grow over the years, and on traditional festival days, the small temple could hardly accomodate the crowd of devotees. It quickly became a popular site for the ever growing populace of newly arriving Hindus, some of whom personally knew of the Sage from Sri Lanka, YogaSwami, who initiated the American Guru. Offering Pujas to murtis of Ganesha, Muruga and Shiva, it was founded on the traditions of Saiva Siddhanta and known as the Palaniswami Sivan Temple. It may have been the first Hindu Temple to be opened in America that was beyond the scope of the various Vedanta centers that existed at that time. He started serving the Concord Shiva Murugan Temple in USA from 2008.The temple was originally established in a small wood framed house in San Francisco, California, way back in 1957, by an American born Hindu guru, Sivaya SubramuniyaSwami. His Family has been known as Vedha Agamam. He has participated in many Temple Functions all over India and Malaysia. He first served Sri Sundara Vinagayar Temple and Sri Saravaswarar Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He started serving the Concord Shiva Murugan Temple in USA from 2002. The Family has been known as samhitha Apasthamba Poorvaaparaprayogam and Bhodhayanam. He first served Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Kaspa Pasur, Erode Tamil Nadu.This was also served by his family.
Priest Viswanathan Gurukkal is from Erode. He started serving the Concord Shiva Murugan Temple in USA from 1998 Then he went All over India, and also participated in Temple Function held at Nepal, and Singapore. Sivachariar Started His Service in Sri Karpaga Vinagayar Temple at Pillaiyar Patti.
The Temple was built by the eleventh century king Ukkirapandia. His Five generations had served Vilathikulam Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and Arulmigu Sankaranarayanaswamy Thirukkovil Temple in Sankarankoil. It is one of the two temples in San Francisco bay area that is run by elected public members.Īll three priests went through rigorous Vedic education for several years and experienced in temple services.Ĭhief priest Ananth Sivachariar is from Sri Karpaga Vinayakar Temple, Pillaiyarpatti. Temple added Shiva, Ganesha, Durga and Navagraha deities over the time. Originally the temple was called Palanisami temple. In 1988, to better serve the Hindu community, the temple was moved to a larger site to its current location in Concord, CA. Shiva Murugan Temple was established in 1957 in San Francisco, California, by an American born Hindu monk, Sivaya Subramuniya Swami. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.įind sources: "Shiva murugan temple, concord" – news⧼Dot-separator⧽ newspapers⧼Dot-separator⧽ books⧼Dot-separator⧽ scholar⧼Dot-separator⧽ JSTOR ( September 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations.
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