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Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton, Canada
Hindu Temple of
Ottawa-Carleton Inc.
4835 Bank Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1X 1G6
Tel:
613-822-1531
e-mail: hindutempleottawa@gmail.com
About the Temple
The Temple has nine shrines in the Mahamandap:
1. Sri Ganesha (Sidhivinayaka; Vidnharta)
2. Sri Subrahmanya (Murugan; Kartikeya)
3. Sri Krishna with Radha
4. Lord Shiva (Jyoti Lingam with Nandi and Gauri
Shankar with Ganesha panel in the background
5. Lakshmi-Narayana (Sri Vishnu with Devi Laxmi)
6. Devi Durga on her vahana, the Lion
7. Ram Parivar (Sri Rama with Devi Sita, Lakshman and
Das Hanuman)
8. Sri Hanuman
9. Lord Nataraja
Nava grahasEnshrined are the Scripture Bhavan Veda and Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
There is a Yagnashala and an assembly hall, Gita Bhavan, for the solemnization of Samskars such as Upanayana and Vivaha, and for discourses of learned visiting Hindu scholars and saints.
History: The Temple was consecrated with Avartam Kumbha Abhishekam and Pran-Pratishtha, on Vijaya Dashmi, Shalivahana Shaka 1911, Vikram Samvat 2045, Kaliyuga 5091 (October10, 1989).
The Temple has risen entirely through the generous donations of devotees, as a monument of Hindu religious heritage and a place for Hindu worship and meditation. There are 954 Trustees of the Temple who elect a board of 18 directors to manage the activities.
The Temple is open from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm from Monday to Friday. On Saturday, Sunday,. Hindu festivals and New Year's Day it is open from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm.
The resident priests (Pundits) attend to the spiritual and ritual needs of the entire Hindu community.
Festivals and special days (parva) celebrated by Hindus in different parts of India and the world are observed.
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
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 Virendra Sahni at 613-824-6757
SOGHvolunteers@gmail.com
Sri Shastri Dhaval Indravadan Purohit
Dieties in the Temple”
Sri Ganesh, Sri Lord Subrahmanya,
Goddess Sri Durgadevi, Sri Krishna and Radha, Sri Hanuman and Lord Sri Shiva
Religious Services:
Service
Suggested Contribution ($)
Abhisheka
(for any Deity)
Archana
Sahasra Nama
Archana (1008 names)
SathyaNarayan
Pooja
in the
Temple
SathyaNarayana
Pooja at home
Havan
(Ceremonial Offering with fire) at the Temple
Havan at the
home of devotees 201
Navagraha
Pooja
Bhoomi Pooja
(Ground
-
breaking )
Vasthu
Shanthi/Griha Pravesam (for the Property/Home)
VAhana Pooja
(for a new vehicle)
Pooja for
the new
-
born baby
Anna
Prashana (First feeding of baby)
NAma Karanam
(Naming Ceremony)
Chooda Karma
(Mundan)
at the
temple
At home
Vidyaarambha
(Initiation of education)
Upanayanam
(Thread ceremony, Janua)
Nisc
hayadartham
(Engagement)
Vivaha (Marriage)
Marriage
-
like
ceremony
, same as
vivaha
(No
certificate issued)
(Including
Sashtyabda Poorthi, Shathabhishekam, etc.)
Seemantham
(for expectant mother)
Use of
kitchen for serving food
Overnight
stay of
priest outside
Use of Gita
Bhavan for Bhajan, Satsang,
ShrAdha
Ceremony (Pithru Karma)
At the
temple
At home
* Please
contact temple manager for
a)
use of
Chairs in Gita Bhawan
, b)
use of
temple
supplies
such as disposal plates, spoons etc
, and c) out
of town
(Cor
nwall,
Pembroke,
Prescott
) priest
services
Time
allocated:
Private
Poojas
(includes
travel time, ceremony and food):
3 hours
Marriages
(including travel time, ceremony and food):
4 hours.
Notes:
-
No coffee,
tea, juices, carbonated soft drinks or alcoholic beverages to be served in the
Temple.
-
Food
items
containing onions and garlic are not to be served in the Temple.
-
All Private
Poojas and Prasad distribution at the temple MUST BE COMPLETED BY 7:30
PM, as the
temple closes at 8:30 pm.
-
For more
information, please contact the Manager: (613) 822 1531
Brahmavidya Day
Brahmavidya Day will be celebrated in
the Temple on Sunday, October 20. On this day we read the Bhagvat Gita and six
Upanishads [Isavasya, Keno, Kato, Taittiriya , Mundaka and
Kaivalya] in Sanskrit. The reading starts at 9:00 am We hope you can
participate in this auspicious event by reading a a chapter or two of one of
these scriptures.
Recognizing that a segment of the
devotees is not familiar with Sanskrit, a transliterated version has been
created that contains text in Roman Hindi beside Sanskrit, allowing devotees to
participate in reading Sanskrit words. This is currently available at a sister
site brahmavidya.ca. Hard copies will be made available in the
Temple on Sundays based on demand.
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.
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
Directions:
From 417
east or west, take Bronson exit and go south towards the
airport.
Take Hunt
Club exist (stay in the right lane of the exit) and go east
(left at
exit signal light)
Stay in the
right lane.
At the
second signal light make a right on Bank Street going south.
Travel about
5 minutes on Bank Street. After you pass a Trailer Park
on the left,
the Temple is to your left.
Om Tat Sat
(Continued...)
(My
humble salutations to the great devotees
, wikisources and Pilgrimage tourist guide for the
collection )
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