Priest services
Poojas & family sacraments
A simplified, value-based approach to pricing the Temple’s priest services for family sacraments — the same price whether at the Temple or your home, and on any day of the week. This greatly helps scheduling for you and for the Priests.
Saturday & Sunday
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Weekday mornings
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Weekday evenings
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Family sacraments — at Temple or at Home
One simple price whichever location or day of the week you choose.
- Shanti Paat (Veda Parayanam)$101
- Punyahavachanam$101
- Vahana Pooja$101
- Aksharabhyasa (Start of school)$151
- Annapraashana (First solid food)$151
- Mundan (First haircut)$151
- Navagraha Pooja$151
- Namakarana (Naming ceremony)$201
- Navagraha Pooja with Homa$201
- Nishchithartha (Engagement)$251
- Seemantham (Baby shower)$251
- Ayush Homa$251
- Gana Homa$251
- Satyanarayana Pooja$301
- Abhisheka for any Moola Vigraha (Ganesha, Balaji, Shiva or Navagraha Devatas)$301
- Gruhapravesham$401
- Kalyanotsavam$501
- Bhoomi Pooja$501
- Upanayana$501
- Chandi Homa$501
- Vivaha (Marriage)$1,001
- Shashtipurthi (60th, 70th, 80th birthdays)$1,001
Ancestral services at the Temple
- Amavasya Tarpana$51
- Masikam$101
- Shraddam$151
Ancestral services at Home
- Annual Shradham (without Homa)$201
- Annual Shradham (with Homa)$351
Anthya Kriyas (funeral rites — offsite)
- Cremation ceremony$251
- Apara kriyas (each additional day)$201
Good to know
- •In addition to the regularly scheduled programs, personal services such as Archanas and Abhishekams can be conducted as requested by devotees.
- •Please make donation checks for these services payable to Hindu Temple of Central Illinois and give the check to the Priest, mail it, or place it in the Temple Hundi with a note.
- •The Temple does not expect devotees to incur any additional charges beyond what is suggested.
- •Certain services are available only at the Temple or only at Home.
- •Any pooja/samskara performed outside the Greater Peoria area incurs a minimum charge of $250 plus travel (50 cents per mile).
- •It is up to devotees to give any Dakshine to the attending Priest.
- •If outside Priests are hired by devotees at their own expense to conduct family sacraments at the Temple, the devotees still pay the Temple the fees listed above.