Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter BHARATVANI 2018 Like us: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=201639063192035
The Board of Directors thank all Club 500 sponsors for helping us pay off our temple loan and encourages others to join this unique club: Club 500. The following new members (or renewing members) paid the Club 500 dues recently. Prabhakar Hari Club 500 Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple and be a member of the "Club 500" in 2018. This is a wonderful way to help your temple. Please make your donation as soon as possible. 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. Bharathi Yoga Seniors(65+): Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. in the new temple basement (FREE) Advanced students: Sundays, 7:00 a.m. in the main community hall ($25/month) Beginners: Sundays, 8:30 a.m. in the main community hall ($25/month) Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. in the new temple basement ($25/month) All fees paid by students are donated to the Hindu Center of Virginia Contact our internationally-certified Yoga instructor, Ravi Menon by email at ravi4net1@gmail.com for more information or just show up before the class. Mahamangala Aarti every day at 7:30pm. Devotees are encouraged to join for Mahamangala aarti. Sundar Kand Path 1st Tuesday of month at 5:45 PM Please note that Sundar Kand Path is 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. This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 2018.10 2
Puja Calendar for. See Page 16 for November Puja Calendar. Mon 10/01 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam Tue 10/02 5:45pm Sundarkand Tue 10/02 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Wed 10/03 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu 10/04 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam Fri 10/05 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam Sat 10/06 11:00am Balaji Abishekam Sat 10/06 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 10/06 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam Sat 10/06 5:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sat 10/06 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) Sun 10/07 10:00am Snatra pooja Sun 10/07 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun 10/07 12:15pm Bhajans by Neelkanth Bhatt Sun 10/07 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 10/07 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 10/07 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam Mon 10/08 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam Tue 10/09 6:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Tue 10/09 7:30pm Navarathri Begins (see flyer inside) Wed 10/10 6:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam Thu 10/11 6:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam Fri 10/12 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam Fri 10/12 7:00pm Deepa Puja Sat 10/13 11:00am Balaji Abishekam Sat 10/13 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 10/13 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam Sat 10/13 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sat 10/13 Raas Garba Sun 10/14 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun 10/14 11:30am Durga havan Sun 10/14 12:15pm Bathukamma pooja Sun 10/14 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 10/14 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 10/14 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam Mon 10/15 6:00pm Shiva Abishekam Tue 10/16 6:00pm Hanuman Chalisa Tue 10/16 Durga Ashtami Wed 10/17 Wed 10/17 Thu 10/18 Thu 10/18 Thu 10/18 Fri 10/19 Fri 10/19 Sat 10/20 Sat 10/20 Sat 10/20 Sat 10/20 Sat 10/20 Sun 10/21 Sun 10/21 Sun 10/21 Sun 10/21 Sun 10/21 Mon 10/22 Tue 10/23 Tue 10/23 Wed 10/24 Wed 10/24 Thu 10/25 Fri 10/26 6:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam Maha Navami 8:30am Purattasi Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam) 5:30pm Sree Rama Abishekam 6:30pm Vijay Dasami / Dussehra 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam 7:00pm Bhavana 11:00am Balaji Abishekam 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam 4:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 5:00pm Mata Jagran (see flyer inside) 9:30am Ram Parivar Mukut Puja 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam 6:00pm Hanuman Chalisa 7:00pm Poornima (Satyanarayana pooja) 9:00am Annabishekam (Tula Poornima) 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam Fri 10/26 7:00pm Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekam ) Sat 10/27 11:00am Balaji Abishekam Sat 10/27 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 10/27 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam Sat 10/27 5:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sat 10/27 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi Sun 10/28 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun 10/28 12:15pm Amritvani Sun 10/28 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 10/28 4:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 10/28 5:00pm Murugan Abishekam Sun 10/28 5:30pm Karwa Chauth (see flyer inside) Mon 10/29 Tue 10/30 Wed 10/31 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi. For more information about our priests, please visit: http://www.therichmondtemple.org/staticcontentmenu.aspx?pn=priests.htm We thank all members for supporting your temple and request everyone (including Corporate members) to pay membership fee for 2018. 3
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Person: Meena Midha Vice-Chair Person: Sanjay Thirunagari Members: Raj Dubey Rakesh Gupta Aashish Jain Munmaya Mishra Mohini Nallapaneni Bhal Patel Lakshmi Suresh Vijay Ramnarain (Ex-Officio) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Kedar Thoota Vice- President: Rakesh Chug Secretary: Abhay Bajekal Treasurer: Sanjeev Giribhattanavar Associate Treasurer: Mohit Mago Committees: Religious Director: Thirumala Areti Associate Religious Directors: Murali Chemudupati Anju Jain Pranathi Nadella Upendra Pandey Vinit Patil Kartik Talati Sekar Veerappan Membership Director: Anil Jain Operations Director: Sreedhar Sundaram Associate Operations Directors: Padma Kancharla (Canteen Ops) Vadi Ponpandian Sree Kadam Veena Areti Sudhir Kumar Rajesh Chintakuntlawar Front Desk Coordinator: Suchismitha Yarlagadda Publication Director: Mallik Karamsetty Associate Publication Director: Brij Mago Landscape Director: M.Rangappa Volunteer Director: Sridhar Erasi Associate Volunteer Director: Subramanyam Kandalam Cultural Director: Badri Pulavarthi Associate Cultural Director: Hemal Desai Smita J Webmaster: Social Media: Bhargavi Adhikari Festival of India Chairs: Sanjay Thirunagari Vijay Ramnarain Anil Jain Member at Large: Nalini Premkumar Paddy Sundaram HINDU CENTER OF VIRGINIA Dear Community Member, We are pleased to share that with your enthusiastic support, we crossed the halfway mark with funds received. At this point, we have received $214k in pledges in support of our community hall and kitchen project. We are making steady progress towards our goal! We are over 3000+ strong community in Greater Richmond area. This means if every community member donates a small amount, we will reach our remaining goal by the end of this year. Donate generously and proudly become part of this great opportunity. Donation Options & Recognition: $1000 and plus Name will be displayed in the new facility $600 Name will be engraved on a brick outside the new facility $500 Kitchen Name will be displayed in the kitchen Your donations will be tax deductible. Make checks payable to Hindu Center of Virginia or DONATE NOW Only your generosity can make this mission a reality. Thank you for your continued support and generosity towards the Hindu Center. For more information, we can be reached at 804.868.0049 (Sanjay) or 804.739-1246 (Inder). Sincerely, Sanjay Thirunagari Chair - Fund Raising Committee Inder Midha Fund Raising Committee 6051 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060 Phone: (804) 346-9954; www.hinducenterofvirginia.org The Hindu Center of Virginia is a non-profit charitable organization Tax ID:52-1272245 4
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THE RICHMOND TEMPLE CELEBRATES DEVI NAVARATHRI Tuesday, 9, 2018 Through Thursday, 18, 2018 NAVARATRI PUJA Sponsor $21 Nine days of Special Devi Puja from 7:30 to 8:15 PM MATA JAGARAN (see flyer) Sponsor $101 Saturday, 20th 5 to 8 PM DEEPA PUJA Sponsor $31 Friday, 12th 7:00 PM (Temple will provide required items) DURGA HAVAN Sponsor $101 Sunday, 14th 11:30 AM (Temple will provide required items) VIJAYA DASAMI Sponsor $21 Thursday, 18th 6:30 PM Special puja for Children Dussera / Ravan Dahan 7:30pm Devotees please make Devi Navarathri Celebrations grand FOR SPONSORSHIP & DETAILS CONTACT: Temple 804-346-9954 Alka Sappal 501-0221 Leena Chug 762-8532 Vinit Patil 219-6759 Sekar Veerappan 502-1945 6
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Class Contact Phone Email Dance (Bharathanatyam) Uma Chetty 804 364 1686 umachetty@gmail.com Dance (Kuchipudi) Sudha Vadlamani 804 651 9248 vadlamanisudha@hotmail.com Marathi Class Murty Nadgouda Sameer Athale 804 305 1520 804 512 8948 murtynadgouda@yahoo.com Hindi Class Dileep Dwivedi 804 346 3463 richmondhindischool@gmail.com Technology Classes Vadi Ponpandian 804 484 9178 vadipon@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 (Hindu and Pustimarg) Kartik Talati/Kayur 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 Visual Arts Neelima Ganta 804 716 2820 neelimaganta@gmail.com DadaBhagwan Satsang Classes offered at Hindu Center For more details,contact classes@hinducenterofvirginia.org or use contact info below Richmond Team 877-505-DADA Ext 1031 richmond@us.dadabhagwan.org HCV request all families to join as an Annual Member of Hindu Center of Virginia and support these activities. If you would like to enhance the classroom setup - please send a message to classes@hinducenterofvirginia.org 13
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Puja Calendar for November Thu 11/01 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam Fri 11/02 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam Sat 11/03 Jain Anniversary Sat 11/03 11:00am Balaji Abishekam Sat 11/03 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 11/03 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam Sat 11/03 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sun 11/04 9:00am Temple Anniversary Sun 11/04 12:15pm Bhajans by Neelkanth Bhatt Sun 11/04 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 11/04 3:30pm Snatra pooja Sun 11/04 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 11/04 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam Sun 11/04 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) Sun 11/04 7:00pm Dhan Teras Mon 11/05 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam Tue 11/06 9:00am Hanuman Chalisa Tue 11/06 5.45pm Sundarkand Tue 11/06 6:30pm Diwali Puja (see flyer inside) Wed 11/07 6:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam Wed 11/07 7:00pm Skanda Sashti Begins (see flyer inside) Thu 11/08 6:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam Thu 11/08 6:30pm Skanda Sashti 2 nd Day Thu 11/08 7:30pm Annakut (see flyer inside) Fri 11/09 6:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam Fri 11/09 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 3 rd Day Sat 11/10 11:00am Balaji Abishekam Sat 11/10 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 11/10 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam Sat 11/10 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sat 11/10 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 4 th Day Sat 11/10 Diwali Cultural Program Sun 11/11 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam Sun 11/11 11:30am Havan Sun 11/11 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna Sun 11/11 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 11/11 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 11/11 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 5 th Day Mon 11/12 9:00am Shiva Abishekam Mon 11/12 Tue 11/13 Wed 11/14 Wed 11/14 Thu 11/15 Fri 11/16 Fri 11/16 Fri 11/16 Sat 11/17 Sat 11/17 Sat 11/17 Sat 11/17 Sun 11/18 Sun 11/18 Sun 11/18 Sun 11/18 Sun 11/18 Mon 11/19 Tue 11/20 Tue 11/20 Wed 11/21 Thu 11/22 Thu 11/22 Thu 11/22 Fri 11/23 Sat 11/24 Sat 11/24 Sat 11/24 Sat 11/24 Sun 11/25 Sun 11/25 Sun 11/25 Sun 11/25 Sun 11/25 Sun 11/25 Mon 11/26 Tue 11/27 Wed 11/28 Thu 11/29 Fri 11/30 6:15pm Maha Sashti (Soora Samharam) 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa 6:00pm Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam) 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam 9:00am Mahalakshmi Abishekam 5:30pm Bhavana 7:00pm Mandalakala Aramba Pooja 11:00am Balaji Abishekam 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam 12:15pm Durga Chalisa 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam 6:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam 6:30pm Karthigai Deepam (Sri Subramanya Abishekham) 7:30pm Karthika Purnima (Satyanarayana pooja) 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam 11:00am Balaji Abishekam 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekam 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam 12:15pm Amritvani 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 6:00pm Murugan Abishekam 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekam 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekam 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 COOKING) 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: 15
Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 www.therichmondtemple.org 2018 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 16