Shiva - Vishnu Temple, Livermore

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HCCC was established in 1977 with the goal of offering religious services to Hindu community. In the last 40 years the HCCC has evolved into an established institution as a place of worship with the needed services for the community.

HCCC Historical Information

	1977: HCCC was incorporated
	1980 - 83: Land acquired in Livermore
	1983 - 86: Interim Temple
	1984 - 85: Idols donated by Tamilnadu Govt
	1984 - 86: Foundation stone laid by Sri. N.T.Rama Rao. Shilpis arrive from India and major construction began. Foundation ceremonies for cultural center by Pdt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
	1986: Kumbhabhishekam in July
	1992: Enclosure and roof completed
	1992: Rajagopuram and other Gopurams completed
	1997: Assembly Hall inaugurated by Livermore City Councilman. Inaugural concert by K.J. Yesudas & Party.
	1998: Mahakumbhabhishekam in July Dakshina Bhoomi purchased

	1999: Poorva Bhoomi purchased
	2001: Temple Flooring completed
	2002: 25th Anniversary Celebrations.
	2010: Mahakumbhabhishekam in June
	2011: Kanaka Durga Prayer Hall completion
	2012: Administrative Building completion Multi-Purpose Building completion Assembly Hall Extension in progress
	2013: Lakireddy Auditorium Completion East Parking Lot Completion
	2016: Solar Canopy System Opening by Livermore City Mayor
	2017-18: Bought three priest houses

Services Offered by HCCC

	Religious Services at temple and devotee residences
	Renting of Facilities
	Spiritual Services

	Youth and Education Classes and Programs
	Human Services Events
	Cultural Events

HCCC Campus

The HCCC campus comprises of 12 acres with multiple buildings for various services and ample parking.

	Temple: Main temple with all the deities except Kanaka Durga. Most of the religious services and events are held in the temple.

	Kanaka Durga Prayer Hall (Behind Lakireddy Auditorium): Home of Kanaka Durga deity.

	Neivedyam Kitchen: Neivedyam preparation for all the deities.

	Akella Annadana Kitchen: Food for weekend annadana, food for temple events and maha prasadam for the devotee personal events.

	Hanimi Reddy Admin Building: Front office, Shoe room, Library, Board room, Meeting room, Tirumala hall and Palani room for Youth and Education classes.

	Peraiah Event Building: Badrinath hall, Kedarnath hall, Gangotri room, Yamunotri room and Health advisory clinic. The halls are utilized for temple and devotee events.

	Akella Hall (300 seat capacity with a sound system): Annadana food serving, Kalyana Bhojanam fserving, Health Fair, Seminars, Youth & Education programs, Human Services and Cultural events.

	Lakireddy Auditorium (500 seat capacity acoustically designed event hall with professional sound and lighting system): Weddings, Dance, Drama, Gran-in-Aid, Annual Fund Raising, Meetings.



From 2011 to 2013, HCCC expanded facilities for the growing needs of the devotees. The expansion was funded with operational reserves and a bank loan. HCCC went green by installing a Solar System in 2016. In 2017- 18 bought three priest houses with an outstanding mortgage loan. HCCC depends upon the generosity of devotees and seeking your valuable donations for the operations, to make HCCC debt free, grow endowment account stronger, buy additional priest houses, other capital projects to enhance temple facilities and other devotee services.

Donate Now!

There are many ways devotees can donate for HCCC capital needs.

Some of the donation opportunities are listed below.

Religious Event Sponsorships

Based on the religious event, the donation range for the sponsorship varies. For example, New Year event sponsorship range is $7 to $5001. For more details, refer to the event flyer on the website.

Annadana Program

The New Year Day Annadana program will be held on January 1st. You can support the Annadana program by donating a minimum of $251 per Annadana. It will help HCCC to serve large number of devotees of Shiva-Vishnu Temple who visit on that day.

Sponsors names will be displayed on the temple website.

Sponsors will get calendar and laddu prasadam at the temple on New Year day.

Sponsors names will be displayed for several days (Dec 31st and first week of January).

Sponsors are eligible and can sponsor for another week-end annadana during the year.

Debt Payoff

Need your help with your generous donation to pay off the outstanding loans.

Endowment Fund

HCCC Maintains an endowment fund for the emergency needs of the HCCC operations. The funds from this account are not used for day to day operations. We urge the devotees to donate for this fund and help HCCC grow monetary reserves for the HCCC emergency operational needs.

Priest Housing Fund

HCCC needs funds to buy additional priest houses to make living comfortable for all the priests. Contribute generously to this fund.

Youth and Education Fund

These funds will be used for youth and education services. Some of these include children�s programs, classes (Sanskrit, Vedantha, Bala & Bakthi Jyothi, Bhagwad Gita, Youth Leadership and others) throughout the year and maintaining the library.

Human Services Fund

These funds will be used for Human Services. Some of these include Health Advisory Service, Health Fair, Health Seminars, Grand-in-Aid, Helping Local Food Banks and Senior Activities.

Abharana Fund

HCCC Maintains an abharana account to procure abharanas for the deities. Usually the priests make a recommendation and HCCC management makes a decision. If you like to donate with a specific wish, discuss with the HCCC management and it can be worked out.

Annual Fundraising Event

Once a year, HCCC hosts a fundraising event with a formal dinner and entertainment. By the grace of god and support of volunteers and donors, we had successful fundraising events in the last many years with generous donations. HCCC hopes to continue the tradition to raise funds.

Steering Committee Membership

Anyone who donates $10,000 or more in a calendar year is eligible to nominate self or immediate family members to the HCCC Steering Committee membership as per the HCCC policy. For more information, contact the HCCC management.