Raunak Mela at Hari Om Mandir

CHICAGO: Hari Om Mandir in Medinah (a north side Chicago suburb) organized its annual ‘Raunak Mela-2013’ on Sunday, July14 with over 200 devotees, guests, and well-wishers participating.

Those who came to the Mela had lot of fun. For kids, there was moonwalk etc. Other attractions were snacks, merchandise stalls, Health Fair and much more.

There were many items for eating: Chole Bhature, mouth watering Dosa; Panipuri, Samosa/Tikki and Rossogulla, sandwich & sprout, corn stall by Vipani, Bhel Puri, Lassi, juice and soft drink etc. which were enjoyed by all. Hari Om Mandir’s youth volunteers actively participated to manage various stalls and other activities.

Health camp was organized for health checkup of nearly 100 people. They received Blood Sugar Checkup, EKG and Blood Pressure screening. Dr Om Dhingra and Dr Ramesh Dhingra volunteered to conduct the entire Health Checkup and Shashank Saxena and Sharul Saxena assisted them.

Desi Junction covered the whole event live on Radio. The highlight of the Mela was the Antakshri, part of which was aired live. The segment recorded was streamed again at 8 pm CST on 15 July. The participants were so excited about singing at the Antakshari knowing that their voice would be heard all over the world by interested listeners!
Executive Board of the Temple :Brij Lal Sharma President, Indrajit Sarkar Vice President, Sneh Chaudhary Secretary, Vikas Choudhary Treasurer, Jeetu Patel Special Events, Sham Taxali Property Management, Ramesh Bhardwaj Publication & Parking, Anshu Paul Education, Usha Verma Food & Prasad.

Hari Om Mandir has statues of all major North Indian deities. Every Sunday there is a Havan and general congregation followed by Aarti and Bhojan Prasad. On every first Saturday of the month there is Devi Jagran from 7-10 pm. Every Monday there is Shiv Puja and every Tuesday it conducts Hanuman Challisa Path. There are two learned priests available in temple for Poojas, Havan, Kathas in the temple and at home.

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