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.
