Fundraising for flood victims at Bharatiya Temple on July 1st
Chalfont, PA: Bharatiya Temple at Chalfont, PA is organizing prayer services and fundraising for the victims of torrential rain and flood disaster in Northern Indian state of Uttarakhand including many pilgrimage areas on Monday, July 1st, 2013 at 8 PM.
The program will be held at Bharatiya Cultural Center Auditorium, 1612 County Line Road, Chalfont, PA 18914. For more details one can visit: http://www.b-temple.org or call on the phone: 215-997-1181.
More than 2 Million people are displaced and the total number of deaths could soar to several thousands. The rescue operation centered on evacuating nearly 27,000 people trapped in the worst-hit area, near Kedarnath temple, one of the holiest Hindu shrines to Lord Shiva. Soldiers and other workers reopened doz-ens of roads by building makeshift bridges, accelerating the evacuation of nearly 62,000 people. The River Ganga and its tributaries are flowing above the danger mark in several areas in the Himalayan state.
Please open up your hearts and donate generously to this humanitarian cause, requested Harnath Doddapaneni of the Temple. Please make checks payable to Bharatiya Cultural Center (Please mention North Indian Flood Disaster Relief Fund in the Memo) and mail it to: Bharatiya Cultural Center, PO Box 463, Montgomeryville, PA 18936, he said in a press statement.
All the donations to the flood relief are tax deductible. All the donations collected will be given over to the NGO organizations helping with flood relief.
News Posted: 26 June, 2013
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