Who we are
Founders
Mrs & Dr N V Doraiswamy
Mrs & Dr M S Raman
Mrs & Mr Jagannathan
Committee Members - 2023
Executive Members:
Mr Kuppuswamy Jagannathan - President
Mrs Aparna Ramesh - Secretary
Mrs. Thanuja Chittamuru - Asst. Secretary
Mrs Subbulakshmi Jagannathan - Treasurer
Mr Prem Kumar Alamantha - Asst. Treasurer
Non-executive Members:
Dr Narasimhan Sampath Kumar
Dr Yathish Rangappa
Mr Naveen Padma
Dr Kishore Kumar Gaddle
Mr Jagannathan Sundara Rajan
Mrs Sujatha Kalidas
Mr Amit Kasture
Mr Makesh Kaliyaperumal
Mrs Lakshmipriya Koothapilly
Priests
Dr Srihari Vallabhajousula (Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, English, Sanskrit) Humbled and blessed to serve as a volunteer priest since 2011. A strong believer in communal prayers, Srihari aims to help the devotees achieve a blessed experience during their visit to the Hindu Temple of Scotland. A consultant general surgeon by profession Srihari holds a certificate from Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies securing a distinction on the studies of Homam, volunteers as Board member of Interfaith Scotland and honorary chaplain of Univ of Glasgow. Srihari encourages various forms of bhakti and personally enjoys reciting Stotras. Seeking blessings of Vaidyo Narayano HariHi for Manava Seva and Madhava Seva
Dr Narasimhan Sampathkumar PhD (Tamil, English, Sanskrit)
Dr Narasimhan Sampathkumar, PhD is humbled and blessed to serve as a volunteer priest since 2014. Hailing from a traditional Iyengar Sri Vaishnavite family in Chennai, India he follows Sri Ramanujacharya’s Visishta-advaitha philosophy. Narasimhan is always keen to involve the devotees and family in their prayers, abishegams, poojas and homam rituals both while at the temple and in their homes. His main profession is in the field of Wind and the other forms of Renewable Energy. He strongly believes that Service to the God and Devotee(s) are one and the same.
sarvE janA: sukhino Bhavanthu |
Samastha san mangaLAni santhu ||
Mr Naveen Kumar Padma(Telugu, Hindi, English, Sanskrit)
Naveen is a Software Engineer by profession. Currently, works as a Full stack developer at JP Morgan & Co., Glasgow. Naveen is very much interested in seeking the divine knowledge of Vedic literature and making progress in Krishna Yajur Veda. Advaita Siddhanta is his core belief. Naveen has been volunteering as preist to the temple since 2019, December.
Dr. Sreevas Sahasranamam (Malayalam, Tamil, English, Hindi, Sanskrit)
Dr Sreevas Sahasranamam is humbled and blessed to serve as a volunteer priest since 2017. He has been learning and chanting Krishna Yajur Veda since his childhood days. He is a business school faculty by profession.
Our heartfelt thanks go to all previous committee members who have helped us in innumerable ways.