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October

2 October

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

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Puja Calendar for October 2019

Date Time Event

Tue 10/01 6:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa

Wed 10/02 6:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam

Thu 10/03 6:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam

Fri 10/04 6:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Fri 10/04 7:00 PM Deepa Puja

Sat 10/05 9:00 AM Digambar Jain Parshwanath Bhagwan Abhishek Pooja

Sat 10/05 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam

Sat 10/05 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting

Sat 10/05 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam

Sat 10/05 4:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam

Sat 10/05 5:00 PM Mata Jagaran

Sun 10/06 10:00 AM Snatra Puja

Sun 10/06 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam

Sun 10/06 11:30 AM Durga Havan

Sun 10/06 12:15 PM Batukamma Pooja

Sun 10/06 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi

Sun 10/06 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans

Sun 10/06 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam

Mon 10/7 5:30 PM Shiva Abishekam

Mon 10/7 6:30 PM Vijaya Dashami / Dussehra - See Flyer

Tue 10/8 9:00 AM Purattasi Shravanam - See flyer

Tue 10/8 5:45 PM Sundarakand



Thu 10/10 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)



Sat 10/12 9:00 AM Digambar Jain Parshwanath Bhagwan Abhishek Pooja





Sat 10/12 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja)

Sun 10/13 11:00 AM Ganesha Abhishekam

Sun 10/13 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 10/13 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna





Date Time Event



Wed 10/16 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)

Thu 10/17 5:30 PM Karwa Chauth & Sankata Hara Chaturthi



Fri 10/18 7:00 PM Bhavana

Sat 10/19 9:00 AM Digambar Jain Parshwanath Bhagwan Ab-hishek Pooja






Sun 10/20 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa








Fri 10/25 9:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Fri 10/25 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)

Fri 10/25 7:00 PM Dhan Teras






Sat 10/26 6:00 PM Diwali Fireworks - see flyer

Sun 10/27 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam & Murugan Abishekam

Sun 10/27 12:15 PM Amritvani



Sun 10/27 6:30 PM Diwali Puja—See Flyer


Mon 10/28 6:30 PM Skanda Sashti Begins

Mon 10/28 7:45 PM Annakut




Please note that timings of some of the regular Pujas and Abhishekams have been adjusted to accommodate major festivals

For October 2019 Puja calendar please refer to page 9 Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi Pt. Ampolu Venkata Satya Prasad

3 October

4 October

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

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, Mr. In-der Midha and Mrs Veena Kukreja respectively. This year’s Selection Committee is soliciting nominations for the award for the year 2019. 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]

5 October

Club 500

Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple by becoming a

member of "Club 500” group. I will be serving as the future

contact for the Club 500 membership. Thanks to Munmayaji

for his efforts with Club 500 fundraising activity over the past

few years. If you have not already made your donation for

2019 or previous years please do so before the end of the year.

Thank you and God bless you!

Very Best,

Rakesh Gupta

Note: Donors’ Names published monthly in Bharatvani &

Temple Lobby monitor. For more information, please

contact: Rakesh Gupta, 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.

Pramod Mohanty

Sid Kere

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 2019.10

Festival of India 2019 Team

&

Volunteers

Festival Of India—2019 Volunteer Appreciation & Reception Dinner October 11th Friday 7:00 pm At HCV Community Hall See you all at the Dinner

6 October

HINDU CENTER OF VIRGINIA

Karwa

Chauth

Thursday, October

17th, 2019

5:30 P. M.

Sponsorhip : Ganapathi Puja $11.00

For Details Contact Temple 346-9954 Kusum Jain 746-5103 Alpana Patek 706 4965

Uma Dhingra 937-1982 Anju Jain 833-4114 Kartik Talati 683-1918

Performs

FOR DETAILS CONTACT: Temple 346-9954, Thirumala Areti 364-6525, Murali Chemudupati

627-2702 Lakshmi Suresh 515-8987, Kartik Talati 683-1918,

Pooja Schedule

6:00 PM - Sankalpam

6:05 PM - Lakshmi Ab-hishekam

6:30 PM - Alankaram and Bhajans

7:00 PM - Ashtotaram/Archana

7:15 PM - Mantrapushpam/Aarti

The Richmond Temple

Celebrates

Diwali Sunday October 27th, 2019

Sponsorship: Archana $11, Abhishekam $51, Entire Pooja: $101

Canteen will be open during the evening

on Diwali

7 October

The Richmond Temple

Hosting Diwali Fireworks on Sat Oct 26th

Hindu Center is hosting Diwali Fireworks on Saturday, Oct 26th, 2019 from 6-9 PM. Please do not bring any fireworks from outside fireworks will be available at HCV which are approved by Henrico fire department. Please car pool for this event as there will be a parking fee for this event. Dinner and Snacks will be available at HCV canteen. Please pass this information to those who may be interested. Please come and enjoy the Di-wali celebrations with friends and family at your Hindu Center of Virginia

8 October

Annakut is celebrated on the day after Diwali. In his childhood, Lord Krishna saved Vrindavan from the wrath of Indra by lifting the mount Govardhan. This episode was celebrated by the villagers of Vrindavan with a sumptuous feast and thus began the tradition of Annakut. Srimad Bhagwatam says: - After lifting of the huge Sri Govardhan Parvat for continuous seven days prior to Diwali, the Lord put it back on earth & asked the citizens to worship the mountain. Shri Krishnaji then appeared in two forms. One was in the form of Sri Goverdhan hillock itself, i.e. deity to be worshiped and as second as resident to offer food to Him. After the prayers, traditional worship & Aarti, innumerable varieties of delicious sweets/ all cooking / 56 bhogs were ceremoniously raised in the form of a mountain before the deity as “Bhog” and after Lord had it full , now it was citizens turn to approach the Mountain of Food and take Prasad from it. It was a Great Feast for residents of Goverdhan & they all enjoyed it thoroughly. Thus, this day is also observed as Annakut meaning mountain of food. The devotees offer their gratitude to Lord Krishna for his blessings in making their lives complete. People cook fifty-six or 108 different types of food for the bhog (the offering of food) to Krishna. In temples especially in Mathura and Nathdwara, the deities are given milk bath, dressed in shining attires with ornaments of dazzling diamonds, pearls, rubies and other precious stones. Volunteers can offer neivedya /sweet prepared by them in traditional way for this blessed occasion. Items can be made ahead. Important thing is that you need to make a dish with your own hands and offer to God. Please do remember— No garlic or onions should be used and make any dish that is special to your tradition.

The Richmond Temple

Celebrates Annakut

Monday October 28th, 2019 Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Pooja Schedule

7:45 PM - Annakut Puja 8:00 PM - Vaishnav Path (sloka) 8:15 PM - Bhajans 9:00 PM - Aarti

FOR DETAILS CONTACT: Temple (804) 346-9954, Kartik Talati 683-1918,

Bina Shah 527-6564, Bhal Patel 360-7790, Ila Patel 364-1528

Pooja Schedule Sankalpam, Ashtothram, Sashti Kavacham, Ratham, Bhajans, Aarti October 28th: 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM October 29th—November 1st: 7:00 PM—8:00 PM Maha Sashti—Saturday November 2nd

6:00 PM Purappadau (Procession)

6:15 PM Soora Samharam

6:45 PM Sankalpam

7:00 PM Kartikeya Abishekam

7:30 PM Alankaram, Skanda Sashti Kavacham and Bhajans

8:00 PM Sri Kartikeya Ashtotharam

8:30 PM Nada bindu

The Richmond Temple

FOR DETAILS CONTACT:

Temple: 346-9954 Venkat Chettiar: 346-8238 Periyakaruppan 925-895-2103 Lakshmi Sridhar: 741-0817 Thiaga Subramanian: 217-9911 Sekar Veerappan: 754-4245 Pranathi: 291-8974

Celebrates SKANDA SASHTI

October 28th to November 2nd, 2019

Sponsorship Daily Puja: $25 (each day) Maha Sashti / Entire Ceremony $101, Abhishekam: $51, Archana: $11

Sponsors please arrive 15 minutes early

9 October

Puja Calendar for November 2019

Date Time Event


Sat 11/2 9:00 AM Temple Anniversary (Jain pujas)


Sat 11/2 11:00 AM Puja and Dhawaja ceremony (Jain)




Sat 11/2 6:00 PM Maha Sashti - Soora Samharam - See Flyer

Sun 11/3 9:00 AM Temple Anniversary - See Flyer




Tue 11/5 5:45 PM Sundarakand










Sat 11/9 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)

Sun 11/10 10:00 AM Snatra Puja


Sun 11/10 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna Mahato




Mon 11/11 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja) - Karthika Poornima


Tue 11/12 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)



Fri 11/15 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chaturthi


Fri 11/15 7:00 PM Bhavana

Date Time Event







Sun 11/17 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa




Sun 11/17 7:00 PM Mandala Puja Begins











Sat 11/23 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)


Sun 11/24 12:00 PM Amritvani














10 October

11 October

You are cordially invited by Sikh Association of Central Virginia to celebrate 550 year legacy of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, which is world’s 5th largest monotheistic faith. Selfless service of Humanity, Honest living, Human rights and Equality of Mankind are pillars of

Sikh Faith.

Daily events from November 11-17 4500 Marty Boulevard Richmond, VA 23234

For details on events please

Visit: www.richmondsikhgurdwara.org

for more information

Email: [email protected]

http://www.richmondsikhgurdwara.org

mailto:[email protected]

12 October

HCV will conducting Raas Garba in the Cultural Hall from 8 PM onwards on Saturday October 5th 2019 Please join for this cultural celebrations.

13 October

14 October

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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