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Publication # 2 June, 2018

Executive Committee

President Jaimik Shah (248)-469-7070 jaimikshah@gmail.com

Vice President Shashin Shah (248)-635-0535 shashinbshah@gmail.com

Financial Officer Nirav Sheth (313)-980-9011 niravjsgd@gmail.com

Jain Society of Greater Detroit 29278 W. 12 Mile Road,

Farmington Hills, MI 48334-4108 (248) 851-JAIN (5246) Tax ID: 38-2368360

Gujarati Month: Jeth Veer Samvat: 2544

Vikram Samvat: 2074

Temple Hours:

Monday - Saturday 9:30am - 12:30pm 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Sunday

8:00am - 12:30pm 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Aarti & Mangal Divo 11:30am & 7:30pm

Prakshal Puja

Monday – Saturday 9:30am Sunday 8:00am

Secretary Neelesh Jain (248)-606-1708 neeleshjsgd@gmail.com

Publication Officer Open Position

Director – Food Service Pratiksha Shah (734)-658-6751 Pratiksha.jsgd@gmail.com

Director - Facilities Deval Shah (248)-982-5517 deval.jsgd@gmail.com

Board of Trustees

Chair Person Chetan Koradia (248)-982-9821

Vice Chairperson Kundan Sata (248)-745-0419

Treasurer Manoj Modi (248)-760-6840

Trustees Sanjay Bhandari (732)-925-7177

Ashok Shah (248)-335-1341

Smita Sheth (248)-481-3081

Jaimik Shah (248)-469-7070

Respected JSGD members, Jai Jinendra.

We hope everybody is enjoying the beautiful summer. Here is the quick summary of

events since last Jainvani publication.

Our 25th Annual Fund Raising Event (3/17) was attended by 270 members. We

raised 142K in pledges, advertisements & sponsorships. We would like to thank

all the members, donors, volunteers, and advertisers for your generous support.

More financial details have been provided in the later part of the Jainvani.

Ayambil oli (3/23 to 3/31) was observed at temple. We had total 37 Tapasvis -

doing complete oli (9 consecutive days of Ayambil). We had record number

families - total 14 sponsors for this oli. On average, we had almost 50+ Ayambil

every day during 9 days. It was followed by Parna (4/1).

We had Navpadji Ni Puja on 3/28 and 150+ members attended this puja. We

would like to thank all sponsors.

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak (4/7) was celebrated at the temple. Program consisted

of Snatra Puja performed by JOY members, followed, EC/BOT Presentation,

Temple Canopy & Beautification projects updates, HTHY drive followed by

Swamivatsalya. We would like to thank all the members (appx 650) for attending

the event.

We had Samooh Bhakti Bhavna on (4/21) led by Guruji. We thank all members

who participated and encourage everyone to attend such future events.

We had JOS event on 5/12. Bhaktamar recital was followed by informative and

fun-filled afternoon. Event was attended by more than 75 members.

Pujari We had Maha Abhishek Event at our temple on 5/13, on Mother’s Day. We were

among many other North America sangh to perform this Maha-abhishek on

same day. It was well attended by 250+ society members.

On 6/9, we had Panch Gnan ni puja at temple. Many of our study class students

participated in the puja. Guruji explained the details of Panch gnan during puja.

We wish all graduates good luck and best wishes for their further studies!

Please review later part of this Jainvani for financial status of our society.

Ballots were sent for canopy project. On behalf of BOT, EC and Constitution committee, we like to thank all members for participating in voting process. Canopy project results have been concluded for the voting process and ballot counting. For the outcome of voting process and conclusion, please read later part of this Jainvani.

We are celebrating 20th Anniversary of our temple this year. Narendrabhai Nandu

and group will be here with us to celebrate 5-Day auspicious event - "Panchanika

Mahostav". We request all members to take a moment and sign up for Gheeboli

lists, which is posted on temple bulletin board for this entire Mahostav. We greatly

appreciate your participation. Thank you all for your support.

We have planned for Swamivatsalya lunch for all 5 days. Please submit your RSVP,

no later than Monday, 06/18 using below weblink or at temple website,

www.jsgd.org/RSVP. We will look forward to seeing all of you at temple during this

grand celebration. .

Please take a minute to review Dress Code policy posted at the temple. It is our

responsibility to preserve our culture and dignity of temple.

Are you missing out on urgent news, program updates and reminders in-between

issues of the Jain Vani? Staying current is only a few clicks away. Please sign up for

the JSGD Official Email List via our website or contacting any EC member. Any

announcement in-between the Jain Vani publications will be sent out via email to

the members who have signed up for this distribution list!

Thank you

Jaimik Shah Chetan Koradia President, Executive Committee Chairman, Board Of Trustee

Deepak Shah

(248)-865-0908

EC Sub-Committees

Audio/Video Rajesh Jain, Bipin Shah

Building Maintenance Deval Shah, Rahul Shah

Education Mahendra Shah Hemesh Shah, Manish Shah

Hall Rental Shashin Shah

Inventory Management Shashin Shah, Pratiksha Shah

JOY Advisors Vinit Shah, Sejal Doshi

Library Mahendra Shah

Pilgrimage Vastupal Shah, Vinay Shah Dipak Shah, Paras Veera

Religious Sharad Shah

Site Management Deval Shah, Dipen Shah

Swadhyay Suresh L. Shah

Web Development Rajiv Maheshwari, Dipen Shah

Ayambil Niral Shah, Anuja Shah Geeta Shah, Tarulata Shah

Aangi Vinita Parekh, Alka Shah Rajnikant Shah

Decoration Mona Bora, Megha Jain

BOT Sub-Committees Audit Bhupendra Shah

Constitution Girish Shah

Finance Prakash Shah, Manoj Modi

JAINA Directors Manish Mehta, Jinansh Shah Pritish Shah

JOS & Social Services Vastupal Shah

Fund Raising Kundan Sata, Rajiv Maheshwari

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Table of Content

Content Page No From the desk of EC & BOT 1

Jain Recipe 3

Upcoming Events 4

FRE & Other Pledges 5

BOT Corner 9

Ayambil Oli Update 11

Subscribing to JSGD Newsletters & e-Jainvani 11

Maintenance Corner 12

20th Anniversary celebration 13

Community Services / Jivdaya 16

JSGD – Robotics Club 16

JSGD – YATRA 17

EC-BOT Joint Meeting Minutes 18

Study Class Corner 19

Jain Story 20

Joy Update 21

Jain Vani Advertising 21

Jain Recipe – Sweet Corn Bread Pizza

Ingredients:

4 cup frozen sweet corn

8 slices wheat bread

1" cheddar cheese

1 green pepper chopped

1 Jalapeno chopped

1/4 tsp dry red chilly

flakes

Dry basil for sprinkling

Salt to test

Method:

Step 1: Sauté the sweet corn for 4-5 minutes and keep aside to cool.

Step 2: Combine the sweet corn with half the cheese and the other ingredients except

capsicum and bread and blend in a mixer until smooth.

Step 3: On a tava, toast the bread slice on one side.

Step 4: On the toasted side of the bread, spread a layer of the sweet corn cheese

mixture.

Step 5: Sprinkle with some chopped green pepper and jalapeño for some spice and

top with grated cheese.

Step 6: Toast the other side of bread, covering it with a lid this time to melt the

cheese.

Serve with tomato ketchup. Enjoy

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Upcoming Events

DAY DATE EVENT TIMINGS COMMENTS

Sunday 6/17/2018 Father’s Day Picnic 11:00 AM – 04:00 PM Place - Kensington Park

Wednesday

6/20/2018

Snatra Puja 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 20th Temple Anniversary,

Followed By Swamivatsalya

18 Paap-sthanak Samvedana 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Thursday

6/21/2018

Guru Gautam Swami Aradhana 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 20th Temple Anniversary,

Followed By Swamivatsalya

Kaun Banega Punyarthi 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Friday 6/22/2018 Shri Bhaktamar Maha Pujan 12:39 PM - 04:00 PM 20th Temple Anniversary,

Followed By Swamivatsalya

Saturday

6/23/2018

Eighteen Abhishek 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM 20th Temple Anniversary,

Followed By Swamivatsalya

Jain Drama - "Bhimo Kundalio" 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Sunday 6/24/2018 Dhwaja Ceremony 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM 20th Temple Anniversary,

Followed By Swamivatsalya

Sunday 7/01/2018 Hindi Puja 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tuesday

7/3/2018 Muni Shri Jinchandraji Lecture 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Muni Shri Jinchandraji Lecture 07:45 PM - 09:45 PM

Wednesday 7/4/2018 Muni Shri Jinchandraji Lecture 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Saturday 7/14/2018 Monthly Snatra Puja 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Besto Mahino (ashadh)

Sunday 7/15/2018 Study Class 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Thursday 7/26/2018 Chaumasi chaudas -

Pratikraman 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM

Saturday 7/28/2018 Shrenikbhai (scholar) Lecture 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday

7/29/2018 Study Class 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Shrenikbhai (scholar) Lecture 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Monday 7/30/2018

to 8/2/2018

Shrenikbhai (scholar) Lecture 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Shrenikbhai (scholar) Lecture 07:45 PM - 09:15 PM

Sunday 8/5/2018 Shri Baar Bhavana Ni Puja 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Swamivatsalya

Sunday

8/12/2018 Study Class 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Besto Mahino (shravan) Monthly Snatra Puja 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Friday 8/17/2018 JSGD Yatra

Saturday 8/18/2018 JSGD Yatra

Sunday 8/19/2018 JSGD Yatra

Sunday

8/26/2018 Hindi Puja 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Stavan Sutra Recital, Light

Dinner Study Class 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM

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FRE Pledges Beautification:

FRE Donation:

FRE Brochure Ad:

Name Amount

Sylvan Lake Family Practice $1,500

Hemali's Touch Beauty Studio $1,000

Nu Mortgage Services $300

Zaria Fine Jewelry $1,000

Siddiqui Orthodontics PC $1,000

Sai Sweets of India & Fast Food $300

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc. $1,000

Root Canal Specialty Associates $300

Sheth Smita $150

Skybird Travel & Tours, Inc. $1,000

Rajen S. & Neeta Sheth $150

Manoj S. & Surabhi Modi $150

Zaveri Associates Inc $300

Global Marble & Granite Inc $300

Bipin N. & Vijaya Shah $300

Natron Corporation $1,000

Piyush & Rhuta Dave $1,000

Ketan H. & Janki Shah $150

Bhavin & Ishani Dalal $150

Kushant B. & Nirali Shah $150

Jigar & Purvi Shah $150

Chintan R. & Dipal Shah $150

Kritesh G. & Hiral Mehta $150

Amit A. & Megha Shah $150

Biren & Avani Shah $150

Neel & Jasmita Oza $150

Jinansh R. & Priya Shah $151

Salon Krishna & Day Spa $150

Avis Ford $500

Millennium Party Planner $300

New York Life (C/o. Bharatkumar) $300

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Farm Bureau (Balazs Services LLC) $500

Star Lincoln $300

Arvin V. & Jaya Shah $1,000

Anand Bazar $300

Dr Nita Desai $150

Total $15,751

Name Amount

Anonymous $250

Anonymous $50

Anonymous $251

Kanhaiyalal & Leela Bhalgat $251

Nalin & Gita Shah $501

Anonymous $251

Vishal & Nisha Doshi $250

Anonymous $1,000

Nutan & Alka Shah $250

Rashmikant P. & Renuka Shah $301

Kanhaiyalal C. & Leela Bhalgat $151

Total $3,506

Name Amount

Pradip V. & Hemalata Shah $502

Manish & Varsha Mehta $1,001

Bipin N. & Vijaya Shah $1,001

Arvin V. & Jaya Shah $5,001

Pratik & Sangeen Shah $501

Vinod C. & Nita Shah $151

Jayanti M. & Pankaj Shah $101

Atul K. & Jagruti Patrawala $501

Manoj G. & Minaxi Shah $700

Jasvant M. & Saroj Sheth $351

Vinod C. & Nita Shah $151

Aeraj & Avni Shah $1,001

Anonymous $501

Anonymous $251

Naresh D. & Kalpana Ravani $151

Ashok K. & Asha Jain $501

Narendra J. & Suhas Sheth $303

Niranjan G. & Sunetra Humbad $101

Lokesh & Khushi Nagori $501

Ramesh & Smita Patel $251

Anonymous $251

Purushottam & Manjul Deo $251

Ajay Dagli $501

Niranjan H. & Vibha Shah $251

Jitendra T. & Nayana Parikh $101

Ricken & Toni Shah $101

Shirish M. & Rekha Shah $101

Nilesh A. & Hina Shah $501

Raj K. & Shakuntla Jain $501

Sanjay Solanki & Rita Jain $251

Pradeep C. & Divya Shah $101

Anonymous $101

Rajiv & Mamata Maheshwari $101

Sharad R. & Nalini Shah $501

Anonymous $51

Carole Layne $151

Anonymous $501

Rajen & Purvi Shah $1,001

Anonymous $251

Prakash & Rita Ajmera $101

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $251

Shirish G. & Parul Shah $101

Geetmala:

FRE Family Package:

Scholarship Fund:

FRE Sponsorship:

Total Funds from Tickets:

Name Amount

Tickets $13,780

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Vinod & Neelam Kanodia $101

Nihar & Sapna Kanodia $151

STC Inc DBA Mcdonald's $500

Saurabh & Prachi Shah $300

Rohit A. & Devyani Shah $251

Paresh & Rita Shah $251

Parag S. & Reena Shah $251

Jinansh R. & Priya Shah $151

Ramesh H. & Sheela Shah $201

Total $21,701

Name Amount

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $101

Rujuta Joshi $101

Kirtan M. & Gita Patel $101

Global Marble & Granite Inc $101

Sanjay & Manisha Bhandari $101

Manoj S. & Surabhi Modi $101

Avinash & Hemangini Desai $251

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $101

Arun Pandya $251

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $101

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $251

Total $1,561

Name Amount

Pradeep & Madhu Modi $500

Parekh-Vora Charitable Foundation $450

Aeraj & Avni Shah $500

Raj K. & Shakuntla Jain $500

Nalin J. & Gita Shah $500

Praful & Pratima Shah $500

Suresh D. & Bina Shah $500

Sanjay & Manisha Bhandari $450

Anil K. & Savita Jain $500

Kamal D. & Sunitha Jain $450

Manish & Ritu Jain $450

Yogesh & Jyoti Shukla $500

Jignesh S. & Jayshree Madhani $450

Rahul & Gayatri Munot $450

Dharmendra & Rachna Parakh $450

Pritish M. & Shreya Shah $450

Rajiv R. & Reepal Shah $450

Jitendra R. & Rama Sanghvi $500

Vishal & Nisha Doshi $450

Sanjay N. & Ami Lakhani $450

Total $9,450

Name Amount

Transphere, Inc. $25,000

Pritish M. & Shreya Shah $1,001

Anonymous $1,001

Shashikant & Nayana Nagle $101

Nutan M. & Alka Shah $251

Rajesh H. & Vinita Parekh Jain $251

Anonymous $251

Anonymous $51

Pratik & Nehal Shah $251

Apurva N. & Maitry Doshi $251

Jitendra K. & Dimple Shah $501

Anonymous $101

Girish & Shashi Bapna $501

Milan Sata & Reena Shah $1,000

Anonymous $101

Anonymous $101

Anonymous $201

Anonymous $151

Anonymous $1,001

Hemant S. & Veena Shah $1,001

Anonymous $251

Anonymous $250

Vishal & Nisha Doshi $251

Bhupendra & Lt. Manjula Kachalia $1,000

Ram Swaroop Garg Foundation $1,001

Anonymous $251

Total $36,072

Name Amount

Anonymous $10,000

Jim(Balchandra) & Kundan Sata $5,001

Nimesh A. & Rinku Shah $5,000

Shrikant C. & Neena Mehta $5,000

eDealinfo USA Inc $2,000

Bharat & Usha Sheth $2,500

Manesh & Meena Shah $2,500

Khandwala Narendra & Bela $2,000

Kirit R. & Nina Shah $2,000

Rajendra K. & Pratibha Modi $1,000

Anonymous $1,001

Kanti H. & Debra Shah $1,000

Bessemer Trust (Lalit & Shobha Shah) $1,000

Total $40,002

Pledges - 2018

FRE Summary:

Ayambil Oli Sponsorship:

Navpadji ni Puja Sponsorship:

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Food Sponsorship:

Navpadji ni Puja Food Sponsorship:

Name Amount Ankit & Bina Shah $51

Rohit & Nilpa Shah $51

Total $102

Hindi Puja Sponsorship:

Name Amount Amit & Megha Shah $51

Vinay & Nidhi Shah $51

Akshat & Priyanka Jain $51

Total $153

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Source Amount Beautification $3,506

FRE Brochure Ad $15,751

FRE Donation $21,701

FRE Family Package $9,450

FRE Sponsorship $40,002

Geetmala $1,561

Scholarship Fund $36,072

Total Funds from Tickets $13,780

Total $141,283

Name Amount Ashish & Minal Manek $251

Dipak & Panna Shah $251

Kalpesh & Tarang Shah $251

Manoj & Minaxi Shah $251

Rajesh Jain & Vinita Parekh $251

Rohit & Nilpa Shah $251

Rajiv & Mamata Maheshwari $251

Jayshree & Jignesh Madhani $251

Tejal Sheth/Jain $251

Jagdishchandra & Hasumati Shah $251

Pushpaben C/o Amit & Nirali Lathiya $251

Jagdishbhai & Bhanuben Shah $251

Pradeep & Madhu Modi $251

Vinit & Anuja Shah $251

Total $3,514

Name Amount Jagdish & Shaila Shah $151

Rohit & Nilpa Shah $151

Hemendra & Devangi Shah $151

Darshana C/O Rohit Shah $151

Pravin & Surabhi Shah $151

Total $755

Name Amount Ankit & Bina Shah $51

Tarav & Dhara Shah $101

Suresh & Ila Shah $101

Bhupendra & Neena Shah $101

Niranjan & Vibha Shah $101

Jagdish & Shaila Shah $101

Pradeep & Madhu Modi $101

Manit & Jini Jain $201

Rashmikant & Hemlata Shah $101

Nilesh & Hina Shah $101

Hiren & Dina Zatakia $101

Nivaan (Bhavin & Kinjal Kothari) $51

Vraj & Vunsh Shah (Biren & Avani Shah) $51

Jayant & Heena Shah $101

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak - GHEE BOLI:

MJK - HTHY Drive:

Samuhik Maha Abhishek Utsav:

Name For Amount Kalpesh & Tarang Shah 1st Abhishek $201

Jagdish & Shaila Shah 2nd Abhishek $201

Bipin & Sohini Shah 3rd Abhishek $201

Shashin & Chandany Shah 4th Abhishek $601

Total $1204

Samuhik Maha Abhishek Utsav Food Sponsorship:

Name Amount Abhishek & Dhara Shah $101

Vastupal & Varsha Shah $101

EC-2017/18 $105

Total $307

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“If you’re in the luckiest one per cent

of humanity, you owe it to the rest of

humanity to think about the other 99

per cent.”

— Warren Buffett

Bipin & Vijaya Shah $151

Pradip V. & Hemalata Shah $101

Bhupat & Aruna Shah $51

EC-2018 $105

Total $1,772

Name For Amount Arvin V. & Jaya Shah Aarti $701

Arvin V. & Jaya Shah Mangal Divo $701

Shashin & Chandany Shah Shanti Kalash $601

Total $2003

Name For Amount Anonymous one time $51

Kushant & Nirali Shah 2018 $120

Kushant & Nirali Shah 2019 $120

Kushant & Nirali Shah 2020 $120

Kushant & Nirali Shah 2021 $120

Rashmikant & Hemlata Shah 2019 $365

Sohan Shah (Prerak & Binisa Shah) 2018 $365

Ramesh & Ranjan Shah one time $101

Ashok & Parul Shah one time $100

Ankit & Bina Shah one time $51

Anonymous one time $101

Mahendra J Shah 2018 $365

Lalit S. & Bharti Shah 2018 $365

Anonymous 2018 $365

Anonymous 2018 $360

Anonymous one time $101

Sameer & Tejal Mehta 2018 $365

Rashiklal Ambalal Shah (Rahul & Neeyati Shah) 2018 $365

Ramesh & Nayana Shah One time $151

Keval Shah (Dipen N. & Kavita Shah) One time $101

Anonymous One time $25

Gunvant H. Shah & Family 2018 $365

Amit Shah one time $51

Anonymous one time $51

Total $4,593

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BOT Corner

Financial Health Of Society:

Jai Jinendra and Pranam! Following is the JSGD Temple financial details for 2018 Calendar Year:

Overall JSGD financial as of 4/30/2018:

Deposit & Receivable

Bank Deposits $ 1,725,542.18 Pledges Receivable $ 149,797.06

Total $ 1,875,339.24

For 2017/2018 Calendar Year, financial details asof4/30/2018:

Please contact me if you have any questions/comments.

Regards,

Manoj Modi Nirav Sheth BOT Treasurer EC Treasurer

Canopy Project:

A meeting was held at the temple on June 14, 2018 to finalize the voting process results with

following members present:

1. Mahendrabhai J Shah (Guruji)

2. Girish Shah (Constitution, Chair)

3. Chetan Koradia (BOT, Chairperson)

4. Jaimik Shah (EC President)

5. Pradeep Modi (Constitution Team Member)

6. Ashok Shah (BOT, Public Relations)

7. Shashin Shah (EC, Vice President)

8. Neelesh Jain (EC, Secretary)

Continue next page…

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2018 Finances

EC Budget $299,440.00 EC YTD Expenditure $38,799.00

BOT YTD Expenditure $36,367.04

2017 Finances

EC Budget $285,490.00 EC Total Expenditures $301,616.00

BOT Total Expenditures $72,161.33

Total Pledges by Members $433,767.97

Following is the summary:

1. Sent out information to the society as follows:

596 families were sent the envelops with ballots.

Deadline to receive the ballots back was May 25, 2018

Total ballots sent out were 1146.

2. On 06/14/18, following are the results:

Valid envelops received 290.

Total possible ballots received are 558.

For quorum, it is required that we have more than 50% ballots (50% of 1146 +1).

Since maximum possible ballots received could be only 558 at this time, we have NOT met the

quorum per JSGD by-laws.

Thus, the canopy project will not be pursued further. We want to thank all the members for their

participation & response in this project. Thank you.

Chetan Koradia Girish Shah Jaimik Shah

Chairman, BOT Constitution, Chair President, EC

JOS Program Update

Jai Jinendra and Pranam to all!

With your strong and enthusiastic support and attendance, we had a very successful senior program on

Saturday, May 12.

Almost 70 people attended the program. The program included:

• Aarti/Divo followed by Group recital of Bhaktamar Stotra and Moti Shanti

• Delicious lunch prepared by Pratiksha Shah and her team

• Sudoku puzzle solving class conducted by Divyang Pandit

• Tea/Snacks

Special thanks to Divyangbhai Pandit and his colleagues (John and Ashwinbhai) for teaching a systematic

process of solving Sudoku. This was a first introduction for almost half the class on the subject and we hope

that attendees will continue to work on it to keep their mind sharp.

Divyang Pandit has written couple of books on the subject and he has graciously donated couple of sets to keep

in our library. You may check them out to learn more on the subject.

As always, we thank JSGD management for their on-going and proactive support for our activities. We will plan

more activities this summer - Please stay tuned for the announcement of the next program.

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Ayambil Oli – March 2018

On behalf of JSGD, EC appreciates all the volunteers who made this oli execution smooth and friendly. For this

year March Oli we had 37 complete Ayambil oli recorded. Kub khub Anumodna all tapasvis.

No. Name No. Name No. Name

1 Kalpeshbhai Shah 14 Chetna P. Shah 27 Ramaben Haria

2 Deepak Shah 15 Jyotsna R Shah 28 Shardaben P Shah

3 Neenaben Shah 16 Tarulata Shah 29 Peenal Shah

4 Rohit Shah 17 Ajita Desai 30 Jyoti Rohit Shah

5 Jagruti A Patrawala 18 Dipal Shah 31 Minaben Rajulbhai Shah

6 Jagdish Shah 19 Jyothi Shah 32 Ramesh N Shah

7 Shailaben Shah 20 Surabhi Shah 33 Ranjan Ramesh Shah

8 Shardaben Shah 21 Ragini Kothari 34 Femina P Shah

9 Surbhi Modi 22 Parag Dedhia 35 Vinaben Seth

10 Naliniben Shah 23 Anuja Shah 36 Jyoti Jain

11 Sharad Shah 24 Bipinchandra Shah 37 Kushant Shah

12 Manish Zaveri 25 Purvi Shah

13 Shirish Shah 26 Birva Shah

We had 14 sponsors for March Ayambil Oli. Names are mentioned in the pledges section. We appreciate all

the sponsors taking Labh.

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Maintenance Update

Main entrance gate of the temple is fully operational and is closed during night. “Open” timings are:

M-F: 7:30 AM – 8:30 PM & S-S: 6:00 AM – 11:00 PM

For our 20th Anniverssary celebration days, the gate will be open from 5:00 AM to

12:00 AM

Any access requirement other than above timing needs to be coordinated with

Deval Shah (248-982-5517) or Pujariji.

New “Patla”s are going to be used for this year

anniverssary 18 abhisek program. Current

ones were broken or had wood chips poining

out so it was unsafe to handle.

Special Thanks to Deval Shah and His team

Nirav Sheth, Arpan Gandhi, Likhit Shah and

Harindrabhai Shah.

The shower rooms in Men and Women restrooms

down stairs are upgraded with glass doors. Glass doors

have been installed in place of curtains for better

privacy and easy access. This will also help to reduce

long term maintanence. We request membership to

handle with care.

New light weight stages with userfriendly storage have been procured. The

new stages can be moved around on a cart and they are relatively easier to

handle and setup.

New comercial grade steel garbage cans are placed in all the restrooms.

The old plastic garbage cans were broken and needed robust solution.

Roof Leaks is the critical issue and being addressed as it is found. As it

is aging, it needs major upgrade and is part of Major Upgrade program

as discussed during MJK. Meanwhile we request members to be

watchful of random leaks during rainy days. If you need any more

information please feel free to talk to any EC/BOT member.

We appreciate the feedback from members for possible improvements to

our facility. While visiting the temple/walking around and if you notice any

issue or need of maintenance, please bring it to our attention or contact Deval Shah (248) 982-

5517 or send email at maintenance@jsgd.org.

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20th Anniversary celebration We are celebrating 20th Anniversary of our temple this year. Narendrabhai Nandu and group will be here with us to

celebrate 5-Day auspicious event - "Panchanika Mahostav". We request all members to take a moment and sign up for

Gheeboli lists, which is posted on temple bulletin board for this entire Mahostav. We greatly appreciate your participation.

Thank you all for your support.

We have planned for Swamivatsalya lunch for all 5 days. Please submit your RSVP, no later than Friday, 06/15 using below

weblink or at temple website. We will look forward to seeing all of you at temple during this grand celebration.

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Community Services / Jivdaya

Thanks to our genereous donors, we received the appreciation letter from “The children center” for the winter

blanket donation. Snapshot of the letter is below:

JSGD – Robotics Club

As we discussed during MJK, JBOT has started and about 30+ students are enrolled in this club and taking

benefits. J-BOTs team had their first fews classes now and all students are enjoying most of these hands-on

activities, while learning robotics concepts and programming. We encourage all the robotics enthusiasts and

interested personnel from JSGD community to join, as AGE is just a number for learning anything and

ROBOTICS IS THE FUTURE.

For Further information, please reach us at:

jsgdbots@gmail.com

Rushabh Mehta 617-676-7285, Pritam Pahade 248-310-0587, Parshwa Patwa 906-281-2048

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Yatra - 2018

Jai Jinendra and Pranam to all!

As you may know, we are planning JSGD Yatra during the weekend of August 17-19. This is the 11th year of our yatras -

we have visited 30+ Jain Centers during past 10 years. We are planning to visit Windsor, London, Toronto and Niagara

Falls during this year's yatra.

Below spreadsheet showing the yatra details and weblink to yatra registration form. We also have some blank copies

available outside the temple office. If you are interested, please fill out the registration form and send it with your deposit

as instructed in the form. This is a first come first serve plan and we will stop after we receives 100 names

Please fill out the registration form and mail it with your deposit as instructed in the form.

To avoid any border crossing issues, we will require all the yatris to have either US Passport or Green Card.

Thanks and Jai Jinendra!

Vastupal & Varsha Shah Bipin & Sohini Shah

Jyotika & Pravin Sheth Ramesh & Sheela Shah

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Day From To Start End Distance / Est. Hours

Activity

Friday 17-Aug

Farmington Hills, MI

7:00 am 8:30am

Navakarshi at the temple

Farmington Hills, MI

London, Ontario

9:00 am

Noon

140/3 hrs. Drive from JSGD temple to London, ON Hindu Temple-Allow time for border crossing.

Noon 3:00 pm

Darshan, Chaitya Vandan, Lunch at London Hindu Temple

London, ON Toronto, ON 3:00 pm 5:00 pm 115/2 hrs. Drive from London to Toronto

5:00 pm 8:00 pm Darshan, Dinner and Check-in at the hotel

8:00 pm 10:00 pm Night drive for Toronto Lake Shore Drive

Saturday

18-Aug

Toronto Temple

7:00 am 11:00 am Breakfast, shower at the Hotel

Darshan, Snatra Puja & Chaitya Vandan

Toronto 11:30am 2:30pm Brampton Jain Temple Darshan, Lunch

Toronto Niagara Falls

Temple 2:30pm 5pm

Drive from Brampton to Niagara Falls Temple

5pm 8pm Darshan/Chaitya Vandan/Dinner/Hotel

8pm 10pm Niagara Falls light show

Sunday 19-Aug

Niagara Falls Temple

7am 9am

Navakarshi/Puja/Chaitya Vandan

9am 2pm Niagara Falls Sightseeing/Picnic Lunch

Niagara Falls Windsor, ON 2pm 6pm 240/4 hrs. Drive from Niagara Falls to Windsor

Windsor Hindu Temple

6pm 9pm

Darshan/Dinner/Bhakti

Windsor Hindu Temple

Farmington Hills 9pm 11pm

Drive do JSGD temple

EC-BOT Joint Meeting Minutes Following is the summary of the minutes for the joint meeting held between BOT & EC on 5-9-2018 at 7:30 pm:

(A) Canopy Project - Following based on the discussions held:

1. Vote deadline is May 25, 2018. We are following the process laid out in the constitution of JSGD - Per constitution, 50% of the ballots must be received and then 51% of the received ballots to have favorable response to go ahead with the project.

2. We will NOT take any action until the votes are in and then only the decision will be made.

(B) Temple Improvements - Key items:

1. Some lights are not working and there is a possible issue with the electrical panel.

2. Some lights need dimmers to reduce costs.

3. EC/BOT will have an expert to review the entire electrical related systems and issues form outside.

4. Quotes are in the process to obtain roof repairs or what would it cost to replace. Most likely it may be possible to repair but will find out only after the review and quotes.

5. Also, the HVAC system( it is 20 years old) will be reviewed by outside experts to see what needs to be done to make it efficient - repair or replace?

(C) Other Information:

1. The financial information will be published in the Jain Vani of June/July 2018.

2. Regardless of the balance, it is important to raise the money for the strong financial strength of the JSGD.

3. One lunch during the 20th anniversary will be from BOT, Sunday 06/24.

(D) Scholarship Process:

1. Documents are done and are in the final review stage. 2. Expected implementation is from 6 to 8 weeks or earlier.

(E) Various Teams:

1. In the next meeting, all the leads of the various teams for all the key processes in works will provide

the list of the team members. 2. They will also present the status of the actions taken so far for each process they have been leading.

Picture Links

EVENT PICTURE LINK

Navpadji ni Puja (03/18/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-JSGD-Navpadji-ni-Puja

Chaitra Ayambil Oli Pictures ( 03/23/2018 to 03/31/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-JSGD-Chaitra-Ayambil-Oli

Chaitra Ayambil Oli Video ( 03/23/2018 to 03/31/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-Chaitra-Ayambil-Oli-Video

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Celebrations Pictures (04/07/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-JSGD-MJK-Celebrations

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Celebrations Video (04/07/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-MJK-Celebrations-Video

Samuhik Maha Abhishek (05/13/2018) https://tinyurl.com/2018-Samuhik-Maha-Abhishek

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Study Class Corner Jai Jinendra!

2018 Study Class Schedule

2018 Study Class Schedule has been distributed to all the students and parents. The dates are listed in the table below as

well as posted on the bulletin board.

Study Class Dates for the year 2018 Time 11 AM to 1 PM

July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26

Sept 16 Sept 30 October 14 October 28

November 4 November 18 December 2 December 16

Graduation Celebration:

Congratulations to all graduating Study Class students. We wish them the best who are going to University in and out of

the state to pursue their career goals. We had graduation celebration during the assembly on June 3rd study class and

teachers also gave motivational speech.

Looking for opportunity to be part of study class family?

Please stop by during one of the study class and talk to us. We are looking for volunteers to join our Study Class Team.

Study Class Sponsorship

Lifetime sponsorship is $1001 and monthly sponsorship is $125 and you can select a month of your choice. The for

sponsoring study class, please contact study class coordinators Shah or email at studyclass.jsgd@gmail.com

You may also sponsor lunch at study class to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or maybe you need no reason. Please

contact Rachna Parakh or Pratiksha Shah.

Thanks and Pranam

Study Class

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Quote for the month: “The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds.”

- John F Kennedy

Jain Story – Mahamantri Abhaykumar

The message of Bhagwan Mahavirhad spread far and wide and the impact was felt by common people as well as the kings

and the emperors. One of the chief devotees of Bhagwan Mahavir was Shrenik Bimbisar, the king of Magadh. His son

Abhaykumar was also Mahavir’s chief devotee and there are historical references about him in the records of the

Swetambara and Digambara tradition, and also in the ancient Buddhist Majjhima Nikaya. It is also believed that

Abhaykumar had once met and honored Gautam Buddha. This reflects his reverence for other religions.

The minister to king Shrenik, Abhaykumar, was an

embodiment of supreme intelligence, religiosity and

detachment. His keen intellect had helped to solve

many a thorny problem. It, then, became customary

to write the words may we be blessed with the

intellect of Abhaykumar, in the account books

worshipped during the festival of Deepawali.

Once father Bimbisar challenged his son Abhaykumar

to retrieve a ring from an empty well without

descending into it. Abhaykumar threw cow dung into

the well and allowed it to dry. The ring stuck to the

dung cake and now he filled the well with water. The

cake, with the ring in it, swelled to the rim and thus

the ring was retrieved. Similarly, he had helped the

king to nab the thief stealing mangoes from the

garden. Once the king wanted to learn the skill of mesmerism in order to attract people towards him from a person of low

caste, but he could not. Abhaykumar found out the cause of his failure. He said: “You cannot learn any skill or art sitting

on your throne. Install the person of low caste in a high seat as your teacher and then only the goddess of knowledge will

be pleased with you.” Thus, he established the supremacy of a teacher.

Abhaykumar was renowned as highly intelligent, loving and an ideal minister. He used to learn about people’s problem

travelling incognito and this helped him to defeat conspiracies against his kingdom. There are many such instances to

prove his razor-sharp intellect and ingenuity and Jain literature is replete with stories testifying to his qualities. He was

also generous, courteous and self-abnegating. When king Shrenik thought of appointing him his successor, he, with the

consent of all, instead became a disciple of Bhagwan Mahavir.

Abhaykumar travelled far and wide and spread the message of Mahavir. He visited a region known as Parasya in those

days, and known now as Iran. The prince of Parasya was Abhaykumar’s friend. The prince, influenced by the preaching of

Mahavir, had also become his disciple later. It is said that, at the request of Adrak, Abhaykumar had sent a golden idol to

him. The darshan of the idol caused the desire for vairag (renunciation) in Adrak and he set out on a journey to ancient

India. The members of his family tried in vain to dissuade him. He, then, met Bhagwan Mahavir and surrendered himself

to him. Abhaykumar, thus, proved himself a competent, intelligent minister and also a highly devoted monk.

In the Jain tradition, Abhaykumar symbolises an ideal blend of intellect, devotion and sacrifice. He renounced the worldly

pleasures and chose the difficult path of penance. All the princes of Shrenik Bimbisar –Abhaykumar, Meghkumar, Nandisen

and Varisen –led a life of renunciation though born into affluence and luxuries. Under the spell of Bhagwan Mahavir’s

influence, they gave up everything and walked on the difficult path of penance and spirituality.

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JOY Board 2017-18 Joy Update

President Jai Jinendra! Shilpi Shah

The past 3 months JOY has held successful events. JOY held their annual winter Vice President camp on the February 17th weekend and it was a great success. Everyone had

Anagha Shah a great time and bonded with each other.

Community Services Tanvi Doshi In March, JOY participated in the Fund Raising Dinner by performing a dance.

Everyone worked hard and the dance turned out well. Treasurer Aarvi Shah

In April, JOY organized and performed the Snatra Puja during MJK. Everyone

Public Relations who participated did extremely well. It would not have been possible without those Priyal Shah volunteers.

Publications

Mihir Zaveri Following the pattern of the last few months, JOY plans on having one event every month so we can continue to impact the Samaj and the community overall.

Media Manager Thank you to everyone who participated in these last three events and we hope Vira Mehta to continue these successful events.!

Advisor

Vinit Shah Thank You! Sejal Doshi JOY Board 2017-2018

JOY Web Page http://jsgd.org/joy.php

Jainvani – Advertisement Rate Update

Jain Vani is a quarterly print publication sent to Jain Society of Greater Detroit's members to communicate and keep them up to date with the society activities Starting 2018, we are taking new advertisements in Jain Vani. We publish around 4 Jain Vani in a year, which reaches to more than 450 member's family. As part of going green initiative, we started publications of e-Jain Vani.

Different levels of advertisement are listed below. Please contact any EC member if you or anyone you know would like to publish their advertisement. We will have total 4 pages (2 pages – both sides) dedicated for advertisement. We will continue to accept advertisements beyond 4 pages.

Diamond Level (Full Page) – $1400 for full year

Platinum Level (Half Page) – $800 for full year

Gold Level (Quarter Page) – $500 for full year Silver Level (1/8 Page - business card size) – $300 for full year

Bronze Level (1/8 Page - business card size) – $50 for one time publication

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