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Dear Devotees: Namasthe.

BAL VIHAR

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Every Sunday 9.30am to 10.30am. Contact Ms. Anu Rajesh @913-310-0813 Every Sunday 9.30am to 10.30am Contact Dr. Vijay Kumar @913-894-6454 Every Sunday 11.00am to 12.00noon Contact Swapnam Kumar @ 816-554-2454 Every Sunday 10.30am to 11.30am Contact at 6.30pm to 7.30pm Every First Tuesday. All are welcome to join ek shaam Ram Ke naam. Contact Sanjay Kohli @ 913-327-1086

We have successfully celebrated Gurupurnima and Vara Lakshmi Puja with the help one and all. We cant thank you enough for your continued support. Thanks a lot to all the volunteers. HTCC is organizing a picnic on Aug 1st 2009 at Heritage park. We look forward to seeing you all there to have fun in this get-together. Its our way of saying thank you Kansas City for the support and dedication. We are having community days during August and September. We want to clean up the yards and temple premises to look beautiful and to have a healthy and Happy Living environment. Go green!!! We thank all the supporters like South Asian Times and other local organizations who are supporting us in reaching out to the devotees with our temple event updates. Special thanks to YGKC members and the young members of the community who are volunteering in setting up the library and cleaning up the lawn area. We thank Swami Narayan Temple committee for offering their premises for parking when there are big functions in the temple. We appreciate devotees checking the list of names that are displayed on the wall, website before we make the final plaque in the coming months. Devotees who are interested to donate more to come into different categories may please contact the fundraising committee. We are happy to see many volunteers signing up for Sunday lunch. Our request to the devotees is to let the Managers know at least 3 days in advance if you are unable to serve lunch on the day you have signed-up for. In the event of cancellation, temple can make alternate arrangements as we do not want to cancel the popular Sunday lunch anytime. We are seeing overwhelming response on the fundraising ticket sales. As there are early bird discounts, we encourage everyone to buy the tickets earlier and support the temple. Our committee members are working very hard to put more programs in the coming months such as Picnic, Dharma Camp, Topeka Day, Indepndence day celebrations, Gita path with the help of ISKON devotees, Ganesh Chaturdhi, Anand Mela, Diwali, Annakut, Maata ki Chowki, Fundraising dinner and many more. Please check the temple website or calendar for these events. I personally want to thank each and every committee member who is taking so many hours of personal time to conduct many such events in our temple. We are in need of lot of volunteers please contact us for helping in temples activities. Thanks and regards Sai Chimalakonda President Executive Committee

YOGA PARIVAR

HINDI CLASS

HTCC LIBRARY SUNDER KAND PATH

Every third Sunday, Sathyanarayan Puja will be held at 10:30 a.m ******* Due to the requests from the devotees; the third week Satyanarayana Puja will be done on every third sunday as before. Devotees are requested to contact the Managers for making the bookings. ******* AYYAPPA BHAJAN 6pm SOUP KITCHEN August 8th. Every Second Saturday 5pm to August 31st. Every Last Monday Contact Suma Hegde @ 913-491-1969 Lunch will be available from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm.Please contact Manager for details.

SUNDAY LUNCH

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TEMPLE HOURS
Day of the Week Monday - Friday Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday Time 10:00 AM -12:00 Noon 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM Note Aarti at 11:00 AM Aarti at 8:00 PM Aarti at 12:00 Noon & 8:00 PM Aarti at 12:00 Noon & 8:00 PM

Current Charges For Puja and Priest Services At temple At home Abhishekam $ 75 Abhishekam with kalasa puja $ 101 Aksharabhyasam (beginning of writing) $ 75 Anna Prasana (first feeding) $ 51 $ 101 Any other Puja (< 2 hours duration) $ 65 $ 151 Archna(fruits provided by Temple) $ 11 Atma Shanti/Tarpanam $ 31 $ 101 Baby shower. $ 151 $ 201 Barsi/Annual Ceremony $251 $ 301 Cremation services Your Devotion Grihapravesham & Sri Sathyanarayana Puja/Katha $ 301 Grihapravesham(house warming) only $ 151 Havan $ 101 $ 151 Hiranyasradham $ 75 $ 101 Kalyanutsavam (Kanyadan) Individual $ 151 Mundan(Hair offering)* $ 75 $ 151 Namakaranam(naming of baby) $ 51 $ 101 Navagraha Archna- One Graha only $ 21 Navagraha puja. $ 101 $ 201 Sahasranama Archna $ 51 (1000 names of God) Sri Sathynarayana Puja/Katha $ 75 $ 151 Samohika Satyanaryana Puja/Katha $ 31 $ 201 $ 251 Sashti poorthi shanti(60th birthday) Satyanarayana Puja & Basement Rental $175 (4 hours) Sponsor Puja ** check with priest/manager. Upnayana Sanskara $ 251 $ 351 (Sacred thread ceremony) Vahan puja $ 31 Vivah(Wedding)# $ 701 $ 501 * HTCC will not be responsible in arranging the haor stylist. # Basement Hall inclusive. Note. Minimum charges for any puja performed outside Hindu Temple. $ 101 Any Puja performed outside KC Metropolitan area $ 251 Above suggested charges do not include Dakshina(donation) to the priest and it should not be less than 25% of suggested service charges. All pujas booked in Advance should be paid in advance. One cancellation or postponement permitted. For more than one cancellation/postponement 50% of the service charge will be deducted before any refund is made.

HTCC Regular Puja Schedule

Monday Auspicious days for Shivji Puja. performed an hour before Arti. Tuesday

Auspicious day for Hanuman Puja Devotees may participate in Hanuman Chalisa chant before Aarti at 6.40 pm
Thursday Auspicious days for Sai Baba Puja. Archana and Arti 20 minutes before regular Arti Friday Auspicious days for Maha Lakshmi Puja. Saturday Ayyappa Bhajan on every 2nd Saturday 5pm to 6pm 3rd Sunday Satyanarayana Puja and Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Puja Pradosham puja

Auspicious day to do Shiva Abhishekam.

Please contact Manager during temple hours for scheduling any puja at Temple or at Home. You can even email your information for scheduling puja.We request the devotees to cooperate with the managers who will make their best efforts in scheduling puja with the priest that you have requested. In certain cases this may not be possible and we appreciate your patience and cooperation in this matter.

Note to Devotees
During your visit to the temple, if you face any difficulties in scheduling the pujas, or with the facilities at the temple, or with the counduct of the pujas, please feel free to email the President at saicvs@gmail.com and describe the nature of the issue/problem/comment/concern. Your Feedback is very important to us and please feel free to provide it.

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Board of Trustees
2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2009-2011 2009-2011 2008-2010 2008-2010 2008-2010 2008-2010 2007-2009 2007-2009 2009 2009 Ramesh Lokre Chairman Dwarka Gupta Vishal Adma Sanjeev Goyal Mahendra Sheth Ila Patel Laksmi Naidu Hasu Doshi Sanjay Kohli Abhay Bisarya Suma Hegde Raja Govindarajan Kirit Amin 913-239-0251 913-491-0949 913-962-1398 913-829-3542 816-452-8113 913-438-7641 913-345-1919 913-681-3633 913-327-1086 913-681-0565 913-491-1969 913-962-2175 913-768-3170

Program Committee Srini Bhagavan 913 681 2302 Shiram Yadav 816 695 9694 Madhukar Garlapati 913 486 4444 Madhuri Korimilli 913 219 1340 Anjan Madhwesh 913 685 7323 Appachu Kodira 913 402 6756 Madhuri Korimilli 913 219 1340 Webmasters Ravi Mehra Sanjeev Goyal 913 568 7254 sabkasai@gmail.com 913 829 3542 sanjeevnina@yahoo.com Managers Rajinder Goyal 913 631 7519 goyalck@yahoo.com Pankaj Desai 913 631 7519 monkeybal90@yahoo.com Volunteer Committee Vishal Adma Sreenukumar Gadiraju Kiran Turaga Kiran Vaddiparthi Kusuma Bommakanti Sunil Prabhu Seema Lokre Vijaya Gandra 913 962 1398 vadma@yahoo.com 913 486 7576 gskraju1@gmail.com 913 441 2092 kiran.turaga@gmail.com 913 940 0585 ramakiran_kansas@yahoo.com 913 631 3316 816 217 7669 913 239 0251 913 633 8999 bmsaran@yahoo.com sunilprabhu@hotmail.com slokre@saiconinc.com vijayagandra@gmail.com srini_bhagavan@yahoo.com shriramyadav@gmail.com mgarla01@yahoo.com madhurikorimilli@gmail.com anjan.madhwesh@gmail.com appachukn@aol.com madhurikorimilli@gmail.com

Executive Committee Members 2009

Position President Vice President Secretary Joint-Secretary Fundraising Chairman Treasurers Name Sai Chimalakonda Sridhar Harohalli Puneet Gorawara Atul Agarwal Phone Email

913 685 5960 913 397 6813 913 963 9192 913 402 0743 913 469 0128

Saicvs@yahoo.com harosree@yahoo.com puneet.gorawara@gmail.com atulagar@hotmail.com keshavakote58@yahoo.com

Keshava Kote Kailash Krishnamurthy Sadhana Bisarya Members-at-large Anuradha Arnipalli Pratibha Trivedi Raj Srivastava (Lawerence) Shekar Challa (Topeka) S. V. Rangarajan Program Chair Usha Saha Vice-Chair Vijay Ainapurapu

913 219 3994kailash.krishnamurthy@gmail.com 913 764 3521 sbisarya1@gmail.com 913 851 3051 913 829 5470 anuarnipalli@yahoo.com banipark@aol.com rsrivastava@ku.edu 785 271 5546 schalla@aol.com 785 762 2969 ranirangarajan@yahoo.com 913 894 2194 chemrules97@yahoo.com 913 219 9334 avk001@yahoo.com

Maintenance and Security Girish Kshirsagar 913 345 2483 drizzle_kshirsagar@yahoo.com Man Singh Koshal 913 327 3990 m_singh_66214@yahoo.com Health & Wellness Saran Bommakanti 913 631 3316 bmsaran@yahoo.com Mahendra Rupani 913 491 0858 rupdhruv@aol.com Managers 913 631 7519 goyalck@yahoo.com 913 631 7519 monkeybal90@yahoo.com Priests Srinivasacharyulu Mahendrada Kantilal Thaker 913- 962-9696

785 218 4409

Religious Committee Sreedhar Babu Ravinuthala 913 962 9071 Ravi Ayyalasomayajula 913 220 1148 Rajinder Goyal Pankaj Desai

sridhar_babu@yahoo.com ravishanker.aysola@gmail.com

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Priest Committee Rekha Seth 816-452-8113 Jayada Kallur 913- 814-7854 Kasturi Patro 913-681-8469 Pratibha Trivedi 913-829-5470 Abhay Bisariya 913-681-0565 Pyare Mohan 913-888-5062 Program Chair President of EC Chairman of Board of Trustees mandrsheth@bicdesign.net jayada_shri@yahoo.com
kasturipatro@yahoo.com pratibha.trivedi1@gmail.com abhaybisarya@hotmail.com

py93mohan@gmail.com

Organized by Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Kansas City 6330 Lackman Road, Shawnee. KS. 66217 Tel/Fax: (913) 631-7519 www.htccofkc.org Tax ID: 48-0950562
Donations are partially Tax-deductible

Attention!!!! Attention!!!!!!! Attention!!!!!!!!!! Fund Raising Dinner on Saturday October 10th, 2009
HTCC Annual Fund Raising Dinner will be on Saturday October 10th,2009. Tickets are Available. Buy Early and Save!!!!!.Early Bird Specials are available. Please contact managers, members of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees for more details. Dear Devotees, We request all the devotees to make use of the new community hall for your functions. Since April 1,2009,we have reduced the rentals for the benefit of the devotees. For smaller parties and gatherings the new class rooms are also available for rent. Please contact the managers for further details. Anand Mela will be held on Saturday September,12th 2009 Please see inside for the detailed flyer.
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Direction: Take 63rd Street and Lackman Road from Shawnee Mission Pkwy

For the First time ever HTCC jointly organizes Anand Mela With Health & Wellness

Venue: HTCC New Community Hall

Saturday Sept 12th 2009 11am to 4pm
Hurry up!!! Sponsorships available

SURePrizes for new Members

Admission: Free

HTCC takes a great pride in organizing "Anand Mela" each year. At "Anand Mela" HTCC offers opportunity for the Indian community to sell homemade Indian food and Indian merchandise like saris and dhotis. For the first time ever, HTCC hosts a community health and wellness program which will help over 500 people. For More Information: Sridhar Harohalli (913) 397-6813 Puneet Gorawara (913) 963-9192 GSK Raju (913) 486-7576 Usha Saha (913) 894-2194 Sai Chimalakonda (913) 685 5960 Temple Managers: (913) 631-7519

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Want to Serve on the Board of Trustees of HTCC. Here is your Chance!!!!!

Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City is seeking nominations to fill the three vacant Fellow Trustee positions for a three year term starting on January 1st, 2010 and two non fellow trustee positions from general membership for a one year term starting on January 1st, 2010. Please contact the following members of the nominating committee for further details and qualifications. All nominations must be received by August 21, 2009. Ravi Kallur Sonia Garapaty Abhay Bisarya Suma Hegde Mohan Tahiliyani Sandeep Mehta
Raj Srivastava

Want to know more about Bal Vihar? Here is your opportunity What: Balvihar Orientation When: 9:30 10:30 AM, Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Where: Hindu Temple Classroom
Balvihar is value based moral education for children, with an emphasis on Indian Culture and Spirituality. Weekly lesson plans are based on the core human values of Satya/Truth, Dharma/Right Conduct, Shanti/Peace, Prema/ Love and Ahimsa/Non Violence. These human values are imparted by means of moral stories, role plays, group discussions, games, arts and crafts. Children are also taught how to sing bhajans, recite vedas, shlokas and stothras. An orientation will be held for interested families, on Sunday August 30th, from 9:30 -10:30 AM. Syllabus and curriculum for the upcoming year will be reviewed by the instructors during the orientation. Balvihar families, old and new are encouraged to attend this session and benefit from it. Registrations will be accepted immediately following the orientation and regular classes for the school year will begin on Sunday, September 13th. Please note that children have to be at least 5 years of age to attend Balvihar. HTCC Represented at Interfaith National Convention Sri R.Krishna represents HTCC in the Interfaith community. During the July 4th weekend National Association of Intefaith Network had its National Convention here in Kansas City at the Unity Village in Lees Summit and he participated in it. He had an exhibit table on Hinduism and his wife Dr. Padma Krishna performed a Hindu worship service on one of the three days for a half hour period. She did a Ganesh Puja and Lakshmi Puja and sang the Om Jaya Jagadish Hare at the time of the Arti. There were about sixty delegates from the USA and Canada and they all appreciated it since they came over after the Puja and accepted Prasads. Hindu Patrika August 2009 12

Chair 913 526 6037 (sutti84@yahoo.com) Member 913 397 0834 (sgarapaty@fsc-inc.com) Member 913 681 0565 (abhaybisarya@hotmail.com) Member 913 491 1969 (sumahegde@gmail.com) Member 913 491 5395 (tahilianim@bv.com) Member 913 271 5433 (smitamehta1960@yhoo.com) Member 785 218 4409 (rsrivastava@ku.edu)

Ravi Kallur Chair, Nominating Committee 2009

Attention all Regional and Non Profit Organizations

The HTCC management has decided to set up a Community Information Board at the temple. The Non-Profit Organizations can put the flyers of the events that they conduct and organize. Depending on the availability of the space, some flyers can be removed at the discretion of the temple managers. The decision of the temple managers in final and binding. The organizations are requested to use this space to advertise their events. Please contact managers for more details.
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Hindi Class Now enrolling for the session 2009-2010 Since last four years Hindi Class is being conducted every Sunday from 11:00 AM till noon in the temple. Hindi class has started with the intention of helping children of Indian community to preserve their Native language. Ignoring the importance of native language or neglecting their values is in a way to deprive your children of their cultural identity. In Hindi class we also try to keep them connected with our main festivals and other cultural issues. By bringing your child/children to the Hindi class you are planting cultural seed in your children. You might not realize the significance of it now, but it is benefiting your child in a long run. The enrollment for the Hindi Class (August 2009 to May 2010) is now open. We will keep the enrollment open till end of July. There is a $10.00 donation to the temple for each child each month. Contact person: Swapnam Kumar 816 554 2454 swapnamku@gmail.com For Online enrollment please visit http://www.htccofkc.org/newhome/hindisignup.htm
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DHARMA CAMP
A free, fun-filled event for children 8 and above!
Date: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Time: 8:00 A.m. to 4:00 p.m. Venue: Hindu Temple and Cultural Center
Learn about Hinduism through exciting activities such as: Arts and crafts Games Music and bhajans Pictures and geography Stories and myths Moral debates and many more! Free enrollment online at www.htccofkc.org/newhome/dharmaenrol.htm

Deadline for enrollment: July 31st Space is limited so register early!

For more details please contact: Usha Saha 913-894-2194 Neelam Kumar 816-737-0826 Sanjeev Goyal 913-284-9442 Rajinder Goyal 913-631-7519

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Hindu Temple of Kansas City Organizes

VEDANTA SOCIETYARJUN KUMAR SHARMA MEMORIAL LECTURE

Friday, September 11 at 7 p.m.

Topeka day
An event organized by the friends and families from Topeka
Date: Sunday, August 9th, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.m. to 2:00 p.m. Venue: Hindu Temple and cultural center
Cultural Programs Delicious Lunch and many more Free Entry to all Sunday Lunch tickets can be bought at the front desk For more details please contact: Managers: (913) 631-7519 Shekar Challa: (785)354-1254 or SChalla@aol.com

Swami Sridharananda will speak on

Spirituality: What it is, its practice, and its goal.

Location: Regnier Hall KU Edwards Campus 12600 Quivera Overland Park, KS
(half block west of 127th and Quivera)

All are welcome Free will donation

Swami Sridharananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India, and founder of the Vedanta Centre in Sydney, Australia

www.vedantakc.org email info@vedantakc.org 8701 Ward Parkway Kansas City MO 64114 816 444 8045

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Indian dentist in town

Dr. Anuja Buch DDS

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First Ever Jagannath Rath Yatra Celebrated at HTCC.

KC Korma Sutra Sensuous Cuisine of India We have TWO Locations to serve you Korma Sutra I 7212 West 110th Street Overland Park, KS 66213 Northwest corner of College & Metcalf Phone: 913-34KURRI (345-8774) Cell: 913-269-5727 Fax: 913-345-9964 Korma Sutra II(Closed Monday) 4113 Pennsylvania (Westport) Kansas City, MO Ph: (816)-931-7775 Fax : (816) 931-7765 Email : jorabar123@yahoo.com On Sunday June 28th,2009 amidst chanting of Jai Jagannath and Puri Jagannathi ki Jai, hundreds of devotees braving blazing sun pulled the Jagannath Rath for the first time at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City. The magnificent and the beautiful Ratha was built by Santosh Pardy with the help of volunteers from Oriya community and from other communities. He along with Ramabholla Mohapatro volunteered to build the Rath so that the devotees could celebrate the Rath Yatra day. The Rath at HTCC depicts yellow colored Nandighosa, blue colored Taladwaja and Deviratha. As soon as the ritual of King of Puri swept the Rath with holy water and golden broom, the devotees lined up to pull the Rath to Gundicha Ghar. During the procession, the Rath was stopped at predefined spots and the devotees offered prayers and danced to beats of the dholak played by Sai Chimalakonda, President of the Hindu Temple and Hashmukh Patel, while the Priest offered aarthi WOW that was spectacular. When the rath stopped at the make shift Gundichara Mandir ( new hall of HTCC) the idols were taken in and aarthi was performed followed by sumptuous lunch prepared by more than 40 volunteers. There were more than 600 devotees and every one present enjoyed the occasion. Seeing the

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response, Sri Sai Chimalakonda, President of HTCC said I am overwhelmed by the response today and the support the community has shown in conducting the First Ever Ratha Yatra in the history of HTCC . He also said this is another First in the temples history following on the heels of the 5 day Temple Anniversary held in May. He thanked every devotee and volunteer for their support, commitment and dedication in performing Gods work. All volunteers put in lot of hard work right from cordoning of the parking lot to making sure every one had food to eat. . They all gave up their time to help from literally dawn to dusk. Without them much of the event wouldnt even have been the grass and shade to relieve their bare feet from the hot ground.

GuruPurnima Celebrated at HTCC

Gurupurnima celebrations were held on Sunday July, 12th ,2009 at Hindu Temple and Cultural Center. The event started on Saturday July 11th, night after Shej aarthi to Sai Baba. After the aarthi is complete, the Non- Stop Recital of Sai Sat Charitra was started by Ravi Mehra. The recital continued through the night non-stop with various devotees taking turns to read the book. After each hour it was turn of a different devotee. The book was read in different Languages like English, Telugu, Hindi. The reading of the book was completed by 7:00 AM which was followed by , Kakad Aarthi. At 9:00 am, Priest SinivasaCharyulu started the Sai Abhishekam followed by Sai Sat Vrat Katha. The sponsors of the Vrata Katha and Abhishekam joined in the puja. For the first time at HTCC, the palki yatra of Shirdi Sai Baba was taken out. In a well decorated Palki the picture of Shirdi Sai Baba was placed and it was carried by the devotees chanting Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Jai and Sachidanand Satguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai. Hundred of devotees followed the procession through the parking lot of the temple in to the new hall. The palki yatra is another first at HTCC to add to the list of first time events. The Madhyan aarthi was performed in the new hall and it was followed by delicious lunch prepared by volunteers in the temples kitchen. While the devotees were having lunch, Mrs. Usha Saha, Program Chair, HTCC informed the devotees about the upcoming event conducted by HTCC. They are Varalaxmi Vratham on Friday July 31st, Picnic on Sunday, August 2nd,Dharma Camp by the Youth Group on August 5th, Janmashtami on August 14th and Ganesh Chathurthi on August 23rd. After that Sridhar Harohalli, Vice-President,HTCC informed the gathering that the Annual Anand Mela will be held on Saturday, September 12th and the fund raising dinner on Saturday, October 10th. He also informed the gathering that the tickets for fund raising are available at a discounted rates as early bird specials and can be had by contacting the managers or by visiting the web site www.htccofkc.org

Ordinary Income/Expense For June 2009 Income ADVERTISEMENT $100.00 CULTURAL CENTER $-4,400.00 DONATION $7,308.47 HALL RENT $1,850.00 MEMBERSHIP $175.00 Other Income $114.19 PUJA $4,981.00 SOUP KITCHEN $101.00 Sunday Lunch $1,440.00 WEDDING $501.00 Total Income $12,170.66 Expense Contract Labor $576.00 CREDITCARD -TEMPLE $258.25 DAKSHINA $202.00 DEPOSIT CORRECTION $10.00 DISPOSAL $129.99 ENTERPRISE LOAN PMT $2,649.57 FLOWERS $631.70 FUNDRAISING-EXPENSE $292.80 GIFT SHOP $-17.00 HINDICLASS $303.48 Interest Expense $1,669.33 KANSAS GAS SERVICE $131.78 KCPL $998.61 LAWNCARE $450.00 Maintenance $562.79 Miscellaneous $32.89 NEW HALL $62.10 Payroll Expenses $5,992.01 Rent $300.00 SILVER COINS $-356.00 STHAPANA $2,503.00 TAXES $1,837.13 Telephone $200.35 Utilities $54.96 Total Expense $19,475.74 Net Ordinary Income $-7,305.08 Other Expenses $1,313.39 $1,313.39 Total Other Expense Net Other Income $-1,313.39 Net Income $-8618.47

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TAGKC THARACAD RAMANARAYAN & ANANTHAL9137640305 UPENDRA & SRIDEVI GUNDA VUPPALA VADIVALAGAN & KALAIYARASI VADIVELPILLAI VASANTHA GAJULA VEERABABRAHMAM & SRILATHA KONDAPARTHI VENKATESWARAN & RADHA RAMANATHAN VIVEK H. & NEETA JAISWAL Total

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Nritya

School of Indian Dance and Music

Established in 1988

Youth Group Team 2009-2010

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the incoming 2009-2010 Youth Group of Hindu Temple Executive Committee. The team was selected and positions assigned through a rigorous application and interview process. We have individuals with diverse skill set, talent and various levels of experience. It is our intent to have the senior and more experienced members of the team mentor and help develop the incoming and budding new members so as to position them for taking on leadership positions in future. The team already has several ideas on their planned activities for the year and will be announcing them shortly. We, the parent coordinators, are proud of this new team (see below for the team) and are confident that this team will help increase the brand equity of the organization and take it to the next level. Ami Sanjanwala, Hema Bisarya, Amit Desai Parent Coordinators

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS

AT NEW DAY YOGA STUDIO

CLASSES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS

BOLLYWOOD, CONTEMPORARY, FREE STYLE INDIAN

Ongoing classes on Sundays

ANNUAL SUMMER MULTI-ARTS WORKSHOP

(Dance, Music, Fine Arts, Crafts, Acting, Mime, Choreography) JULY 27 31 WEEK 1 AUGUST 3 8 WEEK 2 FEES: $125.00 PER WEEK (Minimum 3 hours per day) WORKSHOP WILL END WITH A PERFORMANCE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT YOUR KIDS INTERESTS BEFORE ENROLLING IN REGULAR CLASSES

President Co-chairs Sr. VP Operations VP Cultural & Sports Events VP Comm. & Marketing VP Fin. & Adm. Manager Comm.& Marketing Interns Cultural Events Finance & Administration Sports Events Website Editing

Tanvi Kohli and Megha Garg Aniruddha Rao Tej Desai Slesha Patel Nimish Mittal Karan Kaul Bhavana Kodira and Deepa Kote Ashutosh Agarwal Rohit Kundurthi Nitish Chimalakonda and Karan Mehra

Hemavathisharma2001@yahoo.com - www.nritya.org

For more information: Contact Hema Sharma at: 913-696-0213

Branches: Des Moines, IA & Wichita, KS

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PRANAYAM YOGA SESSIONS

Swami Ramdevji Patanjali Yog peeth Haridwar Pranayam & Yoga with Breathing HTCC is happy to announce that new Yoga sessions have started on every Monday from April 6th 2009 in new Community hall When: April 6th onwards- 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Where: HTCC, New Hall 6330 Lackman, Shawnee Mission. KS.

Additionally starting from July 11th, these classes are being held each Saturday at 8:00 AM at the temple premises for 6 weeks
Instructions: Bring blanket or Yoga Mat and wear comfortable outfit.

Entry is FREE
Contact: Ajay & Sadhana Bisayra 913-764-3521 akbisarya@yahoo.com Sbisarya1@gmail.com

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FEATURED ARTISTE FOR August 2009

Date: Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Time: 7.00 PM Venue: HTCC

Fundraising Dinner
Live Music
6330 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217

Jyoti Tata has received her formal classical training in Carnatic music at very
early age by Smt.Vimala Rao (Bangalore) and later continued from Smt. Laxmi in Rourkela, India. She Participated in many school, college and other competitions and won many prizes and earned very good appreciations. Jyoti is blessed with singing Semi-Classical and Light Music in different Indian Languages. Jyoti performed in Local T.V programmes, Orchestras and other cultural activities in India. Jyoti participates every year in Kansas City Annamacharya, Thyagaraja Festivals and Jyoti is an acknowledged Carnatic music teacher in Kansas City. Shiva Narasimhamurthy will accompany Jyoti on the mrudangam by. Shiva started learning mridangam at the age of 7 from his uncle Vidwan Sri Soorly Ganesha Murthy an accomplished mrudangist in Doordarshan and All India Radio. Shiva has Attention all Fellow Members of HTCC cleared Karnataka Talavadya examination in distinction conducted by Secondary state education board. He has accompanied mridangam for several artists in India and US. Srinivas Talagadadeevi will accompany Jyoti on the Tabla. Srinivas Talagadadeevi is an amateur tabla player. He learned the basics at his young age from his uncle G.Ramakrishna, a master musician and a film artist. Srinivas has been playing tabla and a couple of other percussion instruments for the past 20 years.

Avail Limited time Discount*

July 1 - 31, 2009 - $75 each August 1 - 31, 2009 - $85 each September 1 - 12, 2009 - $95 each September 13, onwards $100 each
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*Fundraising ticket partially tax-deductible per IRS rules The discounts as applicable are available ONLY if the ACTUAL PURCHASE IS MADE before the dates mentioned for the discounts. Purchases can be made by cash/Credit Card/Check or Google Check out.

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HINDU TEMPLE OF KANSAS CITY CELEBRATES

Kansas City

Calendar
President Note Page 3 Anand Mela Page 10 Nominations for Board of Trustees Page 11 BalVihar Orientation Page 12

Shri Ganesha Chaturthi

Wednesday August 23rd to Sep 3rd, 2009
Aug 23rd - Shri Ganesh Chaturthi 6.30am to 8.30am: Aatravshishya (21 people will be coming to join this) 9am to 10am: Bhajan for MMKC group 10am to 11am: Shri Ganesh Procession with Dhol and lajim 11am to Noon: Abhishek and Aarti Noon to 2pm: Maha Prasad Aug 29th 7pm to 9.00 PM Bhajans by Chandana Karnnada Sangha Sep 3rd Anantha Chatudhi -Ganeshji procession and immersion of idols Every evening we will have Shri Ganesh Aarti along with our regular Aarti until Thursday Detail of all eleven days programs on website www.htccofkc.org
Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City 6310 Lackman Road Shawnee KS 66217 Visit Website: http://www.htccofkc.org Phone & Fax: (913) 631-7519

Dharma Camp Page 14 Accounting 20-23 Youth Group Team 23 Fund Raising Dinner Page 27 Upcoming Events
July 31st - Varalaxmi Vratham August 1 st - Picnic August 13th - Sri Krishna Janmasthami August 23rd - Ganesh Chaturthi September 5th - Kar Seva, Clean HTCC September 12 - Anand Mela October 10 - Annual Fund Raising Dinner

Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Kansas City

Hindi Class Enrollment Page 13

6330 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217-9739

Please contact for sponsorships: $31/$51/$101 Managers and Priests : 913-631-7519

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