Recent activity at Kauai's Hindu Monastery
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An excavator stands ready to dig footings for the new machine shop and offices for the Siddhidata Kulam, as a simple puja is performed to bless the beginning of the work.
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Message from Satguru
In November our regular daily visitor count remained strong. Our monthly Ardra abhishekam to Nataraja and Chitra pada puja to Gurudeva were held. Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami and I traveled to the mainland visiting satsangs and temples in Maryland, Chicago and St. Louis. We were toured through the property owned by the Murugan Temple of St. Louis, which they describe as the “first Murugan temple in the midwest region.” At the satsangs, I spoke on “Making Dharma Your Own,” summarizing the ways dharma changes as we move through the four ashrams of life. At the Hindu temple of St. Louis, the keynote presentation was on “Hinduism: A Source of Happiness.” Its theme was that the only lasting happiness comes from being in contact with our soul nature and experiencing its innate bliss—sahajananda. Back on Kauai, my Zoom satsangs continued on the weekends with presentations discussing our popular educational insight “Fourteen Questions,” plus answering questions submitted to satsang@hindu.org. General contributions for November totaled $143,393.80 which is more than our minimum monthly goal of $75,000.
Aum Namasivaya,
- Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami.
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Attend Satguru's Weekly Zoom Satsangs |
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A live presentation by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami plus devotional singing, discussions & testimonies by participants. Choose the session best for your time zone.
Hosted from Singapore: 10 AM Sunday Singapore Time To join email: dohadeva.samugam@gmail.com
Hosted from California: 10 AM Sunday Pacific Time To join email: easan.katir@gmail.com
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From Gurudeva's Teachings
In our religious life, one of the most fulfilling aspects is pilgrimage. We have a joy in looking forward to a spiritual journey, and we experience a contentment while on our pilgrimage and later bask in the glowing aftermath of the pujas. It is like going to see a great friend, a devotee’s most loved friend—the Ishta Devata. We travel to the far-off temple where this great friend is eminently present. At that particular temple, this personal God performs a certain function, offers a specific type of blessing to pilgrims who make the pilgrimage to that home. In this way, different temples become famous for answering certain types of prayers, such as requests for financial help, or prayers for the right mate in marriage, prayers to be entrusted with the raising of high-souled children, or help in matters of yoga, or help in inspiring bhakti and love. ¶The Hindu does not have the feeling of having to take a vacation to “get away from it all.” We don’t lead a life of mental confusions, religious contradictions and the frustrations that result from modern hurried living. We lead a moderate life, a religious life. In living a moderate life, we then look at our pilgrimage as a special moment, a cherished time of setting ordinary concerns aside and giving full stage to our religious longings. It is a time to take problems and prayers to our personal God.
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Vatshalan Santhirapala signed his Aspirancy vows with Satguru’s blessings
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Massive sculpted stones are moved and then assembled, ready to be bonded to the base of the Kadavul kodimaram
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A full collection of puja items, in pure silver, arrived from India as a gift from Kailash Ashram in Bengaluru
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The five bronze murtis of Siva for Iraivan that are being gold gilded in Honolulu
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Three silpi stone craftsmen from India returned in mid-November, accompanied by our Bengaluru worksite manager, Jiva Rajasankara. They set to work immediately on detail carving in Iraivan temple each morning. In the afternoons they focused on transforming the Nandi Mandapam of the Kadavul temple. This upgrade includes the placement of an entirely new balipitham and adding intricately carved cladding around the base of our 16-ton Nandi and the Kodimaram. This ornately carved granite cladding has been in the Bengaluru workshop for some three years and just recently arrived on Kauai. When Nandi was set in place in 1980, Gurudeva said the black granite murti was magnificent, but lamented that the massive base was “a pile of rocks.” He was not happy with the crudeness of the supporting blocks of stone. So here we are, 42 years later, bringing the area up to Gurudeva’s hoped-for standard.
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The copper tiruvasis for Ganesha and Murugan are removed and completely refurbished to their original radiance using elbow grease, tamarind paste and vibhuti
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A team has been pushing hard through October and November to establish a perimeter of grass 8 to 12 feet wide surrounging Iraivan. The process started with contouring the land with a bulldozer, installing a sub-soil support grid, and filling that with compost and grass seed. After a couple of months, we are seeing a bright green grassy area on which future pilgrims will walk barefooted to read the 35 bronze plates of scripture and temple history on the perimeter wall. One of the last remaining large projects for Iraivan Temple is the installation of one-inch-thick rose granite flooring stones in the second prakaram—the area surrounding the roofed area of the temple. A team of Kauai tile-setters has installed the mortar bed “float” around three sides of the temple, creating a perfect slope for rainwater drainage. In November the tile was set on the float in the northeast corner of the temple. Five three-foot-tall bronze murtis of Siva, collectively known as Sadasiva, will be installed in niches on the outside of Iraivan’s sanctum tower. These have been sent to Honolulu to be gilded with gold leaf. Beautiful silver puja items for Iraivan Temple were brought from India by the silpi stone carvers. They were made and gifted by Sri Jayendra Puri Swami of Sri Kailash Ashram in Bengaluru. Thank you, Swami!
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Our New Monastic Aspirant |
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Vatshalan Santhirapala, from London, who has long been interested in monastic life, recently spent a couple months at the monastery on taskforce and entered the Aspirancy. He has returned to the UK, to settle his worldly affairs and then return to the monastery for further training.
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The monks of the Siddhidata Kulam have been planning the design and construction of a new office and workshop. In November a ground-breaking ceremony was conducted and the concrete foundation for the new building was commenced by professional contractors.
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Our January 2023 Issue Goes On-Line |
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Hinduism Today’s latest issue has gone to press. It will arrive in homes in December and be available online, free of charge, January 1st at www.hinduismtoday.com. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine for your device here.
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At the top of our list of articles is Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami’s Publisher’s Desk in which he explains the secret of lasting happiness: discovering the spiritual part of you, the atman, your “immortal presence.” Augmenting that goal is our Educational Insight, “All About Meditation,” drawn from the teachings of Hinduism Today’s founder, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. “Generally,” it begins, “we become aware that there is such a thing as meditation after the material world has lost its attraction to us. We then seek through philosophy to answer the questions, Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going.” It goes on to explore all the aspects of gaining a meditative experience, including dealing with the subconscious mind, avoiding distractions, focusing on your goal and creating an appropriate sacred space.
The issue’s feature story continues the trek of photographer Devraj Agarwal down the Ganga, a pilgrimage he started in Haridwar in 2020 but cut short by Covid at Varanasi. Post-Covid, he continued, traveling highways large and rural roads small all the way to the Bay of Bengal, visiting dozens of temples and sacred places along the famed holy river.
The sacred Thangka art of Nepal is explored in a visually rich article by French photographer and writer Anne Petry. The tradition is very much alive as she shares her visit with the community of artists busy creating new paintings. It’s striking how Thangka art is closely tied to Tibet in appearance, and also to the Saivite imagery of South Indian tradition. Speaking of South India, a second comprehensive article details the burgeoning grass-roots efforts in Tamil Nadu of groups of villagers, townspeople, businesses and others to care for neglected temples. Their activities range from complete reconstruction to seeing that temples have ample oil supplies for their lamps.
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There’s an article on an annual festival in Ladakh that honors the Indus River. We report on a remarkable survey by the US-based Pew Foundation on the religious beliefs and practices of Indians. Its key conclusion: “People in all six major religious groups overwhelming said they are free to practice their faith.”
Our Young Writers offer two stories in this issue, one by Krathu Sankaranarayanan on his family’s celebration of Thai Pongal, the other by Mugdha Shinde and Sanjeevani Dedge on religious and cultural insights gained during their summer vacations in India. And, of course, there’s all the regular sections: Global Dharma, Quotes & Quips, In My Opinion, Letters, Scriptures and more.
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Monastic Endowments |
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You Can Help Support the Satguru’s Goals |
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One of six signs on Kauai (this one in Koloa) that were gifted by Gurudeva
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Gurudeva’s many charitable efforts were not restricted to Hindu organizations. He strongly felt it was important for the monastery to integrate with the broader Kaua’i community and support local nonprofit and governmental projects. He encouraged other Hindu organizations in the United States to do the same.
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A major example of this was his monthly participation in a local informal leadership group. The Guru Chronicles gives this description: “Called Vision Kauai 2020, it was composed of the island’s leaders: political, business, educational, agricultural. Gurudeva was the sole spiritual leader on this council, and he brought to their table his gifts. Mayors and former mayors, journalists and thinkers all came together each month to imagine and articulate the future of the island and her people, and to hear what Gurudeva had to offer. He and his monks became the driving force for the group, and much was accomplished during these years.”
A major initiative of the Vision Kauai 2020 group was a campaign to promote “Aloha—It’s Kauai’s Spirit.” The monks helped, as they do with many nonprofit projects on the island, in designing and printing, free of charge, posters, business cards and bumper stickers by the thousands. Gurudeva, inspired to do something unique for this project, had six highly polished red granite signs carved at the Iraivan Temple’s Bengaluru carving site and shipped to Kauai. He had three of the granite signs inscribed with the message, “Aloha—It’s Kauai’s Spirit.” Three more bear the inscription, “Kauai—One island, many peoples, all Kauaians.” Former mayor Maryanne Kusaka said Gurudeva challenged her to find locations and workmen to fashion rock encasements so the signs could withstand heavy winds and strong weather—a task which took her a few years to accomplish.
A decade after the six signs had been installed, a friend called to Mayor Kusaka’s attention the weathered state of the signs, and Kusaka said, “I noticed they were looking horrible.” Stained by mildew, mold and other elements, they clearly needed refurbishing. When Mayor Kusaka contacted the monastery to discuss it, there was no hesitation. She gave assurance, “They’ll take care of it as long as it needs to be taken care of.” Recently, in January, 2022, after another decade had passed, the monastery again fulfilled this commitment and arranged to have the six signs refurbished and the inset letters repainted. Mayor Kusaka described this project as “a legacy that carries on Gurudeva’s gift to Kauai that will live on in time.”
Gurudeva had the foresight to create a financial arrangement that assured that the monks would always have funds available to support local nonprofit projects. In creating the Iraivan Temple Endowment, Gurudeva included the restriction that 10% of the grant will be given to charity, of which at least 5% goes to Kauai’s charitable organizations. This grant restriction assures that every quarter the monks can share their abundance with others.
If you would like to help the monks support nonprofit projects on Kauai, you can do so by donating to the Iraivan Temple Endowment at https://www.hheonline.org/fund... . The endowment allows the monastery to use your funds as an investment and draw on the grant income over time. This is a way to donate and see your impact last into perpetuity.
If you would like to extend your support for the Iraivan Temple Endowment to make a lasting impact, there are several gift arrangements to put your donation to work today or reap benefits after your lifetime. Find a charitable plan that lets you provide for your family and support this HHE endowment. https://plannedgiving.hhe online.org
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For information on establishing a fund at Hindu Heritage Endowment, contact Shanmuganathaswami at 808-822-3012, or e-mail hhe@hindu.org.
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Here Is My Contribution to Help Finish Iraivan Temple |
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Sponsor Stone Chains & Flooring Stones |
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Stone Chains: Among the “wonderments” of Iraivan Temple are the stone chains, each carved from a single solid block of granite. In all, 24 such chains, three feet long, will adorn the spaces. Twelve will hang from the corners of the Nandi Mandapam and 12 within the main temple. Asked why these marvelous artifacts are created, the master builder said with a smile, “To show off the extraordinary skill and artistry of the carvers.” Of course, they also add an ornate and charming visual masterpiece at the corners, and provoke a sense of awe in pilgrims who encounter them for the first time. The process, which takes around 350 man hours per chain, is so difficult that few have been made in the past hundred years, we've been told. Sponsorship is $10,000 per chain.
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Rose Granite Flooring Stones: One of the last remaining large projects for Iraivan Temple is the installation of one-inch thick rose granite flooring stones (sample of the reddish stone below) in the second prakaram, the 6,500 square-foot area surrounding the roofed area of the temple. The diagram at left is a detailed map of the project prepared for the tile supplier and the professional installers The colors indicate the various tile sizes. Sponsorship is $1,800 for each 25-square-foot section.
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Thanks to Our November Temple Builders in 19 Countries |
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Donations |
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For the three months of September through November 2022, our goal was $225,000. Excluding contributions directed toward special projects, we received actual contributions of $281,918.60.
Building Fund Donations: AUSTRALIA: Mario Sivadas Annamalay: US$216.00; Nagaratnam Jeyasreedharan: 20.00; D. Karthigesu Family: 100.00; Rama Krishnan: 30.00; Vimala Muniandy: 32.00; Luckshmi & Logan Siva Nirmalananda: 35.00; Bhanugopan Ramudu: 108.00; Gunavinthan Siva Thirumalai: 100.00; Thanavinthan Siva T. Thirumalai: 100.00; Essen Subramanian Valayten: 2.23; Chandran & Mathini Wigneswaran: 108.00 | BELARUS: Tatsiana Mezhennaya: 50.00 | CANADA: Benevity: 502.00; Anushrut Bharadwaj: 10.00; Serge Bilan: 100.00; Peter Christian: 25.00; Frederik Jan Elbers: 1,008.00; Gnanalingam Family: 101.00; Gopalapillai Family: 50.00; Rathinappillai Logeswaran: 50.00; Mailvaganam Mahendran: 108.00; Ioana-Gabriela Manoliu: 33.00; Parameswary Nagaratnam: 50.00; Changam & Kamachi Naidu: 50.00; Nagaratnam Nandakumar: 301.00; Mr. & Mrs. Pranavan: 25.00; Rajalingam Family: 101.00; Keerthikuma Rajratnam: 10.00; Krishna & Dhanmatie Roopnarine: 20.00; Vijaya & Thiru Satkunendran: 25.00; Dharmalingam & Mangai Selvarajah: 51.00; Murari Singh: 51.00; Sivakumaran Sivalingam: 21.00; Vinayagamoorthy Sundaramoorthy: 150.00; Nagula & Sutha Suthaker: 101.00; Riorita Tkatchenko: 100.00; Velrithan Velayuthar: 700.00; Anonymous: 2,006.24 | DENMARK: Margit Thonsen: 101.00 | GERMANY: Tharsika Chelvarajah Vasanthan: 20.00; Jeeva Velusaami: 21.00 | GREECE: Artemis Bimpiza: 20.00 | HUNGARY: Anita Cseza: 101.00 | INDIA: Lakshmanan Nellaiappan: 10.00; Maragatham Nellaiappan: 10.00; Vikram Santurkar: 51.00; Anonymous: 10.00 | ISRAEL: Alexander Surdyaev: 125.00 | ITALY: Cristina Ma Puja Canducci: 40.00 | MALAYSIA: Klinik And Surgeri BD: 33.26; Arulmani Devi Arumugam: 65.56; Devinasree Balasegaran: 11.09; Om Krittik Balasegaran: 11.09; P. Barathi Balasegaran: 11.09; Balamurali Balasupramaniam: 11.09; Hemakheshaa Naatha Batumallah: 11.09; Mekaladeva Batumallah: 11.09; Rathidevi & Veerasamy Batumallah: 22.18; Arulmani Chandra Kumar & Sujith Arulmani: 21.84; Gunasegaran Chitravelloo: 10.54; Sasikumar Darmalingam: 11.09; Sai Aaditya Deva, Sai Janany, Sai Hamsiny,; Sai Shreeny, Chandran Ramamurthy & Kalpana Devasagayam: 65.56; Omaya Devasagayam: 10.93; Kavin Kirav, Shreiyaa, Anand Kumar Letchumana & Leena Lakshmi Devasagayam: 43.68; Annapoorani Ganesan: 10.93; Yoga Rubini & Chandra Ganth Family: 11.09; R. Jayakumar & Yoga Bhavani Family: 22.18; Uma Dewi & Dinesh Kumar Jayaram: 6.31; Muthukumar Jeyapalan: 2,500.00; M. Shanmuganathan & ; A. Kamalambikai: 22.18; Anbu Kandasamy: 28.00; Murugesu Kandasamy: 10.93; Pugal Kathiravan: 11.09; Saundari Kathiravan: 11.09; Amaraysh, Kumutha & Jerry Lai: 10.93; Nameegri Marimuthu: 21.84; Silvarajoo Muniandy: 228.26; Mohanavilashiny Murugesu ; & Navukarasu: 10.93; Puvana Murugesu: 10.93; Gowri Nadason: 21.84; Kamalaharan Nadason: 21.84; Ponnamah Nadason & Family: 10.93; Rasiah Vallipuram & Pathumanithi Nagalingam: 21.84; M. Suranthiran Naidu: 39.31; Yehanthini, Sivatarnee & Dhevashri Navakkarasu : 10.93; Nalakini Niranjana: 21.84; Gayathri Palanisamy: 11.09; Palanisamy & Vasande: 11.09; A. Paranthaman: 4.20; Jayaram Rajaletchumi: 10.54; Mogan Raju: 69.00; Sai Ram: 21.84; Supramaniam Ramoo& In Memory of Neelavathy Thangavelu: 21.84; Suruthiswar Rau Raja Rao: 44.36; Raagini Ravindren & Senthil Ravindren: 10.93; Jayaraj Kantharaj & Saranraj S-O Jayabalathilagam: 13.08; Sanjana Saravan: 10.93; Lachmi Savoo: 10.93; Vicknezan Selvadurai: 10.93; Doraisami & Mohanasundari Selvaraj: 24.00; Parimala Selvaraj: 30.00; Raja Singam Raja Ratnam & Shreema Rasiah: 21.84; Sivasekaran: 21.84; Girish Skanda: 22.18; A. Sockalingam & Chandrasekari: 21.84; Devi & Selvadurai Subramaniam: 10.93; Vasanta Tanggavelu: 33.26; Thanabalasingam & Manimala: 11.09; Remalah & A. Thinathayalan: 10.93; K. Vasanthakumari: 1,800.00; Saroja Vasudevan: 11.09; Vikneswaran A. Vinsent: 21.84; Darrshan Letchumanan & Yuvan Letchumanan: 21.84 | MAURITIUS: Soondiren Arnasalon: 11.14; Gunavadee Caremben: 22.45; Moorghen Caremben: 22.45; Ragini Caremben: 22.45; Somasoundarum Caremben: 22.45; Sukanta Caremben: 22.45; Jegadessa Chenganna: 11.14; Amravadee Kownden: 42.32; Sivakumaren Mardemootoo: 1,008.00; Kulagan Moonesawmy: 2.23; Seedha Lutchmee Moonesawmy: 2.23; Goindamah Moothoosawmy: 2.23; Revathi Mootoosamy: 1.11; Siven Barlen Mootoosamy: 2.23; Vimaley Chellen Mootoosamy: 2.23; Naden Seeneevasen Pillay: 2.23; Nuckiren Pyeneeandee: 11.14; Saroja Valayten: 2.23; Toshadeva Valayten: 1.11; Ulasa Valayten: 1.11; Anonymous: 22.45 | NETHERLANDS: Prekash & Sabita Baladien: 15.00 | NORWAY: Anil Ananda Badhwar: 60.00; Meetu Badhwar-Hansen: 10.00 | SINGAPORE: Gayatri Devi Kumar: 20.00; Kala Ramasamy: 50.00; Easan, Lavanya & Sivakumar Saravan: 1,000.00; Thanaletchmi Umamaheswaran: 90.00; Kamala Devi Vaiyapuri: 50.00 | SINT MAARTEN: Gary & Radica Asha Yee-Fong: 25.00 | UAE: Anil Kumar: 11.00 | UNITED KINGDOM: Georgiana Lukshmi Dorothy Barnes; & Theeba Ragunathan: 100.00; Clive & Puvaneswary Roberts: 175.00; Sharavanan Selvadurai: 100.00; Shara Selvatoray: 100.00; The late Shree Vishna Rasiah; & Sharmila Harry: 21.84; Anonymous: 119.00 | USA: Fidelity Charitable: 350.00; Tarsem Lal Aggarwal: 250.00; Atul Agnihotra: 251.00; Mohan & Nalini Aiyagari: 108.00; Purnachandra & Karuna Akkineni: 501.00; Arpit K. Akruwala: 108.00; Priya & Amar Amaresh: 108.00; Kandasamy & Ranjini Ambalavanar: 100.00; G. Arjavalingam: 1,801.00; Anandkumar Ayyachamy: 51.00; Mani & Rajeshwari Ayyar: 50.00; Kanchan Baghel: 105.00; Bryan Bailey: 10.00; Lalitha Balachandran: 100.00; N. Balasubramanian: 10,000.00; Eshwar & Aarati Bandlamudi: 101.00; Jim & Nancy Barnhart: 108.00; Karuna Basandra: 20.00; Tyler Beatty: 108.00; Ashok Bhagat: 251.00; R. Bhagvandas: 51.00; Virender & Sushma Bhardwaj: 3,401.00; Bharat & Sadhna Bhargava: 10.00; Harish & Bharati Bhatt: 51.00; Niranjan Bukkapatna: 51.00; Natalia Cara: 51.00; Gurdial Chadha: 21.00; Asha Chaku: 50.00; Ajay & Jamuna Chalasani: 100.00; Kugalur S. Chandrasekaran: 601.00; Naren Chelian: 51.00; Subba R. Chennupati: 1,000.00; Sharath Chigurupati: 123.00; Charles Close: 108.00; Elan Cohen: 2,222.00; Martina Daley: 40.00; Sachi Dastidar: 101.00; Janakbhai R. Dave: 50.00; Pavan Kumar Davuluri: 1,116.00; Bhadresh & Kusum Desai: 150.00; Paul DeSantis: 144.00; B. Devadas: 51.00; Siva & Arti Devaki: 297.00; Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai: 112.00; Gayathri Dhanasegaran: 25.00; Anjali Monga Dhar: 2,001.00; Ray Dickinson: 108.00; Shivprasad Dinkar: 25.00; Aiyasawmy Dorairajan: 25.00; Prakash Ganapathi Deva: 250.00; Malvi Gandhi: 25.00; Raman & Nayana Gandhi: 21.00; Suketu & Mita Gandhi: 51.00; Panshula Ganeshan: 25.00; Manish Garg: 101.00; Prabhansu K. & Sibani Ghoshal: 251.00; Rajendra Giri: 208.00; Toshadeva & Kamala Guhan: 18.00; Anita Gupta: 51.00; Adiyan Haran: 1,800.00; Kriya & Sharyn Haran: 130.00; Hari & Vimla Heda: 100.00; Usharani Iswaran Magaña: 25.00; Hema & Ravi Iyer: 1,008.00; Sanker P. Iyer: 150.00; Raghavendra N. Iyyer: 51.00; Chandrashekhar Jairaman: 51.00; Chetan & Preeti Jariwala: 108.00; Seetha & Krishnaswamy Jayaraman: 108.00; Velautham Jeyavijithan: 100.00; R.S. Jeyendran: 101.00; Chitralekha & Avinash Joshi: 108.00; Keyuri & Rahul Joshi: 100.00; Sangeeta Joshi: 1,008.00; Naran K.: 103.00; Aravind & Ramya Kailas: 25.00; Haran Kandadas: 51.00; Namit & Nidhi Kapoor: 300.00; Anil Kapur: 51.00; Mohandas & Shaila Karkera: 101.00; Shanthi & Srinivas Karri: 90.00; Banshi Kashyap: 108.00; Sundari Katir: 20.00; Ankineedu Kavuru: 501.00; Michael Kempinski: 215.00; Richard Kennedy: 25.00; B.S. Kesavan: 100.00; Siva & Jana Kesavan: 1,000.00; Prem & Urmilla Khilanani: 250.00; Dipti & J Kothari: 21.00; Venkatram J. Kowsik: 51.00; Steve Krejcik: 100.00; Sangeeta & Jyoti Krishna: 100.00; Rajagopal Krishnan: 138.00; Anjaneyulu & Kumari Krothapalli: 1,001.00; Ram Kulkarni: 100.00; Barathi Sharan Kumar: 100.00; Pradeep Kumar: 101.00; Shevata Kumar: 101.00; Victor Kumar: 101.00; Luke Labella: 108.00; Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy: 501.00; Karthikeyan & Uma Lakshmanan: 20.00; Bhagawandas Lathi: 108.00; Kristy Law: 108.00; Daniel Lewin: 25.00; Gregg Lien: 50.00; Inna Linnyk: 108.00; Gerard & Zhena Linsmeier: 52.00; Abha Lokhande: 32.00; Richard B. Macgurn: 100.00; Krystal Mukti MacKnight: 108.00; Durga & Venkata Rao Maddineni: 251.00; Mira Das & R. Mahalingam: 108.00; Alka & Rajesh Malhotra: 101.00; Subhashis Mallick: 108.00; Mallikarjuna Rao Mamidipaka: 25.00; Kandasamy & Pathma Manickam: 51.00; Ponnu & Masila Manickam: 51.00; Laura Devi Marks: 108.00; Prabhashanker & Bhanumati Mehta: 11.11; Sunil T. Mehta: 51.00; Suresh & Sudha Mehta: 51.00; Udayappan Meyyappan: 51.00; Golden Gate Mission: 44.50; Wailua Mission: 26,701.83; Harish V. Mistry: 1,001.00; K. Mohan: 250.00; Nilakantan Mohankrishnan: 51.00; Srilatha Shoroff & Mahesh Mulumudi: 1,800.00; Kris Murthy: 51.00; Palani & Selvarany Nadarajah: 15.00; Nitya & Rebecca Nadesan: 150.00; Gonguntla V. Naidu: 251.00; Rama Chandran & Rema Nair: 10,000.00; Venkat Namburu: 301.00; Nandhini Nandakumar: 251.00; N. Chandra Narayanan: 51.00; Sanjaya K. Nath: 22.00; Suma Neeruganti: 1,800.00; Emma & Narendra Nemivant: 25.00; Sunil Nigem: 51.00; Neelam Oberoi: 50.00; Tina & Simon Oxenham: 1,008.00; Neela Oza: 75.00; Rao Pachigolla: 51.00; Gurudas Pai: 202.00; Nandan Pai: 251.00; Ramachandra Pailoor: 251.00; Nathan & Bhavani Palani: 1,008.00; Satya & Savitri Palani: 51.00; Sekhar & Rajasri Palepu: 1,800.00; Cassan Pancham: 2,400.00; Raghavan & Bhargavi Pandalai: 5,000.00; Pankayatselvan Family: 25.00; Easvan & Devi Param: 101.00; Janaka & Bhavani Param: 108.00; Priti Nitin Parikh: 51.00; Harish Parmar: 101.00; Samkhit Pata: 101.00; Mahesh Patel: 251.00; Roshan & Tejal Patel: 108.00; Sanjay & Shalu Patel: 101.00; Salik & Sanjia Pathak: 51.00; Lekhram Paykoo: 25.00; Sankar Pentapaty: 90.00; Gordon Pfeffer: 108.00; Venkat Pichairaman: 11.00; Jonathan, Sabina, Brendan; & Kai Pieslak: 148.00; Indrathan Hindurajan Pillay: 50.00; Seetharamarao & Rukmini Poruri: 251.00; Abhay & Praveena Prasad: 108.00; Jyotika Prasad: 50.00; Ajay Pulijala: 51.00; Arcot Radhakrishnan: 251.00; Deva & Bhavani Rajan: 1,001.00; Mohan Deepak Ram: 11.00; Anita & Anand Ramagopalrao: 101.00; Janevi Ramaji: 101.00; Jeyashree & Venkat Ramakrishnan: 50.00; Eswar Raman: 40.00; Rajesh & Yatra Raman: 11.00; S. Ramanathan: 108.00; Shiva & Usha Ramesh: 1,501.00; D. Ramkissoon: 75.00; Ramos & Chavarria: 101.00; Sampat & Sarla Rampuria: 108.00; Madhava & Vijaya Rao: 51.00; Raj Kumar & Srilakshmi Rathakrishnan: 51.00; V.A. & Radhu Ravi: 51.00; Ramakrishnan Ravichandran: 101.00; ; Rao V. Remala: : 250.00; Carmella Riggs: 100.00; Sunil & Bandana Roy: 25.00; Cliff & Kathy Runge: 50.00; Chamundi Sabanathan: 130.00; Nirmalananda Saraswati: 108.00; Pathmini Saravanapavan: 200.00; J. S. M. & Radha Sarma: 300.00; Girish Adiga Sathyanarayana: 54.00; Ganesh K. Saxena: 51.00; Sampa Seetharam: 108.00; Aran & Valli Sendan: 25.00; Sivendiran & Nirooshi Sethuram: 108.00; Devendra Sewdat: 51.00; Deva & Amala Seyon: 51.00; Elizabeth Shafer: 101.00; Kamlesh & Jayshree Shah: 25.00; Manan Shah: 1,800.00; Manoj H. Shah: 100.00; Makilzhan & Priyabala Shanmugam: 2,300.00; Bela Sharma: 51.00; Kanika Sharma: 11.00; Santosh D. Sharma: 1,800.00; Narmada & Ravindra Shenoy: 251.00; Salil Shibad: 21.00; Sarojani & Vinen Singh: 108.00; Bageshwari & Achla Sinha: 251.00; Thiru & Nalajini Siva: 51.00; Iraja & Nilani Sivadas: 108.00; Jeyakumari Sivakumar: 101.00; Dharshi & Sivasothy Sivakumar: 150.00; Jnana Sivananda: 100.00; Lakshana Chetana Sivananda: 51.00; Nathan & Sulena Sivananda: 108.00; Tandu & Uma Sivanathan: 200.00; B. Sivaraja: 10.00; Kandiah Sivarajah: 51.00; Radhika Sivarajan: 100.00; Yashila Skandanatha: 51.00; Venkateswara R. Sola: 35.00; Yvette Soucy: 108.00; T. Sridhar & Padmini Sridhar: 251.00; Kiran Srinivasan: 20.00; Natarajan Srinivasan: 250.00; Padmapriya Srinivasan: 25.00; Usha Kasturirangan & Kash Srinivasan: 200.00; Prem & Archana Srivastava: 108.00; Meena Sthanam: 116.00; Yasotha & Thevarajah Subarajan: 51.00; Ram A. & Gomathi Subramaniam: 108.00; Anandam Sundaram: 200.00; Easwar & Bharathy Sundaram: 1,008.00; Nandi Deva Sundaram: 50.00; Vibha Sundaram: 51.00; Savithri Sundaresan: 162.00; Anthan Sunder: 25.00; Phani Kumar Sureddi: 7.00; Karthik Suresh: 108.00; Shanthi Suresh: 101.00; Abinavam & Waheeda Sureshbabu: 101.00; Shawn Swain: 108.00; Vijay Syal: 501.00; Mary Tamraz: 50.00; Rick Nichols & Ann Taylor: 101.00; Nalayini Tharmarajah: 108.00; Nirupa & Nagamany Thayalakhandan: 108.00; Siva U. Thillaikanthan: 30.00; Sharad Tripathi: 51.00; Sudarsana Udduraju: 101.00; Adhika & Akshadha Umashankar: 501.00; Ambuj Uppal: 101.00; Madhu Uppal: 108.00; M. H. Vamadevamurthy: 200.00; Rama Vangala: 116.00; Usha Varma: 51.00; Siva & Sakuntala Vemana: 300.00; P.K. Vig: 25.00; Aditya Vinadhara: 108.00; Ravi Vinayak Family: 108.00; Mahesh Viswanathan: 25.00; Cheryl & Roger Wagner: 100.00; S.B. & Anne Walton: 1,000.00; Richard Bosworth & Kerri Watts: 101.00; Kavya Yalamanchili: 51.00; Anand & Srividya Yegnan: 51.00; Kanthiah & Viranjani Yogakumar: 400.00; Annette Zastrow: 20.00; Michael Zimmermann: 5.00; Anonymous: 9,391.03 | Total Building Fund: $142,112.00 | Iraivan Temple Endowment: Frank Burkhardt: 10.00; Luke Labella: 108.00; Pathmini Saravanapavan: 100.00; Anonymous: 1,063.80 | Total Endowment Funds: $1,281.80 | Special Project Donations: Valliammah Kandasamy: 10.93; Gowri Nadason: 65.56 | Total Special Project Donations: $76.49 | Grand Total: $143,470.29
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