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

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2 October

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 2018.10

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.

Prabhakar Hari

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.

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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

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



Tue 10/09 7:30pm Navarathri Begins (see flyer inside)




Fri 10/12 7:00pm Deepa Puja





Sat 10/13 Raas Garba


Sun 10/14 11:30am Durga havan

Sun 10/14 12:15pm Bathukamma pooja






Tue 10/16 Durga Ashtami


Wed 10/17 Maha Navami

Thu 10/18 8:30am Purattasi Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam)


Thu 10/18 6:30pm Vijay Dasami / Dussehra


Fri 10/19 7:00pm Bhavana





Sat 10/20 5:00pm Mata Jagran (see flyer inside)

Sun 10/21 9:30am Ram Parivar Mukut Puja




Sun 10/21 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)



Tue 10/23 7:00pm Poornima (Satyanarayana pooja)

Wed 10/24 9:00am Annabishekam (Tula Poornima)




Fri 10/26 7:00pm Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekam )





Sat 10/27 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi


Sun 10/28 12:15pm Amritvani




Sun 10/28 5:30pm Karwa Chauth (see flyer inside)




Puja Calendar for October. See Page 16 for November Puja Calendar.

We thank all members for supporting your temple and request everyone (including Corporate members) to pay membership fee for 2018.

4 October

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 mak-

ing 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 re-

maining 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 infor-

mation, we can be reached 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

HINDU CENTER OF VIRGINIA

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http://www.HinduCenterOfVirginia.Org

5 October

6 October

THE RICHMOND TEMPLE CELEBRATES

DEVI NAVARATHRI

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Through

Thursday, October 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, October 20th — 5 to 8 PM

DEEPA PUJA Sponsor $31

Friday, October 12th — 7:00 PM

(Temple will provide required items)

DURGA HAVAN Sponsor $101

Sunday, October 14th — 11:30 AM

(Temple will provide required items)

VIJAYA DASAMI Sponsor $21

Thursday, October 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

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

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Thank you to volunteers and devotees for their enthusi-

astic participation and support during Ganesh

Chaturthi celebrations.

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Class Contact Phone Email

Dance (Bharathanatyam) Uma Chetty 804 364 1686 [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

mailto:[email protected]









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15 October

Puja Calendar for November



Sat 11/03 Jain Anniversary





Sun 11/04 9:00am Temple Anniversary

Sun 11/04 12:15pm Bhajans by Neelkanth Bhatt


Sun 11/04 3:30pm Snatra pooja



Sun 11/04 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)

Sun 11/04 7:00pm Dhan Teras


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 7:00pm Skanda Sashti Begins (see flyer inside)


Thu 11/08 6:30pm Skanda Sashti 2nd Day

Thu 11/08 7:30pm Annakut (see flyer inside)


Fri 11/09 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 3rd Day





Sat 11/10 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 4th Day

Sat 11/10 Diwali Cultural Program


Sun 11/11 11:30am Havan

Sun 11/11 12:15pm Bhajans by Krishna



Sun 11/11 7:00pm Skanda Sashti 5th Day

Mon 11/12 9:00am Shiva Abishekam

Mon 11/12 6:15pm Maha Sashti (Soora Samharam)


Wed 11/14 6:00pm Sravanam (Balaji Abishekam)



Fri 11/16 9:00am Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Fri 11/16 5:30pm Bhavana

Fri 11/16 7:00pm Mandalakala Aramba Pooja






Sun 11/18 12:15pm Durga Chalisa





Tue 11/20 6:00pm Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)




Thu 11/22 6:30pm Karthigai Deepam (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)

Thu 11/22 7:30pm Karthika Purnima (Satyanarayana pooja)







Sun 11/25 12:15pm Amritvani




Sun 11/25 6:00pm Sankata Hara Chaturthi






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:

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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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