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.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
HINDU COMMUNITY


The Australian Hindu Clergy on behalf of the Hindu community take this opportunity to express our deep and heartfelt thanks to all those who are working so hard and endangering themselves to keep the Australian Community safe during this horrible pandemic.

So a huge THANK YOU 

to all the nurses and doctors and associated health-care workers.
to all the police officers and other law enforcement agencies
to all the ambulance personnel
to all those shopkeepers and workers
to all those meal providers
to all those individuals that are helping the disadvantaged and elderly

and to all those citizens who are under immense social and financial pressure and who are following the regulations at enormous personal, social and financial cost.

THANK YOU.  DHANYAVĀDAḤ

Our prayers and blessings for the welfare of the Nation.
COVID 19 ANNOUNCEMENT

THE ACHC SUPPORTS AND ENDORSES THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SLOWING OF THE PANDEMIC.

PLEASE OBSERVE STRICT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND AVOID CONGREGATING IN LARGE GROUPS UNLESS NECESSARY AND COMPLY WITH ALL REGULATIONS.

Please click here for COVID-19 FACT Sheet.
Our Management Team
President: Pandit R Athreiya, Vice-President:Pandit Narayan Bhatt, Secretary: Pandit S.P.R Bhattar, Joint Secretary: Pandit Venkatraman Shastri
Assistant Secretary: Priest Sivakumar Srinivasan,  Public Relations Officer: Pandit Sivan, Treasurer: Pandit Sharma
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)
                                False Advertising by so-called PANDITS

There are a number of so-called PANDITS that advertise in the local Indian Newspapers, claiming to be able to remove black-magic and witchcraft, to practice faith-healing, bring back-loved ones and to solve every problem with 100% Guarantee and 100% satisfaction.

These so-called PANDITS are not members of this organization and have nothing to do with us. We do not approve of their practices nor do we endorse their claims. No one, not even scientists can give 100% guarantee about anything and to claim this regarding voodoo and black-magic and other personal problems is plainly misleading, deceptive and false advertising.

                                               We request you to avoid these charlatans by all means.