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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 to provide meals and help in the kitchen from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. 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, a non-profit,  religious organization, registered with Canada Revenue Agency,  serving the religious needs of the community in the greater Ottawa area.


Festivals & Important Dates this year


Notice of Annual General Body Meeting

 

To the Trustees of the Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.

 The 28th Annual General Body Meeting of the Trustees of the Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton will be held on Sunday, May 27, 2012, at 2:00 pm, at the Temple, 4835 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

 

Agenda: 1. Invocation 2. Validation of quorum 3. Opening remarks by the President 4. Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of 2011 5. Activity Reports and Future plans 6. Financial Report 7. Changes in bylaws and election of trustees to the Board of Directors 8. Other Business

 

If you are unable to attend but would like to be represented in the meeting, please complete the attached Proxy Form giving the name of an individual who could represent you and forward the same to the undersigned by 2 .00 PM Sunday, May 27, 2012.

The Terms of Office of the following members are expiring on May 27, 2012: Vas Dev Aggarwal, Vijaya Parulekar, Narmada Prajapati, Kirit Shah. They can be nominated and re-elected for another term of 3 years.

 

If you would like to suggest new names for trustees, please call or send the attached Nomination Form to any of the following members of the Nominating Committee, before Sunday, May 22, 2012: Sivan Parameswaran (613-824-5335) chairman, Arun Sarkar (613-829-1852) Anil Agarwal (613-841-8882)

 

The Nomination & Proxy forms are also available on our web site. If you have more than one trustee in your family, please make copies of the attached form or print more forms from the website and use them.

 

Secretary, Hindu Temple of Ottawa Carleton

1. Proxy Form   2. Nomination Form 


Changes in use of Temple facilities [effective January 1, 2012]

It is very heart warming to see that the temple facilities are being used more and more by the devotees. The temple management encourages such use so long as the following guidelines are followed.

1.      Temple Priest should be involved in all activities  

2.      All activities should have religious connotation and should be devotional

3.      Make suggested contributions for all the activities taking place at the temple.

4.      The facilities are available for only 3 hours except for marriages when it is for 4 hrs.

We need your help (financial and otherwise) for the growth and maintenance of our temple.

Temple Management


Health Seminars at the Temple

Seminars on Health Care will be held at the Temple every 2nd Sunday of the month from 2  to 3 pm. If you have registered your email with the Temple, you will receive a notification.

Next seminar is on June 10.


Pranayam classes are held at the Temple from 10 am to 11:15 am every Sunday. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.


Newsletter 2012

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.

Temple Administration

Temple Board 1984-1997

Temple Board 1998-2011

Trustees 2011

Marriage Guidelines

Priests

Temple Use Guidelines

Pooja Hosting

Library

Brahma Vidya

Bhajans

Bhajans+Transliteration

Student Visits

How to deal with death and Funerals 

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Priests 613-822-1531

Dhaval Kumar Purohit

Vivek Kumar Sharma

Managers 613-822-1531

Baboolal Jain

Bhooshan Lal Seth

Himmat Bharania

The Library is now open from 11:00 pm to 2:00 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

Brahma Vidya Practice (a reader's suggested program)

Kalyani_Chap13   Kalyani_Mundaka   Kalyani_Insight (a reader's comments on these topics)

Some questions answered 

  • Dvaita and Advaita philosophy and connection to Brahmavidya

  • If all human beings get Moksha, then what happens to this creation

  • Why this Creation was created by Parameswar


Introduction to Bhagavat 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 Adobe website  
  • 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

 


Thank you for visiting us. This page was last updated on Saturday, 12 May 2012