Rajdhani Mandir — Attraction in South Riding

Let the temple management regret first for an extremely rare incident. Mandir serves free lunch/langar to everyone with full “Sewa Bhavana” without any discrimination. In last two years Mandir has sponsored full cost of 46 houses in remote villages of Nepal for unprivileged and treats its visitors with full respect. Due to a Free Medical camp on April 9th at 2PM, the service providers/Medical professionals started coming early and it was decided to give only packed lunch boxes on that day instead eating in auditorium to make the space quickly available. Mandir policy doesn’t allow eating meals anywhere else except at lower level. The old gentleman mentioned in fact is a longtime humble dedicated volunteer and April 9th event is a very isolated incident. We have talked to him, expressed the grief and will observe him and others in future.

Mandir runs on volunteers; hope readers will ignore a onetime incident. Please visit the Mandir on any Sunday noon and observe yourself how volunteers serve the lunch/langar and everyone sits together on tables/chairs and enjoy the "Sacred Prasad" with full loving and welcoming atmosphere.

Thank you, Secretary Mandir...

I have visited this temple many times. I am glad we have a temple in northern va. I am also glad that it is conveniently located with big parking lot, as some people have stated. But I am sad to see that not all priests take their job seriously. I came for Tarpan in piturpaksha this time. ( I have done this here for a couple of years now). The priest I got literally sat less than 2 minutes and tarpan was done!! Other priests take longer time doing the job with more sincerity. I was amazed at blatent disregard for a somber ceremony and also very sad to see erosion of true religiosity and spiritualness.

BTW, Mandir charges $51 dollars for tarpan, which I am happy to pay if the ritual is done properly.

Mandir should maintain quality control on priests, otherwise the reputation of the...

A beautiful temple - North Indian Hindu temple and a Jain Mandir, replete with White marble idols of Gods, Goddesses and Jain Munis. Very conveniently located in Fairfax county, near Chantilly in VA. The Chinmaya (Somnath) Mission is located very close by, barely 5 minutes away. There is the typical South Indian brass and panchaloha vigrahas or idols for Pooja too. There are punditjis and Purohit to perform the pooja. Saturdays and Sundays are the busiest. There is an open air yagashala behind the temple and lots and lots of greenery around. The basement has an auditorium, with greenrooms, and seating. There's lots of space for arranging food / prasadam and a kitchen attached too. The ambience is peaceful and quiet in the temple. Makes one want to visit...