My husband L.R.G..K. had a long wish that he should visit and worship Lord Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburgh in Pennsilvania. we missed that opportunity twice or thrice, even though we passed through that place to Nayagara & Canada in 2006 &2010.. We heard more about that temple .so we were very anscious to visit that temple before leaving USA ,in Sep2010.
We had good faith in SV .however he would fulfill our longing wish .His wish to worship SV in Pittsburgh has been fulfilled by a couple named Mr.Karthik& Mrs.Shilpa. who were residing behind our son's Apt .in no.4,412Ridge Road,Greenbelt,Maryland. This couple have a pretty girl baby of 1./1/2 years
called Keerthana.
Surprisingly one day Karthik told my son that he was intending to visit Pittsburgh Temple with his family, further he had added if he was willing he could also joined with them. But our son requested him to take his parents instead of him , as he knew that we were very much interested to see that temple. . Our son came to us and asked us to be ready to go with them the next day that was on 7th Aug.2010 .
" What?A reward for eating sugarcane ? " we were very happy about it. On the next morning that was on Saturday 8th of Aug'10. We joined with Karthik's family in the travel to S.V.Temple in Pittsburgh. We started at 9.30.A.M..
It was a wonderful experience to travel by car with Karthik &his family as he drove the car steadily ,carefully and at safe speed through out the journey. He drove the distance of 600miles to &fro to the Temple with out making us tiresome in any way.while driving, moreover he engaged us telling interesting stories, cracking jokes & sometimes humming recent cine songs in his own style. I was astonished to observe that little three years old daughter was also very happily enjoying the trip.On the way we halted at a restaurant & had some snacks & drinks .Then we continued our journey & reached the temple at 2.30 p.m.
Usually the drive would be only four hrs to the Hills from M.D,but due to heavy traffic jam it took five and half hrs to reach the destination.
Stop! some attention please! An important matter!. I would like to explain the history of how the temple came in to existence in that PennHills.
The Hindus who were settled earlier in Pennsilvania wanted to have a traditional Hindu temple at their place to worship according to their customs &tradition.They wanted to have a big premises to conduct t their cultural& religious functions in a grand manner.So they had formed a mission.
With that aim &interest Sri VenkateswaraTemple Organization was established on 7th Aug 1975. assistance from Thirumala Thirupathi Devasthanam for construction of the temple was requested on Sep.11,1975, and the same was granted on the same day.After that ground breaking was performed on June 1976 & Pratisthabana of the Lord's Idol on November!976. Daily worship Is going on ever since.
Sri Venkateswara Temple is situated in PennHills,an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh,PA, USA. It is one of the earliest traditional Hindu Temple in the United states.
SV. propagates ideals for world peace,spiritual&personal health, harmony through Hindu Faith which is Sanathana Dharma.
Similar to Thirumala Thrupathi Deavasthanam, it is also situated on The PennHills,McCully Dr. PittsBurgh,PA,USA. We cannot not say it is a big one but one of the oldest temple in USA. The road to the temple is also goes round & round and has many bends&curves all along the Hills like Thirumala.
Just while we enter into the temple there is a big dining hall,adjacent to that there is a big vending stall.Different types of prasadams like Pulihorai,Sweet Pongal,curd rice ,Vada ,Muruku etc. are sold.Invariably each item costs 2$ only.On the other side, free prasadams are distributed freely to the devotees.
We were directed to the free distribution Que,and we got variety of prasadms which were very tasty. we were very happy and assumed that we got the great blessings of the Lord SV. After filling our tummies we proceeded for Dharshan.
The large Dining Hall leads to the ground floor of the Shrine.Lord Ganesha gives us a beautiful dharshan there. Few steps up,lead us to the main Sannadhi of Lord Venkateswara.
we came across another surprise. Since that day has been a" Devotees appreciation day" we need not pay any charges for Archana or other Seva.. Our joy knew no bounds. Whole heartedly we prayed to Him and performed Archanas. we sat in front of Him peacefully for nearly 2hrs ,without hearing any shrieking noise like jarugandi.jarugandi like Thirumala..
On the right side of the Main Deity lies the Padmavathi Thayar sannadhi and on the left for Andal Nachiyar. we worshiped them also &put some" Kannikai"in the big Hundi.
After taking some rest we prepared ourselves for the return journey.Around 5.30p.m we started our journey towards M.D. Karthik drove the car steadily and we reached our home at 10 o.clock in the night.
we thanked Karthik for having given us a wonderful opportunity to our insatiable desire to visit PIttsburgh Temple at PA. which is one of the famous temple in USA.
We & Karthik family had a very good dinner (Poori&masal) and other items prepared by my daughter in law -Sangeetha . with that our trip to the holy place came to a happy ending.
We had good faith in SV .however he would fulfill our longing wish .His wish to worship SV in Pittsburgh has been fulfilled by a couple named Mr.Karthik& Mrs.Shilpa. who were residing behind our son's Apt .in no.4,412Ridge Road,Greenbelt,Maryland. This couple have a pretty girl baby of 1./1/2 years
called Keerthana.
Surprisingly one day Karthik told my son that he was intending to visit Pittsburgh Temple with his family, further he had added if he was willing he could also joined with them. But our son requested him to take his parents instead of him , as he knew that we were very much interested to see that temple. . Our son came to us and asked us to be ready to go with them the next day that was on 7th Aug.2010 .
" What?A reward for eating sugarcane ? " we were very happy about it. On the next morning that was on Saturday 8th of Aug'10. We joined with Karthik's family in the travel to S.V.Temple in Pittsburgh. We started at 9.30.A.M..
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| our friends Shilpa, Karthik With their daughter.Keerthana |
Usually the drive would be only four hrs to the Hills from M.D,but due to heavy traffic jam it took five and half hrs to reach the destination.
Stop! some attention please! An important matter!. I would like to explain the history of how the temple came in to existence in that PennHills.
The Hindus who were settled earlier in Pennsilvania wanted to have a traditional Hindu temple at their place to worship according to their customs &tradition.They wanted to have a big premises to conduct t their cultural& religious functions in a grand manner.So they had formed a mission.
With that aim &interest Sri VenkateswaraTemple Organization was established on 7th Aug 1975. assistance from Thirumala Thirupathi Devasthanam for construction of the temple was requested on Sep.11,1975, and the same was granted on the same day.After that ground breaking was performed on June 1976 & Pratisthabana of the Lord's Idol on November!976. Daily worship Is going on ever since.
Sri Venkateswara Temple is situated in PennHills,an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh,PA, USA. It is one of the earliest traditional Hindu Temple in the United states.
SV. propagates ideals for world peace,spiritual&personal health, harmony through Hindu Faith which is Sanathana Dharma.
Similar to Thirumala Thrupathi Deavasthanam, it is also situated on The PennHills,McCully Dr. PittsBurgh,PA,USA. We cannot not say it is a big one but one of the oldest temple in USA. The road to the temple is also goes round & round and has many bends&curves all along the Hills like Thirumala.
We were directed to the free distribution Que,and we got variety of prasadms which were very tasty. we were very happy and assumed that we got the great blessings of the Lord SV. After filling our tummies we proceeded for Dharshan.
The large Dining Hall leads to the ground floor of the Shrine.Lord Ganesha gives us a beautiful dharshan there. Few steps up,lead us to the main Sannadhi of Lord Venkateswara.
we came across another surprise. Since that day has been a" Devotees appreciation day" we need not pay any charges for Archana or other Seva.. Our joy knew no bounds. Whole heartedly we prayed to Him and performed Archanas. we sat in front of Him peacefully for nearly 2hrs ,without hearing any shrieking noise like jarugandi.jarugandi like Thirumala..
On the right side of the Main Deity lies the Padmavathi Thayar sannadhi and on the left for Andal Nachiyar. we worshiped them also &put some" Kannikai"in the big Hundi.
After taking some rest we prepared ourselves for the return journey.Around 5.30p.m we started our journey towards M.D. Karthik drove the car steadily and we reached our home at 10 o.clock in the night.
we thanked Karthik for having given us a wonderful opportunity to our insatiable desire to visit PIttsburgh Temple at PA. which is one of the famous temple in USA.
We & Karthik family had a very good dinner (Poori&masal) and other items prepared by my daughter in law -Sangeetha . with that our trip to the holy place came to a happy ending.
