As has become the tradition for more than a decade, HTCC Helping Hands participated in the city-organized annual service project Clean-up Columbia on Saturday, April 12, 2014. The service group Helping Hands predates Shanthi Mandir and HTCC! Since 2006 HTCC Helping Hands has teamed up with Bal Sabha to work at two clean-up locations for…

Akhand Ramayan Puja at Shanthi Mandir – by Inder Khurana Akhand Ramayan, the uninterrupted reading of Ramayan, started after the invocation of Gods and the recitation of Shri Ram Ashtotra Shata Naamavali on April 5, 2014. Dr. Shivendra Shukla and Mrs Asha Shukla presided the puja. With God’s grace, “the yajna,” as Dr. Shukla put…

MAHA SHIVARATRI PUJA SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Maha Shivaratri will be celebrated at the Mandir on Saturday, March 1 from 6:30 -8 pm. Following the tradition that has been established for this festival at the Mandir, Sri Rudram and Chamakam will be chanted, with  Puja and  Bhajans for…

The 8th Anniversary HTCC Banquet was  held on Friday, March 14, 2014 at the PeachTree Banquet Center. As always, we had fun activities for our youth, and fun for adults too – a round of Bingo  entertained everybody, and doubled up as a fund-raiser too. Some people brought their lucky pencils, and one newly married…