Prayer to Lord Hanuman - Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple Of Utah

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namaha 

Newsletter of Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah & India Cultural Center 

1142 West 10400 S South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan Utah 84095 

Tel: 801 254 9177 *** Fax: 888 317 6362 *** 

Non Profit 501(c) (3) Org.* SGHT TID # 87 054 1283 ***ICC TID # 87 067 6460 

October 2012 Volume 14.4 

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Coming Events & Highlights - All Welcome 

October 2012 

3 Wed 6:30 pm Sankashta Harana Chathurthi; Ganapati Homa 

12 Fri 6:30 pm Pradosha Shiva Abhisheka 

14 Sun - Mahalaya Maha Amavasya 

15 Mon 7:00 pm Navaratri Begins –Puja and Arati everyday 

19 Fri 6:30pm Temple Garba 

21 Sun 5:00 Pm Chandi Homam[$51] 

22 Mon 7:00 pm Durgaashtami celebrations after Shiva 

Abhisheka 

23 Tue 6:30 pm Bhagawathi Sewa; Saraswati Puja 

24 Wed 7:00 pm Vijaya Dashami; Vidyarambha/Aksharabhyasam 

26 Fri 6:30 pm Pradosha Shiva Abhisheka 

28 Sun 6:30 pm Poornima Sathyanarayana Puja 

November 2012 

2 Fri 4:00 pm Karwa Chauth 

6:30pm Sankashta Harana Chaturthi; Ganapati Homa 

11 Sun 6:00 pm Pradosha Shiva Abhisheka; Dhan Teras 

12 Mon - Naraka Chaturdasi 

13 Tue 6:00 pm Deepavali; Lakshmi Puja; Fireworks 

14 Wed 7:00 pm Bali Pratipada; Vikram New Year 

16 Fri 6:30 am Naga Chauti 

18 Sun 6:00 pm Skanda Shasti 

27 Tue 6:30 pm Poornima Sathyanarayana Puja; 

Karthikai Deepam 

Ayyappa Aradhana starts; Lunar Eclipse 

28 Wed 6:30 pm Sarvalaya Deepam 

December 2012 

1 Sat 6:00 pm Ayyappa Aradhana 

2 Sun 6:30 pm Sankashta Harana Chathurthi; Ganapati Homa

9 Sun 10:00 am Maha Satyanarayana Puja [$116] 

23 Sun 9 :00 am Vaikunta Ekadasi; Garuda Seva 

25 Tue 6:30 pm Hanuman Jayanti 

27 Thu 6:30 pm Poornima Satyanarayana Puja 

28 Fri 6:30pm Aarudra Darshan 

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Note: During Festival Weekends regular morning Abhishekas may start 15 minutes early. 

Priest Satish Kumar or Priest AR Krishnan will conduct all Pujas. 

We are glad of Sponsorships that help to defray costs of Temple upkeep. 

Volunteers to coordinate events are truly appreciated. 

Himavani is published every third month and is on the Website 

Check the Website SGHTU.org and Emails for Details & Updates 

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A Note from the Temple Board 

Namaste! 

In the last quarter, the Temple has celebrated, and successfully 

organized numerous Pujas and festivals like Shravan Lakshmi 

Yagna, Varalakshmi Vratam, Garuda Panchami, Upaakarma, Sri Krishna 

Jayanti, Dhanvantri Homa and Onam. 

Just last month we celebrated our major festival Ganesh Chathurti festival and 

Visarjan. 

While the festival was attended by more than 800 devotees, Visarjan was attended 

by about more than 300 devotees. We thank Lord Ganesh for the nice weather on 

Visarjan day! We thank our priests and all the volunteers who have made these 

successful events. 

The election process for the 2013 has concluded. We thank Adi Gundlapalli for his 

excellent service as Election Officer. 

There are two major festivals coming soon: Dashera and Diwali. We are organizing 

professional fireworks for this Diwali as well. We request devotees NOT to bring 

any personal fireworks. The only personal fireworks that will be allowed are hand 

held sparklers. Temple will have them available for purchase by devotees on Diwali 

day. 

Temple Kitchen: Please note that the temple kitchen is open from 11:00am – 

2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday mornings and 5:00pm – 8:00pm on Sunday 

evenings. 

• Gopura (temple dome) has been painted 

Projects completed in the past few months: 

• Tree planting along North fence line (continuing at the time of publication 

of this Himavani) 

Visit your Temple, enjoy the heritage: Open all 7 days of the week

Thanks to: 

• Generous donors, Annual Sponsors, dedicated volunteers, supportive community 

members and neighbors. 

• Our dedicated Priest Satish Kumar, AR Krishnan and Manikandan Raghavan; 

Executive and other committees and office staff. 

Balaji Sudabattula, Chandra Giliyar, Suman Giri, Karuppaiah Veerappan, 

Chaitanya Achan, Neeraj Agarwal, Krishna Sundar 

Temple GuesT Book CommenTs 

A very transforming experience. Thousands of miles away from 

Motherland.Salutations to all those who made it possible. This 

Abode of Ganesha is undoubtedly very nice. 

You have really worked hard on this. The temple is beautiful. 

Very peaceful and absorbing. So nicely maintained. A nice place for 

meditation. 

You have a beautiful temple. I was impressed. This was my first visit 

to the temple. 

Thank you for the acceptance I received here at the temple, though I 

was confused. It is truly a beautiful temple. 

It is thrilling to choose and eat free food especially at the end of a 

busy tiring shift. Hope that privilege will continue. Some may take 

advantage of it. Some may insist on paying when they eat. some may 

later, in their own time, because conscience quarrels. Hope all are 

acceptable. Thank you so much for the opportunity to serve the 

Ganesha temple. 

Nice temple, but we were unable to do Archana due to other Pooja 

happening. 

This is our second visit to the temple. Things got reminded again as 

how the memories lasted over a year. We like the temple very much 

and especially the Pujaris here are so forthcoming in helping and 

willing to listen and talk. We liked the way the Archanas are 

performed. These Archanas really make us feel so good and make us 

feel worth the travel coming from Boise. 

Visit your Temple, enjoy the heritage: Open all 7 days of the week 3

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2012 Ganesh Chaturthi Vishesha Alankaras !!! 

Ganesha decorated with Chandana, Kumkuma 

Vibhuti, and Butter! 


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Watch for emails for periodic updates and details on 

Temple Events. Check out the Web Page at 

www.SGHTU.org 


Hanuman Jayanti Celebrations on December 25, 

2012 

(Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated in December in Karnataka 

and Andhra Pradesh) 

At the Temple: Abhisheka for Lord Hanuman is performed 

every first Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm 

Who, in the world, is superior to Hanuman in valor, energy, 

intelligence, prowess, character, charm, discernment, 

composure, dexterity, vigor, and fortitude? 

Rama Bhakta Hanuman the Scholar! Lord Hanuman is the only 

learned scholar who knew the nine Vyakaranas. He learned the 

Shastras from Surya Deva, the Sun God. He is well versed with the 

Vedas and other sacred books. 

The story of Hanuman and Lord Surya: 

Hanuman bowed down his head before his parents in reverential 

salutation and in the twinkling of an eye arrived before the chariot of 

the Sun-God. After introducing himself Hanuman stood before the 

Sun-God with his hands folded and prayed with reverence "O God ! 

Kindly accept me as your humble pupil". 

His humble but intelligent submission charmed the sun-god, but in 

order to test the ability and prudence of the boy, he said "O my dear 

child ! You are fully aware of my chariot, incessantly rolling on 

without tarrying, brushing aside my hunger, thirst and all kinds of 

exertions. How can the process of teaching and learning take place 

unless the preceptor and the receptor sit face to face with tranquil 

minds." 

Hanuman replied with reverence "O revered Sir, I shall pace back 

with my face towards you with the same speed as your chariot rolls 

ahead. This therefore, will cause no inconvenience or hardship in 

learning." The Sun God readily agreed and the teaching began. 


Within a very short period he taught Vedas, Shastras, Grammar 

Philosophical Ideologies and mysteries of spiritual perfection. 

Hanuman became a Savant and Supreme among all erudite 

scholars. 

Hanuman now well-versed in all abilities and skills humbly offered to 

pay the Guru Dakshina to his spiritual preceptor, the Sun God, who 

affectionately said "O my boy ! I need nothing. I only ask you to 

protect Sugreeva as he is born of me." Hanuman assured his 

preceptor that no harm would ever touch Sugreeva. 

In this way he completed his education and returned home. 

Hanuman and Yoga 

If yoga is the ability to control one's mind then 

Hanuman is the quintessential Yogi having a 

perfect mastery over his senses, achieved 

through a disciplined lifestyle tempered by the 

twin streams of celibacy and selfless devotion 

(bhakti). 

Legend of Hanuman, the first to teach 

Pranayama and the inventor of the Surya 

Namaskar 

Pranayama is the ability to control one's breath 

so that the inhalation and exhalation of air is 

rhythmic. Vayu, the god of air and wind, first 

taught pranayama to his son Hanuman, who in turn taught it to 

mankind. 

Hanuman the disciple of Surya, the Sun God gives his energy freely 

to others just as the Sun does. It is said that Hanuman himself 

created Surya Namaskar, the yoga sun salutation as a greeting for 

his teacher Lord Surya. 

Hanuman the Great Musician! 

Narada was a great musician and he was proud of that. There were 

times when this pride slipped into arrogance. He felt that there were 

no musicians at par with him. Vishnu sensed this and induced 

Narada to meet Hanuman and hear him sing. 

Hanuman was a great exponent of music and accepted Narada’s 

request to sing. He kept his Veena on a rock while listening to 

Hanuman. The great Hanuman rendered a piece which was so 

enthralling that the hard rock melted. After enjoying the song, Narada 

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tried to pick his Veena only to find the instrument embedded into the 

rock which hardened once the singing stopped. 

Hanuman suggested that Narada could sing and melt the rock to get 

his Veena. In spite of several attempts, Narada’s rendering did not 

affect the rock. Hanuman sang again to soften the stone and allow 

Narada to retrieve his Veena. A humbled Narada was thankful to 

Hanuman for helping him get the Veena back. 

Hanumad Ramayana: 

After Rama had defeated the rakshasa Ravana of Lanka, Hanuman 

proceeded to the Himalayas and began to write his version of the 

Ramayana, the story of Rama as he had experienced it. This version 

of Ramayana is called the Hanumad Ramayana. 

When Valmiki heard about Hanumad Ramayana, he traveled all the 

way to the Himalayas to meet the mighty Hanuman, who willingly 

showed him his scripture that he had written with his nails on the 

rocks. When Hanuman read out his version, Valmiki was stunned by 

the sheer beauty and passion of the story. 

“Hanumanji, you have written this with such devotion and deep 

feeling! This poetry is so powerful and divine! I am honored to have 

experienced this.” 

But while Valmiki was enthralled, Hanuman noticed that he was sad. 

“O Rishi, what is the reason for your sadness?” asked a puzzled 

Hanuman. 

“I’m sad because the Ramayana that I have so laboriously scripted is 

nothing compared to the glory of yours. “ 

On hearing this, Hanuman without hesitation the rocks in his arms 

and flew all the way to the sea. When he reached the sea, he 

dropped the rocks on which he had written the Ramayana into the 

waters with the name of Rama on his lips. Valmiki was shocked and 

asked Hanuman why he did this. 

He said he had written Rama’s story to express his love for the Lord 

and now he had offered it to Rama by chanting his name. 

Valmiki was astounded with Hanuman’s great devotion and humility. 

He told Hanuman, “I will take another birth to sing your praise in this 

world so all will know of your selfless deeds and the glory of your 

Hanumad Ramayana!” 

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Simple Sloka - Prayer to Lord Hanuman 

Anything impossible is made possible by prayer! 

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"asAdhya sAdhaka 

swAmin asAdhyam tava 

kim vadha? 

rAma dhoota kripA sindhO 

madh kAryam sAdhaya 

prabhO ! 

Meaning: 

Oh Lord, YOU are capable of 

doing the impossible; 

Is there any act which is not 

possible by YOU? 

Oh Compassionate Lord, who 

did go for Sri Rama as his 

emissary! 

Please fulfill my request! 

Cell phones and children: 

To preserve the sanctity of the temple, and to allow other devotees to meditate/pray 

and not disturb Pooja proceedings, we request all devotees to silence cell phones 

once you enter the glass doors. We request parents to supervise their kids so as to 

not disturb other devotees by running or playing inside the temple. 

Cleanliness: 

We are striving to keep the temple premises clean. We request all devotees to keep 

the premises clean by placing trash in trash bins. 

The General Body Meeting of the Temple and ICC is on Nov 

4, 2012 Sunday. Watch emails for time. All voting members 

are invited to attend. 

Onam Celebrations 2012! 


Some of the upcoming Pujas and Festivals in November and December 2012 


Q: Why do we chant “Shanti Shanti, Shanti” three times at the end of a 

prayer? 

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A: To bring peace, Shanti is repeated three times at the end of the Mantra. 

Why three times? Because there are three sources of disturbance to peace: 

Coming from our own body and mind. For freedom 

from this source of disturbance we chant the first 

"shanti". 

Coming from our surroundings, from anything 

elemental or material outside of ourselves. This 

includes human interventions, other living beings and 

also the environment -- everything from the physical 

environment (such as the weather or climate) to the 

political environment. For freedom from this source of 

disturbance we again chant "shanti". 

Coming from factors beyond, such as the presiding 

divine principle over all phenomena in the creation – in 

short, God’s Will. As a prayer to the divine for peace we 

chant a final "shanti". 

Q: What are the Vedic Mantras/Shlokas chanted during the regular 

weekend morning Abhishekas performed in the Temple? 

A: The following Mantras are chanted: 

1. On Saturday mornings at 8:45 am during Navagraha Abhishekam: 

Navagraha Suktam; Navagraha Stotram and Aditya Hrudayam 

2. On Saturday mornings 9:00 am during Venkateswara Abhishekam: 

Venkatesha Suprabhatam; Taittiriya Upanishad- Shisksha Valli; Purusha 

Suktam; Narayana Suktam; Sri Suktam; Bhu Suktam; Venkateswara 

Ashtotram and Sattu Marai 

3. On Sunday mornings 8:45 am during Ganesha Abhishekam: 

Ganesha Atharvasirsha Upanishad; Rudram; Chamakam and Suktams 

Do you have a question or comment? Please ask/ write and it will be answered in these 

pages. 

Write to Utahganesha@inbox.com or contact Temple President at 801 254 9177. 


Sharavan Lakshmi Puja and Yagna July 2012 


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India Mela 2012! 



Thank you volunteers! 

The India Cultural Center and Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of 

Utah thank all volunteers and community organizations who 

made all the summer events a great success. 

India Mela Volunteers 

Henna Artists 

Rupali Munot 

FOOD STALLS 

Chennai Corner 

Alamelu Mangai Sathappan 

Arunnatesh Muthukumarasamy 

Ganesh Murugappan 

Goswri Sivakumar 

Karthikeyan Jeyabalan 

Karuppaiah Veerappan 

Kundhavai Venkat 

Mahalakshmi Srinivasan 

Manickam 

Manikantan Shanmugham 

Rajeevkumar 

Selvi Siddharthan 

Sharanya Manikantan 

Siddharthan V 

Sivakumar Thambu R 

Srinivasan Alagarsamy 

Valli Chidambaram 

Venkat Muthiah 

Temple Stall 

Sri Manikandan Raghavan 

1. Agasthiya R 

2. Santosh 

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Nail Painting 

Sylaja 

Gujarati Cultural Association of 

Utah 

Ashit Shah 

Brijesh Parikh 

Dhrumi Shah 

Dhwani Patel 

Foram Vora 

Girish Shah 

Himani Shah 

Jayshree Shah 

Jyoti Bhagat 

Mehul Kapadia 

Moha Parikh 

Nimish Maniar 

Pinki Kharidia 

Rupali Munot 

Sanjiv Kharidia 

Santosh Bhagat 

Sudhan Kanitkar 

Suresh Patel 

Sushila Patel 

Urvi Kapadia 

Vaishali Bhagat 

Viral Patel 


Utah Marathi Mandal 

Aditya Desai 

Gaurav Patwardhan 

Milind Kolapkar 

Milind Zodge 

Mukul Bokil 

Narendra Pandya 

Prasad Trilokekar 

Sudhan Kanitkar 

Salt Lake Gurukul 

Abhiit Ray 

Abhijit Ray 

Ajay Srivastava 

Archana Agarwal 

Bharati Gautam 

Deepa Zodge 

Garima Srivastava 

Gayatri Nachegari 

Geeta Dhawan 

Gopika Kamtekar 

Madhur Guliani 

Manish Gupta 

Milind Zodge 

Mona Gupta 

Neeraj Agarwal 

Neeraj Verma 

Niranjan Sharma 

Rajesh Puri 

Roma Guliani 

Sanjay Kamtekar 

Satish Nachegari 

SubhaSree Sundar 

Umesh Dhawan 

Vaishali Puri 

Vidya Agarwal 

Telugu Association of Utah 

Anjibabu Paritala 

Gangalakshmi Golakoti 

Guru Bandiatmakur 

Harish Devulapalli 

Hima Bindu Talluri 

Indrani Reppalle 

Kiran Kumar Muthoju 

Krishnakanth Golakoti 

Krishnaveni Manchala 

Madhu Vallur 

Mallesham Manchala 

Ratna Rolla 

Renu Bandiatmakur 

Roopa Harikumar 

Sagar Srungarakavi 

Sowjanya Yasa 

Sridevi Vankayalapati 

Srinivasu Reppalle 

Srinivas Sunkaraneni 

Sudha Sudabattula 

Sumitha Bhavaraju 

Sunitha Mallikarjuna 

Sumathi Paraswar 

Vidya Kalla 

Vijaya Marella 

Udaya Amula 

Usha Yerasi 

Utah Kannada Koota 

Baswaraj, Sunitha Chickmath 

GK Pai 

Meera, Pramoda Nallur 

Shweta, Sreekanta Manjunatha 

Ila, Sanjay Math 

Guru Annigeri 

Ramya, Chandra Seenappa 

Ranjani Giliyar 

Harsha, Naveen 

Arun Math 

Sandhya Narasipura 

Shruthi, Arun Salimath 

Suman Giri 

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Any omissions and errors in the volunteer lists is 

inadvertent. Please email utahGanesha@inbox.com to 

make the corrections. 


India Independence Day Cultural Program Performers: 

Aalaap Narasipura 

Aditya. 

Ankita Ray 

Anuradha Narayanan 

Aparna Ray 

Bhanuteja 

Charles Mallela 

Deepika Kakarla 

Devika Rajeev 

Divya Narayanan 

Krithika Mohan 

Maithri Chandrashekar 

Malavika Chandrashekar 

Manya Nair 

Megha Chalke 

Mira Thompson 

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Parvathi Radhakrishnan 

Pooja Jairam 

Pranavi 

Rhea Agarwal 

Saachi Sharma 

Sai pranav 

Shasank. 

Shalini Kasera 

Shivani 

Siddhi Rajan 

Sourabh Sinha 

Svetha Ramayanapu 

Tarun 

Varun 

Vinay 

List of Volunteers for various events in the last quarter 

Abhi Harikumar 

Alaap Narasipura 

Alamu 

Anindita. R 

Anju Reddy 

Anusha Muthukutty 

Arvind 

Attanumontha Rao 

Amit Nair 

Balaji Pinjala 

Balaji, Sudabattula 

Balaji. B 

Baswaraj Chickmath 

Chaitanya Achan 

Chandra Giliyar 

Charles Mallela 

Edwin 

Eshan Narasipura 

Ganesh Murugappan 

GK Pai 

Gorakh Pawar 

Hari Selvaraj Kumar 

Hina Garg 

James Samuel 

Jayaraman 

Jayshree G Shah 

Jayadatta Narasipura 

John Malik 

Kalyan Ladhane 

Karthikeyan Jeyabalan 

Karuppaiah 

Kiran Palagiri 

Krishna 

Krishnakanth. D 

Krishnakanth. G 

Madhu Vallur 

Madhu. A 

Maithri Chandrashekar 

Malavika Chandrashekar 

Manikantan 

Manikantan Nambi 

Manjunath 

Milind 

Mohan Sudhabatuala 

Mukund Raj 

Naga Katepalli 

Natasha Samani 

Natesh 

Nitesh 

Nitin Gowda 


Parvathi Radhakrishnan 

Pavitra Chari 

Ponsi Sundaram 

Pooja Reddy 

Pradeep Mangapathy 

Prakash 

Pramod Karthikeyan 

Prasad Trilokekar 

Prasanna & Shylaja 

Preeta Rajan 

Priyanka Kanth 

Priya Konduru 

Puru Kamat 

Rahul Singh 

Rajan Vasudevan 

Rajdeep Trilokekar 

Rajeev Kumar 

Ramiah Natarajan 

Ramu 

Ranjani Chandra 

Ravi and Pallavi 

Resham Shah 

Rishi 

Riti Bhatnagar 

Sachith 

Sandhya Datta 

Sangeetha karthikeyan and 

Karthikeyan 

Sanjay Math 

Sanjay Sharma 

Suman Giri 

Sanket Kolhe 

Sathya Reddy 

Shiav 

Shree Radhakrishnan 

Shreyas Hoskere 

Shreyas Payal 

Shrinivasan Raghuraman 

Srinivasan Venkatesan 

Shymala 

Sirisha Akkala 

Sivakumar Thambu Rajaram 

Sneha Kasera 

Sorika 

Sourabh Sinha 

Sridharan Radhakrishnan 

Srikanth Manikarnike 

Subashree Sundar 

Sudha Balaji 

Sudha Velamuri 

Suman Giri 

Sunanda Gupta 

Sunitha Chickmath 

Uma 

Vandana Dalal 

Venka Subramanyan 

Venkata 

Vijay Koppala 

Vidya Anand 

Vijaya Shan 

Vimal Vishwanath Harangaonker 

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Devotees on Ganesha Visarjan - Sunday September 23, 2012 

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One day the little Ganesha went off to play in the woods of Mount Kailasa where 

he lived. He was a mischievous little boy and he especially loved to run and play. 

One day Ganesha spotted a white little cat and immediately pursued it. Ganesha 

thought that the cat was having fun. During the run-catch game the terrified little 

cat in his attempt to run away was 

bruised and hurt. After a while 

Ganesha gave up the chase went back 

home. 

When he got there, he saw his mother, 

the Goddess Parvati. 

He stopped in his tracks when he saw 

that she had mud stains on her face 

and hands and scratches on her arms. 

“Mother, what happened to you?” he 

asked. 

Parvati looked at herself and said: “I 

don’t know. Did you do this to me?” 

“ME?” Ganesha exclaimed. “Why NO!” But just then, he looked down at his feet 

and said, “Oh, but you know what? I was rather rough with our cat today.” 

“Oh,” his mother said, gathering him up in her arms. “Now I understand. You 

know, Ganesha, I am this whole world. My body is this whole earth. Anytime you 

do anything to it, you hurt me. You see, I was that little cat, too. So anything you 

did to it, you did to me." 

“Oh, I understand now. My actions really do matter. I am so sorry, Mother. I won’t 

do it again. 

“It’s impossible not to do any harm to everything, but we can be very aware of 

our actions, so that we do as little harm as possible.” 

Ganesha thanked his mother for his lesson and went off to play again with the 

little cat, taking care not to harm him. 

Moral - God is in everything. Be kind and loving to all creatures! 

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Message from the ICC Board 

Dear Community, 

What an exciting and busy summer it has been for the India 

Cultural Center! We are greatly heartened and appreciative of the 

increasing number of participants and attendees at all the programs that are hosted by 

your India Cultural Center. 

The summer programs were kicked off with the much anticipated Utah Icon co-hosted 

with Desibels. The event was a huge success in attracting top notch talent that 

culminated in a closely contested final round. The Event was held over two different 

weekends and total of 26 participants sang in a variety of Indian languages. The packed 

attendance, at both the preliminary and final rounds, spoke volumes about the quality of 

the singers and the show. 

Following on the heels of the Utah Indian Icon was our first ever India Independence day 

event held in our new building. The highlight of the program was the 5k/1K run and walk 

which had close to a hundred participants of all ages who enthusiastically ran, walked, 

jogged and made it to the finish line! A flag hoisting by the chief guest Sri. Parthasarathy, 

Consul General of India at the San Francisco embassy was followed by a very nice 

cultural program by members of the community. 

The very popular India Mela is growing in strength every year and this year witnessed the 

largest ever crowd at the Mela The crowds enjoyed a vast variety of wonderful street 

foods prepared by our community groups. Children enjoyed the bouncing cages, slides, 

train rides, face painting and various other activities. Henna artists were kept very busy 

all afternoon painting intricate designs! 

We also co-hosted two classical concerts in the late summer with the Utah Kannada 

Koota. The first concert by Smt. Mahalakshmi was a treat in Hindustani classical music 

and the audience thoroughly enjoyed her concert. In September, the Sri Ganesha Hindu 

Temple co-hosted a devotional music concert by Shri. Vidyabhushana which too was 

well attended. 

We have an exciting variety of programs lined up for fall. On Sunday September 8 we 

have a Bharatanatyam dance drama Devihaa Vahanam performed by Saraswati Gana 

Nilayam. This program will be the highlight of the fall cultural programs that we present. 

On December 2, the ICC and SGHT will be participating in the SLC Main Library Diwali 

program. This popular program attracts a large audience and this year the theme is a 

multi-cultural celebration to coincide with Diwali. 

The number of classes and programs at the India cultural center is increasing and we 

request the community to take advantage of these free classes. Please check Himavani 

for details. 


Nominations for the 2013 board were announced in August and members of the new 

board are listed in this version of Himavani. We are excited to have a new board take 

over in 2013 and continue the mission of the India Cultural Center. 

Your support and participation is key to increasing the number and variety of programs 

that we bring in the coming years. We thank all our dedicated volunteers who spent 

many hours putting together the summer programs. You have our gratitude and we 

request new volunteers to help us bring more programs to the India Cultural Center. 

We thank our generous donors, annual sponsors, dedicated volunteers, office staff and 

supportive community members. The ICC can continue to present top notch programs 

with your support. 

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Venka Subramanyan, Prasad Trilokekar, Jayadatta Narasipura, Milind Zodge 

Bala Ambati, Satish Bhatnagar, Sneha Kasera 

India Cultural Center Facility Rentals 

The ICC is available for rental for events such as Weddings, Receptions, Community 

Celebrations, Graduation Parties, private religious functions etc. The auditorium rental 

includes tables, chairs, audio system and kitchen for re-heating food. Reservations may 

be made up to 6 months in advance. The ICC classroom is also available for rent to 

conduct dance or other classes which charge a fee. 

If you are interested in renting the classroom or auditorium please write an e-mail to 

utahindiacc@gamil.com or for details go to the website http://www.sghtu.org/ICC/ and 

click on the Facilities Tab 

Support your India Cultural Center programs 

The ICC is committed to promote the arts and culture of India by sponsoring and 

presenting a number of classical music, ballet, art and other cultural programs every 

year. Top caliber professional musicians and dancers and exponents of classical arts are 

invited to perform and hold teaching workshops. In order to continue with this mission we 

seek your generous support. 

Please consider becoming a sponsor at the following levels: Gold ($1000), Silver ($500) 

or Bronze($100) sponsor. 

Many companies have programs that will donate an equal amount to match your 

contribution. Please consider taking advantage of this, your company match can be used 

to boost your sponsorship level. 

Donation of Stocks and Bonds 

Did you know that you can donate Stocks and bonds to the Temple and ICC? If you are 

interested in donating stocks or bonds, please send us an e-mail and we can give you 

more details 


ICC Donations Naamaavali 

From July1 to September 30, 2012. Thank You! 

Community Contributions $ 

Beddhu, Srinivasan & Bharani 3,001.00 

Bollavaram, Phaneendra & Ishita 151.00 

Giliyar, Chandrashekar & Ranjani 500:00 

Gundlapalli, Adiseshu & Madhu 2,002.00 

Nachimuthu, Senthil K 100.00 

Subramanyan Venka 100:00 

Trilokekar, Prasad & Neela 250.00 

Corporate, Business and other Friends of ICC 

Bottomline Technologies Inc 86.00 

Applied Materials, Lalit Kumar 502.00 

Misc 

Event Income 4696.00 

ICC Facility Rental 790.00 

Sales Tax Refunds 239.82 

Donations and Contributions are tax deductible only to the extent allowed by IRS 

regulations; i.e., only contribution amounts over and above Fair Market Value 

[FMV} of goods and services other than intangible religious benefits received are 

tax deductible. Amounts listed here include both the contribution portion 

and the payment towards FMV portion. The Fair Market Value of goods and 

services received during certain events, i.e. the portion which is not tax 

deductible is shown in the Year End Receipts mailed for tax purposes. 

Sri Manikandanji at 

India Mela…. 


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Did you know you can attend free classes at 

ICC? All classes listed are Weekly and held 

on Sunday. 

Time 

Class Description 

10:30 AM-12:00 PM Sanskrit Level I Sanskrit learning from the basics 

based on classroom teaching and 

exercises in the textbook. 

Samskrta-Subodhini. 

Instructor: Padmanabhan Iyer 

12:00-1:30 PM Bhagavad Gita Study Discussion on the Gita, covering 

each verse, word meaning, 

translation and understanding 

the verse based on the study 

material which also explains 

Shankara Bhasyam of Gita. 

Moderator: Krishnan Anand 

1.30-3.00 PM Sanskrit Level II Intermediate and Advanced 

Sanskrit learning based on 

classroom teaching and 

exercises in the textbook 

Instructor : Padmanabhan Iyer 

3.00-4.00 PM Telugu Language Class 

for children 

4.00-5.30 PM Gurukul and Hindi 

Language Classes for 

children 

Telugu Language Classes for 

children Contact: Usha 

Salt Lake City Gurukul is a 

forum for children to discover, 

learn and appreciate their 

cultural roots, Indian and Hindu 

values. This is done through 

games, yoga, stories especially 

those from Ramayan and 

Mahabharat, shlokas, bhajans, 

arts and crafts. 

Contact: Neeraj Agarwal 

For more details visit website: 

http://www.sghtu.org/ICC/events.php 

Contact ICC at 801 254 9177 or email utahindiacc@gmail.com. 

Watch Emails for further details and more programs throughout the 

year. 


Srinivasa Ramanujan - The man who knew infinity … 

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920) was an Indian 

mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal 

training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary 

contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, 

infinite series, and continued fractions. Ramanujan was 

said to be a natural genius by the English mathematician 

G.H. Hardy, in the same league as mathematicians like 

Euler and Gauss 

Ramanujan's introduction to formal mathematics began at 

age 10. He mastered advanced trigonometry by the age 

of 12; he even discovered theorems of his own, and re-discovered Euler's 

identity independently. By 17, Ramanujan had conducted his own mathematical 

research on Bernoulli numbers and the Euler–Mascheroni constant. 

Ramanujan sent samples of his theorems to academics at the University of 

Cambridge. G. H. Hardy, recognizing the brilliance of his work, invited 

Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. Ramanujan was awarded a 

B.A. degree by research (this degree was later renamed PhD) in March 1916 for 

his work on highly composite numbers, which was published as a paper in the 

Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 

On 6 December 1917, he was elected to the London Mathematical Society. He 

became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, becoming the second Indian to do 

so and he was one of the youngest Fellows in the history of the Royal Society. 

On 13 October 1918, he became the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity 

College, Cambridge "for his investigation in Elliptic functions and the Theory of 

Numbers." 

Srinivasa died in 1920 at the young age of 32. During his short lifetime, 

Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results (mostly identities and 

equations). He stated results that were both original and highly unconventional, 

such as the Ramanujan prime and the Ramanujan theta function. The 

Ramanujan Journal, an international publication, was launched to publish work 

in all areas of mathematics influenced by his work. 

In December 2011, in recognition of his contribution to mathematics, the 

Government of India declared that Ramanujan's birthday (22 December) 

should be celebrated every year as National Mathematics Day, and also 

declared 2012 the National Mathematical Year. 

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Do you know how to draw a Rangoli? Here is a fun Bird Rangoli for you 

to draw by following the same pattern for the remaining three sides. A 

sample of the complete Rangoli is shown below to help you. Complete it 

with colors of your choice! 

Try this Rangoli to decorate 

your home for the fun and 

exciting festival of Diwali!

Prayer to Lord Hanuman - Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple Of Utah

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