The Hindu Temple (Bristol) is now open for personal prayers ONLY.
There will be no congregation of any kind (gathering of people) both inside and outside of the Temple. All communal activities are suspended until further notice. No distribution or offering of prasad is allowed.
The Temple is open at the following times, after the Panditji has done the arti:
- Morning 8:30 am to 9:30 am
- Evening 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm
When entering the Temple you will be required to give your Name and Telephone Number (or Email Address) for the purpose of NHS contact tracing. This record will be kept for 21 days after which it will be deleted.
If you wish you could allow the Temple to keep the record to build up its congregation database for future, mainly electronic, communications.
Whilst in the Temple you will need to adhere to the following rules:
Washing your hands when you come in.
Using of hand sanitiser on entering and leaving the Temple.
Avoiding touching things.
Avoiding touching the hand-rails.
No bell ringing.
No touching of any murtis.
No abhisheks of Shivling (do not bring milk).
No oil pouring on Hanuman (do not bring oil).
No offering of Prasad.
Wearing of a mask or any suitable face covering.
Taking the right-hand stairs and following the one-way system.
Keeping your distance. If from the same household you can pray together. (A household is a person or a group of people who live together in the same accommodation).
Maintaining social distancing with other households - keeping at least one and half meters from each other all the time if possible.
Parents/guardians ensuring children maintaining social distancing. If possible, consider, not bringing children.
People of ages 70 and over, and those with underlying health conditions staying at home.
Restricting your individual silent prayers to under ten minutes.
Please do not come to the Temple if:
You or anyone in your household have high fever, new continuous cough, loss of taste and smell or not well (cold or flu).
You had close contact with a person who may have Covid19.
Anyone in your household self-isolating or has been asked to self-isolate by Test and Trace.
You or anyone in your household have travelled in the past 14 days and are self-isolating.
Donations
Since the closure on 20th March, the Temple has received no donations other than from the few standing orders. Please consider making a one-off generous donation to the Temple. Even better, consider donating to the Temple by Standing order.
Donation by Cheque: To donate by cheque, please make it payable to The Hindu Temple, put the cheque in an envelope with your name and address, and put the envelope in the main donation box. We will send you a receipt by post.
Donate by Direct payment from your bank account: You can also make a direct payment from your bank account to the Temple's account details as below. Put your Name and Surname in the Reference field. If you require a receipt, please email us giving your name and address, the date of your payment and the name you put in the Reference field, You do not need to state the amount donated. The treasurer will obtain the information from the Temple's statement and post you a receipt.
Standing Order: Complete the standing order form and post it to us (addressed to: The Secretary, Hindu Temple Bristol. 163b Church Road, Redfield, Bristol BS5 9LA) or leave it in a sealed envelope with one ofthe Panditji in the Temple.
Temple's Bank Account:
Name of the Account: The Hindu Temple Bank: Nat West, Bedminster Branch
Sort Code: 56-00-40 Account No: 66533848
For more details call:
- Kamleshbhai Vyas - 07946 479726
- Anirudhbhai Bhatt - 07900 085502
Charity Number: 275804
