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Hindu Temple
of Wisconsin, Pewaukee Road, WI
Location:
Hindu Temple of Wisconsin,
N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road,Pewaukee, WI-53072
Tel:262.695.1200
Fax:262.695.1200
Temple Deities
Maha Vishnu and Lakshmi
Among the holy trinity of Hindu gods-
Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Vishnu is considered the preserver and the protector
one. He is lovingly known by various other names such as Vishnu, Venkateshwara,
Balaji, Narayana Padmanabha and Jagannatha. Lakshmi is Maha Vishnu’s consort.
She is the goddess of wealth, prosperity, light and wisdom. Maha Vishnu is
often represented as resting on a coiled serpent with Lakshmi by his feet. Maha
Vishnu has 10 avatars (incarnations) – Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha,
Vaman, Parsuram, Ram, Krishna, Budha and
Kalki.
Shiva
Shiva is the third god in the holy Hindu
triumvirate. He is considered as the one responsible for destroying universe in
order to recreate it. Shiva is accompanied by his consort Parvati, the
mother-goddess. Parvati is seen as the one responsible for bringing balance in
Shiva’s life. Shiva has a third eye which represents his wisdom and
insight. Every year on the 13th night or 14th day
of the new moon in the Krishna Paksha of Maagha or Phalguna ‘Shivaratri’
is celebrated to honor him.
Venkateswara, Padmavati and Bhudevi
Venkateswara is a form of Vishnu. The
word ‘Venkateswara’ means the one who destroys sins of people. According to
ancient texts, Vishnu incarnated as Venkateswara out of love for his devotees
for salvation of humanity. He is also known as Srinivasa, Balaji and
Venkatachalapati. Venkateswara’s consort is Padmavati who is Mahalakshmi
herself. Bhudevi is the wife of Vishnu’s third avatar – Varaha.
Ganapati
Also known as Ganesha, Vinayak,
Vigheneshwara and Pillaiyar (and many other names),Ganapati is one of the most
widely-worshipped deities. He is revered to a ‘remover of obstacles’ and is
therefore honored at the beginning of every holy ceremony. Ganapati is also
referred to as ‘lord of letter and learning’. He is the son of Shiva and
Parvati, with Kartikeya being his brother. He is especially remembered at the
10 day festival of Ganesh Chaturthi where it is believed that he comes and
visits his devotees’ homes.
Durga
Durga is the mother of our universe. She
is the power related to the creation, preservation and destruction of the
world. The word ‘Durga’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘durg’ meaning a fort or a
place that is well protected. Durga got her name so because it is believed that
she protects mankind from all sorts of evil and misery. Kali, Bhagvati, Ambika,
Gauri, Lalita and Rajeswari – these are all her incarnations. This supremely
radiant goddess is depicted as having eight arms, riding a lion, carrying
weapons and a lotus flower and killing the demon ‘Mahishasura’ with a trident.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and
prosperity, of both material and spiritual kind. She is depicted as an
embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. She sits on a full-bloomed lotus and
also holds lotus buds in her hands. The flower stands for the purity and
fertility the goddess brings. Lakshmi brings good luck and protects from misery
and sorrow, especially money related. That’s why she is often associated with
gold and other valuable gems. She is the female counterpart of Vishnu and
therefore is also referred to as the female energy of the Supreme Being.
Ram Parivar
Ram is the seventh and the ‘perfect’
incarnation of Vishnu. In the words of Swami Vivekananda, Ram is “the
embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above
all, the ideal king.” Ram is depicted with an arrow in his right hand and a bow
in his left. He is always accompanied by his wife Sita, younger brother
Lakshman, and Hanuman. Ram’s day of birth is celebrated as Ram Navami. It falls
on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar year.
KrishnaParivar
Krishnais the eighth incarnation of
Vishnu. He is also the most powerful and the most popular one. His portrayal is
very diverse – from a god child, a prankster, a model lover and a hero, to the
Supreme Being. The word ‘Krishna’ has Sanskrit
origins and means ‘black’ or ‘dark’ or ‘dark-blue.’ He is shown wearing yellow
clothes with a peacock feather adorning his crown.Krishnais often worshipped
along with her gopi consort Radha as ‘Radha-Krishna.’ His main queens are
Rukmini and Satyabhama.
Satyanarayana
Satyanarayan is the Narayan form of
Vishnu. The word ‘Satyanarayan’ simply means ‘truth is god’ and therefore
signifies Vishnu as the embodiment of truth. ‘Satyanarayan Pooja’ is worshipped
usually on a full-moon day. This pooja is commonly performed in the home with
family and friends. Satyanarayan is worshipped especially with an auspicious
occasion like marriage or house warming in the family.
Hanuman
Hanuman is the ardent devotee and
disciple of Shri Ram. He played and important role in the great epic Ramayan.
He is the son of the wind god – Vayu. He is often looked upon as the ultimate
hero. He is known by many names such as, Anjaneya, Anjaniputra, Maruti,
Pavanputra and Bajrangbali. Fasts are kept on Tuesdays (and sometimes on
Saturdays as well) to honor the god.
Ramanuja
Ramanuja was a theologian and philosopher.
He is considered a sthe single most influential thinker of devotional
Hinduism. He is also known as
Ramanujacharya, Ethirajar, Emperumannar and Lakshmana Muni. He
provided an intellectual basis for the practice of devotional worship or
‘bhakti.’ He went out on a long pilgrimage and after that settled in Shrirangam
where he founded centers to disseminate the doctrine of devotion to Vishnu.
Murugan
Murugan is the son of Shiva and Parvati.
He is also known as Kartikeya, Subramaniam, Sanmukha, Skanda and Guha.
Thaipusam is an important festival celebrated to honor Murugan. The festival
celebrated the day when Parvati presented a lance to Murugan to end the evil
Tarakasura.
Swami Ayyappa
Ayyappa is believed to be the son of
Shiva and Vishnu (in his female incarnation, Mohini). Because of this Ayyappa
is also known as ‘Hariharan Puthiran’ which means the son of both Shiva and
Vishnu. Sabrimala, inKerala,Indiais the most famous of Ayyappa’s Shrines.
Temple Priest:
Madhusudhan Bhattar Tumkur
Specializes in all Vishnu Poojas
Languages Spoken: Kanada -Tamil -Telugu
-Malayalam
Upcoming
Events:
06/08/2013
18:00
06/08/2013
07:30
06/09/2013
11:30
06/15/2013
18:00
06/15/2013
08:00
06/16/2013
11:30
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Temple Timings
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Days
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Morning
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Evening
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Monday
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9:00 AM
To 12:00 PM |
6:00 PM
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Tuesday
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Wednessday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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8:30 am to 8:30 pm
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Sunday
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8:30 am to 8:30 p
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Daily Program
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Days
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9.00 AM
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11.00 AM
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12.00 PM to 6.00 PM Temple Closed
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7.00 PM
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8.00 PM
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Monday
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Shiva Abhishekam
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Mahamangal Arati
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Tuesday
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Hunuman Chalisa
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Mahamangal Arati
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Wednesday
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Ram Parivar Archana/Pooja
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Mahamangal Arati
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Thursday
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Radha Krishna Archana/Pooja
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Mahamangal Arati
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Friday
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Vishnu Sahasranam recitation
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Mahamangal Arati
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Saturday
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Suprabhatam
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Navagraha Abhishekam
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Temple is Open Entire Day
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Mahamangal Arati
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Sunday
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Suprabhatam
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Temple is Open Entire Day
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Mahamangal Arati
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Pushpa Alankar Seva
Special Sponsorships
at Temple
cheduled Puja Sevices
at Temple
Puja Services by
Priest arrangement
Monthly Programs
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10:00 AM
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6:00 PM
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Comments
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Vishnu Lakshmi Abhishekam
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Ayyappa and Murugan Pooja
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1st Saturday Every Month
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Shiva Abhishekam
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2nd Saturday Every Month
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Venkateshwara Abhishekam
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Venkateshwara Kalyanam
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3rd Saturday Every Month
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Ganesha Abhishekam
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4th Saturday Every Month
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Brahmotsvam
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/19/2013
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08:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, WI, US
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Mata Ki Chowki
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/08/2013
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18:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, WI, US
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Hindu Youth Camp (July 15-19)
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Date
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Time
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Location
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07/15/2013
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08:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, WI, US
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Sunday Cafeteria
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/09/2013
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11:30
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, WI, US
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Lectures on Bhagvatam
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/15/2013
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08:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, WI, US
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Ekadas Rudram
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/08/2013
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07:30
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Venkateswara Kalyanam
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/15/2013
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18:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Satyanarayan Puja
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/22/2013
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17:30
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Sudarshana Homam (date change)
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/23/2013
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10:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Sankathara Chaturthi (Ganpati Abhishek)
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/25/2013
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18:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Sunderkand Path
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Date
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Time
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Location
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06/22/2013
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14:00
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Hindu Temple of
Wisconsin, N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road, Pewaukee, , WI, US
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Temple Vision
1. OurHTW – Expansion
New Temple Expansion Projects- HTW Parking lot expansion is a much needed project for the temple. The temple should be able to cater the parking needs for the regular daily/weekly/monthly events. The goal is to increase by 30% of the current parking space. The second project is to install Dwajastambh in the temple. Installation of Dwajastambh is a very important requirement to conduct certain religious events in the temple. It is one of the last pieces which are needed to make the complete temple. The construction committee will go through the steps of creating proposals, meet with the stapathi (temple layout planner) to adhere to the religious requirements for the proposal, present the proposal to the board and in the general body meeting for any community feedback.
2. OurHTW – “Stay Connected”
- a. Infrastructure Development – The temple management needs to be connected to the community at all times. The current limitations with the website, email and the current temple software have to be removed and enhanced to provide extended capabilities through internet. The website should have the information about all the events, poojas and the schedules of all the priests and resources. The website should be able to accept the reservations for the events and resources online. With the growing internet enablement and technology, HTW is initiating a major infrastructure program “Stay Connected”
- The current phone system’s utilization will be increased by activating the menus, navigation capabilities and the hotline option to “Stay Connected” with the customers. This enhanced option will give devotees the needed information about the temple through the phone.
- b. Devotee satisfaction – HTW should cater to the spiritual needs of the devotees by increasing their participation in various poojas/ religious events. The religious events should be diversified and cater to all the communities either by poojas, bhajans or pravachans. The devotee should be able to obtain the necessary information either through the temple bulletin boards, weekly email (available by registration) or from the website. The registration for the events should be made quicker.
- c. Devotee /Customer service – Customer satisfaction is the key criteria for the success of the temple administration. The office managers and priests will work with the devotees and conduct the operations in a cordial way which includes scheduling and performing of the event/poojas to devotee’s satisfaction. The board of directors and the committee’s are expected to plan and organize more events requested by the community.
Many of our community children are involved in many volunteer activities outside the temple.Templewill need to establish a program where all our children can volunteer and learn the discipline of the religion and culture. This program will attempt to teach the children about the religion, culture, ideals and importance of their involvement.
4. OurHTW – Increase in Revenues & Reduction in Expenses
Programs like yearly poojas, sponsor a day and the priest services atTempleand home have to be increased to generate funds to run the temple by itself. The temple has to enable the options of sponsoring special private occasions like Birthdays/ Wedding Anniversary/ family special occasions etc. Life membership program and Circle of friends programs has to be rejuvenated and marketed to the customers.
The fundraising committee needs to be innovative and should find ways to raise funds by increasing the donor base.
Reduction of expenses is always very important. The finance committee has to work with operations and religious committees to keep the expenses in check and should find ways to reduce the expenses. The Operations committee needs to analyze all the contracts and find opportunities to reduce the expenses.
5. OurHTW – Community Involvement
Community Participation & Feedback– HTW should solicit feedback from the community organizations and associations. HTW needs to invite and encourage various volunteers of other organizations like TAGM, Maharastra Mandal, Milwaukee Tamil Sangam, Kannada Kota, Bengali Association, Gujarati Association etc to participate and help in the temple events. Volunteer base has to be expanded to cater the needs of the temple during large events and festivals.
Voluntary programs from HTW – Continue the programs like feed the hunger etc. With the large physician base in the community, HTW needs to explore and expand opportunities to conduct activities like free medical screening camps, blood drives, CPR training camps, seminars (ex: How to apply for a Medical School) and other programs at the HTW.
6. Indian Fine Arts
Indiahas got various cultures and wide variety of languages. With lot of diversity, many arts are vanishing with no support.Templeshould provide an opportunity to support the Indian arts that are either extinct or growing. The temple needs to invite the teachers from our community to hold classes to the children/Adults with minimal fees.
7. OurHTW – Digital Library
The HTW library needs to be digitalized. The content needs to be available in the digital format for making it available to the community through the electronic media. Various spiritual lectures, religious seminars, recorded pravachans should be made available to the devotees. The existing library has to be revamped and reorganized to better serve the community.
Balagokulam
What is Balagokulam?It is a forum where -
- Children learn Hindu values in enjoyable manner.
- Hindu children in USA learn to appreciate their cultural roots.
- All round personality development is achieved in practice.
- Children make new friends; participate in extra curricular activities, like skits, songs, etc.
- Children learn a sense of responsibility and grow up to be an ideal citizen.
- To facilitate children to appreciate, learn and practice Hindu way of life.
- Instill pride and confidence in Hindu children about their identity.
- Raise Hindu awareness in the society around.
- Develop social awareness and leadership skills among children.
At Balagokulam, 360° personality development is achieved based on Hindu Dharma in the following ways
- Physical : Exercise and Games
- Spiritual : Study of Scriptures
- Mental : Yoga and other techniques
- Intellectual : Stories, Debates, Quiz, Projects
A proud Hindu:
- Understands the Hindu philosophy
- Is convinced of its importance for a peaceful world
- Practices Hindu Values
- Helps fellow Hindu
- Identifies himself as a Hindu
- Builds Confidence
- Face challenges of being part of two cultures
Regular activities:
- Shlokas and Bhajans
- Surya namaskar and Yoga
- Games
- Stories and quiz
- Arts and Crafts
- Skits
- Festival celebrations
- Picnics
- 1 – 5 days camps
- Community service
- Balagokulam Magazine
- From rich Indian Scriptures and History
- From Panchtantra
- Inspiring stories from the freedom struggle
- Predefined set of shlokas with their meaning in simple English
- Small Bhajans for different gods and goddesses
- Drawing, coloring and painting
- Akash Kandil for Diwali,etc.
- Clay work to create Ganpati, etc.
Celebration of Festivals:
- Ganesh pooja , Raksha Bandhan, Guru Pooja , Yugadi and other Hindu festivals
Seva or service is the best way for us to realize the divinity in all
- Serve the needy , Visiting elderly people in convalescent hospital , Volunteer at Hindu temples , Work with other voluntary groups in serving the community
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* Learn and
appreciate Hindu values and cultural roots
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* Opportunity
to participate in Sewa activities
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What do we do in Balagokulam ?
* Spiritual (10 min): Shloka, Prayers – Reciting and understanding
* Mental (10 min): Yoga meditation, Pranayaam
* Physical (30 min): Yoga, Surya Namaskar,Traditional Indian games
* Intellectual (20 min): Stories, Debates, Quiz, Art and craft
2nd and 4th Sunday 12PM to 1:15PM @ Jain Mandir Auditorium
Fee: None| Age: 5yrs and above |
Contact Shriram kelkar Shriram.kelkar@gmail.com 717-215-7006
www.Balagokulam.org
Hindu Dharma for Kids and Parents
Community Archives
Shri Shirdi Saibaba Bhajans will
be held on Thursday June 13th 2013 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at HTW Auditorium. All
are welcome and please pass this information to those who might be interested.
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Shri Shirdi Saibaba Bhajans will
be held on Thursday May 9th 2013 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at HTW Auditorium. All
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Date : 6th May ,2012 Time : 10 am
to 14pm Presented by the New Berlin Table Tennis Academy to promote and raise
awareness of professional table tennis, especially among youth.
Vibha Milwaukee is organizing its
fourth Annual VIBHA VIBE this year on March 17th, 2012. Vibe is our
flagship event. It has been a successful and entertaining event. This
year we are showcasing a
Math, Spelling, Science &
Vocab Bee Regional Contests for Asian Indian Children 2012 Regional Contests –
Saturday April 21st At Horizon Elementary School, 458 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI
53072
Friday, April 13, 8:00 p.m. Pabst
Theater, 144 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee More details available at
www.pabsttheater.org/zakir or see attached flyer Attachments: Concert details
Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee
More details available at www.pabsttheater.org/zakir or see attached flyer
Temple Directions
N4063 W243 Pewaukee Road,
Pewaukee, WI-53072
Tel:262.695.1200
Fax:262.695.1200
Please note that it may be difficult to find the directions using Mapquest or Google any internet direction tool, as the temple address may not recognized. Shown below are direction from, Chicago, IL, Green Bay, WI, Madison, WI and Milwaukee, WI
From Chicago, IL
Take I-94 West towards Milwaukee. Take 894 West towards Madison, which will once again join I-94 West. Exit on Hwy 164, exit no 294. Go 2.5 miles north on Hwy 164 past Capitol Drive. The temple is on the right hand side after approximately half a mile from Capitol Drive.
From Green Bay, WI
Take I-43 South towards Milwaukee. Take I-94 West towards Madison and exit on Hwy 164, exit no 294. Go 2.5 miles north on Hwy 164 past Capitol Drive. The temple is on the right hand side after approximately half a mile from Capitol Drive.
From Madison, WI
Take I-94 East towards Milwaukee and exit on Hwy 164, exit no 294. Go 2.5 miles north on Hwy 164 past Capitol Drive. The temple is on the right hand side after approximately half a mile from Capitol Drive.
From Milwaukee, WI
Take I-94 West towards Madison and exit on Hwy 164, exit no 294. Go 2.5 miles north on Hwy 164 past Capitol Drive. The temple is on the right hand side after approximately half a mile from Capitol Drive.
Om Tat Sat
(Continued...)
(My
humble salutations to the great devotees
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