Office: 3537 Armfield Farm Dr., Chantilly, VA 20151-3365 Email: uhjtinfo@dcunitedtemples.org
Diwali Mela Location: FedEX Field - 1600 FedEx Way, Landover, MD 20785 [map] Date: Saturday, October 8th, 2011 - 12(noon) to 10PM
Contact President: Dr. Alok Srivastava at (703) 736-9335  
Participating Temples

Rajdhani Mandir
Alok Srivastava
703-736-9335

Raj Krishnapillay
703-378-6773


Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
Parmesh Dwivedi
301-464-0703

Mythili Bachu
301-476-9072


Sri Venkateswara LotusTemple
Vasanthi Aharam
443-538-3006

Venkat Basavaraju
410-900-8051


Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Ghanshyam Gupta
301-977-6344

Hasmukh Mehta
703-690-2010


BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
Rateebhai Patel
703-525-8979

Hitendra Patel
240-472-6727


Chinmaya Mission
Nanik Lahori
301-652-0696

Rama Iyer Devaraj
301-948-9455


Durga Temple
Suresh C. Gupta
301-299-5000

Poonam Bansal
703-825-1211


Gayatri Parivar
Ram Singh
703-391-0487

Shan Mistry
240-671-9081


Hindu Temple
Shyam Bajpai
301-294-6030

Shukla Khanna
301-879-9708


India House of Worship
B.P. Shah
301-384-4090

Dilip Jhaveri
410-290-9092


ISKCON
Sonia Chopra
703-438-8861

Nilesh Shahi
301-545-0044


Jain Temple
Harshid Shah
703-723-9363

Praveen Jain
240-252-4719


Mangal Mandir
Kirit Udeshi
703-449-0772

Kiran Parikh
410-465-6308


Murugan Temple
Manimekalai Saravanan
301-972-3428

Rajasekaran KV
703-628-0216


IFC Members
D.C. Rao
301-530-8961

Siva Subramanian
301-983-9699

V.S. Raghavan
301-469-8345

Sushil Jain
301-670-0519

Shardanand
301-917-1555

Prasad Kadambi
301-236-4162

Manoj Dharamsi
703-620-9837

Nanik Lahori
301-652-0696

Sant Gupta
703-980-7487

Narendra Desai
703-354-1452

Welcome to the Association of Hindu and Jain Temples of Metropolitan Washington

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Souvenir Booklet Pages

Note: "All Vendor booths will be under the large covered roofed inside-area. The cultural program stage and chairs will be moved inside in advance if the need arises."

Diwali Mela 2010

Diwali Mela 2011

Diwali Mela 2011

This website is the home of the annual Diwali Mela celebration that is held in the Washigton-Maryland-Virginia area. Here you will find information on the upcoming Diwali Mela held at the FedExField Landover MD. The Association of Hindu Jain Temples of Metropolitan Washington (UHJT) is a non-profit, joint partnership of Hindu and Jain temples in the MD-DC-VA area. Together, we enrich, promote and raise awareness of the Hindu and Jain cultural identity and heritage in America and all over the world. We cordially invite you to explore and learn more about the Hindu and Jain temples in the Metropolitan Washington and to use this website as a guide to learn more about Diwali Mela (The Celebration of Lights - an annual festival celebrated by over a billion Hindus and Jains all across the planet). We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Diwali Mela. Join our "Diwali Mela Newsletter Sign-Up" to learn more about the event and details.

More information will be posted on the upcoming Diwali Mela soon. Please check back at a later time.

Temples: The "Participating Temples" link up above contains a list of all temples participating in our association. Please visit the link to learn more about the temples, directions to the temple and the services offered at each temple. If you are associated with a temple and would like to participate, please contact one of the members or email us to learn more about joining our association.

Vendors: The annual Diwali Mela attracts over 10,000 people coming together to celebrate this event each year. This venue provides an excellent opportunity for you to promote your business and reach a wider audience. Booths are available for setup at the event. To learn more about participating in this event, please select "Vendor Participant Form" from the links below. You can also contact one of our members to learn more about the event.

Sponsors: You can also become a sponsor and advertise on this website to promote your business. Contact one of the members to learn more about becoming a sponsor.

Community Events: Our association strives to bring the community together, so if you have any events that impact our community, please let us know and we will add those events to our community calendar.

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