Namaskar!

Dear Patrons,

Sri Ganeshaaya Namah! Om Namo Hanumate Namah!

It is an immense pleasure and honor to be writing this message. I feel very humbled to have been chosen as the President of our magnificent temple. As Sage Yagnavalkya eloquently observed, “A temple is a state of mind. A temple is a place of tranquility and peace. A temple is the essence that sustains our day-to-day existence.” On behalf of our temple’s Executive Committee, I sincerely promise you that it will be our utmost endeavor to uphold and enhance these ideals.

At the outset, I wish to wholeheartedly applaud our outgoing President Dr. Sanjeev Sharma for his commitment and leadership that he exhibited during the past year. He was supported by a dedicated team of committee chairpersons, who set very high standards of dedication. They have left our temple in a much better place than what they received. I know that you all will join me in thanking all these sevaks for their time and energy.

Our service now commences. The new Executive Committee has numerous plans in place. We have several experienced as well as new members, which makes the dynamic very worthy of our congregation. One of the foremost tasks will be to focus on our expansion efforts in such a manner that our community will stand united and be proud of the mission. To this extent, the Long Range Planning Committee, under the competent leadership of Dr. Sanjay Singh, is confabulating with various community members in seeking valuable common ground. Once the plan(s) go through the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, we will be approaching all of you via a special General Body Meeting. Hence, please stay tuned.

We are very pleased to have two outstanding priests in our temple. They continue to do an effective and sincere job in performing various rituals and pujas for all of us. However, we are also exploring the thought of inviting seers and scholars for offering discourses on vital aspects of Sanatana Dharma to all of us. This would make our faith more accessible to our congregation.

Our temple runs efficiently on the good devotion and efforts of our volunteers. Many of you continue to offer lots of high quality service to our temple. I deeply appreciate this. However, we do need more volunteers, and I would request you to kindly send an email to our IT and Membership Chairperson Murali Chintapalli (muralidharch@yahoo.com), and let him know as to how you would be able to serve.

Finally, I wish to reiterate my sincere appreciation to all the former Presidents of our temple. Today, I am standing on the shoulders of several giants of our community such as Shri Sree Nair, Shri Jagdish Nijhawan, Dr. DK Agrawal, Dr. Ram Bishu, Dr. Shantaram Joshi, Smt. Nina Mote, Dr. Alekha Dash, Shri VT Ramakrishnan, Shri Prem Arora, Shri Samar Gogoi, and Shri Parameswaran to name a few. I shall try my utmost to serve our common interests, and keep our temple’s glory in the highest place of my heart and mind.

I pray to Lord Prasanna Ganapathi to shower His choicest blessings on all of us.

Dr.Phani Tej Adidam
President, Executive Committee
padidam@unomaha.edu