Contact Us
hindutempleottawa@gmail.com
Dr. Shiv Jindal 613-692-2538 President
Mrs. Vijaya Parulekar 613-822-1382 Vice-President
Mr. Kirit Shah 613-224-1853 Treasurer
Mr. Hiroo Kirpalani 613-592-1048 Secretary
Mr. Ram Acharya 613-823-8468
Mr. Vas Dev Aggarwal 613-727-1033
Mr. Murlidhar Rao Avadhanula 613-523-9832
Mr. Kishori Lal, 613-824-1471
Dr. Sivan Parameswaran 613-824-5335
Mrs. Narmada Prajapati 613-739-8582
Mr. Arun Kumar Sarkar 613-829-1852
Mr. Kanwal Talwar 613-820-5622
Temple hours
The Temple is open:
Week days
8:30 am to 10:30 am
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday (and festivals)
8:30 am to 8:30 pm
Vishnu Sahasra Naam Stotram is held every month on the third Saturday at 5:00 pm
Community Bill Board
A group of devotees visits the Shepherds of Good Hope every 2nd Saturday of the month from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm to help out in the kitchen and serve meals. If you would like to volunteer for this activity,please contact Premji Kerai at 613-739-0605.
Some useful links
Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.
4835 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1X 1G6
613-822-1531
Welcome to the Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton website, a non-profit, charitable, religious organization, registered with Canada Revenue Agency, serving the religious needs of the community in the greater Ottawa area.
Festivals & Important Dates this year
Revised service fee for Religious Services
What is new...
Bodha Tatva has been added to Brahma Vidya
Gayatri Yagnya (Havan) will be performed in the Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton on Saturday, 24 Dec. The sacred Gayatri Yagnya is performed to seek blessings of Devine Gayatri for the health, education and prosperity of the family and for Universal Peace/ Vishwa Shanti.
Participants will perform Gayatri-Mantra japa at their homes from Dec 3 to 24. The concluding group Gayatri Yagnya (Havan) will be performed in the Temple on the 24 Dec. A prarambh puja will be conducted at the Temple on Friday 2nd Dec from 6:30 -7:30 p.m
If you would like to participate please email omsat@live.com for details call Hindu Temple of Ottawa at 613-822-1531 during the temple hours.
Pranayam classes are held at the Temple from 10 am to 11:15 am every Sunday. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
The Temple plans to discontinue mailing out the Newsletter. Instead, a copy will be posted on the web site and devotees informed by email. To receive notification when a Newsletter has been published, please register your email address by sending an email to hindutempleottawa@gmail.com with Register me in Subject.
We do not share email addresses, nor use it for any other purpose than to notify you of Temple activities.
How to deal with death and Funerals
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The Library is now open from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm on Sundays. Devotees may borrow books or just sit and read. We hope to improve this facility in the coming months so that visitors to the temple can take full benefit of the resources available. John Wenuk is the librarian and he will be keeping a record of the books that are checked out.
Brahma Vidya Reader Feedback
Below is some feedback from our readers
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Introduction to Bhagvat Gita, along with all the 18 chapters, Introduction to Upanishads, Isavasya Upanishad, Kato Upanishad, Keno Upanishad, Taittiriya Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad and Kaivalya Upanishad are now available on this site. Hard copies are available in the Temple Library to borrow, or purchase for a nominal charge (cost). These can also be printed off the web.
The entire Brahma Vidya is divided into 263 volumes. A devotee reading one volume each day, in the prescribed sequence, will complete the cycle in 263 days. The cycle should then be repeated again. Suggested sequence for reading: [1] Introduction & Chapters 1, 2 of Bhagvat Gita [2] Introduction to Upanishads, Isavasya Upanishad, Kenopanishad [3] Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 of Bhagvat Gita [4] Katopanishad [5] Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12 of Bhagvat Gita [6] Taittiriya Upanishad [7] Chapters 13, 14, 15 of Bhagvat Gita [8] Mundaka Upanishad [9] Chapters 16, 17, 18 Bhagvat of Gita [10] Kaivalya Upanishad
- To open these files, you will need Acrobat Reader, a free shareware program that can be downloaded from the
- To download, click on Brahma Vidya in the left column and follow the links. Each Chapter is organized into several volumes, each volume being approximately a half-hour, talk delivered on a Sunday.
- Several Bhajans have been compiled and transliterated. The transliterated is for you if you are not fluent in reading Hindi. You may print your own copy by clicking on Bhajans in the left column and following the link