Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter BHARATVANI

August

Hindu Center of Virginia Monthly Newsletter “BHARATVANI” — August 2019

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2 August

Puja Calendar for August 2019

Date Time Event

Thu 08/01 7:00 PM Sree Rama Abishekam

Fri 08/02 6:00 PM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Sat 08/03 9:00 AM Digambar Jain Parshwanath Bhagwan Ab-hishek Pooja

Sat 08/03 11:00 AM Balaji Abishekam

Sat 08/03 12:15 PM Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Chanting

Sat 08/03 1:00 PM Navagraha Abishekam

Sat 08/03 6:00 PM Lord Ayyappa Abishekam

Sun 08/04 10:00 AM Snatra Puja

Sun 08/04 11:00 AM Ganesha Abishekam

Sun 08/04 12:15 PM Bhajans by Neilkanth Bhatt

Sun 08/04 1:00 PM Maha Mangala Aarathi

Sun 08/04 5:00 PM Lord Jagannath Abishekam and Bhajans

Sun 08/04 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam

Mon 08/05 6:45 PM Shiva Abishekam

Tue 08/06 5:45 PM Sundarakand

Tue 08/06 7:00 PM Hanuman Chalisa

Wed 08/07 7:00 PM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam


Fri 08/09 6:30 PM Varamahalakshmi Vratam & Mahalakshmi Abishekam






Sun 08/11 11:00 AM Ganesha Abhishekam

Sun 08/11 11:30 AM Havan

Sun 08/11 12:15 PM Bhajans by Krishna




Mon 08/12 6:45 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)


Wed 08/14 7:00 AM Rig Upakarma, Yejur Upakarma


Wed 08/14 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja)


Fri 08/16 9:00 AM Mahalakshmi Abishekam

Fri 08/16 4:00 PM Chandi Havan Starts (8/16 4PM to 8/18 2PM) - See flyer

Date Time Event

Fri 08/16 7:00 PM Bhavana







Sun 08/18 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa


Sun 08/18 2:00 PM Chandi Havan Concludes

Sun 08/18 6:00 PM Murugan Abishekam (Sankata Hara Cha-turthi)





Thu 08/22 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)


Fri 08/23 7:00 PM Krishna Janmashtami - See flyer







Sun 08/25 12:15 PM Amritvani




Tue 08/27 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)


Tue 08/27 Parushan Begins








For September 2019 Puja calendar please refer to page 11

Our Priests: Pt. Subramanyam Kannan, Pt. Rajagopal Thuppal, Pt. Abhay Padhi

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Club 500

Greetings Devotees! Please help your temple and be a member of

"Club 500.” Please make your donation for 2019 as soon as

possible. Kindly note that my term (after 4 years of service) as a

Board Member has been ended. We have made tremendous

progress with your help. A new board member will be working with

you regarding Club 500. We thank all devotees & members for

supporting our temple. HCV requests everyone ( all club 500 &

Corporate members) to pay membership for 2019.

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.

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 encour-

ages others to join this unique club: “Club 500.” The

following member(s) paid the Club 500 donations

recently.

Pramod Mohanty

Sid Kere

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 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.

This newsletter is produced by: Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Publication Frequency: Monthly Issue Number 2019.08

7 August

Festival of India (FOI) 2019 - Invitation www.thefestivalofindia.org

Dear Friends, Festival of India 2019 is scheduled for September 21st & 22nd at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The ever-dedicated team has started the preparation and you may have already heard from an FOI team member. As you are aware, FOI is a key fund-raising activity for the Hindu Center. As always, FOI is looking for your sup-port with the souvenir book. If you have a business, please help us by supporting the souvenir book. If you or your employer would like more information on participating in the souvenir book, the FOI team would be de-lighted to meet with you and the decision makers at your employer. We can explain the complete package of benefits in sponsoring the festival and participating in the souvenir book and other activities. An event like FOI requires a tremendous amount of energy and support from our community. It is out flagship event and we need lot of people of step-up and help. We are blessed to have an amazing set of selfless and dedicated volunteers. At the same time, we need new volunteers to make the even bigger and better. We have lots of opportunities for people with different interests, skills and time commitment. Please get in touch with us or show up for a meet-ing. We would be delighted to match you with the right opportunity -- volunteering at a booth, help coordinate the event or serving on the committee. It’s a great way to help your community, meet new people and also de-velop new skills! FOI team meetings will be held on 3rd Sunday of each month from June till September. Please save these dates (Aug. 18 and Sept. 15) on your calendar. Meetings start @ 9:30 AM. For more information or to get involved, please send a message to [email protected] We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. On behalf of FOI 2019 TEAM, Sanjay Thirunagari Vijay Ramnarain Anil Jain Co-Chair Co-Chair Co-Chair

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, 2017 and 2018 were Dr. Manikoth Kurup, Dr. Narsimha Chari, Mr. In-der Midha and Mrs Veena Kukreja respectively. This year’s Selection Committee is soliciting nominations for the award for the year 2019. The nominations should reach the following address by October 31, 2019. Each nomination should accompany a short statement as to why the nominee deserves the award. Otherwise, just a name of the nominee should suffice. Selection 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 sur-rounding communities and is a person of good character and moral principles.”

Bhal Patel Sid Kere Committee Chairman. Committee Secretary.

http://www.thefestivalofindia.org

mailto:[email protected]

8 August

FOI Cultural Team Update

Hello Friends, We are preparing for another spectacular Cultural Program for Festival of India on September 21st & 22nd, 2019 at Greater Richmond Convention 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 has been updated with all the detailed rules and regulations. Please pay close attention to these rules and fees. Please make sure to visit the Cultural tab in the FOI website often for updates. http://thefestivalofindia.org/welcomeculturalprogram.asp Important Dates to Remember: * All general and competition entries via online entry form by Saturday, 09/07/2019, 11:59 PM * Last date to submit (general entry only) with late fees is Friday, 09/13/2019, 11:59PM. We reserve the right to stop taking entries before the last date. Fees: All General Entries fees = $25.00; All Competition Entries fees = $50.00 (No Special Day Request because competition can be scheduled either day) All Regular Entries requesting Special day’s fees = $50.00 before Sept 7th. Late fees will be applied in addition to $25.00 for all items after September 7th. (That means $50.00 for general entries only) Changes after trial schedule and final schedule (if possible) is sent $50.00 per item. Please confirm availability of participants for both days before submitting the entries. Also, fill out their correct information especially if they are in multiple items to minimize the conflicting schedule. This year, in an effort to provide ample opportunity for creativity, we are offering following competitions in addition to the regu-lar performances. Please make sure to read Rules page for both general and competition entries carefully. Following are the competitions for this year including the descriptions and limits. All Competition entries must have min-imum of 4 participants and all participants must be available both days to perform. Detailed rules are listed on the webpage.

"Paani Re Paani": We are looking to see sweet performances that por trays “Water”. Instrumental and/or dance chore-ography based on the theme of water is required. Choose age appropriate songs that has words related to water for the performance. Examples: sea, dariya, samunder, nadiya, river, ocean, raindrops, barsaat, barish, bunde etc. Show us the best moves those tiny feet can do on the stage using the creative costumes and mind blowing props on the melodious songs.

Ages: 5-8; Time: 6 min max "Can't stop that Beat": Show us your best dance moves on the songs or instrumental melodies from films that are all

time popular, peppy and that radiates high energy. The performance should have super entertaining value, best looking unique costumes and artistic props. Performances may include famous musical composition. Songs should not have any cursing or inappropriate words and meanings. Any songs or music that shows festivities in Indian culture are highly en-couraged but not required. Ages: 9-13; Time: 8 min max

"Old is the New Gold": Show us the best Dance Moves. Choose songs from old and new films. Per form on old songs with new dance style and newer songs (anything after year 2000) with older dance style. Both styles must be shown as the part of the performance. Wow us with the out of the box creativity, choice of songs, music , filmy style costumes, props and superior entertaining dance moves. Ages: 14 Years & above; Time: 8 min maximum

"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.

Ages: a. 8-13 and b. 14 and up; Time: 8 min max "Our Shiny Star" : Pick any character from Indian culture and show it in the form of dance drama. The character

can be religious, mythical, historical, patriotic or any famous folk entity. Examples: Story of Krishna, Meera, Pandurang, Akbar, Gandhi ji etc. or any regional character. Show the story with creative props, costumes and artistic performance. Movie songs or scenes are allowed. Any episode of the life of the character or the whole life span can be shown. The audience should be captivated by the story line of the character. Ages: All ages from 6 and above; Time: 15 min max;

Please send your questions, concerns and ideas to [email protected]. We will reply within 48 hours.

With much gratitude, Chetan Mehta (Cultural Director] 804 536 5093 Murali Chemudupati, Smita Jain, Bina Mehta, Sangeeta Patel, Ravi Tamma, Probodh Chiplunkar


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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 Pusti-marg)

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]

Malayalam class Sankar Ganesan

804-269-6646 [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]












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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: www.therichmondtemple.org/publicationandnewsletters.aspx

Hindu Center of Virginia Annual General Body Meeting Updates

The Annual General Body Meeting of HCV was held on July 14, 2019 at Hindu center Community Hall. The following Corporate Members were elected to the Board of Directors: Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Mr. Abhay Bajekal, Dr. Shaival Kapadia and Mr. Jyoti Mohapatra. The following Corporate Members were elected to the Executive Committee:

Mr. Kedar Thoota – President Mr. Rakesh Chug – Vice-President Mr. Sridhar Sundaram – Secretary Mr. Gunvant Patel - Treasurer

The following life members were elected as Corporate Members: Mrs. Sonal & Mr. Venkat Iyer, Mr. Ram & Mrs. Namita Mishra, Mr. Santosh & Mrs. Lakshmi Ramachandran Nair, Mr. Mahavadi & Mrs. Sunila Srikanth, Mr and Mr. Bijendar Singh. Subsequently, the Board of Directors met and elected

Mr. Sanjay Thirunagari as Chairman

Mr. Abhay Bajekal as Vice-Chairman.

We want to thank retiring members of the Board of Directors for their service and outstanding contributions to the HCV community:

Dr Meena Midha (retiring Chair, Board of Directors) Dr. Raj Dubey, Dr. Munmaya Mishra and Mr. Bhal Patel.

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Puja Calendar for September 2019

Date Time Event

Sun 09/01 10:00 AM Snatra Puja


Sun 09/01 12:00 PM Saraswati Puja (Beginning of School) - See flyer

Sun 09/01 10:00 AM Hartalika Teej



Mon 09/02 9:30 AM Shiva Abishekam

Mon 09/02 7:00 PM Ganesh Chaturthi

Tue 09/03 Parushan ends; Daslakshana begins - see flyer


Wed 09/04 9:30 AM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam

Thu 09/05 9:30 AM Sree Rama Abishekam







Sun 09/08 9:30 AM Dhoop Dashmi (Das Lakshan)


Sun 09/08 11:30 AM Ganapathi Homam

Sun 09/08 12:30 PM Bhajans by Krishna




Mon 09/09 9:30 AM Shiva Abishekam

Tue 09/10 9:30 AM Hanuman Chalisa

Wed 09/11 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)

Wed 09/11 9:30 AM Sree Krishna Abishekam & Vishnu Sa-hasranamam


Thu 09/12 5:30 PM Ganesh Visarjan

Fri 09/13 Daslakshana Ends


Fri 09/13 7:00 PM Poornima (Satyanarayana Pooja)

Sat 09/14 Pitru Paksha Begins







Date Time Event

Sun 09/15 12:15 PM Durga Chalisa




Tue 09/17 6:00 PM Sankata Hara Chaturthi




Thu 09/19 7:00 PM Karthigai (Sri Subramanya Abishekham)


Fri 09/20 7:00 PM Bhavana

Sat 09/21 Festival of India






Sun 09/22 Festival of India


Sun 09/22 12:15 PM Amritvani







Thu 09/26 6:00 PM Pradosham (Shiva Abishekam)



Sat 09/28 Pitru Paksha Ends






Sun 09/29 Navaratri Begins


Sun 09/29 12:15 PM Bhajans Community





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Hindu Center of Virginia 6051 Springfield Road Glen Allen, VA 23060

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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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