{"id":5963,"date":"2026-06-11T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:00:34","slug":"166-june-12-2026-dera-meeting-hall-takes-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2026\/06\/11\/166-june-12-2026-dera-meeting-hall-takes-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"#166 – June 12, 2026 — Dera Meeting Hall Takes Shape!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear Friends,<\/span>
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\nThe steel framework of Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall at the dera in Wisconsin was completed during the week of May 18th, just a week before the annual spring mitti seva event. The project foreman stated that the assembly of the steel supports and roof deck went extremely well. The ISHA Building Committee isn\u2019t sure when the next phase will begin, but if all goes well it\u2019s possible that the walls could be completed later this year or early next year.<\/span>
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\nAerial view of the current condition of the 16,583 square foot building. The entrance is on the left under the front canopy.
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The floor plan, with the building entrance to the left. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Steel workers welded the roof decking onto the steel beams and roof joists. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The large columns and beams were bolted together with hundreds of large bolts. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When the steelwork was complete, volunteer workers applied strong grout to the base of each column. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another team of volunteers painted the steel columns to protect them from the Wisconsin rain and snow. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During the mitti seva event, a group of Ishwar\u2019s friends were entertained by a room-by-room tour of the future ISHA Meeting Hall. Here, the group is standing in the future dining hall. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This drone photo shows the ISHA Meeting Hall surrounded by the gorgeous farms and forests of northern Wisconsin. <\/span>\"{CAPTION}\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

With warmest regards,<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Bauer ISHA Dera Building Committee<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear Friends, The steel framework of Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall at the dera in Wisconsin was completed during the week of May 18th, just a week before the annual spring mitti seva event. The project foreman stated that the assembly of the steel supports and roof deck went extremely well. The ISHA Building Committee isn\u2019t sure […]<\/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-5963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963","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=5963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5995,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5963\/revisions\/5995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}