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NAGAR.org Home Page Global NAGAR directory Directory announcement Search the directory Add your details Update your details My NAGAR Membership form [Alternately use this form (in Word format) and email it to us] World Nagar Convention - July 2008 Convention Registration form (PDF, 480 KB) Member login The NAGAR committee Local nagar organizations NAGAR regions Matrimonial Ads Yellow Pages Community News NAGAR Wall of fame * 2007 and 2008 * 2006 Education/Professional achievements Obituaries NAGAR activities Points to ponder/Opinion Poll Photo Gallery The Nagar community The Nagar Community Corner Useful links Your feedback		Archives of What's New All subsequent announcements are here October 2007 October 2007 Call for 2007 graduates NAGAR had honored all 2006 graduates - high school and college - during the 2006 National Convention in Baltimore. We are now asking the families of students who are graduating in 2007 to send us their details so that we can start planning for this year's awards. Please use the feedback form to send us the information. The 2007 NAGAR E-Kyo 'Wall of Fame' The 2006 NAGAR E-Kyo 'Wall of Fame' Dharmendra Vasavada of Bhavnagar sent us a photo of Raj Rajeshwari Shri Vagheshwari temple, the 'kul devi' of Vasavadas. Our thanks to him for sharing his photo. Madhvi & Asim Mehta have released their latest garba-raas album - Sayabo Maro. The album will be available for purchase at their various appearances during Navratri 2007 festivities in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA) as well as on their website. More details about the artists and the album are in the community news section. Obituary: Pu. Pramilaben (Pamiben) Jayantibhai Baxi of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on Oct 8 2007. More information including funeral details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book The latest NAGAR newsletter has been emailed to all registered NAGAR families. If you would like to automatically receive future newsletters, please register. If you are already registered, please verify that the email address in your profile is valid. Dr. Kauresh Dhanwantrai Vachhrajani has been awarded the "Prof. E. P. Odum" gold medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications, India for 2007. More details are in the community news section. September 2007 Congrats to Vrushank Buch (son of Dr. B. H. Buch and Janki Buch) for completing his M.Tech degree with a gold medal. More details are in the community news section. Congrats to Shuchi Kharod (d/o Dyuti and Nikunj Kharod - St.Louis, MO) on her graduation (with honors and Summa Cum Laude). More details are in the community news section. Neepa and Paulomi Dholakia of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, have started a team in the Walk for Diabetes event on October 6th in rememberance of their grandmother, Vishnubala Kharod. They are asking for support for the nagar community. More details about how you can help are in the community news section. August 2007 We have a some points to ponder as well as a poll for the global nagar community. As always, if you have suggestions, ideas and other feedback regarding this website or the activities of NAGAR, you can let us know. Obituary: Smt. Jayakalaben (Ushaben) Rajnikant Nanavati Uthamana ceremony will take place on 9th August, 2007 at Anant Dharmalaya, Junagadh. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book SPECIAL OFFER EXTENDED TILL SEPTEMBER 30 2007 to receive "The Global Nagar Directory 2006-2007" with paid Life Membership and membership for 2007. More details July 2007 Congratulations to Kunil Raval for graduating BSc with High Honors and for getting admission to MD/PhD program with full scholarship. More details. Omkar and Mauli Dave's CD, Prabhu Tare Pagathiye is now available for purchase on EBay for the convenience of all. The matrimonial listings now includes the date of birth as well as the location to make it easier to browse. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions about this and other features of this website. A special matrimonial newsletter was emailed to all registered NAGAR families. If you would like to automatically receive future newsletters, please register. Isha Antani graduates Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University and also wins US-wide 'Bharat Yatra 5' essay writing contest. Congratulations to Isha and her family on her fantastic achievements. More details are in the community news section. Call for 2007 graduates NAGAR had honored all 2006 graduates - high school and college - during the 2006 National Convention in Baltimore. We are now asking the families of students who are graduating in 2007 to send us their details so that we can start planning for this year's awards. Please use the feedback form to send us the information. The 2007 NAGAR E-Kyo 'Wall of Fame' The 2006 NAGAR E-Kyo 'Wall of Fame' June 2007 Book-keeper Wanted A services company related to healthcare industry having its office at Bel Air, Maryland requires a full time book-keeper. More details in NAGAR Yellow Pages. Sanjay Oza and his Group (of Ahmedabad) are in the US till August and are available for shows. More details about the group and their shows Photos in matrimonial ads The NAGAR matrimonial section now features photos of the candidates. May 2007 SPECIAL OFFER EXTENDED TILL JULY 31, 2007 More details Update: Photos from the Dubai Patotsav are now online. Details in the local news section. Update: Aatman's interview published in the Plano Star Courier newspaper. More details (including his stellar academic record) are in the community news section. Congratulations to Dr. Kahani Dholakia of Junagadh and Sourabh Antani of Dallas on their engagement - a success story of NAGAR's global platform. More details are in the community news section. The May 2007 issue of the NAGAR newsletter has been published by email. If you wish to receive future issues of the newsletter, please verify that your email address in the NAGAR database is current and accurate. Mauli Dave of Texas, USA has been selected for "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - 2007. Mauli Dave is daughter of Dipti and Hemant Dave, and sister of Omkar Dave of Webster, Texas. Update: Mauli secured her place in Bhapi-da's team by defeating one of her USA challengers. More details including a link to the video of the show are in the community news section. You can also leave a feedback message for Mauli on this website. Please watch the show and support Mauli. April 2007 Aatman Shah, of Plano, Texas admitted to MIT. He is the son of Vaidehi and Mukesh Shah. More details on his outstanding academic career are in the community news section. Obituary: Shantilal Dinanath Maharaja The funeral service will be on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Orlando, FL. More details Report of patotsav celebrations in Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) and Dubai (UAE) are published in the local news section. Employment Opportunity posted in the NAGAR Yellow Pages. Thanks to Dhairya Chhaya of Bhuj, Guj, we have Photos of Hatkeshwar temples decorated for celebrating Hatkeshwar Jayanti 2007. See them in the NAGAR Photo Gallery. Report on Nagar Association of Maryland's (Baltimore, USA) patotsav celebration March 2007 PATOTSAV/ HATKESH JAYANTI 2007 - SPECIAL NAGAR wishes you all a very happy "Patotsav - Hatkesh Jayanti" celebration on Sunday April 1, 2007 Celebrate patotsav 2007 with pride and get a complimentary copy of "The Global NAGAR directory 2006-2007" at half the price of paid annual family membership. Contact your local representatives for detail and reserve your copy of the directory....... or contact nagar team... "NAGAR - Florida" national volunteers take a lead to bring Florida nagars together in a more organized way. See list of volunteers and details in the Local Organizations section Direct access to nagar.org website for local nagar orgs NAGAR has developed an easy-to-use bulletin board for local nagar organizations to post announcements of their events - Patotsav/Diwali/meetings etc. You can view the announcements in the Local News section. If you are an officer of a nagar organization and would like access to this system, please contact us. February 2007 Prarthana Sabha for Mrs. Ameeta Vora Mrs. Ameeta Vora, wife of Hrushikesh Vora (Oswego, Illinois), passed away after 15 months of major illness on February 10th. A Prarthna Sabha will be held on 18th February (Sunday) between 3.00PM-5.00PM at their house in Oswego. The address is: Churchill Club 415 Frankfort Ave. Oswego, IL 60543 Cell # 630-310-7134 Home-630-554-8714 Link to Map with directions 2007 FIRST NAGAR TELE-CONFERENCE First NAGAR Tele Conference is scheduled on Sunday February 4, 2007 at 2:30 PM EST. All local associations leaders/life members and active members are invited. Please check the site for more details or send your request and/or comments. Our NAGAR Team is committed to bring together our scattered nagar community in this large country as well as globally. NAGAR urge all local associations leaders/ life members and active volunteers to extend their supports and join us build a common platform to better serve our community. January 2007 We wish the global nagar community a very happy new year. Thank you for your support and encouragement in 2006. We are looking forward for your support in coming year and beyond. Obituary Update A prayer meeting for Ritaben Desai has been organized on Saturday February 3rd, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. at the Jain Temple, 722 South Main Street in Milpitas, California. Feel free to contact Manoj Desai at (925) 998-9149 for any questions. Obituary Narendra Laxmirai Nanavati (New Hope, PA) passed away on January 16, 2007. The funeral is on Jan 18th in PA at 3 PM. Memorial service is scheduled on Friday January 19, 2007 at Reed Steinbach Funeral Home, Tel: 215-348-4543). More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book Community News Dr. Chetan Kharod has been awarded the Young Physician Leadership Award by the American Medical Association. Congrats! More details Obituary Kaustubh Prasad Ram Prasad Buch, father of Devasmita Kamlesh Kharod (of Burke, Virgina, USA) passed away at the age of 83 at Ahmedabad, India on January 6 2007. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book December 2006 Obituary Vyomesh Vaishnav It is with great sorrow that we share with you the passing of Dr. Vyomesh A. Vaishnav from Baroda, India, on December 28th, at the age of 43. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book Obituary Mrs. Rita Desai wife of Dr. Manoj Desai and mother of three lovely children Toral, Tejal & Vivek passed away on December 21,'06 at 8.05 AM - 3 years after being diagnosed as having Lung Cancer with Brain Metastases. Plans are underway to organize a Prarthana Sandhya at Jain Temple on 3rd February, Saturday ( her birthday) from 5.30 PM to 7.30 PM. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book Obituary Sudhaben Jyotirvadan Mehta, wife of Jyotirvadan Mehta passed away on Saturday December 16 2006 at Orlando, Florida. The funeral service will be from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. on Friday, December 22, 2006 at: Baldwin Fairchild Ivanhoe Chapel, 301 NE Ivanhoe Boulevard Orlando, FL 32804 (407.898.8111) More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book Community News Ruchit Nagar of Houston was recently recognized by Duke's Talent Identification Program. Details are in the community news section. Obituary Varshaben, wife of Nitinbhai Desai passed away December 3rd 2006 after a brief illness. Nitinbhai is Vice President of NONA and also a trustee at Hindu Temple, Kearney, USA. More details Antim Darshan: Monday Dec 4, 6-8 pm Festa Memorial Funeral Home 111 Union Blvd Totowa, NJ 7512 973-790-8686 Map and directions Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book November 2006 Community News The photo gallery has been updated with photos from the Houston Diwali/navratri function. Thanks to Kirit bhai Jha for sending us these photos. Obituary Ma. Kaushalya ben Nanavati, mother of Dineshbhai Nanavati (former Vice President of NAGAR), Milapbhai Nanavati, Bhalchandrabhai Nanavati, Jaigitaben Mehta and Prakashiniben Kharod, passed away in Pittsford, New York on Nov 18 2006. We will add more details when they are available. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book Obituary Vilasrai Kharod, husband of Ushaben Kharod and father of Chetan and Dhaval Kharod, passed away in Maryland, USA on November 2 2006. More details Leave a message in the online condolence book \| View the online condolence book NAGAR.org welcomes 25000th visitor! The NAGAR.org website reached a milestone on Nov 1 2006 by welcoming its 25000th visitor. We are proud of serving the community and are looking forward to welcoming lakhs of more nagars. We thank the international nagar community for encouraging us to maintain and improve this website. As always, please feel free to send us your feedback. October 2006 Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak! We wish a very happy Diwali and a wonderful and prosperous New Year to all NAGAR Newsletter The NAGAR Newsletter for Oct 2006 has been emailed to all registered nagar families. If you would like to receive future newsletters by email, please verify that the email address in your registered profile is valid. Obituary Ma. Kirtiben Mankad, mother of Bhuvnesh bhai Mankad (Fairfax, Virginia, USA), expired on 15th Oct. 2006 at Indore. She was 81. More information. View the condolence book Photo Gallery The Photo Gallery contains photos from several community functions. If you are organizing a social function, send us your photos and we will include them in the gallery. We have upated information on the various Diwali/New Year functions planned by the local organizations. The detailed information is listed on the main page (see left). If you would like to publicise your nagar mandal's events, please contact us. September 2006 Obituary - Mayank Pandit, Noblesville, Indiana Mayank Suresh Pandit 56, of Noblesville, Indiana passed away on August 31, 2006 at his residence. He is survived by his wife Pallavi, daughter Caaminee, son Meelyn, parents Suresh and Nivedita Pandit, sister Raginee Vyas, and brother Kuntal Pandit. More details. View the online condolence book First Nagar to fly high as a USAF Combat Aviator Lieutenant Manan N. Bhatt has been selected as a Combat Aviator under Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) of United States Air Force. He is the first Nagar to receive the prestigious training in US Air Force. More details are in the nagar community news section. Omkar and Mauli Dave release their first bhajan album Omkar Dave, 22 and Mauli Dave, 19 of Houston, Texas have released their first Bhajan album (CD)titled "Prabhu Tare Pagathiye". Omkar and Mauli are the children of Hemant bhai and Dipti ben Dave. More details are in the nagar community news section. NAGAR Newsletter The NAGAR Newsletter for Sep 2006 has been emailed to all registered nagar families. If you would like to receive future newsletters by email, please verify that the email address in your registered profile is valid. Obituary Indiraben Maharaja, wife of Bhanuprasad B. Maharaja (former President Akhil Bhartiya Nagar Parishad -India), mother of Vijay and Yogendra Maharaja of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, passed away on September 4, 2006 in Ahmedabad, India. More details. View the online condolence book Obituary We regret to inform you that Bakul Tripathi, a prominent humorous writer in Gujarati literature, a long time columnist in Gujarat Samachar, President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and our nagar star passed away in Ahmedabad, India. More details. View the online condolence book July 2006 Our heartiest congratulations to Nagar Convention Committee and NAM members for a successful Nagar Convention 2006. The pictures and video clips will be put it out on the web as soon it will be available. Click here for "E-Kyo" - a thank you note from the Nagar Convention Committee 2006. The 2006 Global Nagar Directory is now available! The directory with details of over 1000 nagar families is being mailed out to all NAGAR members. Please send your NAGAR Membership dues with the completed form and receive a free complimentary copy of "The Global Nagar Directory 2006". Thank you for all your help in creating this directory. The NAGAR E-Kyo 'Wall of Fame' Mohit Joshipura's essay on "Indo-US Relations In The 21st Century" judged best in New York Life competition. More details in the nagar community news section. June 2006 Calling all 2006 high school graduates Three Nagar High School graduates with the Highest SAT scores will be awarded with National Nagar Academy Award during the upcoming national convention. All the graduates and their parents are invited to send the details to NAGAR and/or National Nagar Convention 2006 (www.nagarconvention.org) on or before July 11, 2006. If you have a business or service, you can now place an ad in the NAGAR Yellow Pages. Moha Antani of New Jersey has won National honours at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. More details are in the community news section. Dr. Omita Ashit Trivedi, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago has been awarded the Young Scientist award from Indian National Science Academy for her work with enzymes. Read the details in the community news section. Advertise in the NAGAR 2006 directory. Click here for rates and other details. May 2006 Anand Mehta of Baltimore, US reached the top 16 in a debate competition where 507 schools participated. Read the details in the community news section. The deadline for the early-bird registration ($50 per person) for the upcoming national convention has been extended to June 15th 2006. Your envelopes with the registration fees should be post-marked on or before this date. Register ASAP as we are fast reaching the maximum capacity! Deadline for directory details is June 7th 2006. Please make sure that your family information is up-to-date. You can login to verify your details and update them if needed. Please contact us if you have any problems or questions with this process. April 2006 Photos from Baltimore's patotsav function held on April 8 2006. NY/NJ patotsav to be held on April 29 2006 Send us the details and photos from your community's patotsav function and we will put them up on this website. New committee members for Nagar Association of Maryland March 2006 Coming soon! We will soon be accepting online credit-card payments for annual membership fees and donations. Please check back on this site for the details. Congrats to Dr. Parul Mehta & Dr. Nirav Shah on the birth of their daughter, Mira. We regret to inform you of the demise of Ma. Vasu ben Desai, mother of Yogeshbhai Desai (Baltimore, USA), Aparna ben Mankad (Baltimore, USA) and Rekha ben (Ahmedabad). She passed away in Baltimore on March 22 2006. More details. View the online condolence book Congrats to Master Nilesh Rawal and to Mr. Krushanu Majmundar Nilesh won the Saginaw county spelling bee for the 3rd straight year and Mr. Krushanu Majmundar was interviewed on Australian radio for his contribution in Gujarati Sugam Sangeet. You can read more details and give your feedback in the community news section. January 2006 Two new Matrimonial Ads Two new ads have been posted to the matrimonial ads section. New feature! We have updated the community news section so that you can leave comments on individual news items. Please use this feature to share your thoughts and feelings with the rest of the nagar community. Congrats to Ms. Umangi Bhatt Umangi Bhatt, daughter of Trupti and Praful Bhatt, graduated with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UMBC, Maryland. Our congratulations to her and best wishes in her career. More details in the community news section. Congrats too to all the nagar students who graduated recently. If you would like to share their acheivements with the rest of the community, please let us know. NAGAR wishes you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year 2006. Thank you for your support and encouragement in 2005. We are looking forward for your support in coming year and beyond. December 2005 We regret to inform you of the death of Mr. Rashmikant Desai (more popularly known as Jashbhai Desai), father of Bakul bhai Desai who passed away on Friday Dec 16 2005 at home in Ahmedabad, India. You can also send a condolence message through this website. More details are in the community news section. Coming soon! NAGAR Youth directory with details of young, dynamic nagars worldwide and NAGAR Business Directory, an online directory of nagar-owned and nagar-managed businesses. November 2005 Looking for volunteers of all ages We are looking for nagar volunteers to help us update community news and information on this site. Please contact us if you are interested. High school students will receive "community service" credit for their work. October 2005 Announcement of Diwali Function by Nagar Association, Maryland (NAM) on November 12 2005. If your community is having a Diwali celebration this year, let us know. The latest Nagar Association of Texas Houston (NATH) newsletter (PDF file, 62K) is now online. September 2005 We have added more matrimonial ads and community news. August 2005 NAGAR Newsletter The August 2005 issue of the NAGAR newsletter was emailed out recently. If you haven't received it yet, please verify your email address in our database. If you have not added your details, please do so. You can also download the newsletter from this website. July 2005 Matrimonial Ads We now accept matrimonial ads for nagars world-wide. Please contact us to publish an ad on this site and in the newsletter. May 2005 Community News We have created a new community news section that will highlight the achievements of the best and the brightest in the nagar community. To share news about your family or events in your community, contact us. April 2005 Newsletter The NAGAR newsletter for April 2005 was emailed to everyone recently. If you did not receive it, please verify your email address in your member profile. You will need to login to check your details. You can also download the newsletter from this website. Patotsav 2005 Baltimore, Maryland The Nagar Association of Maryland is organizing a patotsav celebration on April 23 2005. The function includes a pooja, dinner and a traditional musical celebration. You can see the details in their flyer (PDF). New Jersey Nagars Of North America (NONA) has organized their Patotsav-2005 program on Sunday, May 22 2005. The event includes a 'samuh stotra', dinner and an hour of laughter with Shri Bakulbhai Tripathi, a well-known Gujarati writer and humorist. You can see the details in their flyer (PDF). If your community is celebrating patotsav this year, let us know. January 2005 New Executive Committee NAGAR's Executive Committee is in place. We thank you for all your support and look forward to serving the community for the next two years. If you have any comments or feedback about this, please let us know We have compiled a list of local nagar organizations. If you wish to add your organization, please let us know. NAGAR Database You are requested to validate your OWN family information by logging in to the web site and/or cooperate with community volunteers in gathering missing/erroneous information to update the database and make it current. Your cooperation is necessary to create an accurate and up-to-date database of our community. Please log in and check your entry to make sure that it has all the necessary information.

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