History
Date | Event |
May 6, 1983 | First letter sent to community. Click here to read it. |
September 2, 1989 | First organizational meeting to form a Society to build a Temple. |
October 27, 1989 | Hindu Society of North East Florida (HSNEF) incorporated |
August 22, 1991 | Society accorded tax exempt charitable organization status by the IRS |
August 29, 1991 | First congregation held at the Jewish Community Alliance |
May 1, 1994 | Park Street,Orange Park property purchased |
September 9, 1994 | Inauguration of Temple |
October 1996 | Constitution and Bylaws adopted |
January 1, 1997 | First elected Board & Executive Committee take office |
April 4, 1998 | Temple gets a full-time priest |
April 30, 1999 | Rath yatra to welcome Lord Ganesha |
September 12, 1999 | Lord Ganesha sthapana |
September 16, 1999 | 10th Anniversary celebration of the Formation of HSNEFL |
May 14, 2000 | Utsav murthys installed |
October 15, 2002 | Greenland property purchased. |
October 25, 2003 | Shilanyas ceremony at Greenland property |
March 27, 2007 | Greenland Temple inauguration |
January 1, 2010 | First Executive-Board and Advisory Council take office |
March 24, 2011 | Adjacent property purchased for Temple expansion |