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  A Grand Event for Young & Old ::                             Anand Bazar                  Saturday, June 21st 2008

A Grand Event for Our  Senior Citizens ::            Pancha Dhama Trip                     To   New Jersey                            Thur. Thru Sat. June 26th thru 28th

           Hindu Center Senior Citizen Group Presents another spectacular event.... A Trip to Pancha Dhama to New Jersey 2008. The trip will include visits to Vraj, Balaji Mandir, Dwarkadhish Mandir, SwamiNarayan Mandir, Mata Temple and Eddison Indian Market. Come & Bring your Family & Friends on this religious trip. This trip is open to all ages.                 For further details please click here                                                  

Katha - Shri Krishna Darshan & Srimad Bhagvad Sar                                  Sunday July 20th thru Sat July 26th 2008

A Special Note  From-                                Chairman Of  Board  & President

April 15^th, 2008                                                            Dear Friends,                                                                 As you all know our community is growing inside and around Charlotte. On any religious function or big event it is very difficult to get inside the Vedant Hall of Hindu Center. Two years ago we got the approval of expansion project of Vedant Hall from the city, but we could not start the construction due to lack of funds. So far we could raise only two hundred thousand dollars which we still have in CD account. To full fill our dream we must raise one million dollars to complete the project which will help to preserve and promote our rich religious heritage in the generations to come.
To raise the funds, the management has taken few steps as follows:
                    1. Prasad prepared inside the temple by the volunteers, offered to and blessed by all the deities will be mailed to the prospective donors. First shipment will be ready to mail  very soon for the donations of dollars one hundred fifty and plus.
                   2. We have appointed an recognition committee of eight members headed by DC Patel to come up with the recommendations of different levels of recognitions and honor of prospective donors in kind of plaque, engraved bricks or stone on the walls of Hindu Center to help in raising funds. Committee is working hard and very soon we will come back to you with the recommendations.
                  3. We also have appointed a nine members committee headed by Ravi Patel to revise the structure of Board of Trustees to accommodate and make the potential donors as permanent member of the board of trustees. Hindu Center will still be run by the elected body of Executive Committee and three trustees ( one per year ) will also be elected. Special status and little honor to potential donors will help to raise funds for upcoming projects like Gandhi Plaza and Sports complex.

           Now is the time to make changes to keep up with the growth of our community and today I am calling for all the members of Hindu Center to please give us your thoughts and comments as soon as possible. You don't have to declare your name, just  mail or fax for the attention of Chairman of Board of Trustees. Your input will certainly help us to take the right decision. We will also appreciate your concerns and involvement in the process of making Hindu Center better place of worship for our children. Thanks and GOD bless you all.
Ball K Gupta                       Ramesh Khatri              Chairman of Board             President

A New Scholarship Program :

          Great News for Both College and College           Bound Students
The Amin Family ARVA Foundation Hindu Center Scholarship Program for Academic Year 2008-2009

Mr. Ambalal R. Amin and Mrs. Vimlaben A. Amin have been long-time residents of Charlotte, North Carolina . They have been very active in philanthropic causes throughout the world. The Amin brothers (Mahendra, Suresh, Satish, Rajesh, and Harish) have now formed ARVA (Ambalal Ranchhodbhai & Vimlaben Amin) Scholarship Foundation in honor of their parents' commitment to the local community within Charlotte and the Carolinas. Effective with the fall 2008 academic semester, ARVA Scholarship Foundation has established a scholarship program to be administered by the Independent Evaluation Committee (IEC) of the Hindu Center. This program is in the first year and it is expected to continue for at least a total of five years. The deadline date to apply for the scholarships is June 15th, 2008.

The ARVA Foundation Hindu Center Scholarship Program has been established to provide scholarships for children of the members of the Hindu Center to provide training and education to deserving young people on curriculum of their desire selected after the post secondary level education. The program is open to students in both North Carolina and South Carolina and special consideration will be given to financially needy students.

Under this Scholarship Program, five (5) individual scholarships of $2,000 per student are to be awarded per year.

For further information and application forms regarding these scholarships, please Click : www.hcclt.org/ARVA.htm. or contact IEC members;                                                Dr. Yogendra P. Kakad  or Smt. Jaspalben Attrey at                    administrator@hcclt.org.
 

Hindu Center Calendar of Events-2008

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Hindu Center Sports

The Hindu Center now has sports activities every Thursday from 6:00pm to 8:30pm in the Vihar Hall.  The Indoor sports offered include: Badminton , Table Tennis , Carom , and Chess.  Outdoor basketball is also available for those interested.

Educational programs

• CROP 
  The Hindu Center's Childrens Religious Outreach Program educates children between the grades of K thru 10 about the Hindu religion. It meets twice a month on Sundays in the Gandhi Bhavan basement. For more information regarding the program or its schedule, please contact Mrs. Chetna Patel at 704-547-1676, ADMINISTRATOR@HCCLT.ORG, or Mr. Manish Kandpal at 803-802-7634, ADMINISTRATOR@HCCLT.ORG
• Sloka Class
  Sloka Class at the Hindu Center teaches children between the ages of 4 and 13 different Hindu Hymns, their meaning and significance. It meets every Sunday from 9.30 AM to 10.30 AM in the Gandhi Bhavan basement . For more information regarding its curriculum, please contact Mrs. Lakshmi Muthukrishnan at 704-814-9355 or Mrs. Lalitha Jairam at 704-841-4358.
• Youth
  There is a Youth Group being organised to bring together teenagers to get involved in Cultural and Social activities in the community. It meets on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. For more info. please call the Hindu Center.
• Yoga
  Yoga classes are held every Sunday at 9.00 AM. Please contact Mr. Pradeep Bulsara ( for Sundays) at 704-864-8212 to join up or for more details.
• Music Appreciation Course
  There will be a music appreciation course offered at the Hindu Center started in April 2005. It is conducted by Smt. Sarla Kumar. Those of you, who are in the music circle in Charlotte already know of her expertise. She had her music training under well known musicians like Senior Dagar Brothers, Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan, N.S. Khaliker of Pune and Manik Varma. Mrs. Kumar hopes to teach about the components of classical music for better understanding and enjoyment. The participants will learn about laya, tala, swaras, ragas, and their characteristics, forms and style of music and meaning of terms used in classical music. Mrs. Kumar will demonstrate and explain by singing or playing music by famous artists.The classes will be held on every second Sunday of the month at the Gandhi Bhavan from 2.30PM to 4:30 PM. To register, please call her at 707-846-4423 or send her an e-mail at administrator@hcclt.org

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