Session 1 – Mandir and Tradition: Serving the wants of Hindu Group
Chair: Dr Srilekha Reddy Palle (Durga Temple of Virginia, USA)
Panelists: Swami Paramatmananda Saraswati (Secretary Basic, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, Bharat)
Sadhu Chanchalapathi Dasa (Akshaya Patra Basis, Bharat)
Dr Siva Subramanium (Shiva Vishnu Temple, USA)
Shri Joseph Emmett (Vedanta Institute Houston, USA)
Session description: “Temples have sustained Hindu Dharma by way of time immemorial and are a central pressure that nourishes the expansion of the neighborhood through which they exist. Mandirs, as we desire calling them, are derived from the phrases ‘man’ which symbolizes inner-self and ‘dir’ which suggests dwelling place. On this session, we are going to discover additional how sustainable and unbiased temples as a nuclei serve and may proceed to handle the rising wants of the neighborhood with the suitable match, kind and performance for the surroundings and the folks in that neighborhood. A strategic imaginative and prescient for the applications, the creation, planning and efficient execution of those applications will be the magnetic pressure that may appeal to youth, particular person, household and neighborhood by making a constructive impression.”
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