CHICAGO: The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont celebrated New Year with special midnight Archanas on January 1. Hundreds of devotees gathered at the temple on December 31 and January 1 bidding adieu to year 2012 and welcoming the New Year with prayers, hugs and handshakes.
During the day over 2500 devotees visited the temple to attend Abhishekams, have Phoolangi seva darshan and perform special archanas for health and prosperity of their family and friends.
Early in December, HTGC elected four trustees for the term 2013-2016. They were elected unopposed (i.e. without any elections), a healthy trend of everyone working together as one united team.
Dr. Gopal Srinivasan and Ms. Renuka Reddy were reelected to continue as trustees. Dr. Rohini Udupa and Mr. Lakshman Agadi were elected as two new trustees.
The 2013 executive committee has been formed with Sri Tilak Marwaha as the President. The executive committee includes Sri Bhima Reddy (Vice president), Smt. Prasanna Reddy (Secretary), Smt. Shashi Kaveti (Joint Secretary), Sri Sridhara Tambarahalli (Treasurer) and Sri Lakshmana Mittur (Joint Treasurer).
After forming the team of executive committee members, Tilak Marwaha thanked the outgoing President Dr. Gopal Srinivasan for his leadership and uniting the members with new initiatives at the temple.
All the committees have been reorganized by bringing additional volunteers to assist the temple in its operations and meet the needs of its devotees.
Harish Rao
