Suchitra,Bapuji Vakkalagadda

Sandesh, Shilpa, Aryan,Sohan Prabhudesai

Krishnakumari Ravipati

Madhu Mallu , Roopa Mallu & Medha Mallu

Sohan, Sindhuja, Manga & Murali Kudapa

Dhruv, Manisha and Ram Jha

Jineshwar Devasenan & Jayanthi Devakumar

Venkata SubbaReddy Bagepalli,Vaidehi, Kirti,Anish

Shravan & Lakshmi Rani

Kotha,Sheetal,Kavitha,Craig,Tejas

B Trehan,Late Urmila Trehan,Manjula,Kuldeep,Arun,Vasu Chawla

Prema, Arvinthan Nadar & Family

Ajay & Sushama Bhargava

Shree Ganesha Deity $2,501 Donors Cont...

Nageswara Rao Nakka, Hymavathi, Teja and Nikhita

Chandrasekhar Asthigiri,Bhagyalakshmi,

Induja,Lakshana

Deepak K Parashar

Madhu Enuganti, Radhika and Ridhi

Swaroop Mukka, Sri Padma

Kumaresh, Karthiga, Vedish & Ruthvika

Thimma

Satya Chelluboina, Durgabhavani,Jyothsna, Charishma

Sivaramakrishnan Shan, Geetha Sundararajan

& Hrithik

Dr Raj Kilambi and Jaya Kilambi

Navin Chander,Harini Jayachandran

Shree Lakshmi Deity $2,501 Donors Cont..

BK Vasan,Priya,Vishal and Pranav

Kuntal and Deval Thaker

Mana Govind, Vani Dharma, Padma and Meena

Narayan Rath, Sipra

Sanjiva Srivastava, Sanjeeta, Sanket, Shivali

Vijay Anand,Jayalakshmi Vijay,Swetha Vijay &

Suraj Vijay

Ajay, Pooja, Simran and Ria Joshi

Mahesh Pradhan and Family

Bala Sivalingam, Sharmeelee, Sarvesh and

Akilesh Bala

Lutishoor and Dwight Salisbury and family

Narender Rao Gorukanti and family

Venkat R Kodakandla, Madhavi, Prerana,Pranavi

Sampath Kumar,Dr. Geetha Ramaswamy

Sandesh Ramnathkar and Family

Venkata P Boggavarapu

Om Narla,Sai Shilpa,Lakshmi Samhita

Bashyam Ramasami

Shree Lakshmi Deity $2,501 Donors

Ajaydev Nallur & Subha

Jeetendra Bhandari,Bharti,Urvi, Sonal

Sudhir Katke and Family

Pramod Sudhakar,Shani Nambiar

Rahul, Shefali, Eshaan, Henna Jalali

Paleri and Family

Shilpa Sadashiviah, Veerendra Basappa

Venu Puthalath,Priya Nair,Sanjana Venugopal,Nikita Venugopal

Sreenivas & Srilakshmi Sunkara,Varun &

Vibhav Sunkara

Raghunath K Seeram,Sunitha,Manoj,Mounica

Ramesh K Tangellamudi & Purnima

Mr & Mrs Ajay &Shalu Gogia,Sri GopalKrishan & Smt Indu Gogia

Thilak Sriram & Parimala Thilak

Gautham Paruchuri, Praveena, Rachana, Neil

Umashankar Balaraman, Sudha Umas,

Hrudhai Umas

Shree Durga Deity $2,501 Donors

Chandra Movva and Family

Temple Doors $2,501 Donors

Dick Weaver and Ginger Turley

Temple Hall $2,501 Donors

Arthi,Arjun

Maitri, Bela, Ketan Pandya

Kitchen $2,501 Donors

Murthy N Kolluru, Padmaja, Varsha,Soumya

Sampath Kumar,Dr. Geetha Ramaswamy

Ramakrishna Suryadevara, Rama,

Tejaswitha,Apoorva

Streets and Parking $2,501 Donors

Arul Kumaran R, Maruthachelvi K & Arima Manivendan A

Office $2,501 Donors

Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple Donors

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This event book would not be complete with the two powerful words ‘Thank you.’

Several Boards changed; several people worked diligently; several brains came up with brainstorming ideas; several volunteers came forward with helping hands; several people donated their hard earned money for a noble cause; several devotees yearned for the Lord’s abode; several festivals have been celebrated with unity and a sense of belongingness; several devotees’ devotion, sentiment, emotions, perseverance and vibration of uttering God’s name took the form of auspiciousness which has now formed as Temple and above all, a great incident happened behind the scenes and it is nothing but Lord’s grace and love for humanity. Thanks to in-kind business sponsors like Indian Restaurants like Chutnys, Taj Indian Cuisine and India Orchard who have been a great support to HANWA Community by selflessly providing food at no charge for the Grand Opening of our Temple.

Thank You

~~~ Grand Opening of the Northwest Arkansas Hindu Temple on 07/27/2012 To 07/29/2012

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HANWA is a NON PROFIT (501C-3) organization and donations to HANWA have Tax Benefits. If you have any questions please send an email to [email protected].