Smaartha Archaka (South Indian rituals / Aagama)

HTCC • Bothell, WA

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About The Position

HTCC is looking for a Hindu ‘Priest’ post with the following requirements. Interested candidates should submit with all the pertinent documents by email (preferred) or regular (air) mail, so as to reach on or before March 1st, 2021 (extended indefinitely due to COVID 19 and/or till we find a candidate). The email is is: [email protected] Postal mailing address: Hindu Temple and Cultural Center, 3818, 212 th St SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working in a temple after attending a religious based school.
• Fluent in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Sanskrit languages, and fluent in Hindi and English.
• Ability to correspond in English and handle emails.
• Familiarity with a wide variety of skills across samprayadaya (South India, North India, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada community specific cultural/religious observances).

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of north Indian languages like Hindi and south Indian languages.
• Religious/devotional cooking skills.
• Experience in conducting various cultural/religious observances.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular poojas without any inhibitions of performing cross Sampradaya activities.
• Conduct abhishekam of various deities, havan, and special ceremonies like marriage, baby shower, naming ceremony, aksharabhayasam, mundan ceremony, Shashti poorthi, Sahasra Chandra darshanam, karma kand like shraddha and funeral services.
• Administer religious services and poojas like daily/nitya pooja, vahana pooja, Satyanarayana vratha pooja, Grihpravesh, Sri Sudarshana havann/homam, Devi pooja.
• Experience in vishesha poojas such as Sri Rama Navami, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Sri Devi Navaratri poojas.
• Conduct kalyanam services like Sri Parvathi Kalyanam, Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam, Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam, Sri Goda/Sri Andaal Kalyanam.
• Familiarity with Sri Jagannatha Ratha Yatra rituals.
• Expert with Maha Ganpathi, Sri Rudra, Sri Gayathri, Sri Chandi & Vaastu Homam and different shanthi poojas like Navagraha, Bhoomi, graha and tithi shanthi pooja.
• Skilled in singing bhajans, Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam, arathi of various deities and conducting pravachans.
• Perform all pooja rituals and annual ceremonies including moola mantras and Nava graha shanthi poojas.
• Ability to perform shraddha and cremation ceremonies is preferable.
• Experience with various Alankaarams using various material, especially Moola & Utsav Murthy(s).
• Prepare/cook 'neivedhyam/bhog' on a daily basis or as required by temple festivals/pooja/religious celebrations.
• Take care of all garbha grihas in the temple.
• Occasionally attend out of temple religious services as scheduled by HTCC in coordination with devotee needs within Greater Seattle Area.

Benefits

• Salary will commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experiences.
• HTCC unique healthcare package.
• Accommodation facilities.
• HTCC is willing to sponsor an R1 visa for the selected candidate.

What This Job Offers