About Us
Vision
Mission
- Spread India’s rich culture, heritage, values
- Develop and train youth in holistic manner
- Provide service to community and beyond for a harmonious life
- To develop a vibrant and holistic lifestyle that uplifts the community and beyond
Language Classes
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit classes are offered. Each class has multiple levels.
Scriptures Class
Scriptures class covers a variety of topics related to Upanishads and others depending on the interests of the participants. This class was started in 2005. So far Vishnusahasranamam, Jyothisya, Vidura neeti, Ishvasya, Kena and Kathopanishad are covered. Bhagavad Gita has been in progress for the past few years. Participants from various age groups join this class and are encouraged to make it an interactive session rather than being a lecture class. Besides the class, members are socially active with picnic and other activities. For those interested, this group is actively pursuing to bring the essence of Gita into the day-to-day activities.
Scriptures Group
Bhajan/Choir
- Learn simple songs in soulful language, expressing many emotions of love and devotion to all Ishta Devatas.
- Learn Indian culture through fun stories and songs Interactively.
- Please bring your children to join us.
Story time for Kids
Mahatma Gandhi, Vivekananda, Tyagaraja, and Jhansi Rani believed in our culture and practiced Sanatana dharma. Telling stories of
personalities like those make our kids understand what our religion and culture is about and the philosophy they believed in. Stories of nature, god and goddess can take them closer to the culture, which is practical, religion, which is logical, and philosophy, which is universal.
Kids can benefit from attending story time. It increases their capacity to concentrate, to be curious, & creative just by listening.
Have your kids tell or listen to story every Saturday.
Schedules
| Activity | Location | Contact | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi Language | Education building, HTW | Deepak Gupta deeepak4gupta@gmail.com |
Sundays 8:45AM – 10:00AM |
| Telugu Language | Education building, HTW | Balaji Musaboyina balaji.musaboyina@manabadi.siliconandhra.org |
Sundays 8:30AM – 10:15AM |
| Tamil Language | Education building, HTW | Hema Vijay Principal.Woodlands@houstontamilschools.org |
Saturdays 2:30PM – 5:00PM |
| Sanskrit Language | Education building, HTW | Premalatha Unnikrishnan samskritalatha@gmail.com |
Sundays 9:00AM – 10:15AM |
| Scriptures class | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Sunil Vasisht sunilvasisht@gmail.com |
Alternate Sundays 10:30AM – 12:00AM |
| Scriptures group | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Jagan Allam jaganallam@hotmail.com |
Mondays 7:00PM |
| Bhajan/Choir | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Sasi Raghavan sasir@yahoo.com |
1st and 3rd Saturdays 10:00AM – 11:00AM |
| Story time for Kids | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Latha Kuruvanka lathago@hotmail.com |
Saturdays 11:30AM |
The following programs are not offered by HTW. They are provided here for the community. Please reach out to the contact for additional information on these programs.
Sanatan Sanskriti
Sanatan Sanskriti was established 26 years ago with an aim to teach, encourage and nurture strong faith in the rich intellectual and devotional tradition of Hinduism, to develop pride in the heritage and culture of Hinduism, and to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to respect and appreciate different cultures, while at the same time maintaining a steadfast devotion and a quiet unassailable faith in our own religion.
The key word that guides our activities is “SAT” we use it not only for its great significance in Hinduism, but also an acronym for Spirituality, Affirmation and Tranquility.
Our aim is to teach the eternal values and skills necessary for a life of dharma, bhakti, shraddha and prema.
For enrollment of your children and further details contact:
sans20kriti@gmail.com sanskritikids.org
| Class | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Sanatan Sanskriti | Education building, HTW | sans20kriti@gmail.com sanskritikids.orgFacebookRegister for Sanskriti |
| Tabla | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Haman Ramnarine (281) 889 0358 |
| Classical dance | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Venu Josyula (832) 462 0299 |
| Classical dance | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Lakshmi Modali (281) 871 8310 |
| Chess | Hindu Temple of the Woodlands | Kumar Kembaiyan (832) 257 6416 KT.kembaiyan@gmail.com |