Sri Venkateswara Temple, Hindu temple in Penn Hills, United States
Sri Venkateswara Temple is a Hindu temple in Penn Hills, United States, set on a spacious site with parking lots and a low-rise building complex. The main granite tower displays elaborate reliefs and rises above the two-story structure, which holds several shrines arranged around a central courtyard.
Hindu families in Pittsburgh established a temporary shrine in a basement space in 1972 and raised funds to build a permanent structure. The consecration of the new complex took place in 1977 after the community acquired land in Penn Hills.
The community uses Telugu and Tamil as primary languages during rituals, while weekend religious education classes for children take place in the temple rooms. Visitors can observe devotees receiving prasadam after ceremonies, a consecrated food distributed in the courtyard.
Visitors can enter during daily worship services and should remove shoes before entering the shrine areas. The cafeteria offers vegetarian meals that can be enjoyed before or after visiting the prayer rooms.
Specialists from India traveled to execute the construction following ancient texts and placed the main shrine on the second floor above pillars of compacted earth. This method follows traditional principles and raises the central space above ground level.
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