Temple History - Hindu Center Charlotte

1. PAST TO FUTURE
AN ETERNAL JOURNEY
TOGETHER
TOGET H E RA L JOURNE Y ?3 ?? E ? W?? X? ?3 ?????@?

2. SOME WHO MADE A
DIFFERENCE :

3. THAKOR TOPIWALA SHREE JOSHI SWADESH SAWHNEY

4. •“IT IS NOT THE MASSES WHICH
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, ONLY
ONE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.”

5. LATE MAHESH SHUKLA
A LEADER WHO
COULD FORESEE
THE STRENGTH
OF A
COMMUNITY.

6. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1981-1982
THE FOUNDERS
– WHO MADE A DREAM COME TRUE
KAUSHIK
PATEL
DR. B.K.
CHOPRA

7. 25 YEARS AGO ……
•TOTAL BUDGET : $120,000
•PROJECT STARTED : MARCH 1982
•PROJECT COMPLETED : JULY 1982
•GRAND OPENING ON
JULY 24
th
1982
BY SWAMI CHINMAYANANDJI

8. SOME MEMORIES …..

9. SOME MEMORIES …..

10. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1983
DR. RAVI
RAO
NAVIN DESAI
A YEAR OF I NTROSPECTI ON AND
SEARCH F OR THE F UTURE SERVI CE
MODEL F OR THE COMMUNI TY

11. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1984
LATE MAHESH SHUKLA SURESH VYAS
• PARKING LOT PAVING/FENCING
• NAVRATRI/GARBA WAS MADE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HINDU CENTER
• FOUNDING OF RADIO PROGRAM
• HINDU CENTER COMMITTEE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS CREATED

12. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1985
DHIRU BHAI PATEL
RAVI PATEL
•FIRST YEAR OF EXPANSION – 6.7 ACRE LAND ACQUISITION
•CONSTITUTION OF HINDU CENTER AMENDED

13. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1986
GOBIND BHOJWANI KUMAR DIGHE
ANOTHER YEAR OF I NTROSPECTI ON

14. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1987
SURESH VYAS RAJ SAWHNEY
• “VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD ” – SOUTHEAST ZONAL CONFERENCE CHAIRED BY
RAVI PATEL AND ATTENDED BY SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
• LIBRARY ESTABLISHED/PROPERTY BEAUTIFICIAN
• FIRST HINDU WEDDING OF VINAY & TULIKA SAWHNEY

15. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1988
RAVI PATEL BHARTI
PATEL
• FIRST AND ONLY FEMALE PRESIDENT
• HINDU CENTER CONSTITUTION WORK

16. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1989
RAJ SAWHNEY RAI DESAI
PLANNING AND BIDDING OF VIHAR HALL – A MASSIVE
AND CHALLENGING TASK

17. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1990
BHARAT PATEL
SANJIWAN
SONI
VIHAR HALL CONSTRUCTION STARTED AND
COMPLETED

18. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1991
VITHAL PATEL RAJANI
PATEL
CONS TI TUTI ON’S F I RS T REVI S I ON

19. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1992
ARVIND DESAI
ASHOK PATEL
• FIRST PUJARI HIRED
• SHRI RAMESH BHAI OZA’S KATHA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HINDUISM, CHAIRED BY SHRI RAVI PATEL

20. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1993
ASHOK PATEL
NARESH
PATEL
F I RST YOUNGEST PRESI DENT

21. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1994
RAMESH SHAH
LOKU
HEMNANI
YEAR OF I NTROSPECTI ON

22. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1995
RAJANI PATEL AMIT PARIKH
DATABASE PROGRAM CREATED AND CURRENTLY
REDESIGNED

23. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1996
SURENDRA “JITENDRA”
PATEL
BHARAT
PATEL
YEAR OF I NTROSPECTI ON

24. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1997
BALDEV THAKOR
VIJAY PATEL
A LANDMARK YEAR
HIGHEST MEMBER PARTICIPATION AND DONATION
COLLECTION THROUGH THE YEAR 2002

25. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1998
DEEPAK GUPTE BAL GUPTHA
EXPANSI ON OF VI HAR HALL

26. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
1999
BHARTI PATEL RAJEN SHAH
EXPANSI ON OF VI HAR HALL COMPLETED

27. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
2000
SANJIWAN SONI
DWARAKADAS SHAH
• NEIGHBORING DUPLEX ACQUIRED
• ESTABLISHMENT OF PUJARI RESIDENCE

28. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
2001
BAL GUPTHA VISHNU
MOONDRA
“PARI KRAMA” WORK PL ANNED AND S TARTED

29. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
2002
KSHITISH MEHTHA
DILIP
PUROHIT
“PARI KRAMA” COMPLETED

30. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
2003
DHIRU BHAI PATEL
GOBIND
BHOJWANI
• LAND ACQUISTION POLICY APPROVED
• MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION REQUESTED

31. CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT
2004
DHIRU BHAI PATEL SANJIWAN SONI
• CHURCH PROJECT APPROVED (93%) AND ACQUIRED
• PRICE TAG: $1.25 MILLION
• ADDITION OF 12 ACRES IN LAND & 14,000 SQ. FT. HEATED AREA

32. NOW,
TO THE PRESENT
…….
….. EFFORTS OF THE PAST

36. NOW,
TO THE FUTURE
……
……. EFFORTS OF THE PRESENT

40. SPORTS FACILITY MAY
INCLUDE:
INDOOR
BASKETBALL/TENNIS
COURT
GYM FACILITY
EDUCATION CENTER
MAY INCLUDE:
YOUTH AND CROP
CLASSES
ADULT EDUCATION ON
VEDIC PHILOSOPHY
YOGA MEDITATION
JAIN STUDIES

41. ALMOST 40 TO 50 RESIDENTIAL CONDOS CAN BE ADDED WITH THE
PRESENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

43. YearPresident Chairman
Donation +
Membership# of Contributions
Avg Per Donor
Contribution
Natural
Disaster
Relief Funds
Total
1992Ashok Patel Arvind Desai $43,647 284 $153.69 -- --
1993*Nayan Patel Ashok Patel $27,554 272 $101.30Maharastra EQ $19,220
1994Loku Hemnani Ramesh Shah $48,920 374 $130.80 -- --
1995Amit Parikh Rajni Patel $163,225 415 $393.31 -- --
1996Bharat Patel Surendra Patel $159,198 442 $360.18 -- --
1997Vijay Patel Baldev Thakor $252,137 547 $460.95 -- --
1998**Ball Gupta Deepak Gupte $71,341 400 $178.35Guj Cyclone $17,131
1999Rajen Shah Bharti Patel $114,033 619 $184.22Orrissa Cyclone $25,058
2000Dwarkadas ShahSanjiwan Soni $87,048 482 $180.60Guj Famine $14,500
2001Vishnu MoondraBall Gupta $160,151 575 $278.52Guj EQ $121,000
2002Dilip PurohitKshitish Mehta $179,281 801 $223.82 -- --
should have been higher than $71,341. Except for 1998, all other years reflect pretty accurate figures (to my knowledge).
*** The actual relief fund collections are higher in most cases than what is reflected in the database because contributions
only from members are entered in the database. The contributions from non-indian sources are not entered in the database
(i.e. Guj EQ total collection in 2001 was over $120,000, where database reflects only $55,558.
* Actual collection in 1993 were much higher because of Ram Katha, but those donations were not entered in the database
** I am not sure about the 1998 figures. My thinking is that some of the donation entries are missing. Total donation amount

44. Dan Peti/Arti Donations
$-
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
$45,000
$50,000
$55,000
$60,000
$65,000
$70,000
1992 1994 1995 1996 1999 2001 2002
# of Donors
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Donation + Membership
$0
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Avg Per Donor Contribution
0.00
50.00
100.00
150.00
200.00
250.00
300.00
350.00
400.00
450.00
500.00
1 99 2 1 99 3 1 99 4 1 99 5 1 99 6 1 99 7 1 99 8 1 99 9 2 00 0 2 00 1 2 00 2

45. LRPC’S 2004 REMAINING AGENDA
• HINDU CENTER WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
• INTEGRATION OF PHONE SYSTEM, INTERNET, AND WIRELESS
NETWORK
• VIDEO SURVELLIANCE BASED ON INTERNET MONITORING
•CONTINUE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COMMITTEES
 NEWSLETTER, MAINTENANCE AND ANY OTHER IF
REQUIRED

46. SINCERE THANKS TO ….
•MR. DHIRU BHAI PATEL
•MR. RAVI PATEL – CO-CHARIMAN LRPC AND
THE MEMBERS OF LRPC
•MR. BALDEV THAKOR
•ALL THE PRESIDENTS AND CHAIRMEN WHO
SENT THE INFORMATION
AND
MR. SHASHI PATEL