Memphis Hindu Temple
India Cultural Center and Temple Memphis
Sri Venkateswara
Temple is located in Eads , suburb of Memphis, TN, USA. It is one of the
traditional Hindu Temple built in Tennessee state in the United States.
The India
Cultural Center and Temple, Inc organization will have the religious purpose of
serving as a place of worship to the devotees as well as a place to promote and
celebrate the Indian culture, through its cultural wing. The organization will
provide a place for all, regardless of the ethnicity and background to practice
and learn about Indian culture, traditions and values.
On Vijaya Dasami
day in 1985, the land was consecrated with a Bhoomi pooja done by a priest from
Sri Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburg. The first religious ceremony -Sri
Sita-Rama Kalyanam- was organized by the members of Telugu Association in April
1986.
On November 2,
1992, Mr. Varadaraja Bhattar of Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburg performed
the ground- breaking ceremony. There was a heavy down pour of rain throughout
the day, as though the Gods were blessing the event from heavens. Actual
construction was started on June 27, 1993 and the buildings were completed in
May 1994.
The temple has
the master plans for the project envisions a meditation garden, an Arch, a
Pushkarini, a Community Center and a Performing Arts Center in the 3rd phase of
development. Two additional acres of land were acquired to accommodate these
ambitious plans.
Temple has 9
shrines in its complex. The main shrine of our temple is Lord Venkateshwara
along with his consorts Sridevi, Bhudevi & Dwara-Palakas ( Jaya &
Vijaya). The temple consists of both Vaishnavite ( i.e. people who worship Lord
Vishnu ) and Shaivite ( i.e. people who worship Lord Siva) deities.
Temple
Deities :
Sri
Venkateswara
Sridevi
and Sri Bhudevi
Sri
Rama Parivar
Radha
Krishna
Sri
Chandramouliswara
Sri
Parvathi Devi
Sri
Ganesha
Valli,
Devasena Sahita Sri Subrahmanyeswara
Address : Memphis Hindu Temple, India Cultural
Center and Temple, 12005 Highway 64, Eads, TN 38028.
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