Hindu Temple of Atlanta

Hindu Temple of Atlanta of the Hindu god Venkateswara, built in 1990, is located in the city of Riverdale near Atlanta, Georgia. Built in the traditional South Indian style, it is frequented by followers of Hinduism in the Greater Atlanta area.

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In the late70’s a small group of like minded people pondered about having a temple in atlanta. Drs.S.P. Reddy, B.K. Mohan, Shailendra and Hari Upadhyaya met on a few occassions and felt that there should a temple in Atlanta. In 1982 (on new year’s eve) during post dinner chat at Dr. Vanapalli’s house several members heard each others views. Drs. Vanapalli, S.I. Naidu, I.J. Reddy and S.K. Naidu agreed to join in the effort. A quiet campaign commenced and Drs. Aruna Prasad, Raghava Reddy, Dronavalli, Mani, Kulkarni, Palghat Mohan and Kuppuswamy were on board.

After initial deliberations and after visiting Nashville temple which was then located in a small house, a decision was made to proceed with the project. They thought they each can contribute $10,000 and they can accomplish this goal, happily pray and provide a place of worship for our community and our children. Nativity? You bet. They searched for land and looked at five different pieces of land. Decided on current property because of its elevation and proximity to highways and biways. Fifteen of us bought the land from Mrs Jewel P. Quinn for the temple. The land was zoned for temple, thanks to philanthropic minded chairman honorable Charles Griswell and his excellent team of county commissioners.

Then they realized that the funds they thought were adequate, were only spent on buying the land itself. Dr.S.P. Reddy, Dr. Vanapalli and others actively worked on raising funds. The enthusiasm in the community and generous donations made us forge ahead with the project.

The Hindu temple has two complexes – one complex with Lord Venkateswara as the presiding deity and the other with Lord Shiva as the presiding deity. In addition to the presiding deity, both complexes have shrines for other deities. The architectural style is a typical south Indian architecture.

Temple is located at Riverdale, GA. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the nearest airport present. Marta East Point is the nearest rail head present.

TEMPLE HOURS
During Daylight Saving Time Period 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
During Eastern Standard Time Period 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM

DAILY SERVICES
Suprabhatam 09.00 AM
Nityapooja 10.00 AM
Aradhana 06.00 PM
Shayanotsavam 08.40 PM
(During Winter 7:40PM)

ARCHANA TIMINGS
Saturday’s first Archana is at 9:30 AM, next Archana is after the Balaji Abhishekam at 1:00 PM.
Thereafter once every 30 minutes starting at 1:30 PM. Last Archana is at 8:30 PM (7:30 PM during EST).
Sunday’s first Archana is at 10:00 AM, thereafter once in 30 minutes.
Last Archana is at 8:30 PM (7:30 PM during EST).
On weekdays, Archana will be performed any time, except during Nitya Poojas and Nitya Aradhanas.

WEEKLY ABHISHEKAMS
Sri Bhudevi Abhishekam Friday 11:00 AM
Sri Lakshmi Abhishekam Friday 07:00 PM
Sri Venkateswara Abhishekam Saturday 10:00 AM
Sri Navagraha Abhishekam Saturday 06:00 PM
Sri Anjaneya Abhishekam Sunday 11:00 AM
Sri Durga Abhishekam Tuesday 07:00 PM

MONTHLY SPECIAL SERVICES
SRI SRINIVASA KALYANA UTSAVAM First Saturday of the month 03:00 PM
SRI ASHTA LAKSHMI POOJA Second Friday of the month 06:00 PM
SRI SATYANARAYANA POOJA Full Moon Day of the month 07:00 PM
Weekends 04:00 PM
SRI GARUDA ABHIHSEKAM First Monday of the month 11:00 AM
DURGA SAPTASATHI Third Tuesday of the month 10:00 AM
NAVAGRAHA POOJA Fourth Saturday of the month 05:00 PM
SANKASHTAHARA CHATURTHI Krishna Paksha Chaturthi of the month 07:00 PM
Weekends 04:00 PM