With growing number of Maharashtrians in North Carolina’s Greater Triangle Area, a need was felt to bring together all these Maharashtrians to create a home in India the Triangle area away from the home the state of Maharashtra. With this objective in mind, the Research Triangle Park Maharashtra Mandal (hereafter referred to as RTPMM in this document) was established in the North Carolina’s Greater Triangle Area in 1986. RTPMM has an active membership of families residing in and around the Greater Triangle Area.