4870 Whitneyville Ave SE, ADA, MI 49301 (616) 868-9909. [email protected]TO PROMOTE THE VALUES OF PEACE, HARMONY AND HUMAN VALUES OF TRUTH, TOLERANCE, FORGIVENESS, RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND SHARING THROUGH THE MEANS OF PRAYER, BHAJANS, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT. On June 1st 2002 the name West Michigan Hindu Temple was incorporated (the State of Michigan Incorporation No 774-697). The first draft of Constitution and bylaws was completed in 2002 and later amended in January 2005. Federal Tax exemption as 501(c) (3) as a non profit organization was established in August 2003( Tax ID 41-2090487). West Michigan Hindu Temple Purchased 5.57 acres of land at 4870 Whitneyville Ave, SE, Ada, Michigan 49301 with the money collected at a total price of $115,000.00 on which the present temple and cultural center is situated. We performed the “Bhoomi-puja” at this site on September 19, 2004 which was attended by many families from various locations in West Michigan and it was a grand success. Our Temple's main deity is Sri Ram Parivar, our other deities are Sri Ganesha, Sri Kartikeya, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami, Sri Maha Lakshmi, Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji), Sri Krishna Parivar, Sri Shiva Parivar, Sri Durga Mata, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Sri Satya Sai Baba, Sri Mahavir Jain & Sri Navagrahas. We have Havan Kund representing Arya Samaji rituals. Our Temple opened in June 2008, with Grand Pranapratishta Mahotsav. One more Grand Pranapratishta was done in Semptember 2008. Both events were attended by large number of devotees from West Michigan. Our temple has two priests Sri Jai Prakash Jani Mahipatram & Sri Ranga Seshadri. WEEKDAYS 10.00 AM - 1.00 PM (MORNING) 5.30 PM - 8.30 PM (EVENING) SATURDAY - SUNDAY 10.00 AM - 2.00 PM (MORNING) 5.00 PM - 8.30 PM (EVENING) 1st Saturday Sri Venkateshwara Abhishekam at 11AM 1st Sunday Sri Ganesha (Vinayaka) Abhishekam at 11AM 2nd Saturday Sri Nava Graha Abhishekam at 11.00 AM 2nd Saturday Sri Radha Krishna & Swami Narayan Puja at 6.30 PM 2nd Sunday Vedic Havan at 11.00 AM 3rd Saturday Sri Subramanya Swamy (Kartikeya) Abhishekam at 11AM 3rd Sunday Sri Mahavir Puja at 11.00 AM 3rd Sunday Sri Ram Parivar Puja at 11.00 AM 4th Saturday Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Abhishekam at 11AM 4th Sunday Sri Sai Baba Abhishekam at 11AM Every Monday Sri Shiva Ling Abhishekam at 6.45 PM Every Tuesday Sri Hanuman Chalisa & Kanda Shashti Kavacham at 6.30 PM 2nd Friday Sri Maha Lakshmi Abhishekam at 6.45 PM Every Thurdsay Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Paduka Abhishekam at 6.55 PM You can now donate using a Paypal account or a major credit card. For puja service donation, other services and special pujas please visit our temple website. As Swami Bodhananda Saraswati writes “Temples are the centers of Hindu culture and spirituality. The community congregates around the temple to worship, to learn about their culture and to imbibe right values of living. A community with out a temple is like a rudderless ship, or like an assembly with out purpose. Temples are magnets that cohere divergent energies of individuals and groups for common good.”
TO PROMOTE THE VALUES OF PEACE, HARMONY AND HUMAN VALUES OF TRUTH, TOLERANCE, FORGIVENESS, RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND SHARING THROUGH THE MEANS OF PRAYER, BHAJANS, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
On June 1st 2002 the name West Michigan Hindu Temple was incorporated (the State of Michigan Incorporation No 774-697). The first draft of Constitution and bylaws was completed in 2002 and later amended in January 2005. Federal Tax exemption as 501(c) (3) as a non profit organization was established in August 2003( Tax ID 41-2090487).
West Michigan Hindu Temple Purchased 5.57 acres of land at 4870 Whitneyville Ave, SE, Ada, Michigan 49301 with the money collected at a total price of $115,000.00 on which the present temple and cultural center is situated. We performed the “Bhoomi-puja” at this site on September 19, 2004 which was attended by many families from various locations in West Michigan and it was a grand success.
Our Temple's main deity is Sri Ram Parivar, our other deities are Sri Ganesha, Sri Kartikeya, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami, Sri Maha Lakshmi, Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji), Sri Krishna Parivar, Sri Shiva Parivar, Sri Durga Mata, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Sri Satya Sai Baba, Sri Mahavir Jain & Sri Navagrahas. We have Havan Kund representing Arya Samaji rituals.
Our Temple opened in June 2008, with Grand Pranapratishta Mahotsav. One more Grand Pranapratishta was done in Semptember 2008. Both events were attended by large number of devotees from West Michigan.
Our temple has two priests Sri Jai Prakash Jani Mahipatram & Sri Ranga Seshadri.
1st Sunday Sri Ganesha (Vinayaka) Abhishekam at 11AM
2nd Saturday Sri Nava Graha Abhishekam at 11.00 AM
2nd Saturday Sri Radha Krishna & Swami Narayan Puja at 6.30 PM
2nd Sunday Vedic Havan at 11.00 AM
3rd Saturday Sri Subramanya Swamy (Kartikeya) Abhishekam at 11AM
3rd Sunday Sri Mahavir Puja at 11.00 AM
3rd Sunday Sri Ram Parivar Puja at 11.00 AM
4th Saturday Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Abhishekam at 11AM
4th Sunday Sri Sai Baba Abhishekam at 11AM
Every Monday Sri Shiva Ling Abhishekam at 6.45 PM
Every Tuesday Sri Hanuman Chalisa & Kanda Shashti Kavacham at 6.30 PM
2nd Friday Sri Maha Lakshmi Abhishekam at 6.45 PM
Every Thurdsay Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Paduka Abhishekam at 6.55 PM
You can now donate using a Paypal account or a major credit card. For puja service donation, other services and special pujas please visit our temple website.
As Swami Bodhananda Saraswati writes “Temples are the centers of Hindu culture and spirituality. The community congregates around the temple to worship, to learn about their culture and to imbibe right values of living. A community with out a temple is like a rudderless ship, or like an assembly with out purpose. Temples are magnets that cohere divergent energies of individuals and groups for common good.”
ॐ वक्रत ुंड महाकाय कोटिसूययसमप्रभ टिटवयघ्िुं क रु मे देव सवयकायेष सवयदा॥
We are pleased to release the 2015 calendar based on Hindu dharma shastra and drika
siddhanta. This calendar is specially prepared for the Grand Rapids area, and it may not be
applicable in other parts of the world.
People usually align the Hindu festivals with the English dates based on the Indian calendar.
They think that if an Indian calendar says “Janmasthami” on a certain date, say September 2nd
2010, then it will appear as September 2nd everywhere in the world. The USA is 10:30 to 15:30
hours behind India, so some people will think it will also come the next day in the USA, i.e.
September 3rd 2010. They also argue that their family priest in India has told them to celebrate
on this particular date and according to him the Indian calendar will apply to all places in the
world. This is a completely wrong assumption. If the Earth was flat then you can use Indian
calendar everywhere as sunrise sunset will happen all places equally. We won’t have any
timezones and the world will have only one timezone. Surya Siddhanta, Maharishi Vashistha,
Bhaskaracharya taught us to prepare the panchangam based on the longitude, latitude of the
place you live for these reasons you cannot bring a calendar from India and use abroad.
The English date and changes at midnight; whereas the Hindu date (or Tithi) and day does not
change at midnight. Hindu day changes at Sunrise. All days are from one Sunrise to another
Sunrise. Sunday will start at one Sunrise and end at the next Sunrise.The Hindu date – the Tithi
changes depending on the position of the Sun and Moon. It can change anytime between two
Sunrises. That is to say that if Prathama Tithi ends today at 23:02 it does not mean that Dwitiya
Tithi will end tomorrow at the same time. It can end at 18:00, 18:09 or later. Tithi: In the lunar calendar the Moon takes a month for each revolution around the Earth.
The lunar calendar is divided into two groups called Pakshas. The first one is called Krishna
Paksha (or dark fortnight) or wanning moon. The second is called Shukla Paksha (or bright
fortnight) or waxing moon. Each Paksha is divided into 15 Tithis. The first 14 Tithis are the
Sanskrit numbers from 1 to 14 (Prathama, Dvithiya etc). The 15th Tithi of Shukla Paksha is
Poornima (full Moon) & the 15th of the Krishna Paksha is Amavasya (Moon is not visible as it
is closest to the Sun).
Lunar Month: A lunar month consists of 30 Tithis and each Tithi then corresponds to the
time taken by the Moon to move 12 degrees with respect to the Sun. Krishna Paksha Tithis are
in the darker color and Shukla Paksha Tithis are mentioned in the red color. Names of lunar
months are Chaitra, Vaishakh, Jyestha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwayuja, Kartika,
Margasira, Pushya, Maha, and Phalguna.
Solar Month: A solar month begins when the Sun leaves one rasi and moves into the next.
The solar month names are based on 12 signs, they are Mesha, Vrishbha, Mithuna, Karka,
Simha, Kanya, Tula, Vrischika, Dhanush, Makara, Kumbha, and Mina. This system is widely
used in Tamilnadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Orrisa, Punjab and Assam.
Nakshatra: The path of the moon around earth is divided into 27 segments or Nakshatras. A
nakshatra changes when the moon leaves one of these 27 segments and enters the next.
Nakshatras are in italics. They are Ashwini, Bharani, Kritika, Rohini, Mrisgashirsh, Ardra,
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