Afghan Hindu Association, Inc. (the "Association") is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, New York Corporation. It was incorporated in the State of New York in August 1991. Its membership consists of all Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan who presently live in the United States, which to date number approximately fifteen hundred families or seventy five hundred members.
The Association was formed in contemplation of providing a means for our members to congregate and to preserve a rich tradition and culture of Hindus from Afghanistan. We want our coming generations to continue the bond with our forefathers who lived and prospered in Afghanistan as a sophisticated and a well respected Hindu and Sikh community, whose history goes back to the time of Lord Krishna.
Our purpose is to (a) uplift our community; (b) provide guidance and assistance to our members and their dependents, not only in terms of providing religious and Hindi language classes for our children, but also in providing English classes to our elderly and other social and medical services for the needy in our community; (c) establish and promote charitable activities, including cultural, literary or educational activities, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "code"), including but not limited to exhibitions, performances, discussions, and other fora; and (d) carry on any and all other activities as shall from time to time be found necessary, appropriate and proper in connection with the foregoing insofar as they are lawful for a Not-for-Profit Corporation.
We want our children to remember and learn our religion, culture and language and provide an anchor and a place for them with which they can identify. It is in contemplation of this mandate that we purchased our temple, the Asamai Hindu Temple that is located at 45-32 Bowne Street, Flushing, N.Y 11355.. The temple provides us a venue to hold regular services, classes as well as a place to congregate to celebrate our festivals and holidays.
We welcome any inquiries, comments and suggestions you may have. These may be e-mailed to us or sent to our address at the Asamai Hindu Temple.
Afghan Hindu Association
45-32 Bowne Street, New York, NY 11355. Tel: 718-961-8838
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