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Hindu Temple of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

725, Weidman Rd, St. Louis, MO 63011

Tel: 636-230-3300

Temple History

The Hindu Temple of St. louis located in the west suburbs of the St. Louis and only fifteen minutes away from the St. Louis Arch, a most famous land mark of the St. Louis. Please navigate through menu to know the detail of services and directions.

The Hindu temple of St. Louis was formally registered as a not for profit organization in the state of Missouri on March 7th, 1988.

Bhoomi Pooja (ground breaking ceremony) was performed on April 21,1990. The architectural plans were drawn by the famous V GANAPATI STHAPATI and Associates of CHENNAI, INDIA. After the completion of Phase I, the formal inauguration of the Temple was done on Nov 8,1991. Initially we had only pictures of the deities in the temple. Later SAMPROKSHANA (initiation) of CHARABIMBAS (UTSAVA VIGRAHAS) made of panchaloha was celebrated on Jan 21, 1995.

The construction of Phase II was started on July 12, 1995. Eleven shilpis (artisans) came from India on Jan 21, 1997 and worked hard to complete the project. The PRANA PRATHISHTHAPANA and KUMBHABHISHEKAM celebrations were done on July 6, 1998. The phase III construction including RAJAGOPURAM was immediately started. Finally NAVAGRAHA PRANA PRATHISHTHAPANA and RAJAGOPURNA KUMBHABHISHEKAM took place on July 8, 2000. 

SUMMER HOURS
Mon-Fri :- 9AM-12PM, 5.30PM-8.30PM
Sat,Sun :- 9AM-8.30PM

Saturday, Sunday
9AM - 8.30 PM
National Holidays &
Hindu festival days
9AM - 8.30 PM
(P):636.230.3300

Temple Poojas

Event Start	Title
Sun 06/23/13 09:00 AM	Rudrabhishekam
Sun 06/23/13 11:00 AM	Navagraha Abhishekam
Mon 06/24/13 06:30 PM	Rudrabhishekam
Tue 06/25/13 10:00 AM	Parvathi Abhishekam
Tue 06/25/13 05:30 PM	Sri Durga Pooja
Tue 06/25/13 06:30 PM	Hanuman Pooja/Ramayan Path
Wed 06/26/13 11:00 AM	Ganesha Abhishekam
Wed 06/26/13 06:30 PM	Dattatreya Abhishekam
Thu 06/27/13 10:00 AM	Sai Abhishekam
Thu 06/27/13 06:30 PM	Sai Bhajans

PRIESTS

Priest Shri Srininivasa Deevi , Priest Shri Rameshwar Dass, Priest Shri Vedantha Sharma , Priest Shri Janardana Chari  ,

Priest Shri Ramakrishna Rao    

Sri Satyanarayana Pooja - 

Annaprasannam - 

Havan - 

Navagrah 

Hair offerings - 

Namakarnam / Punyavachanam 

 

 Seemantham at 

Namakarnam at home 

Punyavachanam at 

Annaprasannam at 

Hair offering pooja at temple 

  

AT HOME - Satyanarayana Pooja 

Marriage Ceremony 

 Gruhapravesam

Phone : 636.230.3300   Email : contact@hindutemplestlouis.org

TEMPLE TIMINGS      HOURS Monday - Friday 9 AM - Noon 5.00 PM - 8.00 PM Saturday, Sunday 9 AM - 8.00 PM                                                                        All National holidays & Hindu festival days 9AM - 8.00 PM                                                                                REGULAR TEMPLE SERVICES 9 AM - Nithya Pooja 5.30 PM - Nithya Archana

Please do 1.  Enjoy and preserve the religious atmosphere 2.  The upstairs prayer hall is a place for prayer, worship and ritual. If you would like to chat with your friends, kindly go downstairs or outside. This is especially true when the priests are conducting a ritual and worshippers are sitting trying to pay attention. 3. Participate in rituals and prayers. 4. Keep your children from running around and playing upstairs, especially when rituals or prayers are going on. Please Do Not: 1. Film, photograph or take videos inside temple main hall 2. Bring eatables inside the prayer hall. 3. Throw litter in the campus. 4. Bring pets.

Volunteer Opportunities

  

There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer your time for the Temple.  Here is the list of timings temple is looking for volunteers.

1.	Soup Kitchen	Every last sunday of the month 9AM to drive youth volunteers to the downtown church.  Time : 9AM in the temple, driving to downtown, coming back around 12PM
2.	Sandwitch making for homeless	Every last tuesday of the month 7PM-8PM in the temple basement kitchen
3.	Saturday kitchen	11AM to 2PM
4.	Sunday Kitchen	11AM to 2 PM - Specially allocated for high school students.
5.	Special Festivals parking	Help needed for special festivals in temple for upstairs, basement and in the parking lots.
6.	Counting money	Every other thursday 6.30PM to 8PM in the temple

Temple Poojas

  

Weekly Poojas

REGULAR TEMPLE SERVICES

WEEKDAYS

9:00 A.M	Nitya Pooja
5:30 P.M	Nitya Archana

This scheduled services timings will change based on other events in the temple. To see the correct timings,  

WEEKLY SCHEDULED SERVICES

6:45 P.M	Monday	Rudra Abhishekam
9:00 A.M	Tuesday	Devi Parvathi Abhishekam
5:00 P.M	Tuesday	Durga Pooja
7:00 P.M	Tuesday	Hanuman Pooja and Reading from Tulsai Ramayan Paath
6:45 P.M	Wednesday	Dattaterya Abhishekam
10:00 A.M	Thursday	Sri Sai baba Abhishekam
6:45 P.M	Friday	Sri Mahalakshmi Abhishekam
9:00 A.M	Saturday	Balaji Abishekam (with Suprabatham & Vishnu Sahasranamam)

SATURDAYS

9:00 A.M	Suprabhatham, Abhishekam,Vishnu
	Sahasra Nama Archana, Aarati and Prasadam
7:00 A.M	Archana,Mantrapushpam and Aarati

SUNDAYS

9:00 A.M	Suprabhatham, Rudra Abhishekam
	Archana, Namakam & Chamakam, Aarati and Prasadam
7:00 P.M	Archana,Mantrapushpam and Aarati

OTHER SCHEDULED SERVICES

EVERY CHATURTHI
6:45 P.M Ganesh Abhishekam
                         
EVERY KRITTIKA NAKSHATRAM
6:45 P.M Murugan Abhishekam

EVERY  SHUKLA PRADOSHAM
Siva Abhishekam

EVERY PUNARVASU NAKSHTRA
Rama Abishekam

EVERY ROHINI NAKSHTRAM
Krishna Abishekam

EVERY POORNIMA DAY
Sathyanarayana Pooja

EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY of the month
Navagraha Pooja

EVERY FIRST SATURDAY of the month
Poolangi Seva to Sri Venkateswara

EVERY SECOND SATURDAY of the month
Ayyappabhishekam

List of annadaham days in the year 2012.  Annadanam sponsorship for a day is $150.  At the end of the pooja after the Aarathi, annadanam will be served for the devotees.  Temple will prepare prasadam using the sponsorship amount.  Devotees are most welcome to bring food from home to offer and distribute to the devottees.  Please make sure there is no ONION or GARLIC in the prasadam .

If you want to sponsor for annadanm for any festival day, please type the festival day in the box provided and click on DONATE button to go to paypal screen.  All kind of credit cards are accepted. The annadanam sponsorship for one day is $150.00

Annual Abhishekams  

Sri Balaji	Every Saturday	$300
Rudra(Shiva)	Sunday or Monday	$300
Sri Dattatreya	Every Wednesday	$300
Sri Laxshmi	Every Friday	$300
Sri Parvati	Every Tuesday	$300
Sri Sai Baba	Every Thursday	$300
Sri Ganesha	twice in a month	$200
Sri Murgan	Once in a month	$100
Sri Rama	Once in a month	$100
Sri Krishna	Once in a month	$100
Sri Hanuman Puja	Once in a month	$100
Sri Durga Puja	Once in a month	$100
Navagraha	Once in a month	$116
Ayyapa	Once in a month	$100
Sri Sai Vratam	Once in a month	$100
Sri Hanuman Puja	Once in a month	$150
Pradosham (Shukla)	Once in a month	$100
Annual Archana		$116

Sri Satyanarayana Pooja $150

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President:	Rajyalakshmi Naidu
Vice President:	Jitendra Parbhu
Secretary:	Ashok Kumar
Treasurer:	Sendil K. Rathinasabapathy
Joint Secretary:	Sumanth Vadderaju
Joint Treasurer:	Srinivasa Rao Pandiri
Members:	Padma Sai Dammalapati, Kavali Prasad, Nagendra Prasad Bokka
Ex-Officio Member:	Puran Luthra

Humanatarian Activities

Hindu Temple sponsors and takes part in many community activites where Color, race, religion or nationality is not a consideration. Presently our temple sponsors the following activites.

Sandwich for Homeless

Every Last Tuesday of the month:
Sandwiches are made by youth group volunteers every last tuesday of the month. The box will be delivered to United Methodist Church (downtown St. Louis)to distribute to homeless people.

Soup Kitchen

Every last Sunday of the month:
Our youth group visits United Methodist Church (Down town St. Louis) to prepare and serve 300 bowls of soup which are served for lunch.

Annual Health Fair

First Saturday of May:
Since last many years, Hindu Temple along with Mahatam Gandhi center, with the help from Association of Physicians from India,hosts a health fair for the community. Approximately 300 people attended this fair last year

Operation Food Search

Youth committee members collect caned food from neighbor hoods and deliver and help to shelve these items for Operation Food Search of St. Louis.

Free Legal Clinic

Every Saturday:
Hindu Temple holds free legal clinic from 10 to 12 noon.

Free Health Clinic

Second Sunday of the Month:
Hindu Temple holds free health clinic from 10 to 12 noon.

Direction:

From Hwy-40 : -

Take Mason south to Clayton. Turn right (west) and take left (south) onto Weidman Road, go about a mile. Temple is on your right.

From Hwy - 270  : -

Take Manchester west to Weidman. Turn right (north), pass Queeny Park and pass Dutchmill and Temple is on your left. From Manchester you travel 1.8 miles.

 

Om Tat Sat

                                                        

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