About the Temple

In the year 2005 during peak summer, some friends who regularly gathered in a community prayer meeting in Plano, North Texas discussed the need for a larger space for the temple.

With everyone’s agreement on the matter, a group of 20 people named the organization and met frequently to hunt for land to establish the temple.

In the early days of 2006, a committee called the Hindu Temple of North Texas(HTNT) was formed with a temporary space for pooja, and they named the place Sri Ganesha Temple.

In March 2006, the temple was started at West Parker Road, Plano, a few min drive from Highway 75.

Prana Prathishta of several deities began starting from Lord Sri Murugan and his consorts Sri Valli and Devayani in November 2006.

In April 2007, the installation of other deities progressed efficiently.

The committee then met the local bodies to make arrangements for the necessary certification as a charitable, nonprofit organization and filed the documents

Further fund collections allowed the committee to procure 10 acres of land at 6428 and 6508 K-Ave, Plano, which was only 2 mins drive from the current temple location. 

The temple authorities then began constructing a huge Sri Ganesha Temple with the installation of the deities, a learning center, a Kalyana Mandapam, a parking lot, and a cultural center.

In the year 2009 in November, the new temple was ready and the deities were transported in a grand procession, and regular prayers began in the new temple there onwards.

Temple Timings

Days Time
Mon to Fri Morning – 8.30 am to 12.30 pm

Evening – 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Sat to Sun Morning 8.30 am to Evening 8.30 pm

Note: Special Aarti is done to the deity twice a day at 12.00 pm and 7.45 pm

Other pooja details

Sri Ganesha Temple is popular for offering a wide range of pooja sevas at the temple complex, here are the details of each kind

Special Abhishekam

Particulars

Cost 

Ayyappan Abhishekam

 $51

Sri Durga pooja

Shri Ganesha Abhishekam
Sri Guruvayurappa Abhishekam

Hanuman Abhishekam

Shiva Abhishekam

Subramanya Abhishekam

Venkateshwara Abhishekam

Special Archana

Particulars 

Cost

Ashtotharanama Archana

$21

Sri Ganesha Thalam Archana

$31

Thrishatinama Archana

$31

Sahasranama Archana

$51

Special Homa Pooja

Particulars 

Cost

Ayusha Homam

 $125-$251

Sri Dhanwanthri Homam

Sri Ganesha Homam

Sri Navagraha Homam

Sri Rudra Homam

Sri Sudarshana Homam

Other Pooja Details

Particulars 

Cost
1.Arjitha Srinivasa Kalyanotsavam $251
2. Bhagavathi Seva $151
3. Bhumi Pooja $101
4. Gruhapravesha
5. Kalyanotsava
6. Punyaha Vachanam
7. Sri Sathyanarayan Pooja
8. Vahana Pooja

Pushpanjali Pooja Seva

Particulars Cost
  • Aayur Sooktha pooja
  

$21
  • Aikamath ya Sooktha Pushpanjali
  • Bhagya Soktha pushpanjali
  • Mruthyunjaya pooja
  • Narayana Sooktha Pushpanjali
  • Purusha Sooktha Pushpanjali
  • Santhanagopala mantra Pushpanjali and so on

Special Poojas for Children

Particulars Cost
  • Aksharabhyasam
 $101-$151
  • Annaprasanam
  • Chilanka Pooja
 $51
  • Hair Cutting
 $101
  • Namakaranam
 $151
  • Sri Saraswati Pooja
 $21
  • Upanayanam
 $401

Special Poojas for Family

Particulars Cost
  • Bhimaradha Santhi
 $251
  • Engagement
 $101
  • Kalyanam
 $401
  • Sadabhishekam
 $251
  • Seemantham
 $251
  • Shashtipoorthi
 $251

Along with these there are several poojas at the temple that are performed every day, monthly, and bimonthly basis- Click here to know them in detail

Deities in the temple

Lord Shri Ganesha is the main deity of the temple, you can also get the blessing of Lord Mahadev(Lingam), Maa Parvati, Sri Durgamba, Hanuman.

Ayyapaswamy, Murugan, Sri Guruvayurappa, and Lord Venkateshwara.

Festivals celebrated in the temple

The temple offers to celebrate festivals that are of Hindu cultural significance like Diwali, Durgashtami, Navarathri, Ganesha Chaturthi, Rama Navami, Maha Shivarathri and Skanda Shashti, and so on.

Other facilities in the temple

  • Vidya Vihar Classes: The temple provides specialized classes under the Vidya Vihar scheme of learning in which children, youth and adults can take part regularly.

The activities include shloka, bhajans, Language classes, Carnatic music, Bharatanatyam, Veda Mantra, and yoga teachings.

  • Youth Vihar: This program started during the year 2012 with a simple temple garden project.

The program intends to be a venue for the youth to develop an interest in volunteering for charity missions and community service projects like manning stalls, prasad distributions, gardening, medical camps, road/community beautification and so on.

Temple Ettiquetes

  • Keep the cell phones silent 
  • Kids and youth are expected to maintain decency and decorum in the temple surroundings
  • No outside food allowed in the temple
  • Maintain cleanliness in the temple
  • Keep the shoes/slippers in the rack provided

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Please let us know through the mail to sakalamblog@gmail.com, We will change it so other devotees will know the correct information.

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