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Editor: Sangeeta Ahuja AUM BHOOR BHUVAHA SWAHA TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI DHEEYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT

Gyan Kendra Samachar February, 2012 When we reform ourselves, the world will be reformed. When we transform, the world will be transformed

Janma Shatabdi Mahotsav of our Patron Founder Pt. Shriram sharma

Acharyaji was celebrated from November 6 to 10, 2011 at the Holy city of

Haridwar. On 1st of October, 2011 the Grand Exhibition was inaugurated

by Param Adarniye Chancellor Sir and param adarniye Shailjiji. The Exhibition area was built near Har ki Pauri.

Jagadguru Ramanandacharyaji announced that the 1551 Kundi Yagya is

not only done for Gayatri Pariwar members but for upliftment of entire

world ( , ).

He also said that ,

| Adarniya Dr Saheb mentioned that “we have

Ashirvad of Maa Ganga and she has given us the space to do Mahotsav as

her offering to Pujya Gurudev”. Pravin Kapadia with his family and other members of Gayatri Gyan

Kendra of Long Island attended the program and received the blessings.

Purnima Kapadia participated in the “Kalash Yatra”.

Yoga Teachers Pallavi Shah

Mitesh Kapadia

Culture Teachers Pragna Patel

Purnima Kapadia

Malini Patel

Bhavna Makadia

Dipti Mehta

Ranjan Desai

Pravin Kapadia

Deepa Panchal

Hindi Teachers Virendra Dugar

Kanchi Dokania

Ruchi Airen

Rita Verma

Rekha Rawat

Harinath Mishra

Pankaj Singh

Priya Singh

Sangeeta Ahuja

Nivea Kothari

Gujarati Teachers Purnima Kapadia

Bhavna Makadia

Ranjan Desai

Bijal Sakrani

Hina Shah

Falguni Mistri

Sucheta Naik

Librarian Shradha Pujara

Adult Programs Gopi Udeshi

Deepa Panchal

Mafatbhai Patel

Nilkanth Patel

Newsletter Volunteer

Anjali Maheshwari

Upcoming Events……

Vasant Panchami Celebration

February 12

An exhibition of Holy

Scriptures will be displayed at

St Anthony’s High School in

Melville. Volunteers are

welcome at 9 am to assist

with the arrangements.

Do not do unto others that, which you would dislike to be done unto you

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Dr. Pranav Pandya, Head of All World Gayatri Pariwar has talked about expected strongest solar storm on Sun in the year 2012 and he has declared year

2012 as "Surya Sadhana Year". He has requested everyone to do special Surya Sadhana in the

current year. More information is available on the following links. http://news.yahoo.com/strongest-solar-storm-since-2005-hitting-earth-163628746.html

Video message of Ad Dr. Saheb on Surya Sadhana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12teQtbULo

Starting Januay 28th, all parijans are requested to chant Surya Gayatri Mantra for 5 minutes everyday

‘‘ OR ‘‘ ’’ "om ghrini suryay namah”

, ’’

Lalit Shah, a member of Gayatri Pariwar was graduated in Vedic Math course in January. This

course was offered online by e-gurukul.net. Lalit was one of the 30 students from 27 cities spread across 11 countries over 4 continents, to successfully complete the certification requirements. This Vedic math teachers training program ran for 11 weeks with Ken Williams

from UK as trainer. Lalit shah was the student of Batch 2. Lalit held introductory classes to the parents of GGKLI at St Anthony’s High School in

preparations for ongoing classes for the young kids. We would like to congratulate him for his success.

Navratri was also celebrated on October 2nd at St Anthony’s High School. Students of the GGKLI dressed up and presented nine Durga

Avatars one for each night.

Last year Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated

on October 2, 2011 by Suffolk County at the

H. Lee Dennison Building.

Gayatri Pariwar members presented

a skit “Anekta Mein Ekta” to

demonstrate the diversity that brings

the whole nation together. The

participants for the skit were Sangeeta Ahuja,

Kanchi Dokania, Rekha Rawat,

Vignesh Gunasekharan, Dev Dokania,

Sneha Daulatani, Rushabh and Ria Shah,

Anurag and Anushka Shah,

Vishal and Sneha Rawat, and

Pragati Mutthukumar.

An aimless person is like the pendulum, which merely swings to and from without any forward movement.

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Brain Teaser

You have a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one of them at a time. If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it. If you leave the chicken with the grain he will eat it. How can you get all three across safely?

Send your answers to

anjalimaheshwari2@gmail.com

Who Am I?

Do you know? Who am I? I am, I am not a Hindu, Not a

Muslim.

Neither no body either, My name is

life.

Treasure of noble thoughts,

I am only human, Love is my food, Good manners are my cloth,

Common sense is my shelter,

God is my parents, Nature is my

friend,

Truth is my brother and Confidence is myself.

Anulom Vilom Pranayam

Sit comfortably. Close your eyes. Close the right nostril with the right thumb. Inhale slowly through the left nostril

and fill your lungs with air. Close your left nostril with the ring and middle fingers of the right hand and open the

right nostril. Exhale slowly and completely with the right nostril. Again inhale through the right nostril and fill your

lungs. Close the right nostril by pressing it with the right thumb. Open the left nostril, breathe out slowly. (This

process is one round of Anulom Vilom Pranayam.) Continue for 15 minutes. You may take a minute's rest after

every five minutes of exercise.

There are two ways to be happy: minimize your needs; and live in harmony with the circumstances.

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Gayatri Gyan Kendra of Long Island 24 Smith Street

Deer Park, NY 11729-2711 631-254-2749

Classes run from 9.45am to 12:30pm every other Sunday throughout the school year at St Anthony High School, 275 Wolf Hill RD, Melville, NY 11747 Email: info@gayatripariwarli.org

For more information, pictures of our programs

Please visit our website www.gayatripariwarli.org

Gayatri Gyan Kendra of Long Island, a non-profit organization, was formed in

2006 to educate younger generation about Indian culture and achieve Gayatri

Missions’s goal. In just short 5 years, Gayatri Pariwar has grown from 20

students to over 170 students. This is a result of our strong volunteer team, dedication of the parents and kids desire to learn about their culture and

language. The whole team possesses a passion to be as close to our country as

possible in spite of being so far away.

According to the vision of the Gayatri Mission’s founder Shriram Sharma

Acharya, our goal is the ultimate “Awakening of Divinity in human beings and the descent of heavenly happiness on earth.” To reach out to every family on

Long Island and accommodate our ever growing Pariwar, GGKLI is working on

having its own building premises. This is a huge project which can not be

completed without everyone’s help.

Fund Raising: You can help raise money for this building project

by applying for the no annual fee GGKLI Capitalone® Visa Card today and use

it for everyday purchases like gas and groceries. You can apply for the card at: HTTP://WWW.CARDLABCONNECT.COM/GAYATRIGYANKENDRAOFLI

The organization will get $50 for each Visa Card subscribed and used one time. They will also give 2% of all gas and groceries purchases and 1% on

everything. Alternatively, you can also donate your existing Capitalone®

rewards by going to, https://www.capitalone.com/give/

Type in “Gayatri Pariwar of Long Island” and Zip code 11729

You can also support the project by committing Dollar a Day or more tax deductiable donation to: Gayatri Pariwar of Long Island, 24 Smith St, Deer

Park, NY 11729 Phone: 631-254-2749. The organization is 501 © 3 Charity.

You can donate on website: www.gayatripariwarli.orgA registered 501(c)3 charity

GGKLI –Bldg. Project