HTS has been providing Religious Services & Hindu Cultural programs to all devotees for the last half a century. Many of us arrived in USA at young age & now are senior citizens.
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We felt that HTS should provide another service to help a family in which a member is at the end of life or passes away. When death occurs, a family finds itself in agony and helpless & may enter in to legal troubles.
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We thank Dr. Ram Chugh a well known Professor & prominent member in our community, for helping in writing the guidelines to form Bereavement Support Guide & Committee.
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It is very comprehensive and easy to understand. I recommend every family must have a comprehensive planning to avoid any complications after death in the family. Dr. Ram Chugh has done a lot of research in writing this guide for the benefit of our community.
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HTS has now appointed a Bereavement Support Committee with Arjun Patel and Rohit Dagli as co-chairs and MR Balakrishna as vice-chair. BSC members include Rita Ajmera, Niraja Allena, Dr. Sudershan Bhatia, Sneh Chaudhry, Shyam Dubey, Ashok Gupta, Kodi Kothandan, C.S. Rao, Dr. Gattu Rao, Guryam Singh and Dr. Voleti Venkateswararao. Three temple priests also part of this committee and Ram Chugh and Rasik Shah will act as resource persons. I thank everyone for their willingness to serve, especially Arjun who has been providing this service on his own to our community for many years.
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I also wish to acknowledge Tarun Narravula for his logistical support and involvement in getting the Bereavement Guide and brochure printed and in placing these on the Temple’s webpage.
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On behalf of HTS, I am very thankful to Dr. Ram Chugh in writing Bereavement Support Guide. This Guide and the brochure can be accessed by the links below.
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Dr. Govind Rao,
Chairman
