Landscaping the Temple Premises
The Hindu Temple in Champaign County sits on five acres of cleared farmland. This was a flat, treeless landscape exposed to the strong wind currents and snowdrifts in winter and the mercilessly hot sun in the summer. Initially rows of evergreens at the edges of the lot on the north, south, and west were planted in 2012. The landscape is taking shape as more trees and shrubs are planted each year with generous help of donors and volunteers.
In the last decade, 200 evergreens and flowering trees have been planted on all sides, at the entry and along the parikrama path, giving the feel of a sacred grove.
Please contact Mahesh Gubba (cell no. 217-220-0297; email: gubbam@hotmail.com) if you would like to sponsor temple landscape development.
Yearly Summary:
| Year | # Trees | # Donors |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 66 | 29 |
| 2013 | 35 | 20 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 |
| 2015 | 12 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 15 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 23 | 3 |
| 2022 | 31 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 |
Donors List:
| Year | Donor | # Trees | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |||
| 2012 | Arunachalam Subbu & Roslin | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Athilakshmi Kannan | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Boddu Shivali | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Boddu Veeramallu & Prabhavati | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Dharmaraj Srinivasagam & Padma | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Gandhi Rajmohan & Usha | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Goel N.C & Koeli | 3 trees | |
| 2012 | Gogula Ravi & Sarala | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Govindjee & Rajaniji | 15 trees | |
| 2012 | Kachru Braj & Yamuna | 5 trees | |
| 2012 | Kaliani Jawahar & Neelu | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Kattamaraj Senguttuvan | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Lingham Nathan | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Lingham Rama & Geetha | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Monrad Ditlev & Siva, Gan & Anu | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Narayanmoorthy, Varadharajan | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Naidu G. A & Aparna | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Nookala Srinivas | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Pai M. A & Nandini | 5 trees | |
| 2012 | Panditi Sharada & S S Kumaran | 4 trees | |
| 2012 | Patel Kanubhai (Dairy Queen) | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Rao Narayana & Sarojini | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Reddy Charan & Savitha | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Reddy Sanjeeva & Padma | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Shawkar Shaku & Uday | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Sharma Sanjay & Priyam | 2 trees | |
| 2012 | Singh Harshvardhan & Shayna | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Balasubramaniam Sridaran & Vyjayanthi | 1 tree | |
| 2012 | Thammishetti Srinivas | 1 tree | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2013 | Amita Sinha | 2 trees | In memory of Pramila Sinha and Rudrapal Sinha |
| 2013 | Bagya Thangavelu | 1 tree | |
| 2013 | Dr Goel & Mrs Koeli Goel | 2 trees | |
| 2013 | Janardhan Kukreti | 1 tree | In memory of his wife Hemalatha |
| 2013 | Jawahar Kaliani | 2 trees | In memory of Shri K D Kaliani and Manju Kaliani |
| 2013 | Jyoti Raju & Satyanarayana Raju | 3 trees | |
| 2013 | Kalindi Patel | 1 tree | In memory of Father Sharad Patel. |
| 2013 | Mudit Khanna | 1 tree | In memory of my loving dad Mohanlal Khanna |
| 2013 | Padma & Sanjeeva Reddy | 1 tree | Dedicated to Mom |
| 2013 | Partha Ray | 1 tree | In loving memory of Smt Kamala Bose |
| 2013 | Pradeep & Ranjeet Dhillon | 1 tree | |
| 2013 | Rajeshwari Pandharipande | 1 tree | |
| 2013 | Rupa Sud | 1 tree | In memory of Col Jag Mohan Sachdev |
| 2013 | Sonia Khanvilkar & Amit Jain | 1 tree | In memory of Vijay.Y.Khanvilkar |
| 2013 | Soumya Gopesh | 1 tree | |
| 2013 | Sudha Muthekepalli | 1 tree | In memory of Lakshmamma |
| 2013 | Sudha Uppuluri | 1 tree | In memory of Leela |
| 2013 | Suman & Harsh Gopal | 1 tree | Dedicated to Mom |
| 2013 | Tania Ray | 1 tree | In loving memory of Smt Mrinalini Guha |
| 2013 | Vinai Babu Nekkanti | 1 tree | In memory of Satyanarayan Nekkanti |
| 2014 | |||
| 2014 | Govindjee | 1 tree | |
| 2014 | Naresh Goel | 2 trees | |
| 2014 | Neeru & Vijay Batura | 2 trees | |
| 2014 | Pradeep Dhillon | 1 tree | |
| 2014 | Rajeshwari Pandaharipande | 1 tree | |
| 2014 | Ram Singh | 2 trees | |
| 2014 | Sudha Uppuluri | 1 tree | In memory of S. Padmavathi |
| 2015 | |||
| 2015 | Aparna Naidu | 2 trees | In memory of T. Gopal Naidu and B. Munaswamy Naidu |
| 2015 | G.A. Naidu | 1 tree | In memory of Mallidi Munaswamy Naidu |
| 2015 | Gottipati Sarjamma | 1 tree | In memory of Gottipati Chengalraya Naidu |
| 2015 | Khanna, Pradep & Madhu | 2 trees | |
| 2015 | Neeru Batura | 1 tree | In memory of Hatinder Kumar Kawatra |
| 2015 | Pallassana Balgopal | 1 tree | In memory of Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Ramanathan |
| 2015 | R.K. Bhonagiri | 1 tree | In memory of Premlata and Nayarana Bhonagiri |
| 2015 | Rajesh Rajmani | 1 tree | |
| 2015 | Sudha Uppuliri | 1 tree | In memory of B.A.P. Rao |
| 2015 | Vijay Batura | 1 tree | In memory of Des Raj and Rameshwari Devi Batura |
| 2016 | |||
| 2016 | Arun & Renu Bajaj | 2 trees | In memory of parents |
| 2016 | Jagannadharao Brahmamdam | 1 tree | In memory of Padmanabharao and Anasuya Mocherla |
| 2016 | Vidya & Deoki Tripathy | 2 trees | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2017 | Amita Sinha | 7 trees | In memory of Saraswati Devi and N.P. Saxena |
| 2017 | Raghavendra Pradyumma Pothukuchi | 4 trees | |
| 2017 | Sreenivasa Patnam | 1 tree | For Mehul, Rithika, Shalini, and Sreenivasa Patnam |
| 2017 | Ram & Kalinidi Singh | 1 tree | |
| 2017 | Ramesh & Vijayalaxmi Gaud | 1 tree | |
| 2017 | Pallassana Balgopal | 1 tree | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2018 | Arundhyati Sarkar | 1 tree | In memory of Ashoke Kumar Sarkar |
| 2018 | Kalindi & Tarun Patel | 1 tree | |
| 2018 | Meera & Atul Jain | 1 tree | In memory of Buddy Jain |
| 2018 | Pallassana & Shymala Balgopal | 1 tree | |
| 2018 | Ravi & Sarla Gogula | 1 tree | Susheela Gogula |
| 2018 | Sudha & Kolandarao Uppulri | 1 tree | Angara Narasubayamma |
| 2020 | |||
| 2020 | Amita Sinha | 5 trees | |
| 2021 | |||
| 2021 | Amita Sinha | 2 trees | |
| 2021 | Aradhana & Dilip Chhajed | 1 tree | |
| 2021 | Pradeep & Madhu Khanna | 20 trees | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | Amita Sinha | 4 trees | |
| 2022 | Aradhana & Dilip Chhajed | 1 tree | |
| 2022 | Pradeep & Madhu Khanna | 15 trees | |
| 2022 | Rita & Narain Mandhan | 1 tree | |
| 2022 | S.N. Sridhar & Kachru Family | 10 trees | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | Sudha Muthekapalli & Lalitha Yekkirala | 3 trees | |
| 2023 | Pradeep & Madhu Khanna | 2 trees | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | Srilatha & Abhilasha Tangada | 4 trees | |
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