| Welcome to HANWA |
Welcome to the Hindu Association of Northwest Arkansas. Our goal as an organization is to serve the
religious, cultural, social, charitable, and spiritual needs of Hindus in our community. We're on an
incredible journey with the mission of building the first Hindu temple in Northwest Arkansas. We call
our project "Bringing Mathura to Arkansas".
Mathura was the childhood home of Lord Krishna, so the idea of Bring Mathura to Arkansas (or Project
Mathura for short) is that we’re bringing Lord Krishna’s presence to our home in Northwest Arkansas.
We want to create a community where our children can grow up with Hindu values and customs. In
order to move forward on the construction of the temple, after careful consideration, HANWA took a
loan of $550,000. The goal of Project Mathura is to help the temple become debt-free before the end of
2013. This is an aggressive goal, but, with the Lord’s grace, our community has the ability to achieve it.
The construction of the temple is an important investment in the future of this community, but we
want to ensure it's not a burden on the community members of the future, including our children.
Each person or family has a different ability to give to the temple, so we've created a wide variety of
sponsorships to cater to the entire community. These sponsorships range from $101 tile sponsorships
to $50,001 street sponsorship, with many options in between.
Easy Payment Options are available to make a contribution to Project Mathura:
Cash
Check (To- HANWA)
Credit/Debit cards
Pay Pal on our web site
HANWA is a NON PROFIT (501C-3) organization and donations to HANWA have Tax Benefits.
Quick Information on Project Mathura
Goal of Project Mathura: To Make our temple debt free by 2013 (Raise $550,000 Loan Amount)
Objective 1: Raise $200,000 before July 29, 2012 Temple Opening Day
Objective 2: Raise Remaining $350,000 before December 31/2013
How our community has sponsored?
Through Deity Sponsorship ($2500 and Above), Gopuram Sponsorship ($1001), and Tile Sponsorship ($101).
How you can Sponsor and help reach the goal of our community?
Tile ($101), Temple Bell ($251), Parking Lot ($501), Temple Gopuram($1001), Deity Sponsorship ($2500-
$10,000), Kaustuba Vitadana ($11,000) - Gem in Krishna's throne, Raja Simhasana Vitadana ($15,001) -
Executive Sponsorship, Street Sponsorship ($50,001)
Benefits:
Tile Sponsorship: The tiles you sponsor are towards the Marble Platform for the gods. Your family can sponsor for 1 or more Tiles. Tile sponsorship will end on May 26th.
If you are a tile sponsor you and your family can participate in the special havan organized for your
families May/26th. You will then take part in the pooja performed to the platform in the new building.
Names will be displayed on the website.
Gopuram Sponsorship: You and your family can participate in doing Gopura Kalasa Pooja on the temple
opening day. We have made special arrangements to take you and your family to the Gopura Kalasam
where you can do Pooja to the Kalasam in a safe way. Names will be displayed on the website.
Limited Gopuram Sponsors: Due to the process involved we are limiting Gopuram Sponsors to only 40
Families. This is first come first serve.
Deity Sponsorship and Above: You and Your family name will be in on a Plaque kept in the temple for many
years to come thus getting into the history of our Temple. The names will also be there on the website
for the many years to come. This Program will end on Temple Opening Day.
Please contact BOD@NWAHINDUTEMPLE.ORG for sponsoring or use this website to sponsor.
We are reaching out to every one of you for having a strong financial foundation for our temple for the
many years to come leaving our next generation with a place to cherish our spiritual greatness, culture,
values and traditions.
SUPPORT PROJECT MATHURA!!!
Also if you are a resident in Northwest Arkansas please Sign up with yours as well as your family details and not as Guest so that you can track your transactions with HANWA and also can have fast checkout for Pooja's (Poojas) and Havan's.(Havans).
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| News & Events |
~ Download News Letter~ Ganesha Eye Opening in June ~ New Temple Grand Opening: Sunday, July 29 2012 ~ Vishnu Sahasaranamam Every Saturday Evenings ~ Goal of Project Mathura: To Make our temple debt free by 2013 (Raise $550,000 Loan Amount)
Objective 1: Raise $200,000 before July 29, 2012 Temple Opening Day
Objective 2: Raise Remaining $350,000 before December 31/2013 ~ How much our community has risen so far?
$55,000 (From the day of Launch of Project Mathura on Shiv Ratri day) ~ How our community has sponsored?
Through Deity Sponsorship ($2500 and Above), Gopuram Sponsorship ($1001), and Tile Sponsorship ($101). ~ How you can Sponsor and help reach the goal of our community?
Tile ($101), Temple Bell ($251), Parking Lot ($501), Temple Gopuram($1001), Deity Sponsorship ($2500- $10,000), Kaustuba Vitadana ($11,000) - Gem in Krishna's throne, Raja Simhasana Vitadana ($15,001) - Executive Sponsorship, Street Sponsorship ($50,001)
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| Temple Hours |
Saturdays from 5 PM to 8 PM
Sundays from 10 AM to 1 PM
Vishnu Sahasarnama: All Saturday at 6 PM (Every Saturday or All Saturdays)
Priest is available to perform Archanas and Poojas during the the Temple hours. |
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