Vol I
Issue i
Autumn 2015
A quarterly publication presented by Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha Vedic Educational and Cultural Center, Houston, TX.
Inside this Issue Please accept our humble obeisances. This past July our temple commemorated its two year anniversary. We had over two hundred attendees and are so pleased to see our congregation growing and flourishing. Through your continued help and support, SGGM has achieved so much in such a short period of time. We have celebrated numerous festivals, streamlined our volunteer efforts through Seva teams, and raised funds for temple expansion and beautification projects, such as our new veranda. At present, we are pleased to announce the start of our new quarterly newsletter, Sri Govindaji’s Patrika. Here you will find temple
A Few Words from the Board of Directors
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Hari Katha Corner
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Temple Bulletin Board
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Calendar of Events
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Celebrating Our Two Year Anniversary
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Srimati Radhika’s Kitchen
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Support SGGM Projects
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Building a Spiritual Library
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SGGM’s veranda tiles, Photo by Visnujan Das news, recipes, lectures from our beloved Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaj, and much more! This newsletter will be available on our website, sent to our online mailing list, and with enough funding, available in print at the temple. See you next Sunday. Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha Ki Jaya!
Aspiring for the service of the Devotees, Tarun Krishna Das (Tanmoy Chakravarty), President Vishnu Das (Vikas Budhiraja), Vice President Sushil K. Agrawal, Treasurer
Hari Katha Corner
You should think that I am always with you in the form of my books and in the form of my lectures and classes. Know that I am always guiding you. If you do this, you will not be weak, and you will also be able to make others very strong. — Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja
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Sri Sri Radha Govindaji, Photo Courtesy of Visnujan Das
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Visiting Vaisnava, Sripad Tirtha Maharaja, and local pundit, Sampat Parthasarathy, expertly lead the congregation in offering oblations to the sacrificial fire.
Top: Talented local ladies, Sunita Sundar (left) and Sowmya Balasubramani (right), performing a devotional song incorporating four languages. Right: Sanjana Sharma and Bindu Chakravarty as baby Krishna and the Fruit seller in a sweet rendition of a beloved lila. Phala Le Lo! Phala! Mithe Mithe Phala! 9 Celebrating Our Two Year Anniversary
Kundanben Patel (Left) and Krishnapriya Dasi (Right) busy making chappatis in the SGGM Kitchen, Pictures Courtesy of Visnujan Das
Srimati Radhika’s Kitchen
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Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Math Vedic Educational and Cultural Center needs your help to further improve and beautify our temple and grounds and to expand and meet the needs of our growing congregation.
Please consider making a one-time donation or a monthly donation for one or more of the construction projects listed above. Payment can be made via check or credit card and all donations are tax exempt. One hundred pledges for $100 - $151 per month for one year will help us achieve our fund raising goal!
Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Radha-Govindaji, & Sri Sri Sita-Ram-Laksman-Hanuman, Picture Courtesy of Sita Dasi 11 Support SGGM Projects
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