Hindu Temple and Cultural Center

Krishna Mandir Spring 2016

Mahalakshmi Summer 2016

Ram Parivar Mandir Jain Mandir Summer 2016

1. At exit 26, take ramp right for SR-527

toward Bothell / Mill Creek 0.3 mi

2. Turn right onto SR-527 / Bothell Everett

Hwy 1.1 mi

3. Turn right onto SR-524 / Maltby Rd 1.4 mi

4. Turn right onto 39th Ave SE 0.5 mi

5. Turn right onto 212th St SE 0.1 mi

6. Arrive at 3818 212th St SE, Bothell,

Weekdays

(Mon-Fri)

8:00 AM– 2:00 PM

6:30 PM—8:30 PM

Weekends 10:00 AM—8:30 PM

Directions to the Temple (I-405)

Priest Service Availability

Priest services for individual poojas (in temple or at

home) is available by contacting at phone: 425-483-7115

or email to officemanagers@htccwa.org

Key focus is on the (1) Krishna Mandir (2) Jain Mandir (3) Vaikuntha Rajagopuram and (4)

Utsav Moorthies Our plans for 2016 are to focus on the following:

Complete Vaikuntha to the extent logistically possible. This would include:

Complete Krishna Mandir

Complete Jain Mandir

Bring Lakshmi into the Vaikuntha Wing and

Complete Rajagopuram (may move to 2017 depending on time available).

Fund raising for Kailash and beyond. For more on fund raising – see below.

Focus on enhancing the user experience. The Vaikuntha wing will get granite floors and we will focus

on ensuring that the overall experience of all the devotees are positive. Please send us your comments

for enhancing and also on how you can contribute to delivering this enhanced user experience.

Future stages of the temple – Kailash and beyond The facts:

What we have spent so far on the project: $ 5.7 MM

What we have borrowed till date: $ 1.8 MM

What our monthly mortgage payments: $ 13,000

What is our project spend in next stage of project: $ 4.5 MM

What we are projecting to borrow in the next stage: $ 2.2 MM

Projected Total outstanding debt: $ 4 MM

Projected monthly mortgage payments: $ 30,000

For this to work, we have identified the following mechanisms for you to donate and be a part of this

temple.

Option 1: Continuous donation - “Pillars of Community”

Gold Pillar Program: 4 years commitment of $108 each month (become a Donor Member)

Silver Pillar Program: 2.5 years commitment of $108 every quarter (become a Life Member)

Option 2: One time significant donation

We always welcome our large donors who donate upwards of $5000 to attain membership

levels of donor and above.

Participate in our ongoing Fundraising schemes and join us in this journey to build the

ultimate Temple of Temples in greater Seattle.

HTCC Operating Hours

HTCC Donor members Nov 2014 - 2015

HTCC is very grateful to these members who have donated

significantly over the last 12 months resulting in a change in

their membership status. These people have made a differ-

ence in the community’s ability to realize their dreams of

building the ultimate Temple of Temples in greater Seattle.

Community Leader

Rajesh Jha & Sudha Mishra

Grand Patron

Amitabh & Richa Srivastava

Patron

Subrahmanyam S & Padma S Venkata

Nitin & Mrudula Kamarkar

Grand Donor

Kulandaivel & Suganya Family

Rajesh & Shobha Manam

Ramu & Madhusri Movva

Raj & Madhur Gupta

Om K & Madhu Dwivedi

Narasimhan & Jothi Singa

Ravindra Babu & Madhavi Gurajala

Donor Lakshmi & Madhavan Family

Anupa Rajagopal

Nagendra Chemuturi & Sarada Kaligotla

Venkata Irava & Sangeetha Codla

Venkata Ramana Chamarthy

Paresh & Tejal Shah

Prakash & Sai Padmaja Bellam

Gomathi Sarma & Sankara Narayan Gopalan

Kanda S & Malar Ramasamy

Vijay & Shakuntala Tanikella

Senthil Ponnuraj & Kiruba Kathiresan

Prashanth Srinivasan

Anush & Melissa Kumar

Ajith K & Swetha Gande

Manoj & Ankita Chowdhary

Rohit & Nayana Patil

Amit Fulay & Mitika Gupta

HTCC Priest Services HTCC priests are available for all your puja

needs. Call HTCC office at: 425-483-7115 to schedule a service at home/temple.

Revenue generated will be utilized for temple construction.

Annadanam(Food sponsorship) / Flower Sponsorship

available on the day of your choice. Online donations are now accepted for all HTCC services and various donations

along with cash & check payments.

Visit www.htccwa.org or call : 425-483-7115.

Sponsor for the UTSAVA MOORTHIES. Contact

HTCC office at 425-483-7115 for

details.

HTCC Priest Services HTCC priests are available for all your puja

needs. Call HTCC office at: 425-483-7115 to schedule a service at home/temple.

Revenue generated will be utilized for temple construction.

Create a Legacy – Become a Donor Sponsor Garbha Griha or

Prime Deities Get details by contacting

HTCC Office (425-483-7115)

You can help us drive down the amount of loan we need to build…Become a

PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY !! Get details by contacting HTCC Office

(425-483-7115)

Sponsor Abharana(jewellery) for the

deities. Contact

HTCC office at 425-483-7115

for details.

Please consider donating your year-end charitable donation to HTCC and benefit

from applicable tax deductions as permitted by the law.

Visit www.htccwa.org or call 425-483-7115.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. Invest in HTCC for future

generations. HTCC relies on generosity of community members. Become a

HTCC Life member if you are not.

Become a Pillar of the Community by donating to HTCC.

425-483-7115 www.htccwa.org

Day Time Description

Tuesday Every 7:30 PM Hanuman Chalisa Program

Thursday 3rd 7:00 PM Saibaba Abhishekam

Others 7:30 PM Saibaba bhajans & Aarathi

Friday Every 9:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abhishekam

Every 7:00 PM Lalitha Sahasranama Program

Saturday

Every 10:30 AM Venkateshwara Abhishekam

1st 6:30 PM Srinivasa Kalyanam

2nd 11:00 AM Ayyappa Abhishekam

3rd 10:30 AM Hanuman Abhishekam

4th 10:30 AM Navagraha Abhishekam

5th 10:30 AM Special Homam (Check calendar)

Every 7:00 PM Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam

Sunday 2nd 2:30 PM Jain Monthly Program

Regular Weekly Programs

In Temple Services Donation

Ashtothar Archana $10.00

Abshishekam (Temple sponsored), Namakaranam,

Pushpanjali Puja, Sahasranama Archana, Samuhika Puja,

Vahana (Vehicle) Puja, Vidyarambham/Aksharaabyasam

$51.00

Annaprasanam , Navagraha Puja, Mundana—(Hair

Offering) , Shraddham $51.00

Abhishekam (Individual sponsored), Special pujas

(Satyanarayana Vratam, Lakshimi Puja), Individual Pujas

(Anniversary Puja etc), Kalyana Utsavam, Seemantham,

Upanayanam

$151.00

Our Priests Dr. Vasudeva Sharma : Dr. Vasudeva is

of Yajurveda Smartha

Sampradaya. He has a

Doctorate in

Astrology. He is

fluent in Telugu,

Tamil, Hindi and

English.

Pt. Digamber Upreti : Pt. Upreti hails

from North India

and graduated as

Shastri from Rashtriya

Sanskrit Vidhyapith,

New Delhi. He is

fluent in Hindi,

Punjabi, English and Sanskrit.

Pt. Srinivasa Bhattar : Pt. Bhattar is

from Dravida Sri

Vaishnava

Sampradaya.

He is an expert in

Dravid Veda, Nalayira

Divya Prabhandham

and Pancharathra

Agama Praveena. He is fluent in Tamil,

Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.

Pt. Vidya Sagar Deevi : Pt. Vidya Sagar

Deevi follows Vaikhanasa Agama

tradition. His

qualifications include

“Vaikhanasa Aagama

Bhattaraka”, a graduation

course from Sri

Venkateswara Vedic

University, and certification course

“Parichaya & Abhigna”. He is fluent in

Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English; speaks

little Kannada as well.

About the Calendar

Hindu Temple and Cultural Center is pleased to

release the 2016 calendar containing information needed for

the day to day usage by the devotees in the greater Seattle

Area.

Thithi: A month in the lunar calendar is the time the moon

takes for each revolution around the earth. The lunar month

is divided into two groups, called Pakshas, one when the

moon is waning (dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha) & when

the moon is waxing (bright fortnight or Shukla Paksha). Each

paksha is divided into 15 thithis. The first 14 thithis are

Sanskrit numberings from 1 to 14 (Prathama, Dwithiya etc).

The 15th thithi of Shukla Paksha is Purnima (full moon) &

the 15th of the Krishna Paksha is Amavasya (moon is not

visible as it is closes to the sun). So as lunar month consists

of 30 thithis & each thithi then corresponds to the time taken

by the moon to move 12 degrees, with respect to the sun.

Nakshatra: There are 27 Nakshatra (constellations) in the

Zodiac. A Nakshatra (shown in italics in calendar) is the

zodiac constellations in which the moon is found on the

particular day.

Timings listed in the calendar: The times listed after a

Thithi & Nakshatra are the times at which the Thithi or

Nakshatra ends. The panchanga uses the vedic definition of

day , i.e a day starts with sunrise and ends with subsequent

sunrise. Thus a thithi of 29:00 indicates that the thithi ends

before the subsequent sunrise. According to the Julian

(western) calendar, this means that thithi ends at 5:00 AM

(29:00 – 24:00) on the next day.

Festivals listed differently than in India: Hindu

festivals are generally based on the Tithi and/or Nakshatra as

per the lunar calendar (& some as per the solar calendar). For

example Rama Navami is Chaitra Shukla Navami

Madhyahna. Each thithi begins & ends at the same instant all

over the world. After correcting for the time zones , the tithi

will begin/end on different local times in different parts of

the world. Since India has little variation in terms of sunrise/

sunset, a panchanga computed for one area is generally

usable as-is throughout the country. This is not true when

festival is computed for different location on the earth say

Seattle.

Nakshatram Puja Time

Sankashatahara

Chaturthi Ganesha Abhishekam 7:00 PM

Trayodashi Rudrabhishekam 7:00 PM

Purnima Satyanarayana Puja 6:30 PM

Ardra Shiva Puja 7:30 PM

Punarvasu Rama Puja 7:30 PM

Rohini Krishna Puja 7:30 PM

Krithika Subrahmanya Abhishekam 7:00 PM

Priest Service Availability

Priest services for Individual poojas (in

temple or at home) is available by

contacting at phone: 425-483-7115 or

email to officemanagers@htccwa.org

Hindu Temple and Cultural Center

3818 212th ST SE

Bothell WA 98021

Hindu Temple and Cultural Center

3818 212th ST SE

Bothell WA 98021

Sri Prasanna Venkateshwara