Current Status of the Temple and Other Updates
With the blessings and
anugraham of Srimath Srimushnam Andavan,the contract was signed to buy 3 acres
of land for the proposed construction of temple in July 2008. The land is located
at 17 Eicker Road, South Brunswick, NJ. Which is easily accessible from Route
130 (off Deys Road exit and Eiker Road could be reached in 5 minutes) and Route
1 (off Scudders Mills Road in Plainsboro from where Eiker Road could be reached
very shortly)
It is estimated to have $461,000 to close the deal in order to buy the land. With
a program of Bhoomi dhanam for Perumal to have His temple ( 1 unit = $1008 ), so
far we have raised just over $400,000. We just need a few more sponsors to reach
our goal.
Please inform all your friends and relatives to participate in this noble
kainkaryam. The names of all the sponsors will be placed in the temple as
contributors for the Bhoomi dhanam.
We have a construction team working with a lawyer, architect and engineer. A
site plan was designed and we made 2 trips to India to submit the plan to our
Acharya, Srimath Srimushnam Andavan, HH Sri Ranga Ramanuja Desikan, the current
Acharya of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam, India to gets His approval.
The application for the building approval has been submitted on Feb 5th 2009
to the township (this date was selected by our Acharya) .
It is planned to have the temple constructed with a building area of approximately 14,000 sq
ft in a one level ( just on the ground level ). A prayer hall ( close to 6000
sq ft ) with 5 Sanathis for Sri Balaji (Srinivasar) Sri Krishna, Thayar, Gotha and Acharyas. The Temple would also have a place for Yaga Sala and Madapalli (to prepare
Prasadam for God).
A multipurpose hall ( close to 5000 sq ft ) with a stage and a built-in sound
system for marriage, religious and cultural activities is also part of the
planned construction.A front service hall for office room, gift store, and
to provide other amenities to the devotees is also planned. Besides, a dinning
area in the back with a kitchen and a special ceremonial room to perform
pithru kariyam is also planned.
We will keep you posted with regular updates in our website.
Click here for a brief presentation of the temple.
Click here to see HH Srimath Srimushnam Andavan's Srimukham for this project.
A quick overview of the proposed plan is presented here: