{"id":5915,"date":"2026-05-15T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:50:55","slug":"165-may-10-2026-ishwar-sends-meeting-hall-skyward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2026\/05\/15\/165-may-10-2026-ishwar-sends-meeting-hall-skyward\/","title":{"rendered":"#165 – May 10, 2026 — Ishwar Sends Meeting Hall Skyward!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Friends,<\/span><\/div>\n

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Ishwar\u2019s building project has made incredible progress this past week! \u00a0The first steel column went up on Monday afternoon, and by Friday, the steelworkers had nearly finished installing all of the structural steel components (columns, beams, and joists). Over the next week, they will complete the steel frame and begin to weld on the steel panels for the roof. If all goes well, this momentous phase of Meeting Hall construction will be complete before the May 29 to June 1 mitti seva event at the dera. Visitors will be able to walk into the building and experience the layout of the auditorium, kitchen, dining hall, and more.<\/span><\/div>\n
Here are some photos from this week.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nMay 5th drone photo showing the start of column installation using the big crane.<\/span><\/div>\n
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May 7th drone photo showing two more days of progress, including the installation of the beams and joists.<\/span><\/div>\n
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A beam is positioned by the big crane.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Two steelworkers on lifts install a beam between two columns.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Joists are being installed on the exterior canopy patio area.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Complete columns, beams, and joists for the north-side patio that is designed for outside dining.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Installing more beams.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Elevated view of the building showing the outside patio area in the foreground, and the kitchen and dining hall beyond.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Drone view, looking south, showing the Meeting Hall site and the other buildings of Ishwar\u2019s dera in the distance. Master’s Prashad Garden is the green area just past the largest white building. The Chippewa River can be seen through the trees in the upper left.<\/span><\/div>\n
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If you would like to support Ishwar’s tribute to his Great Master, donations can be made by following this link to the ISHA Building Fund.<\/span><\/div>\n

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To learn more about Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall, check out the Dera website at\u00a0https:\/\/dera.ishanews.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
If you would like to offer seva to Ishwar Ji, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/ishanews.org\/voluntary-contribution\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Any questions related to Ishwar\u2019s dera can be directed to ISHA chairman Jagannath Kerai\u2019s email at\u00a0<\/span>chairman@ishanews.org<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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With warmest regards,<\/span><\/div>\n
Paul Bauer<\/span><\/div>\n
ISHA Dera Building Committee<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dear Friends,   Ishwar\u2019s building project has made incredible progress this past week! \u00a0The first steel column went up on Monday afternoon, and by Friday, the steelworkers had nearly finished installing all of the structural steel components (columns, beams, and joists). Over the next week, they will complete the steel frame and begin to weld […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5955,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions\/5955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}