Namaste,
Hope your family is having a great summer! As you plan for back to school, please mark your calendars for Aug 11th Friday 530:730 pm as HTS Balvihar Registration Day!

Where : Hindu Temple Society, 4200 Airport Road Allentown
When :  Friday Aug 11 2017, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

What to bring : Check book
What's new ? : Registration Day Discount

New Families : Please take benefit of the registration day to meet with our coordinators and get your questions answered.
Balvihar Families : September registrations = late fees.

Online Registration : Aug 12 - Aug 31st. Payment due by Aug 31st. Registration ends Sept 3 2017.

HTS Balvihar first day of School : September 17th 2017 Sunday. 
Looking forward to seeing you all on 11th August. Thank you.

Take care,

Namaste,

Namaste,
We are at the last phase of our Balvihar classes. Sunday May 21 is Annual day Rehearsals. Please make sure your kids have their lines on flash cards, their display boards submitted to Religion teacher and  please stay back for Parent Teacher meeting during Satsangh. Your feedback is how we can make things better! 

HTSBalvihar has already sent you all evites for Annual day headcount as well as Sign up genius if you are interested in helping us out on Annual day. You might want to check the email id that you used to register your child in Balvihar. Please respond at your earliest.

We will start our Balvihar by doing our aarti at 10:00 am and then morning mantras in the basement and then follow the exact chart of Annual day.

 Balvihar Graduating group, even though you will not be presenting this sunday, We request you to still be present to follow the pattern so that you are aware of your place in the program.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4ca4ab28a57-annual


For evite link, check your emails. 

Thank you for all your help, guidance and support. Take care,

Balvihar Team.
 

Namaste,

Namaste,


We had a wonderful field trip to Vraj on April 23rd. The pictures were uploaded on HTS Fb page. Thank you to all the families who joined us to Vraj and made it into a memorable experience. The fresh Mango ras was the best part for all kids and adults!

This Saturday we have Hindu Temple Society's most popular event Holi! Hope to see all Balvihar families who have signed up for the dances as well as all the families who enjoy a great show of entertainment and Vegetarian Cuisine!

If you want to buy the tickets please visit : https://www.tututix.com/client/hindutemplesociety/
 

Namaste!

We are so eager and excited to go on our field trip to Vraj!!  The Vraj Hindu Temple is located in Schuylkill County, in Eastern Pennsylvania, United States, two miles west of the intersection of Routes 183 and 895. It is a multimillion-dollar temple or haveli covering 300 acres of the land.
This Sunday April 23rd our bus leaves on the dot at 9 am from Hindu temple parking lot.

We require all families who have filled and submitted their forms  to us to be at the temple 830 am in the main hall with their bagpacks (wipes, sanitizer, waterbottle, medication if needed) and parent for headcount.

Field Trip to Vraj:

The Darshan Dvaar at Vraj opens at 10 30 and we want to be on time for that so please do not cause delays to the trip. 

This is our plan : 
8:30 - Meet at temple, headcount, bathroom visits.
8:45 - Seated in the buses.
9:00 - We start "Jai Mata di ki" "Jai Shri Krishna" !

10:20 am - Arrive at 15 Manor Rd, Schuylkill Haven.
10:30 am - Darshan
11:00 am - Guided tour of the Haveli.
12:00 am - Raaj bhog darshan.
12:45 am - Saatvik Lunch.
(Lunch is nut free, Prasad is not nut free - please be careful)

1:15 - Convey our gratitude.
1:30 - Bathroom visits, board the bus.
3:00 pm - Reach HTS. Head count. 

Any family that plans to drive to Vraj will need to come to HTS and follow the 8:30 am - 12 :30 plan. We want the cars to follow our buses to Vraj so we reach there together. Our aim is to be aware of all the parents and kids in the group and be aware of safe arrival and return back home. So if you have plans to leave early from Vraj using a carpool, We kindly request to sign out in our clipboard.
 As a part of HTS Balvihar Field trip, you are requested to follow our rules to make this a disciplined and enjoyable trip for all.

Suggestions for donations for Vraj : Grains, Rice, Ghee, Flowers, Fruits - There is a special corner in temple to leave the donations.

If you have any concerns or questions, please call:
 610 390 9316 for Pratibha  or 484 903 1954 for Purvi  before April 23rd. 
We will not be able to help out last minute phone calls, emails for change on the day of the field trip. 

 We will have a box in each bus to leave gratuity for the bus driver, if you wish to contribute.

Thank you. Take care,

Balvihar Team.

Namaste,
Hope you all had a great Raama Navami celebrations! Raama means Charming in Sanskrit. 
 According to Valmiki Ramayana and other ancient sources, Rama was born about 880,000 years ago, near the end of the Treta Yuga; and 11,000 years after his coronation, the Dwapara Yuga started, which lasted 864,000 years, followed by the Kali Yuga , in which 3,101 years had elapsed at the beginning of the Christian Era. Composition of the Ramayana in its current form is usually dated to 7th - 4th century BCE.

The reason we revisit aspects from a time so long ago is to honor the Avataara and its message. To remind ourselves and our children that an Exemplary Man is possible, A Sacrificing Woman is to be revered. Aiming for perfection and standing true to one's ideals should be a goal. Respect your parents, honor your siblings, stay true to your spouse and stay on the righteous path. Jai Shri Raam!

Please join me in thanking our Balvihar students Shweta Rajam, Varun Rajam, Anirudh Anand, Uma Purani and Aum Purani in helping with clean up on April 2nd morning. They had a lot to deal with but they made it happen with a wonderful attitude and enthusiasm! Thank you for all the support and seva. 

We celebrated our respected Balvihar teacher, HTS member and loving friend of the community Dr. Vasu Singh on her achievements. Thank you for teaching at HTS Balvihar for all these years, now we have your oldest Radhika teaching here as well. We appreciate all that you do.

Balvihar Cafe Menu :
Idli, Vada, Cheese Dosa, Sada Dosa and Masala Dosa. 11am -12:30 pm

Satsang:  We invite Gauri Kshirsagar to give us a presentation on Temple Architecture during Satsangh. For students interested in Engineering, Architecture and Design, this will be a very interesting exposure. 

Important reminders : 

• This Sunday is our last call for our April 23rd field trip. Please download, print and fill the form in an envelope with Cash / Check.  Give it to your teacher or Pratibha. In order to book the transportation, we will need a proper head count for ourselves and Vraj team. 

• April 2 and 9  final teaching classes.
• May 14th Final exam.  21st Annual day prep.
• June 3rd is our Annual day. 

Namaste. 

Namaste! Holi Hai!!

Our HTS Baalvihaar Holi celebrations are this Sunday 26th March. We look forward to seeing all of you help out with making our kids have a great experience! 

We start the day with Dharma quiz, Arts, Aarti, Food distribution and finally Holi color play outside in the parking lot. Please park your cars towards the end of the lot so that your car looks the same color as the day you bought it!

Your religion teachers have emailed you regarding the topics of Dharma quiz. Just like on Republic day celebration we will have Dharma quiz on Holi Day celebrations and of course there will be prizes!!! Please ask your child to research the questions below and remember to only raise their hands to answer when it is in their category. Winners will be chosen to the students who follow rules and discipline. They may research in cateogories that do not apply to them out of curiosity or wanting to learn more and if need be, we will open up the question to different levels.

Religion 1 - Grade kg, 1st & 2nd

• 10 avataras from Dashavatara.
• Main Gurus of Jain , Buddhist, Sikh, Birth Places, Holy Books.
• Places of Birth of Lord Raama, Lord Krishna, Mata Sita, Mata Rukmini, Hanumaan.

• Names of Shape Shifting Asuras and their forms.
• Lord Krishna's Father, Mother, Adopted parents, Siblings, Grandfather.
• Places where he grew up.
• 4 signs identified with Lord Vishnu.

• Name atleast 5 important temples in India.
• Name all 4 vedas, What do Vedas mean?
• What does Purana mean in Sanskrit?  Name atleast 10.
• Name these Pushpa (flowers) & Fal (fruits) to English names : 
• Padma                                    
• Japa Pushpa
• Sevanti
• Shattapatra
• Parijat
• Suryamukhi
• Draksh
• Amaram
• Narikelam
• Phalaprabhedah
• Kadali
• Dadimam
• Narangah

• What is the meaning of Sanatana Dharma?
• Name 3 Sanskrit literature.
• Name 2 ancient universities of India.
• Who was Xuanzang and what was his piligrimage?
• These are 5 ancient forests in India - In present day geography where were they? 1. Naimisaranya 2. Dandakaranya 3. Khandavavana 4.Dvaitavana 5.Madhuvana.
• Name any 5  Empires of India .

• Any question from above that the students cannot answer :)
• Anything from Bhagavad Gita - Random :)

In order to make any celebration a success we have to serve delicious food. Pooja Yadav our Food coordinator does so much and we kindly request you to pick up empty slots 

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We will be giving our colors to Balvihar students, if parents want to bring their own non toxic colors, you are welcome to do so.
After Aarti please put away your food, bagpack and other belongings in your vehicle before you join the Rang Hungama!
We will not allow anybody back into the temple premises after Holi play. Please cooperate. Namaste.

Balvihar Team.