Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter “BHARATVANI” — March 2019 Like us: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=201639063192035

Date Time Event Date Time Event Fri 03/01 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Sun 03/17 11:00 AM Abishekam Sat 03/02 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam Sun 03/17 12:15 PM Chalisa Sat 03/02 12:15 PM Hare , Hare Chanting Sun 03/17 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Sat 03/02 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam Sun 03/17 5:00 PM Lord Abishekam and Sat 03/02 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sun 03/17 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam Sun 03/03 10:00 AM Snatra Mon 03/18 6:45 PM Pradosham ( Abishekam) Sun 03/03 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam Tue 03/19 6:00 PM Chalisa Sree Krishna Abishekam & Sa- Sun 03/03 12:15 PM Bhajans by Neilkanth Bhatt Wed 03/20 6:00 PM hasranamam Sun 03/03 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Wed 03/20 7:00 PM Sun 03/03 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Wed 03/20 Panguni Uthiram (info only) Sun 03/03 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam Wed 03/20 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja) Sun 03/03 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) Thu 03/21 Poornima Mon 03/04 5:30 PM Maha Sivaratri Thu 03/21 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam Tue 03/05 5:45 PM Sundarakand Fri 03/22 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Tue 03/05 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa Sat 03/23 12:00 PM Holi Celebration (See Flyer) Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- Wed 03/06 7:00 PM Sat 03/23 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam hasranamam Thu 03/07 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam Sat 03/23 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Fri 03/08 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Sat 03/23 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam Sat 03/09 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam Sat 03/23 5:30 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sat 03/09 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sat 03/23 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chaturthi Sat 03/09 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam Sun 03/24 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam Sat 03/09 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sun 03/24 12:15 PM Amritvani Sun 03/10 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam Sun 03/24 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Sun 03/10 11:30 AM Havan Sun 03/24 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sun 03/24 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam Sun 03/10 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna Mon 03/25 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam Sun 03/10 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Tue 03/26 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa Sun 03/10 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- Wed 03/27 7:00 PM Sun 03/10 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam hasranamam Mon 03/11 5:30 PM Shiva Abishekam Thu 03/28 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam Mon 03/11 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham) Fri 03/29 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Tue 03/12 6:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa Sat 03/30 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- Wed 03/13 7:00 PM Sat 03/30 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting hasranamam Thu 03/14 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam Sat 03/30 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam Sat 03/30 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Fri 03/15 6:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Fri 03/15 7:00 PM Bhavana Sun 03/31 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam Sat 03/16 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam Sun 03/31 12:15 PM Bhajans Sat 03/16 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sun 03/31 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Sat 03/16 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam Sun 03/31 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans Sat 03/16 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam Sun 03/31 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam For April 2019 Puja calendar please refer to page 10 March

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 members paid the Club 500 donations recently.

Padmasree Kancharla Yogesh Jain Brij Mago Ruchi & Vivek Sharma Shreyank Tripathi

Club 500 Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple and be a member of the "Club 500.” This is a wonderful way to help your temple. Please make your donation for 2019 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.

Bharathi

• Seniors(65+): Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. in the new temple base- ment (FREE)

• Advanced students: Sundays, 7:00 a.m. in the main communi- ty 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.

Mahamangala Aarti every day at 7:30pm. Devo- tees are encouraged to join for Mahamangala aarti.

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.

This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 201903

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The Richmond Temple Program Schedule 9:00 AM Suprabatham 9:30 AM Sankalpam 9:45 AM Pancha Kalasa Abishekam 10:00 AM Sri Rama Abishekam Sri & Rama Kalyanam 10:15 AM Alamkaram and Bhajans on SATURDAY, April 13, 2019 10:30 AM Procession 11:00 AM Exchange of Garlands and Swing 11:30 AM Sankalpam and Vishwaksena Aaradhana 11:45 AM Punyahavachanam 12:00 PM Muhurtham 12:45 PM Archana/Ash0tthram 1:00 PM Bhog & Mantrapushpam 1:15 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi Sponsorship Details Bride’s/Groom’s Family: $501 Kalyanam: $251; Annadhanam: $251 Sankalpa : $101 Abishekam: $51; Archana $11

FOR DETAILS CONTACT:

Pt Kannan 672-2254, Pt.Rajgopal 549-1492, Pt Abhay 315-560-0853, Temple 346-9954, Jeevan Ramagiri 364-3728, Sarojini Deevi 794 -8062, Ram Gupta 781-1696, Kedar Thoota 543-5559, Vinit Patil 219-6759 Thirumal Areti 364-6525, Shiv Khanna 739-4342

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Thanks for all the supporters, volunteers and performers for a huge success of Masti Bhari Shaam held on 2/23, with this encouragement and love we will try to bring more exciting entertaining programs in future. Puja Photos

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Hindu Center is hosting Holi Cultural Celebrations on Saturday March, 23rd from 12 -3 PM. Please do not bring colors from outside, 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.

Thanks for all sponsors, per- formers and volunteers for a memorable musical event Masti Bhari Shaam held on 2/23.

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Puja Calendar for April 2019

Date Time Event Date Time Event 4/1/2019 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam 4/18/2019 6:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam 4/2/2019 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) 4/18/2019 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja) 4/2/2019 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa 4/19/2019 6:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- 4/19/2019 7:00 PM Bhavana 4/3/2019 7:00 PM hasranamam 4/20/2019 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam 4/4/2019 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam 4/20/2019 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting 4/5/2019 9:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abishekam 4/20/2019 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam 4/5/2019 6:00 PM / (See Flyer Inside) 4/20/2019 5:30 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 4/6/2019 9:30 AM Akhand Ramayan Path Starts (See Flyer In- 4/20/2019 10:00 AM Snatra Puja

4/6/2019 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam 4/21/2019 9:30 –11:00AM Mahavir Jayanti Digambar Puja 4/21/2019 2:30 –6:00 PM Mahavir Jayanti Swamivatsalya / Dinner 4/6/2019 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 4/21/2019 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam 4/7/2019 1:30 PM Akhand Ramayan Path Concludes (See Flyer 4/21/2019 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa 4/7/2019 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam 4/21/2019 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi 4/7/2019 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 4/21/2019 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 4/7/2019 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam 4/21/2019 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam 4/8/2019 5:30 PM Shiva Abishekam 4/22/2019 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chaturthi

4/8/2019 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham) 4/22/2019 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam 4/23/2019 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa 4/9/2019 5:45 PM Sundarakand Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- 4/24/2019 7:00 PM 4/9/2019 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa hasranamam Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- 4/10/2019 7:00 PM 4/25/2019 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam hasranamam 4/26/2019 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam 4/11/2019 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam 4/27/2019 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam 4/12/2019 7:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam 4/27/2019 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting Sri Rama Navami & Sita Rama Kalyanam (See 4/13/2019 9:30 AM Flyer) 4/27/2019 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam 4/13/2019 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 4/27/2019 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam 4/14/2019 9:00 AM (See Flyer) 4/28/2019 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam 4/14/2019 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 4/28/2019 12:15 PM Amritvani 4/14/2019 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam 4/28/2019 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi

4/15/2019 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam 4/28/2019 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans 4/16/2019 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam) 4/28/2019 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam 4/16/2019 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa 4/29/2019 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa- 4/17/2019 7:00 PM hasranamam 4/30/2019 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi

We thank all devotees & members for supporting our temple. HCV requests everyone ( all club 500 & Corporate members) to pay membership for 2019.

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www.therichmondtemple.org NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. Postage Paid Richmond, VA Hindu Center of Virginia March 2019 Return Service Requested Permit No. 3022 6051 Springfield Road Glen Allen, VA 23060

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

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