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August

Puja Calendar for August. See 3 for September Puja Calendar.

Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter “BHARATVANI” — August 2018

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Wed, 08/01 7:00pm Sree Krishna Abishekham & Vishnu Sahasrana-mam

Thu, 08/02 7:00pm Sree Rama Abishekham

Fri, 08/03 7.00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham

Sat, 08/04 11:00am Balaji Abishekham

Sat, 08/04 12:15pm Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting

Sat, 08/04 1:00pm Navagraha Abishekham

Sat, 08/04 6:00pm Lord Ayyappa Abishekham

Sun, 08/05 10:00am Snatra pooja

Sun, 08/05 11:00am Ganesha Abishekam

Sun, 08/05 12:15pm Bhajans by Neelkanth Bhatt

Sun, 08/05 1:00pm Maha Mangala Aarathi

Sun, 08/05 5:00pm Lord Jagannath Abishekham and Bhajans

Sun, 08/05 6:00pm Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham )

Mon, 08/06 6:45pm Shiva Abishekam

Tue, 08/07 5:45pm Sundarkand

Tue, 08/07 7:00pm Hanuman Chalisa

Wed, 08/08 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)



Fri, 08/10 7:00pm Mahalakshmi Abishekham






Sun, 08/12 11:30am Havan

Sun, 08/12 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna



Sun, 08/12 6:00pm Murugan Abishekham

Mon, 08/13 6:00pm Aadi Pooram (Andal Abishekam)






Fri, 08/17 7:00pm Bhavana






Sun, 08/19 12:15pm Durga Chalisa







Thu, 08/23 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)


Fri, 08/24 Varamahalakshmi Vratam (info only)

Fri, 08/24 Onam (info only)

Fri, 08/24 Rig Upakarma (info Only)

Fri, 08/24 6:00pm Sravanam (Balaji Abisehkam)


Sat, 08/25 Yejur Upakarma (Info Only)





Sat, 08/25 7:00pm Poornima (Satyanarayana pooja)


Sun, 08/26 12:15pm Amritvani






Wed, 08/29 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi




We thank all members for supporting your temple and request everyone (including Corporate members) to pay membership fee

for 2018.

2 August

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.

This newsletter is produced by:

Hindu Center of Virginia

6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060

Publication Frequency: Monthly

Issue Number 2018.08

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 encourages oth-

ers to join this unique club: “Club 500.”

The following new members (or renewing members)

paid the Club 500 dues 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 Cen-

ter of Virginia

Contact our internationally-certified Yoga instructor, Ravi

Menon by email at [email protected] for more informa-

tion or just show up before the class.

3 August

Dear Community Member,

We are pleased to share that with your enthusiastic support, we crossed the

halfway mark and received $179k in pledges in support of our community

hall and kitchen project. We need a little over $21k in donations to start the

project. We are over 3000+ strong community in Greater Richmond area.

This means if every community member donates $25, we will reach our re-

maining goal by the end of this month. Donate generously and proudly be-

come 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 infor-

mation, we can be reache d at 804.868.0049 (Sanjay) or 804.739-1246 (Inder).

Sincerely,

Sanjay Thirunagari Inder Midha

Chair - Fund Raising Committee Fund Raising Committee

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

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

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Festival of India (FOI) 2018

www.thefestivalofindia.org

Dear Friends, The Festival of India 2018 is scheduled for September 29th & 30th at the Greater Richmond Convection Center from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00pm. The FOI team has already started working on the souvenir book and is looking for your support. We invite you to contact businesses that you deal with, as well your employers and ask for them to place an advertisement in the book. Let us know if you or your employer would like to participate in supporting the souvenir book. If your employer would like the to meet the FOI team and have us explain the complete package of benefits in sponsoring the festival and participating in the souvenir book and we will be glad to meet with them. New volunteers are always welcome. Please contact us if you would like to explore the various opportunities for volunteering at the event or serving on the committee. Thank you and we look forward to your participation and making this year’s Festival of India a very successful one. If you need additional information about the souvenir book, please contact Shardul Pandya at [email protected]. For in-formation about the Festival of India, visit our website at www.thefestivalofindia.org, or call and leave a message at (804) 337-3445.. Thank you FOI 2018 – TEAM

http://www.thefestivalofindia.org/

7 August

FOI Cultural Team Update

We are preparing for the 2018 grand show on 29th and 30th of Sept. at the Richmond Center.

We invite all dance teachers, choreographers, dance directors, teams, all participants along with their families to

come and show their amazing creativity on the stage. We appreciate your time and support for the excellent cultural

program. Website will be updated soon with all detailed rules and regulations. We have few changes this year so

please pay close attention to these.

Last Day of Entries (without late fees) - Sunday, September 9th, 2018 (11:59 PM)

Last Day of Entries (with late fees) - Sunday, September 16th, 2018 (11:59 PM)

Many of you have been asking and eagerly waiting to hear the competitions themes this year.

Competitions categories for 2018 FOI are as follows:

1. Innocent Feet: Choose sweet and upbeat baalgeet in any language and perform the group dance. Children’s

songs from movies or nursery rhymes are allowed. Any dance form or instrumental performance is allowed. No

singing is allowed. Emphasize on costumes and props.

Ages 5-8 years; Time: 8 min max. Minimum of 4 participants

2. Got dance? : Divide the participants into at least two teams and show who is better or different! Example:

choose songs that show battle between girls and boys OR “young” and “Not so young”. Use creativity to show

battles between the two and prove who can dance better, move better, laugh better, play better, and so on. This

category should show humorous as well as entertaining factor. Use vibrant costumes and props. Any dance form

or instrumental performance is allowed. No singing is allowed.

Ages: 6-13; Time: 8 min max. Minimum of 4 participants

3. Romance in Cinema: Indian cinema is big on romantic songs. Show your creativity in performance on the stage

using famous romantic songs from movies. Choose songs with most entertaining value and show different moods

of love, passion, ardor, adoration, affection, devotion, attachment. Any dance form and instrumental perform-

ance is allowed. Use appropriate costumes and props to show the talent.

Ages 14 and above; Time: 8 min max. Minimum of 4 participants

4. Folk competition: Choose folk songs from regional languages or from movies and show the Indian folk dances

with vibrant colors. Mixing of more than one folk style is allowed. Emphasize on costumes, typical folk dances

and props.

Age Groups: 8-13 and 14 and up; Time: 6 min max. Minimum of 4 participants

5. "Storytime": Pick any story from Indian culture and show it in the form of dance drama. The story can be reli-

gious, mythical, historical, patriotic or any famous folk lore. Examples: Story of Radha Krishna, Jatayu, Bhagat

Singh, Meera, JalyianwalaBaug, Satyagraha, Laila-Majnu, Sohni-Mahiwal, Taj Mahal, Ganesh and Kartikeya

etc. or any regional folk story. Show the story with creative props and artistic performance. Movie songs or

scenes are allowed.

Ages: All ages from 6 and above. Time 10 min max. Minimum of 4 participants

There are more interesting changes developing and will be coming this year at the cultural program. Stay tuned for

more info.

Our web page is http://www.thefestivalofindia.org/welcomeculturalprogram.asp. Please send your questions, con-

cerns and ideas to [email protected]

With much gratitude,

2018 FOI Cultural team

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Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra

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10 August

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 and 2017 were Dr. Manikoth Kurup, Dr. Narsimha Chari and Mr. Inder

Midha, respectively.

This year’s Selection Committee is soliciting nominations for the award for the year 2018. The nominations

should reach the following address by September 30, 2018. Each nomination should accompany a short state-

ment as to why the nominee deserves the award. Otherwise, just a name of the nominee should suffice. Selec-

tion 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.”

Brij Mago Sid Kere Committee Chairman. Committee Secretary.

mailto:[email protected]

11 August

Class Contact Phone Email

Dance (Bharathanatyam) Uma Chetty 804 364 1686 [email protected]

Bala Vikas (Religious Class) Radhika Thirunagari 804 270 2326 [email protected]

Dance (Kuchipudi) Sudha Vadlamani 804 651 9248 [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]

DadaBhagwan Satsang Richmond Team 877-505-DADA

Ext 1031 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

Classes offered at Hindu Center For more details,contact [email protected] or use contact info below











12 August

Puja Calendar for September

Sat, 09/01 12:00pm Saraswathi Pooja (beginning of school)



Sat, 09/01 7:00pm Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham )

Sun, 09/02 10:00am Snatra pooja


Sun, 09/02 12:15pm Bhajans by Neelkanth Bhatt




Sun, 09/02 7:00pm Krishna Janmashtami (see flyer inside)


Tue, 09/04 5:45pm Sundarkand



Thu, 09/06 Paryushan Begins


Fri, 09/07 9:00am Mahalakshmi Abishekham

Fri, 09/07 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)






Sun, 09/09 11:30am Havan

Sun, 09/09 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna






Tue, 09/11 Hartalika Teej (Info Only)


Wed, 09/12 7:00pm Ganesh Chaturthi (see flyer inside)


Thu, 09/13 Paryushan Ends

Fri, 09/14 Daslakshna Pooja Begins







Sun, 09/16 12:15pm Durga Chalisa







Thu, 09/20 9:00am Sravanam (Balaji Abisehkam)



Fri, 09/21 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)






Sun, 09/23 12:15pm Amritvani




Sun, 09/23 5:30pm Ganesh Visarjan

Sun, 09/23 Daslakshna Pooja Ends


Mon, 09/24 7:00pm Poornima (Satyanarayana pooja)





Fri, 09/28 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi

Fri, 09/28 7:00pm Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham )





Sat, 09/29 Festival of India


Sun, 09/30 12:15pm Bhajans by Peri & Group




Sun, 09/30 Festival of India

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

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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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