• Bought property at 111 Waverly Street for $ 205,000 Plus closing cost
• Got approval from Town of Framingham for the sewer connection.
• Identified best suitable and feasible route to connect.
• Secured easement 40’ wide on Town of Ashland property.

• Engineering Design contract has been awarded to Kalkunte Engineering and work is in progress.
• Concept of Temple expansion has taken an optimum shape based on the current demand for more room for the Mahamandapam. Modified drawings are ready.
• We had a meeting with the Town officials to update them of the minor change in our plan.
• Full-scale drawing with the new foot prints will be submitted for Ashland Planning Board’s approval to secure the building permit.

• Design and construction of the pipeline to Bellamore Street Sewer manhole though the Town of Ashland Property
• Design and construct the pipelines to connect drainage from temple and priest quarters

     The Planning and Project Development Committee has had several meetings in the past 12 months and has deliberated extensively on the best suitable plan based on the current needs as voiced by a few founders and the general devotees. Planning and Project Development Committee members strongly feel that it is high time that we expand the Mahamandapam to provide long overdue additional space for religious activities. Often it is a common scene at our temple to run parallel programs which involve chanting of mantras for multiple deities. Such activities happen during Navathri, Thai Velli, Adi Velli, Sri Ayyappa mandala season, Vasantha Navarathri, and during other events. This has physically constrained devotees very much and it is our duty as administrators to identify a solution to ease this physical constraint. This has resulted in the following picture of our project of Expanding the Mahamantapam to provide more space for the general devotees and to be able to physically separate the multiple (simultaneous) religious activities. This project has three parts with different construction phases.

Part1:
    Expansion in the front Part 2: Mahamantapan expansion Part 3: Core
        facilities building 

• Mr. Nalin Mistry of Mistry Associates Inc of Reading , MA
• Mr. Jatinder Sharma of JS Associates of Brookline MA

• A 20’ extension in front of the Rajagopuram to provide room for new front office, temple shop, and shoe and coat area (~20’ x 134’).
• An access ramp for the handicapped.

• The Mahamandapam expansion consists of a 38’ x 136’ hall at the back of the temple in the upper level in addition to completing the 38’ wide extensions on the side so that the primary building will be a rectangle, which is considered necessary as per Vaasthu Sastra.

• In the lower level, the expansion in the back side will provide a 28’ x 136’ hall with a 10’ safety zone surrounding the area beneath the main sanctums.
• No basement space under the right side expanded wing (along the Natarajar side)
• No basement under the existing annex area (Coat Room) on the left side
• There will be a basement area under the extended portion on the left wing beyond the Coat Room

• Large lobby in the upper level to connect the existing Mahamandapam through a 15’ wide hallway which will separate the main building and the core building
• An elevator and a stair case
• Restrooms with showers
• Four classrooms with an ability to convert two rooms into a large lecture hall for moderate size gatherings

• A 1200 sq ft kitchen with an attached pantry of 300 sq ft.
• Wash area with water fountain
• A large hallway to use as dining area
• Large entrance lobby to connect the new kitchen, existing basement, and the new back side basement

Our current needs require us to finish the core building so that we may connect it to the upgraded waste water system and decommission the existing restrooms and the septic tank. This will make room for us to complete the construction in the right side of the temple (behind Natarajar sanctum).

• Pursue the sewer connection engineering and lay the pipes and establish the connection points to the new building
• Place temporary restrooms and connect them via a temporary vestibule to the current coatroom
• Connect the temporary restrooms to the newly designed waste water disposal system
• Decommission the septic tank and the leach field of the main building and the existing restrooms in the basement and decommission the old waste water disposal system of the two priest quarters
• Simultaneously pour the foundation for the core building and the main building
• Construct the front side expansion and the core building with the connector area to the main building.
• Connect the restrooms and kitchen in the core building to the new waste water system
• Secure the occupancy permit to use the core building
• Connect the drainage from the Mahamandapm to the new waste water system
• Connect the drainage from the existing kitchen to the new waste water system
• Begin the construction of the Mahamandapan expansion

We have awarded the contract for the design of sewer connection to Kalkunte Engineering and they will file the engineering design and the required papers with the Towns of Framingham and Ashland in about two weeks.

• Survey work to identify the elevation points on our property in relation the manhole elevation - Completed
• Evaluate the best route for the sewer pipes from our property to connect to the Framingham sewer system - Completed
• Collect the required technical data and compile the required information to prepare the drawings – Contract awarded and work is in progress
• Seek the approval of drawings from the Town of Framingham (DPW) - task to be completed by 15th May 2008
• Prepare the plans for decommissioning the existing septic system and seek approval from the Town of Ashland to decommission the existing septic system – Discussion in progress with Town of Ashland
• Call for bids for installing the sewer lines and connection to the temporary bath rooms, and select the contractor- To be completed by early June 2008
• Call for bids to lay the foundation as per the expansion plan and select the contractor – End of May 2008
• Connect the temporary bathrooms, other waste disposal lines from the main building and the two priest quarters to the sewer line and decommission the leach pit of priest quarters at 137 Waverly Street, leach field of the main priest quarters, leach filed of the temple and the respective septic tanks - Early July 2008
• Begin laying the foundation and start the construction of the facilities building – Early July 2008