Somerset Ananda Mandir Hours:
Morning: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
Evening: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
Somerset Ananda Mandir Services:
Satyanaryan Puja
Shyama Puja
Wedding
Nandimukh and Ashirbad
Upanayan (Paitey)
Annaprasan
Adya Sraddha
Batsarik Sraddha
Chaturthi Sraddha
Chandi Paath
Somerset Ananda Mandir History & Mission:
With limited funds but unlimited hope, the main members of the Bengali community of New Jersey met in 1995 and incorporated Ananda Mandir as a non-profit and tax-exempt organization. After intense efforts to locate a property that could house a temple and community center, Ananda Mandir purchased a 7.5-acre property in December 1997. At that time, the property included a 2,800 square foot ranch 6 years. . style construction and two additional usable structures.
Ananda Mandir became debt free in 2001 and began a serious effort to obtain municipal permits for a Hindu temple on the site. We received the building permit in November 2002, and we celebrated the opening ceremony of the Temple with Bhumi Puja on December 7, 2002, a historic date on our calendar! The construction of the temple was completed in 2003. The old ranch-style building has now become our community center.
In 2011, we launched The Campaign for Ananda Mandir to raise $ 1 million by the end of 2013. Thanks to your generous contributions, we are almost there. Campaign funds are used primarily for the construction of a new and expanded temple with a classical Bengali temple facade and a multifunctional cultural center. This $ 4 million, two-year project will be inaugurated in 2015.
Somerset Ananda Mandir Address:
269 Cedar Grove Lane
Somerset,
NJ 08873-5212
Telephone:(732) 873-9821
Email:
General Information – info@anandamandir.org
Priest – Biswajyoti Nayak –
President – Ashok Rakhit – President.BOT.AM@gmail.com
Major Festivals Coordinator – Surya Dutta – suryadutta@gmail.com
Fund Raising – Ashok Rakhit – ashokrakhit@gmail.com
Accounting – Chanu Das – chanudas@gmail.com
