Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility

17/03/2022

Jai Siya Ram, let us all get together and generously support Tulsi Tirath Mandir in Nadera this Saturday (19/Mar) from 5pm towards their selfless service of donating all the collection during the 11 Hanuman Chalisa Paat program to Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee. Such a pious gesture from one organisation towards the other 🙏🙏🙏

Jai Siya Ram 🙏

Tulsi Tirath Ramayan Mandali (in association with Hanuman Chalisa Pariwar), have decided to donate all money collected during the auspicious 11 Hanuman Chalisa Paat & Divine Bhajans (followed by Holi celebrations) at our temple scheduled for this Saturday (19/Mar) from 5pm onwards to the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee.

Let us all volunteer and contribute generously during the program this Saturday, so that we could help the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee, because we shall all utilize the Shraadh Ghaat facility one day.

Your generosity shall be highly appreciated by the Tulsi Tirath Mandir Committee.

06/03/2022

JSR/Namaste, the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee would like to thank the Shree Sanatan Dharm Purohit Brahman Maha Sabha Fiji (SSDPBMSF) for spearheading a massive voluntary cleanup at the VFR Facility from 2-5pm yesterday afternoon and becoming the first group to come forward this year after the $50 Levy has kicked in at the Facility from 1/March, 2022, to encourage other organisations in the community to come forward and serve. The SSDPBMSF Senior Executives plus aporox 30 other volunteers in total brought, commecial water blaster to clean the facility and walkaway, brush cutter to cut the entire compound , blower to blow the cut grass, garbage bags to clean the entire foreshore. I had the previlage to witness this clean up, which was very well organised and coordinated with even Pizza and drinks provided by Jody's. Please feel free to contact VFRC should your organisation wish to carry out any such voluntary service work at the facility 🙏

28/02/2022

JSR/Namaste, it is a Divine feeling being early at the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility (VFRF) on this auspicious Maha Shivraatri day, serving the public. Note, Levy of $50 has been implemented at the facility from today, for each ash dispersion that will be carried out here which includes carrying out all final rites rituals related to it for the same cost.

We had Mr Gyan Dutt Ji and family carrying our the 10th day Shraadh ritual for Late Mr Shui Raji Ji and Poojan conducted by Pt Harish Sharma Ji early this morning.

The VFRC looks forward to maximum cooperation from the general public, so that the services at the facility can be provided as professionally as possible, thus allowing each user to carry out the final rites of their loved one's in a dignified manner 🙏

22/02/2022

The Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee (VFRC) which comprises of representatives from THEN INDIA SANMARGA IKYA SANGAM, SHREE SANATAN DHARM PRATINIDHI SABHA OF FIJI, SIKH GURUDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE, ARYA PRATINIDHI SABHA OF FIJI, KABIR SAT DHARM PARCHARAK MAHA SABHA, SHREE SANATAN DHARAM PUROHIT BRAHMAN MAHA SABHA FIJI, GANDHARVA SANGEETALAYA, THE FIJI SEVASHRAM SANGHA and GUJARAT SAMAJ, wishes to advise members of the general public via the following Public Notice that effective from 1st March 2022, a levy of $50.00 shall be charged for a single dispersion of cremation ash and any final rites rituals associated with it, to be carried out at the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility.

This levy is being implemented so that VFRC could continue to manage the approximately $40K annual operational cost (which doesn’t include the maintenance cost) at the Facility, of which approximately $30K is being used annually to pay for the 24/7 Security Services to help keep the beautiful $920K facility secure, and the remaining $10K to pay for all the other costs such as rates, water and electricity bills, providing cooking facility, shower and washroom facility and for the general upkeep of the facility compound.

The VFRC was anticipating that the users of the facility would generously make appropriate donations when using this beautiful facility, and hence a Levy wasn’t implemented at the beginning. Since on average much less than 50% of the users have been making any or minimal donation at the facility, the decision to implement a fixed Levy for the use of the facility had to be sought and it has taken us approximately two years to acquire appropriate permits and approvals to be able to implement this.

Hence, we are kindly requesting the general public to please appreciate the implementation of this small $50 Levy, which will now have to be made at the VFR Facility from 1st March 2022 and an official receipt collected, after which families would be allowed to carry out a single dispersion of cremation ash and any final rites rituals associated with it at this beautiful facility.

The VFRC would like to thank the general public in advance for their kind cooperation and understanding.

05/10/2021

The Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee (VFRC) is ready and invites you all to join from the comfort of your home to our Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility page or to Radio Fiji 2 Radio Station or their FB page and participate online to the Pitru Paksha Shradhanjali program that will be streamed live from the VFR Facility during the auspicious Amavasya Sarvapitri Parv today (Wednesday 6th October, 202) from 2-3pm.

This program is being dedicated to all those loved ones whom we have lost during the Covid crisis and to also pay homage to our ancestors.

Everyone is wecome to join in and take Sankalpa in memory of their loved ones at the beginning of the program at 2pm, followed by the recital of Chapter 7 of Bhagavat Gita and recital of Vishnu Sahastra (1008) Naam Paat which will conclude with Chama Prathna by 3pm.

This program will be conducted by various local Priests who are part of the Faith Based Organization's that make up our VFRC, in association with Priests like Pt Jayendra Shastri Ji, Pt Vishnu Tiwari Ji and Pt Prakash Sivam the Head Priest of TISI Sangam Howell Rd Temple from India.

12/09/2021

JSR/Namaste, Pt Ashlen Gosai Ji with his 8 member team from Shree Guru Sharnagat Mandali and Shiv Mandir from Narere, this afternoon (Sun 12/Sep from 2pm till 6:30pm) volunteered to maintain the lawn and cleaned the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility by cutting and raking the lawn and water blasting the entire facility. The Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee (VFRC) thanks Pt Ashlen Gosai Ji and his team for this service work. The VFRC welcomes other volunteers to also come forward and help maintain this facility, where Fijian Families come to disperse ash and carry out final rites of their loved one's in a dignified manner totally free of cost 🙏

31/08/2021

JSR/Namaste, please find below a four page Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Facility (VFRF) Bulletin highlighting the services provided and the financial status at VFRF, which has been providing an essential service where Fijians disperse ash and carry out final rites of their loved one's in a dignified way free of cost.

To help sustain the running cost of the facility:

1) We urgently need the users of the facility to please actively make appropriate (approx $50) voluntary donations per funeral.
2) We request all well wishers and business houses to please donate generously, which can be deposited into our official bank account:

Bank: Bank of South Pacific (BSP)
Acct Name:Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee
Acct No: 81965180
SWIFT Code: BOSPFJFJ
BSB Number: 069 000

03/07/2021

The Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee (VFRC) would like to whole heartedly thank Mr Avikash Raj (Managing Director of AirTech Pte Ltd) for donating $300 towards the transportation and labor cost of the scaffolding and to Mr Abhi Manyu Krishna (General Manager of Frincos Hire) for sponsoring the use of the scaffolding at the VFR Facility for two months for free without any hiring charges so that Fijians could carry out final rites of their loved one's at this facility in a dignified way. This temporary structure has been put in place from today for two months to cater for the influx of users at the facility while maintaining social distancing due to the COVID crisis. VFRC would like to request users of the facility to please strictly abide by the COVID protocols that are in place so that we could continue to provide this essential service without any disruptions. Please take care and keep safe 🙏

20/06/2021

JSR/Namaste/Bula, the Vatuwaqa Funeral Rites Committee (VFRC) is very pleased to advise that the Facility has yesterday been fitted with dispensing hand washing unit and has been provided with Covid decontamination chemicals and protective gear for the security. These have been donated very generously by Mr Avinash Pal the Director of Quality Hygenex & Pest Services & his staff who have also been carrying out monthly pest control at the facility for free. We whole heartedly thank the team for their generous service.
[Note: Please feel free to contact the VFRC should you also wish to provide any assistance to help us improve our free of cost service🙏]