Oct 11 – 20, 2026
Navaraathri & Brahmotsava
Ten days of Navaraathri with the temple's annual Brahmotsava
Navaraathri: Sun, Oct 11 – Tue, Oct 20 · Brahmotsava: Fri, Oct 16 – Sun, Oct 18, 2026
Sponsorship levels
Vaahana Pooja Sponsor
$31
Maha Navami Aayudha Pooja, Oct 19 — $31 per vaahana.
Navaraathri Pooja Sponsor
$151
All 10 days of Navaraathri Poojas & Sankalpas (Oct 11–20), including Sri Chakra Pooja.
Kalasha Aaraadhana & Sreenivaasa Kalyana Sponsor
$251
Sponsor of the Brahmotsava Kalasha Aaraadhana and Sreenivaasa Kalyana.
Patron Sponsor
$500
Brahmotsava (Oct 16–18) + all 10 days of Navaraathri Poojas & Sankalpas. 1-year Temple Patron membership.
Bronze Sponsor
$1,000
Everything in Patron + Monthly Samoohika Satyanaaraayana Poojas for one year.
Silver Sponsor
$2,500
Everything in Bronze + Weekly Moola Vigraha Abhisheka for one of: Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva or Lord Balaji. Includes 1-year Patron membership.
Gold Sponsor
$5,000
Everything in Bronze + all three Weekly Moola Vigraha Abhishekas (Ganesha, Shiva, Balaji) incl. Navagraha Abhishekas & Homas, plus Annual Maha Sudarshana Homa & Dhanvantari Homa. Includes 1-year Patron membership.
Platinum Sponsor
$10,000
Everything in Gold + all Temple Festivals and Nithya Poojas for one year (365 days). Your family is included in every Sankalpa made at the Temple.
Schedule of events
- Day 1 · Sunday, October 11Navaraathri begins · Kalasha Sthaapana
- Day 2 · Monday, October 12
- Day 3 · Tuesday, October 13
- Day 4 · Wednesday, October 14
- Day 5 · Thursday, October 15
- Day 6 · Friday, October 16Brahmotsava Day 1
- Day 7 · Saturday, October 17Brahmotsava Day 2
- Day 8 · Sunday, October 18Brahmotsava Day 3 · Rathotsava
- Day 9 · Monday, October 19Maha Navami
- Day 10 · Tuesday, October 20Vijaya Dashami · Dasha Hara
City of Peoria, Illinois
Hindu Temple of Central Illinois
A 501(c)(3) temple founded in 1994 and run entirely by volunteers, serving over 1000 families across the Greater Peoria area — open for darshan, family sacraments, festivals and seva.
Saturday & Sunday
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Weekday mornings
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Weekday evenings
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Three ways to serve the temple
Donate or sponsor
Patron membership, fund contributions and sponsorship of daily, weekly, monthly and festival poojas.
Ways to giveRequest a pooja
Family sacraments, abhishekams, ancestral rites — one simple price at the Temple or at your home.
Priest servicesTake part
The temple is run entirely by volunteers. Help with temple operations, festivals and programs.
Get involvedTemple calendar 2026
What’s next at the temple
- Jan 1ThursdayNew YearButter Alankaram for Lord Shiva, Ganapathi and Balaji
- Jan 2FridayPushya Maasa PournamiSamoohika Sathyanarayana Pooja
- Jan 6TuesdaySankashtahara ChathurthiPanchamrutha Abhishekam for Ganesha
- Jan 14WednesdayMakara Sankranthi
- Jan 23FridayVasantha Panchami
Our Moorthis
Our sanctum is home to
- ॐLord Vigneshwara
- ॐRamparivar
- ॐShivaparivar
- ॐShivalinga
- ॐRadhakrishna
- ॐDurgadevi
- ॐLord Venkateshwara
- ॐMahalakshmidevi
- ॐLord Swaminarayana
- ॐLord Mahavir
Subscribe & join HTCI
Become a Patron Member — $120 per year
Patron Members receive weekly e-mail updates, register online for events and volunteer opportunities, and each member is entitled to one vote at General Body Meetings.
