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February

Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter “BHARATVANI” — February 2020

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Puja Calendar for February 2020

This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 2020.02 For March 2020 Puja calendar please refer to page 10

Day Date Time Event

Sat 2/1/2020 9:00 AM Digambar Jain Parshwanath Bhagwan Abhishek Pooja

Sat 2/1/2020 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam

Sat 2/1/2020 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting

Sat 2/1/2020 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam

Sat 2/1/2020 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam

Sun 2/2/2020 9:00 AM Venkateswara Suprabhatam

Sun 2/2/2020 10:00 AM Snatra Puja

Sun 2/2/2020 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam

Sun 2/2/2020 12:15 PM Bhajans by Neilkant Bhat

Sun 2/2/2020 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi

Sun 2/2/2020 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans

Sun 2/2/2020 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam (Karthigai)

Mon 2/3/2020 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam

Tue 2/4/2020 5:45 PM Sundarakand

Tue 2/4/2020 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa

Wed 2/5/2020 7:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam

Thu 2/6/2020 6:00 PM Pradosham - Shiva Abhishekam

Thu 2/6/2020 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam

Fri 2/7/2020 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam






Sat 2/8/2020 5:00 PM Thai Poosam (See Flyer)

Sat 2/8/2020 7:30 PM Sathyanarayana Puja



Sun 2/9/2020 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 2/9/2020 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna Mahato



Sun 2/9/2020 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam


Tue 2/11/2020 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chathurthi


Wed 2/12/2020 7:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam



Day Date Time Event








Sun 2/16/2020 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa and Bhajans by Alka Sappal






Wed 2/19/2020 7:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sahasranamam

Thu 2/20/2020 6:00 PM Pradosham - Shiva Abhishekam


Fri 2/21/2020 9:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Fri 2/21/2020 5:30 PM Maha Shivarathri (See Flyer)








Sun 2/23/2020 12:00 PM Amritvani














Temple request to devotees: For booking puja in the temple or at your home, send email to [email protected]. Unless you receive confirmation from [email protected], your puja service request is not confirmed

Please pay for all religious services at front desk so we can provide you with proper and timely receipts. In absence of front desk volunteer, please use the envelope at the front desk for cash or checks. Payments with credit cards may be done through the computer at the kiosk. Please refer to puja list posted on temple website at http:// therichmondtemple.org/StaticContentMenu.aspx? PN=Puja_Rates.htm for more details.

mailto:[email protected]


http://therichmondtemple.org/StaticContentMenu.aspx?PN=Puja_Rates.htm

2 February

3 February

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]












4 February

Holi Program Details Sunday March, 8th from 12 -3 PM: Hindu Center is hosting Holi Cultural Celebrations on Sunday March, 8th from 12 -3 PM. Colors will be available for a nominal price at HCV. Please car pool for this event as there will be a parking fee for this event. Snacks and Lunch will be available at HCV canteen. Please pass this information to those who may be interested. Please come and enjoy the Holi cel-ebrations with friends and family at your Hindu Center of Virginia.

For Information Contact: Padma Kancherla 804-874-2858 Karthik Talati 804-683-1918 Badri Pulavarthi 804-306-1494 Sanjay Thirunagari 804-868-0049 Murali Chemudupati 804-627-2702 Kedar Thoota 804-543-5559

5 February

Omkara Lingam open for Abhishekam from

7:00 am to 11:00 am and 5:00 pm to 11:45 pm

Temple Open till Midnight

Canteen Open

6:00 pm to 10:30 pm

The Richmond Temple Celebrates

Shivarathri

ON Friday, February 21st

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS : Whole Puja $101 Trisathi Archana $51 Abhishekam $51 Archana $11

FOR DETAILS CALL: Kedar: 543-5559 Pt Kannan: 502-8791 Thirumal: 833-3139 Pt Rajagopal: 549-1492 Murali: 627-2702 Pt Abhay: 315-560-0853 Temple: 346-9954 Pt Prasad: 665-4320

Devotees can participate in chanting of namakam, chamakam and suktams during Abhishekam

Devotees are requested to Carpool — Please do not Park in the Church across the Temple

Pooja Details: 6:00 PM Sankalpam for Maha Abhishekam 6:15 PM Maha Abhishekam 6:45 PM Alankaram & Bhajans 7:15 PM Trisathi Archana & Ashtotharam 7:45 PM Mantrapushpam & Maha Mangala Aarthi 8:00 PM— 9:00 PM Archanas 9:00 PM Sankalpam 9:15 PM Abhishekam & Alankaram

6 February

7 February

8 February

Club 500

Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple by becom-

ing 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 Bha-

ratvani & Temple Lobby monitor. For more infor-

mation, please contact: Rakesh Gupta, Brij Mago,

Vijay Ramnarain, Sanjay Thirunagari.

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.” The following member(s) paid the

Club 500 donations recently.

Pramod Mohanty

9 February

10 February

Puja Calendar for March 2020

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

Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi Pt. Ampolu Venkata Satya Prasad

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 infor-

mation, please visit: www.therichmondtemple.org/publicationandnewsletters.aspx

Day Date Time Event



Sun 3/1/2020 12:15 PM Bhajans by Neilkant Bhat





Tue 3/3/2020 5:45 PM Sundarakand









Sat 3/7/2020 5:00 PM Masti Bhari Shaam

Sat 3/7/2020 6:00 PM Pradosham - Shiva Abhishekam




Sun 3/8/2020 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 3/8/2020 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna Mahato




Sun 3/8/2020 12:00 PM Holi Cultural Event

Sun 3/8/2020 7:00 PM Holika Dahan

Sun 3/8/2020 7:00 PM Sathyanarayana Puja




Thu 3/12/2020 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chathurthi







Day Date Time Event




Sun 3/15/2020 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa and Bhajans by Alka Sappal













Sat 3/21/2020 6:00 PM Pradosham - Shiva Abhishekam




Sun 3/22/2020 12:00 PM Amritvani






Tue 3/24/2020 6:30 PM Ugadi / Gudi Padwa





Sat 3/28/2020 9:30 AM Akhand Ramayan Paath Starts




Sun 3/29/2020 1:30 PM Akhand Ramayan Paath Concludes





We thank all Corporate Members who have paid their dues through 2019.and request anyone who has not paid to remit payment to become current through 2020. If you need help, please contact [email protected].


11 February

12 February

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

February 2020 Return Service Requested

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