Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter BHARATVANI October 2016 Like us: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=201639063192035 October 2016
The Board of Directors thanks all Club 500 sponsors for helping us pay off our loan and encourages others to join this unique club. The following new members (or renewing members), joined Club 500 recently. Sreedhana Chittineni Surendra Ganeriwala Note: This list includes sponsors who joined by the 15th of the month. Club 500 Greetings Devotees! Please be a member of the "Club 500" in 2016 and help us to achieve our goal. If you were a member in 2015 please renew your membership as well. This is a wonderful way to help your temple. Have you ever thought that your temple may be considered as your second home? I look forward to working with you. Thank you and God bless you. Very Best, Munmaya Mishra Note: Donors Names published monthly in Bharatvani & Temple Lobby monitor. For more information, please contact: Munmaya Mishra, Brij Mago, Vijay Ramnarain, Sanjay Thirunagari & Sudhir Jain This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 2016.10 Temple Anniversary Jain Puja Details Saturday, Nov 19th at The Richmond Temple 8-10 AM Digambar Puja 10-11:30 AM Snatra Puja and Dhwaja ceremony 11:30/12-4:30 PM 18-Abhishek, Aarti, mangal Divo and Shanti Kalash Diwali Fire Works Celebrations Saturday 29th October : At Hindu Center of Virginia From 7:00-9:00 PM This Year Diwali Fire Works Celebration at Hindu Center will be on October 29th Saturday Evening from 7:00-9:00 PM. Please do not bring any fire works from outside there will be Fire Works available at HCV. Please Car Pool for this event as there might be a car parking fee for this event. Snacks and Dinner will be available at HCV Canteen. *********Please Carpool********* October 2016 2
Puja Calendar for October Sat, 10/1 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 10/1 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 10/1 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 10/1 7:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 10/2 10:00am Snatra Pooja Sun, 10/2 11:30am Sri Subramanya Abishekham Sun, 10/2 11:00am Ganesha Abishekham Sun, 10/2 12:15pm Bhajans by Neil Bhatt Sun, 10/2 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 10/2 4.00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Mon, 10/3 6:00pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 10/4 5:45pm Sunderkand and Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 10/5 6:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 10/6 6:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 10/7 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Fri, 10/7 7:00pm Deepa Puja Sat, 10/8 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 10/8 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 10/8 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 10/8 5:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 10/9 11:30am Durga Havan Sun, 10/9 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna Sun, 10/9 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 10/9 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 10/9 6:00pm Murugan Abishekham Mon, 10/10 8:00am Shiva Abishekham Mon, 10/10 9:00am Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam) Tue, 10/11 5:45pm Sundar Kand Tue, 10/11 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 10/12 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 10/13 6:00pm Pradosham(Siva Abishekam) Thu, 10/13 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 10/14 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Fri, 10/14 7:00pm Bhavana Sat, 10/15 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 10/15 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 10/15 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 10/15 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sat, 10/15 7:00pm Satyanarayana Pooja (Poornima) Puja Calendar for October (continued) Sun, 10/16 12:15pm Bhajans Sun, 10/16 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 10/16 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 10/16 6:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham Mon, 10/17 6:45pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 10/18 9:00am Hanuman Chalisa Tue, 10/18 5:30pm Karwa Chowth Tue, 10/18 7:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham (Karthikai) Wed, 10/19 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 10/20 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 10/21 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Sat, 10/22 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 10/22 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 10/22 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 10/22 7:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 10/23 12:00pm Amritvani Sun, 10/23 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 10/23 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 10/23 6:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham Mon, 10/24 6:45pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 10/25 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 10/26 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 10/27 6:00pm Shiva Abishekam (Pradosham) Thu, 10/27 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 10/28 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Sat, 10/29 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 10/29 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 10/29 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 10/29 5:30pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sat, 10/29 7:00pm Diwali Sun, 10/30 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun, 10/30 12:15pm Bhajans Sun, 10/30 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 10/30 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 10/30 6:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham Mon, 10/31 9:00am Shiva Abishekham Mon, 10/31 5:30pm Annakut Sun, 10/16 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam HCV Membership 2016 We thank all members for supporting your temple. We request all members including Corporate members to pay October membership 2016 fee for 2016. Mon, 10/31 7:30pm Skanda Shasti Begins Please contact us via email at Bharatvani@hinducenterofvorginia.org, if you wish to unsubscribe from Hindu Center emails or if you want to stop receiving hard copy of newsletter. Thank you! 3
Dussehra Celebration (Burning the effigy of Ravana) On Monday, October 10th, we will celebrate the victory of righteousness over darkness with the burning of an effigy of Ravana. The burning of the effigy will start at about 7 PM. Prior to that there will be Vidya Aramba puja @ 6PM. This is a special puja to initiate children into the world of letters and learning and Dussehra being an especially auspicious day (symbolic of victory of light over darkness) to begin this journey. We invite everyone to join us. The Canteen will be open in the evening till 9 PM on that day. Volunteers are needed to build the effigy. If interested, please contact Vijay Ramnarain (477-2136) or Sudhir Jain (754-2755). This is a special event for children and we hope to see all children on October 10th at 6:00PM. October 2016 Festival of India 2016 Volunteer Appreciation & Recognition Dinner October 21st, Friday 7:00 pm at HCV Community Hall Sundar Kand Path 1st Tuesday of month at 5:45 PM Please note that Sundar Kand Path will be held on 1st Tuesday of every month at 5:45 P.M. Please join us with family and friends to make the path a success. For advertising or information, please contact Ravi Swaminathan or Aashish Jain at Bharatvani@hinducenterofvirginia.org. 4
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Classes offered at Hindu Center For more details,contact classes@hinducenterofvirginia.org or use contact info below Class Contact Phone Email Dance (Bharathanatyam) Uma Chetty 804 364 1686 umachetty@gmail.com Bala Vikas (Religious Class) Radhika Thirunagari 804 270 2326 hlpevrhrtnvrsai@yahoo.com Dance (Kuchipudi) Sudha Vadlamani 804 651 9248 vadlamanisudha@hotmail.com Marathi Class Bharathi Khopkar 804 217 9746 bakul.apte@yahoo.com Hindi Class Dileep Dwivedi 804 346 3463 richmondhindischool@gmail.com Music Class Nirmal Bajekal 804 360 7692 musik_india@yahoo.com Yoga Ravi Menon 804 346 9954 ravi4net1@gmail.com HCV Jain Pathshala for kids Pathshala teachers 804-965-6208 classes@hinducenterofvirginia.org Adult Jain Study Classes Smita Jain / Pritesh Mutha classes@hinducenterofvirginia.org VYO Religious classes Kartik Talati/Kayur (Hindu and Pustimarg) Sheth 804-683-1918 k.talati@comcast.net Richmond Tamil School Richmond Tamil Sangam richmondtamilsangam@outlook.com Religious / Spiritiual values Hindu Center 804 346 9954 religiousclass@hinducenterofvirginia.org DadaBhagwan Satsang Richmond Team 877-505-DADA richmond@us.dadabhagwan.org Ext 1031 Our temple currently uses HOMA software to communicate with our devotees. We usually send out e- mails twice a month on upcoming pujas/events. If you haven t already registered in HOMA, please do at www.therichmondtemple.org. You can also access an electronic copy of the newsletter on the web-site. October 2016 10
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Puja Calendar for November Tue, 11/01 9:00am Hanuman Chalisa Tue, 11/01 5:45pm Sundarkand Wed, 11/02 9:00am Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 11/03 9:00am Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 11/04 9:00am Mahalakshmi Abishekham Sat, 11/05 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 11/05 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 11/05 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 11/05 5:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sat, 11/05 6:00pm Skanda Sashti (see flyer inside) Sun, 11/06 9:00am Temple Anniversary (see flyer inside) Mon, 11/07 6:00pm Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam) Mon, 11/07 6:45pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 11/08 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 11/09 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 11/10 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 11/11 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Sat, 11/12 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 11/12 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 11/12 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 11/12 6:00pm Shiva Abishekam (Pradosham) Sat, 11/12 7:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 11/13 9:30am Anna Abishekham for Lord Shiva Sun, 11/13 11:30am Havan Sun, 11/13 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna Sun, 11/13 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 11/13 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 11/13 6:00pm Murugan Abishekham Sun, 11/13 7:00pm Satyanarayana Pooja (Poornima) Mon, 11/14 5:30pm Shiva Abishekham Mon, 11/14 7:00pm Murugan Abishekham (Karthikai) Tue, 11/15 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Puja Calendar for November (continued) Wed, 11/16 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 11/17 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 11/18 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Fri, 11/18 7:00pm Bhavana Sat, 11/19 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 11/19 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 11/19 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 11/19 6:00pm Shiva Abishekam (Pradosham) Sat, 11/19 7:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 11/20 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun, 11/20 12:15pm Bhajans Sun, 11/20 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 11/20 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 11/20 6:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham Mon, 11/21 6:45pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 11/22 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 11/23 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu, 11/24 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham Fri, 11/25 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham Sat, 11/26 11:00am Balaji Abishekham Sat, 11/26 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat, 11/26 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham Sat, 11/26 6:00pm Shiva Abishekam (Pradosham) Sat, 11/26 7:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham Sun, 11/27 11:00am Ganesha Abishekham Sun, 11/27 12:00pm Amritvani Sun, 11/27 12:50pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun, 11/27 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans Sun, 11/27 6:00pm Sri Subramanya Abishekham Mon, 11/28 6:45pm Shiva Abishekham Tue, 11/29 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed, 11/30 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasranamam Booking Pujas New Process For booking puja in the temple or at your home, contact Puja Committee at puja@hinducenterofvirginia.org. Please pay for all religious services at front desk so we can provide you with proper and timely receipts. In absence of front desk volunteer, please use the envelope at the front desk for cash or checks. Payments with credit cards may be done through the computer at the kiosk. For more details, please refer to puja list on temple website at http://therichmondtemple.org/staticcontentmenu.aspx? PN=Puja_Rates.htm. October 2016 The Hindu Center of Virginia encourages all community members to avail the well equipped classrooms in the temple as well as the community hall with kitchen (NO COOK- ING) for your needs. You can rent the hall for your family activities that do not conflict with the temple religious activities. Facilities are available for rent to conduct language, art, dance classes, meetings, private functions such as birthdays and marriages as well as religious ceremonies with HCV priest service. For information, please visit: www.therichmondtemple.org/ publicationandnewsletters.aspx 12
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Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 www.therichmondtemple.org October 2016 Return Service Requested NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. Postage Paid Richmond, VA Permit No. 3022 Temple Hours: Weekday: 7.00 A.M. to 11.00 A.M. 5.00 P.M. to 8.30 P.M. Weekend: 9:00 A.M to 8:30 P.M. For special occasions, please contact the Priest or any of the Religious Directors. Directions: Take Exit 49-B on I-295 West. Turn right on Springfield Road. Temple is on your left. Phone: (804) 346-9954 Do you shop at Amazon.com? Would you like to help the Hindu Center of Virginia? If you answered Yes to both questions. 1. Visit smile.amazon.com and sign-in with your Amazon credentials 2. Search for Hindu Center of Virginia from the list of charities and select it as your designated charity 3. In future shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to the Hindu Center 4. Smile.amazon.com has the same products at the same prices. You help the Hindu Center as a bonus. Smile often and pass this info to your October 2016 14