MEET OUR PRIEST
Shri Surendra Bhardwaj
Surendra Bhardwaj (Shastriji) joined the Temple at the end of May 2002.
He comes to us from New Delhi. His family (wife Navodita, son Mayank, and
daughter Ritam) joined him in late 2002 and early 2003. He was born in 1960.
His academic qualifications include the Vidyadhikari degree (1983) from Gurukul
Kangari University, Hardwar; the Uttarmadhyama degree (1986) from Vedamau
Vaidic Vidyapeeth, Badayu; and the Shastri degree (1989) from Sampoornanand
Sanskrit University, Varanasi. During 1996 and 1997, he had his Karmakand
training (for performing rituals) in Delhi at Ramayan Vidyapeeth and Shri Lal
Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth. He is trained to do all Pujas
and Samskaras and can teach Hindi, Sanskrit, and scriptural texts such as the
Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana. Prior to joining our Temple, he was a teacher
of Sanskrit at International Public School in Delhi and the President of
Sanskrit Sewa Sansthan in that city. He is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi,
Haryani, and Rajasthani, and is learning to speak English.
Shastriji is available for private
pujas at devotees’ homes or places of business. To schedule
his services both in and outside the temple, please call him either at the
temple (phone number 517-339-6337) or at his home (home phone
number: 517-575-0888; cell phone number: 517-944-2100).
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