Pittsburgh Venkateswara Temple
Sri Venkateswara Temple Penn Hills Pittsburgh
Sri Venkateswara
Temple (S. V. Temple) is located in Penn Hills, an eastern suburb of
Pittsburgh, PA, USA. It is one of the earliest traditional Hindu Temples built
in the United States. Sri Venkateswara Temple organization was established on Aug
7, 1975.
Assistance from Tirumal Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) for construction
of the temple was requested on Sept 11, 1975 and granted on the same day. On
June 30, 1976 ground breaking was performed and was followed by pratisthapana
on Nov 17, 1976. Daily worship is being performed continuously ever since.
The Mission of
Sri Venkateswara Temple in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is to provide a place for
Hindus to worship in traditional style and to provide religious, humanitarian,
cultural and educational resources to all interested in Hinduism. In addition,
Sri Venkateswara Temple shall propagate ideals for world peace, harmony,
spiritual and personal health through the tenets underlying Hindu faith which
is Sanatana Dharma.
Lord Sri
Venkateshwar is the presiding deity in this temple, In addition, the temple
house has other deities are
Sri
Lakshmi
Sri
Andal
Sri
Ganesa
Sri
Anjaneya
Sri
Sudarsana
Several types of
religious services performed at the Temple: Archana, Abhishekam, Sathyanarayana
Puja, Kalyana Utsavam, Homa and many others which are published under
"Services", "Programs & News" menu items in the temple
website.
Address: S.
V. Temple 1230 S
McCully Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15235
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