South Brunswick Temple - Township Council Update

May 13, 2009

Respected ALL,

First, we would like to thank all of you for showing such a support which simply cannot be described in our words. It was OVERWHELMING !! Over 800 phone calls were made. Over 1,000 emails were sent. Over 150 members from our community showed up at the council meeting.

We particularly want to thank the emourmous support and energy provided by our Hindu community in South Brunswick. We are over 28% of the population in South Brunswick and our voice must be heard.

Because of your activity, energy, and devotion to this Holy cause, a group of delegates from our Hindu community were able to meet with various state and local leaders. We have been promised that our application will be heard fairly and will be passed on the merits of the application.

But we cannot not rest with this assurance. WE MUST TRUST BUT VERIFY. We must make sure that their "words" are translated into "action". Thus we must keep our energy and dedication to make sure that our Hindu community is not denied this house of worship.

Like all the other public projects, the results from our efforts will also take time. But we will keep all of you informed periodically on its progress. We will also continue to work with Township in order to realize our dream of building the temple in South Brunswick a reality.

We want to thank you all once again for your support for this noble cause and look forward to your continued support which would help us to see this temple project go through in very very near future.

Our faith is in God and in our community.

Regards

Poondi Vijayaraghavan