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Serving the Hindu community in Australia

Welcome to the website of the Australian Council of Hindu Clergy. We are a council of Hindu priests, monks, nuns, astrologers and preachers (kathakaras) coming from a wide range of backgrounds:— India, Srilanka, Nepal, Fiji and South Africa and practicing throughout Australia. We are dedicated to the service of the Hindu community at large  and the promotion of the Hindu Dharma in general and have been operating since 1989.
Our Management Team
President: Pandit K.Venkatraman Shastri,  Vice-President: Pandit N. Bhatt, Secretary &Treasurer:Pandit D Sharma, Joint Secretary:  Pandit Shiva Srinivasan, Assistant Secretary; Pandit Ajay Adhyaru
Assistant Secretary: Pandit Natha Gurukkal, Pandit Prakash Dodhari,  Pandit Daxesh Joshi


Public Relations Officers: Pandit R. Athreiya, Pandit Ram Sivan 
We are here to help you to celebrate your festivals and observe  your sacraments such as birth, marriage and funerals etc. As well as playing a role in educating and instructing the community in all matters pertaining to the theory and practice of the Dharma.

Application for Clergy Membership
Download an application form, fill it in, scan and send it to us by email. To download an application form click HERE
adhyāpanam adhyayanaṁ  yajanaṁ yājanaṁ tathā |
dānaṁ pratigrahaṁ ca-eva brāhmanānām akalpayat || 

To Priests was assigned the duties of teaching and studying (the Veda), performing rituals for their own benefit and for others in the community, giving and accepting (of donations). (Manu 1:88)

Hindu Voice to NSW State Government. 
Breaking news - 24th December 2022
By Pdt. Ram Sivan
We are delighted and proud to announce that we now have a voice to the State Government through the newly established NSW State’s Religious Communities Advisory Council (the council).

Hindu Clergy welcomes this essential initiative taken by the NSW Govt. and we thank the Hon. Mark Coure MP, Minister for Multiculturalism and his team for providing us the opportunity to serve on the council. 

Two leading and influential members of the Hindu community have been appointed to a 15 member body. One a layman, Mr.  Surinder Jain from the Australian Hindu Council and the other Pandit Ramachandra Athreiya - a senior priest of the Australian Council of Hindu Clergy.
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We hope that with the combined leadership and cooperation of these two gentleman – a layman and a senior and learned member of the clergy -  we will be able to advance the social and spiritual well-being of the rapidly growing and expanding Hindu community in NSW and the rest of Australia.
 
Pandit Athreiya met with the Premier on his appointment and presented him with the tradition gift given to Rajas - a lime which symbolises the warding off of negative forces and the establishment  of peace and cordial relationships.

​Lokā samastā sukhino bhavantu - may all beings be happy.