Afghan Hindu Association in New York

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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Satya Narayan Mandir in New York

Satya Narayan Mandir - A brief Overview: The organisation operates and maintains a temple, called a GurMandir, in the SINDHI tradition, A GurMandir is a combination Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) and Mandir (Hindu place of worship); this observance of both religions in the same premises is uniquely a Sindhi tradition.
Satya Narayan Mandir is the oldest and we believe, the only GurMandir in the Americas.
History on development of the organisation and reasons for its formation : With the growth of the ethnic Indian community in the New York tri-state area, prayer meetings outgrew individual homes and garages. Satya Narayan Mandir was established to provide a place of worship for members of the public and especially the Sindhi community.
The organisation was also to help promote our religious beliefs and Indian culture to preach non-violence through prayer meetings and discourses, to inculcate our traditional norms and values amongst the younger generation (mostly US-born) as well as encouraging them to gain proficiency in devotional hymns and to partiipate in volunteer activities.
The organisation also provides the mechanism (forum) to invite well respected individuals, priests and other learned and holy persons to conduct lectures/discourses and conduct prayer meetings.
The organisation was created (as a NY corproration) in 1987, it acquired its property in November 1988. The Mandir is also an IRS 501c3 corporation.
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Sayone Arasratnam at Youth Network in Canada

Sayone is the Founder/President of the Hindu Youth Network (Canada's largest and fastest growing Hindu youth movement). While working as an IT Analyst and Management Consultant (for companies such as IBM, AT&T, Bank of America, United Online), he also serves on the steering committees of various national and international non-governmental organizations. His educational qualifications include a B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science, Specializing in Software Engineering. Believing that it was his spiritual duty to bring peace and happiness to those around him, he launched and developed HYN. He has been involved in mentoring (working with Toronto police to rehabilitate at-risk youth), service work with the Sathya Sai organization, feeding the homeless, as well as countless social initiatives. More recently he has been studying the classical scriptures, both dualistic and non-dualistic.

Canada's largest Hindu youth movement: HYN

The Harmandir Sahib (ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ)

The Harmandir Sahib is considered holy by Sikhs because the eternal Guru of Sikhism, the SriGuru Granth Sahib, is always present inside in it and its construction was mainly intended to build a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religion to come and worship God equally. The Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the holiest literature in the Sikh religion , the tenth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh on 7th Octber 1708 atNanded made it the eternal Sikh Guru and the leader of Sikhism. Anywhere in the world where the Guru Granth Sahib is present is equally holy and precious to Sikhs. Amritsar is the location of Harmandir Sahib.

Its name literally means temple of God. The fourth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Ram Das, excavated a tank in 1577 AD which subsequently became known as Amritsar (meaning: Pool of the Nectar of Immortality) , giving its name to the city that grew around it. In due course, a splendid Sikh edifice, Harmandir Sahib (meaning: The abode of God) , rose in the middle of this tank and became the supreme centre of Sikhism. Its sanctum came to house the Adi Granth comprising compositions of Sikh Gurus and other saints considered to have Sikh values and philosophies e.g. Baba Farid, Kabir, etc. The compilation of the Adi Granth was started by the fifth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjan Dev. Source