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Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter “BHARATVANI” — July 2019

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For Aug 2019 Puja calendar please refer to page 9

Date Time Event

Mon 07/01 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam

Tue 07/02 5:45 PM Sundarakand

Tue 07/02 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa

Wed 07/03 7:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam

Thu 07/04 Jagannath Rath Yatra (Celebrated on 7/7/2019)

Thu 07/04 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam

Fri 07/05 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Sat 07/06 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam

Sat 07/06 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting

Sat 07/06 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam

Sat 07/06 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam

Sun 07/07 9:00 AM Jagannath Rath Yatra





Fri 07/12 6:00 PM Ekadashi Bhajans






Sat 07/13 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)

Sun 07/14 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam

Sun 07/14 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 07/14 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans

Sun 07/14 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam


Mon 07/15 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja) - Guru Poornima



Date Time Event



Fri 07/19 7:00 PM Bhavana





Sat 07/20 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chaturthi


Sun 07/21 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa

Sun 07/21 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi








Fri 07/26 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)






Sun 07/28 12:15 PM Amritvani




Mon 07/29 6:45 PM Pradosham (Shiva 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:

www.therichmondtemple.org/publicationandnewsletters.aspx

2 July

Club 500

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.”

Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple and be a mem-

ber of "Club 500.” Please make your donation for 2019 as

soon as possible. Kindly note that my term (after 4 years of

service) as a Board Member has been ended. We have made

tremendous progress with your help. A new board member will

be working with you regarding Club 500.

Thank you and God bless you!

Very Best,

Munmaya Mishra

Note: Donors’ Names published monthly in Bharatvani & Tem-

ple Lobby monitor. For more information, please contact: Mun-

maya Mishra, Brij Mago, Vijay Ramnarain, Sanjay Thirunagari.

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.

The Board of Directors thank all Club 500 sponsors

for helping us pay off our temple loan and encour-

ages others to join this unique club: “Club 500.” The

following member(s) paid the Club 500 donations

recently.

Suresh Bhat

Mahamangala Aarti every day at 7:30pm. Devotees

are encouraged to join for Mahamangala aarti.

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 [email protected] for more information or just show

up before the class.

This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 2019.07

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4 July

Chair Message The Hindu Center of Virginia had been serving the needs of Greater Richmond area since 1988. It not only serves our religious needs but also provides our young ones a glimpse of Indian tradition, way of life and they learn to practice our values. It provides a good support system and sense of belonging to our visiting parents. The Indian population has increased enormously since the old temple was built in 1988, to accommodate their needs, a new Temple was built in 2010 and we are still expanding as the needs dictate. All this was possible with you all’s generous donation and we are counting on your ongoing open heartedness: Please help us so we can continue to help the community to their satisfaction. With all these successes does not mean we do not face challenges in the Hindu Center. We all know our commu-nity is growing, so is the number of new organizations serving the same community. As all these organizations are seeking support from the same pool of population in the Richmond Metropolitan area, it is now, more than ever, necessary to have strong leadership that believes in the HCV mission and is dedicated to the Hindu Center. Leadership who will go out into the community and extoll the services and values that the Center brings to the cultural fabric of Central Virginia the needed support. I am proud to mention that HCV took every step possible to provide the best and high-quality service for betterment of the mission of the organization (religious, cultural, and community service) and utilizes financial & volunteer support efficiently to serve the community better. It is my humble request Please team up with each other in perpetuating our culture and preserving our heritage. Thank you Meena Midha Chairperson 2017-2019

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Festival of India (FOI) 2019 - Invitation www.thefestivalofindia.org

Dear Friends, Festival of India 2019 is scheduled for September 21st & 22nd at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The ever-dedicated team has started the preparation and you may have already heard from an FOI team member. As you are aware, FOI is a key fund-raising activity for the Hindu Center. As always, FOI is looking for your sup-port with the souvenir book. If you have a business, please help us by supporting the souvenir book. If you or your employer would like more information on participating in the souvenir book, the FOI team would be de-lighted to meet with you and the decision makers at your employer. We can explain the complete package of benefits in sponsoring the festival and participating in the souvenir book and other activities. An event like FOI requires a tremendous amount of energy and support from our community. It is out flagship event and we need lot of people of step-up and help. We are blessed to have an amazing set of selfless and dedicated volunteers. At the same time, we need new volunteers to make the even bigger and better. We have lots of opportunities for people with different interests, skills and time commitment. Please get in touch with us or show up for a meet-ing. We would be delighted to match you with the right opportunity -- volunteering at a booth, help coordinate the event or serving on the committee. It’s a great way to help your community, meet new people and also de-velop new skills! FOI team meetings will be held on 3rd Sunday of each month from June till September. Please save these dates (July 21, Aug. 18, and Sept. 15) on your calendar. Meetings start @ 9:30 AM. For more infor-mation or to get involved, please send a message to [email protected] We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. On behalf of FOI 2019 TEAM, Sanjay Thirunagari Vijay Ramnarain Anil Jain Co-Chair Co-Chair Co-Chair

FOI Cultural Team Update

Hello Friends,

Hope that you and your families are enjoying the summer. We are happy to know that some groups are already preparing and getting ready to give their best performances at the Cultural Program of Festival Of India on the 21st and 22nd Sept, 2019.

The Cultural Team is excited to prepare for this year’s program and anticipating mind blowing entertainment. We will soon be sending you themes and competitions for this year with dates to register for the program so if you have any suggestions, please send them as soon as possible.

We would like to hear from you and as always, all suggestions are most welcome. We will try our best to accom-modate all good suggestions and implement new ideas.

Please send email at FOI Cultural Team <[email protected]> to get added in the group email an-nouncements.

If anyone interested in joining the cultural team please let us know as well.

Looking forward to hearing from you. FOI Cultural Team <[email protected]>

Cultural Team Festival Of India 2019

http://www.thefestivalofindia.org

7 July

OUTSTANDING LIFE SERVICE TO HCV

The Program as approved by the Board of Directors of HCV in 2015 is designed to continue every year. As you are aware the awardees for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 were Dr. Manikoth Kurup, Dr. Narsimha Chari and Mr. Inder Midha, Mrs Veena Kukreja respectively. This year’s Selection Committee is soliciting nominations for the award for the year 2018. The nominations should reach the following address by October 31, 2019. Each nomination should accompany a short statement as to why the nominee deserves the award. Otherwise, just a name of the nominee should suffice. Selection Committee will gather the relevant information. By Mail: Sid Kere, 7830 Marylea Road, Richmond, Va. 23225. Email: [email protected]. The Committee provides the following general criteria for the recommendations: “A person who is or was a member in good standing, who made significant contributions to the pursuit of the main ideals or principles of the Hindu Center of Virginia. These ideals include community awareness of Hindu principles and culture, growth of the center as a place of worship and knowledge for the Richmond and surround-ing communities and is a person of good character and moral principles.”

Bhal Patel Sid Kere Committee Chairman. Committee Secretary.

mailto:[email protected]

8 July

Classes offered at Hindu Center

For more details,contact [email protected] or use contact info below

Class Contact Phone Email

Dance (Bharathanatyam) Uma Chetty 804.364.1686 [email protected]

Dance (Kuchipudi) Sudha Vadlamani 804.651.9248 [email protected]

Dance(Bharatanatyam) Ashwini Manjunath 804. 564.5005 [email protected]

Marathi Class Murty Nadgouda Sameer Athale

804.305.1520 804.512.8948

[email protected]

Hindi Class Dileep Dwivedi 804.346.3463 [email protected]

Technology Classes Vadi Ponpandian 804.484.9178 [email protected]

Yoga Ravi Menon 804.346.9954 [email protected]

HCV Jain Pathshala for kids Pathshala teachers 804.965.6208 [email protected]

Adult Jain Study Classes Smita Jain / Pritesh Mutha

[email protected]

VYO Religious classes (Hindu and Pustimarg)

Kartik Talati / Kayur Sheth

804.683.1918 [email protected]

Richmond Tamil School Richmond Tamil Sangam [email protected]

Religious / Spiritiual values Hindu Center 804.346.9954 [email protected]

Visual Arts Neelima Ganta 804.716.2820 [email protected]

Telugu class Subbaraju S Ramprasad S

517. 803.6675 734. 883.3900 [email protected]

HCV requests 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 [email protected]












9 July

Puja Calendar for August 2019

Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi

We thank all devotees & members for supporting our temple. HCV requests everyone ( all club 500 & Corporate

members) to pay membership for 2019.

Date Time Event







Sun 08/04 10:00 AM Snatra Puja


Sun 08/04 12:15 PM Bhajans by Neilkanth Bhatt





Tue 08/06 5:45 PM Sundarakand




Fri 08/09 6:30 PM Varamahalakshmi Vratam & Mahalakshmi Abishekam





Sun 08/11 11:00 AM Ganesha Abhishekam

Sun 08/11 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 08/11 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna




Mon 08/12 6:45 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)


Wed 08/14 7:00 AM Rig Upakarma, Yejur Upakarma


Wed 08/14 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja)


Fri 08/16 Chandi Homam (8/16 - 8/18) please see flyer

Date Time Event


Fri 08/16 7:00 PM Bhavana






Sun 08/18 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa


Sun 08/18 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam (Sankata Hara Cha-turthi)





Thu 08/22 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)


Fri 08/23 7:00 PM Krishna Janmashtami






Sun 08/25 12:15 PM Amritvani




Tue 08/27 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)









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Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road Glen Allen, VA 23060

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

www.therichmondtemple.org

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