Bala Vihar:

The Association conducts Bal Vihar class every alternate Sundays for kids above 5 years. The goal is to provide Indian kids an opportunity to learn about our Great Hindu culture, tradition and practice it.

Kids learn the different Hindu Spiritual practices like chanting Slokas, Singing Bhajans. Kids were taught the Moral stories found in the Great Epics like Ramayana and Mahabarath. The class pays a lot of importance to daily practice of Spirituality and incorporating it as a way of life, rather than treating it just as a mere interesting subject or part of History. We want the kids to feel the Joy of devotion and choose Lord Rama, Devi Sita and Lord Krishna as their Super Heros and Role Models. Parents are expected to help us achieve this goal, by practicing at home what they learn in the class.

Our hope is that this class will provide Kids with a Moral Compass. A moral Compass that will help them find the right direction in the maze of various value systems that they will be pounded with and they will encounter in their life. A moral compass that will show them the way from Darkness to Light.

This class is conducted by two dedicated members AjayDev Nallur and Dr. Paneer Selvam for the past two years at Ajay’s residence. There are about 30 kids who attend the class regularly.

Dance class:

We have just started teaching kuchipudi and bharathnatyam to few kids. This is also being held at one of the member’s residence.

Bhajan:

Hindu Association wants to provide a venue for the community, each and every one emphasizing not just members of Hindu Association, but also non members to perform Devotional singing, Bhajan. Bhajan is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month for one or two hours.

Here are some reasons why Hindu Association believes why Bhajan is important and how they help a spiritual aspirant.

To gain concentration in this spiritually dark age (Kali yuga), Bhajan is better than meditation. By loud singing, other distracting sounds will be overcome and concentration will be achieved. Bhajan is a spiritual discipline aimed at concentrating the mind of one’s beloved deity. Through that one pointedness, one can merge in the divine being and experience the bliss of the one’s true-self.

Bhagavad Gita Class:

Gita class is held First Saturday of every month in a member’s house. We follow Swamy Chinmayananda’s Gita disclosure. Each participant is expected to read the versus and explanation before the class. Gita class’s duration is 1 hour. In the class we read the sloka and explanation for 40 minutes. Remaining 20 minutes we discuss about the contents read in the class. This class is going well for the past one year and we have completed the karma yoga chapter 2. This class comprises of 10 members. Starting this February we have started the second batch of Gita class. The second class has 15 members.

Sloka class for Adults:

Starting March we have started the sloka class for adults. This class is held the last Saturday of every month. We have covered Ganesha Pancharathinam in the last class. We are planning to start Lalitha sahasara namam in the next class.

Sadhana by the members of Association:

Based on the advice from swami Radhikananda saraswathi all temple volunteers and most members of Association have started doing a sadhana of reciting Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya , 108 times every day.

Other activities:

In addition to the above religious activities we have a lot of fund raising activities to raise fund for the construction of the temple and cultural center. Temple Action Committee meeting is held every 2 months to discuss about the progress made by various committees and their future plans.