About the Temple

Inauguration

    A long awaited wishes of the residents of South/South East San Jose  to have a close proximity of a Hindu temple was fulfilled at last, on the inauguration of “SRI LAKSHMI GANAPATHI TEMPLE” in “VAIDICA VIDHYA GANAPATHI CENTER”, at 32, Rancho Dr, San Jose, near the intersection of Capitol Express way and Monterey Hwy, opposite to Capitol Caltrain Station.

      The deities of Lord Vigneswara, Valli Devasena Sametha Sri Subramanya from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Siva Linga, Anjaneya, Ganesha, Shridi Sai Baba, from Delhi were brought and “Prathishtapana” function of the deities was performed on 9^th June 2003. Deities of Lakshmi Ganapathi, Bhuvaneswari Amman, Venkateswara have been installed on May-26,2004.

 Facilities

      Facilities to conduct Bhajans, Discourses, Music and Dance performances are available at the temple premises. Sathyanarayana pooja, Lakshmi Pooja, Durga Sapthasathi Yanthra Pooja, Homams, and functions like Marriage, Seemandam, Namakarnam and Hiranya Shrardha will be performed in the temple. Devotees are welcome to make use of the facilities.