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2,500 Devotees and Deputy Commissioner

Dilp Chauhan Attend Vaishnav Temple’s Annakut

Mahotsav and Govardhan Puja

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY
aishnav Temple of New York
held its annual Annakut fes-
Vtival as part of Diwali Cele-
bration. Annakut celebration was at-
tended by more than 2,500 devotees.
The festiveness was enjoyed by all
ages both young and old. All devo-
tees were invited to take Mahaprasad
before leaving the temple.
Anil Shah, the trustee of the
temple, said: “With the divine grace
of God we have some many devotees
participated in today’s Annakutot-
sav. I really appreciate my Trustees,
Board members, Temple committee
and volunteers for their hard work.”
President Jaymin Shah stated
that the Vaishnavs celebrate Anna-
kut because this day Lord Krishna
lifted the Govardhan Hill on his fin-
gertips to save the people of Vrinda-
van from nature’s fury. Annakut, or
mountain of food, is symbolic of the through our beloved temple. The
Govradhan Hill. Vaishnav Temple of New York holds
Special Guest Deputy Commis- many religious activities every year.
sioner Dilip Chauhan mentioned in The Vaishnav Temple of New
his speech: “I command the great York also, serves as community ser-
volunteers work to organize such an vice center whose purpose is to en-
amazing Annakutotsav. I appreciate rich people lives. Vaishnav Temple of
the President Jaimin Shah as well New York participates in many com-
as Trustee Anil Shah for putting this munity services such as Senior Citi-
amazing event together. This event zen Center, Computer Classes, Gu-
cannot be possible without tireless jarati Class, Yoga Class, and Health
work from the volunteers.” Fairs. Vaishnav temple also supports
The current Trustee Board HELP (Human Enrichment by Love
members are Anil Shah – Chairman, & Peace) which aids those struggling
Harshad Patel, Arvind Dharia, Gov- after facing natural disasters.
ind Akruwala, Govind Butala, Har-
ish Parikh, Hiten Shah, Mayur Shah,
Mukund Mehta, Narendra Shah, Dr.
Padmakant Shah, Pravin Parikh, Ro-
hit Sakaria, Setu Shah, Vinod Shah.
President – Jaimin Shah, Vice Presi-
dents are Atul Sakaria, Manish Shah,
Parthiv Shah, Pradip Parikh, Secre-
tary – Kumar Mathuria, and Treasur-
er – Pravin Parikh.
Established in 1988, The Vaish-
nav Temple of New York is the first
traditional ‘Pushtimargiya’ temple
in North America. We have been
fortunate enough to have Shri Go-
vardhannathji Prabhu enhance our
lifestyles by his presence in New York
for For more than twenty-five years

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