Dr. Shiv Jindal 613-692-2538
Mr. P. Adcharamoorthy 613-737-9809
Mrs. Vijaya Parulekar 613-822-1382
Mr. Kishori Lal 613-824-1471
Mr. Hiroo Kirpalani 613-592-1048
Vas Dev Aggarwal 613-727-1033
Avadhanula Murlidhar Rao 613-523-9832
V. R. Parameswaran 613-824-5335
Arun Sarkar 613-829-1852
Mr. Kirit Shah 613-224-1853
Kanwal Talwar 613-820-5622
Sadhana Tyagi 613-834-0472
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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
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
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.
A group of devotees who attended Patanjali Yog Peet's Asst. Yog Teacher's Training Camp recently in Toronto and Level III Training in Hardwar are conducting Pranayama classes at the Temple from 10 am to 11:15 am every Sunday. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. There is no charge but a Disclaimer has to be signed.
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
High Commission - visa, forms etc The TIMES OF INDIA The Indian Express Hindustan Times
Vishnu Sahasra Naam Stotram is held every month on the third Saturday at 5:00 pm
The New year 2009 was ushered in with Bhajans and Pooja for Bhagwan Shri Ram by our children. Complimentary CDs of these Bhajans are available for the participants. Please write to hindutempleottawa@gmail.com to request your copy.
Om Prabho Ganapathe Bhola Natha Re Gajavadana Gananatha Jai Jai Janani Jai Sabarisha Marutiraya Mohana Murali Mooshika Vahana Paramahamsa Pushpam Subramaniam Tandava Nritya Vel
Here are some bhajans sung in the temple form time to time. To listen to a bhajan, click on it. Also included are some bhajans recorded many years ago in India (we apologize for the poor audio).
Bhajans in Temple
data tere
koi
shyam sunder se
rang
wale der
saans saans me
sitaram
yeh
vinti hai
My Master's Voiceradhe
krishna govinda
he
nath narayan
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.
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] Taitteriya 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
Click and follow instructions to install on your machine if you do not already have this program.
- 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
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