London Sri Mahalakshmi Temple

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1 London Sri Mahalakshmi Temple We Serve God by Serving Devotees NEW TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION LAKSHMI NARAYANA TRUST CHARITY REG No High Street North, Manor Park, London E12 6SA Tel: / Mob: / contact@srimahalakshmitemple.net

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3 Dear devotees and well-wishers, London Sri Mahalakshmi Temple has been serving the devotees since Since then numerous devotees have attended the temple, participated in Poojas and have been obtaining the blessings of Sri Lakshmi Narayanar and other Moorthies. The number of devotees have steadily increased and the current building cannot accommodate all the devotees comfortably. With the blessings of Sri Lakshmi Narayanar, we applied to construct a new Temple at 241 High Street North and Newham council have granted a planning permission for building a new temple to provide more facilities. New temple internal area will be approximately three times bigger than the current temple. The estimated cost of the project is approximately 4.5 million and we are planning to complete the construction with your help and the Almighty s blessings by June The new temple building development will be with low carbon emission and sustainable. It will be constructed with granite flooring, central air-conditioning, air-quality management with appropriate air-exchanges, wash room with baby changing room and modern facilities. Traditional Hindu Temple Garpagraham and other Mandapams have been sculpted in white granite by the eminent sculptors in India. The construction of the whole temple and Rajagopuram will be built in traditional Hindu style under the direct supervision of Padmashri Silpakalamani Muthiah Sthapathi, the famous Hindu Temple architect from India. This auspicious project will provide a larger temple and more facilities to the devotees and we all have a life time opportunity to participate. We kindly request you to contribute generously towards the above project and please encourage your friends to do so too. Kindly donate either by using the attached standing order form or as one-off donation by account transfer or at the Temple office as cash, cheque or card payments. You can also donate using PayPal via the temple website: You can also sponsor towards a foundation pillar by donating The payments can be spread across the remaining time of the construction phase. Board of Trustees will engrave a desired name of the devotee who donates more than 1200 for the new Temple project. Your kind contributions to this divine project will be very much appreciated, even if it is a small amount. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Board of Trustees Lakshmi Narayana Trust March 2015 Om Namo Narayanaya Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya

4 TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT New Temple Location: 241 High Street North, Manor Park London, E12 6SJ Total Cost of Project: 4.5 million (approx.) Total expenditure til date: 1.77M Board of Trustees of Lakshmi Narayana Trust have put a great deal of effort into this auspicious project and we have moved forward a big step after many years of talks and discussions. With the help of local businesses and devotees who visit on a regular basis from near and far, we have reached our first milestone. The Trust would humbly like to say a big Thank You to you all. We now have a full structure for the temple as you can see in the images. Almost all Hindus, other communities and visitors to London are expected to attend the Temple for many more years to come. We build this new temple for the current devotees and also the next generation devotees of the temple. We hope to present a template which will be the heart of the community and one which will be cherished by all. We are in the next phase where we would like to complete the project so please continue to donate with your great hearts so that we can achieve this. TEMPLE STRUCTURE BASEMENT Kitchen, Food Hall, Shower, Toilets & Baby Changing Area MEZZANINE FLOOR Admin Office, priest rooms FIRST FLOOR Multipurpose Hall, Toilets SECOND FLOOR Service Room GROUND FLOOR DEITIES All deities from the existing Temple will be moved to the new site. There will be some new deities which are ready for shipment from India. Some of you may have already seen part shipment of the new deities which arrived last year. The containers were opened up for the public to view. One of the special deities is a 18 feet Sri Hanuman which will be a grand view in the temple. The list of deities : Sri Lakshmi Narayanar (Moolavar) Sri Hanuman (18 feet Sila-Vigraha) Sri Sahasra Mahalingeshwarar Sri Raja Ganapathy Sri Vallabha Maha Ganapathi Sri Gayathri Devi Sri Durga Devi Sri Arupadai Murugan Sri Dhakshinamoorthy Sri Andal Sri Ayyappan Sri Uma and Maheshwarar Sri Ram, Lakshman and Seetha Devi Sri Chakrathalvar Sri Venkateswarar, Sri Sridevi & Sri Bhoodevi Sri Ashtabuja Durga Devi Sri Lakshmi Navagrahas All new and existing deities, temple office and homam room.

5 PROJECT PROGRAMME PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION - June January (COMPLETED) PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING STHAPATHI WORKS April June 2016 (subject to funding) Kumbabishegam - Scheduled in June 2016 (Subject to completions of Phase 2 works) PROJECT STAGES The initial stage of the construction which involved the digging out for the basement structure and installation of the pile foundation commenced in June J. Reddington (Phase One contractor) have put immense effort and manpower into this project and with minor delays, they have completed the full concrete structure to a high standard. Newham Council building control inspectors have checked all work at different stages and have signed off all works. The next stage is to make the building weatherproof by installing an appropriate roofing and completing the exterior structure with brick work and installation of windows. Once this has been completed, the installation of interior partition walls and commencement of electrical, plumbing, mechanical, sound proofing works will take place. Whilst this is being undertaken, the Indian Architects will commence the internal shrines and external carvings works. PROJECT LEADS ARCHITECT - Agenda 21 Architect Studio Ltd INDIAN ARCHITECT - Padmashri Muthiah Sthapathi, Tamil Nadu, India QUANTITY SURVEYOR - Navigation Management PHASE ONE CONTRACTOR - J.Reddington PHASE TWO CONTRACTOR - Tendering process being undertaken STRUCTURAL ENGINEER & PARTY WALL SURVEYOR - Michael Alexander Engineers M&E CONSULTANTS - Furness Green Partnership ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT - Eight Associates CDM CO-ORDINATOR - Goddard Consulting LLP ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT - Clement Acoustics PLANNING AUTHORITY - London Borough of Newham BUILDING CONTROL - London Borough of Newham Building Inspector

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9 TEMPLE OPENING HOURS: MONDAY - THURSDAY : Morning : 8.00AM to 1.00PM Evening : 5.00PM to 9.00PM FRIDAY : Morning : 8.00AM to 1.30PM Evening : 5.00PM to 9.30PM SATURDAY : Morning : 8.00AM to 2.00PM Evening : 5.00PM to 9.30PM SUNDAY : Morning : 8.00AM to 2.00PM Evening : 5.00PM to 9.00PM ARTHASAMA SAYANA POOJA: 9.00PM (Monday Thursday & Sunday) DAILY ARATHI & POOJAS: SPECIAL WEEKLY POOJAS: MONDAY 6.00PM 9.30PM (Friday & Saturday) 9.30AM to 10.30AM 12 NOON to 12.30PM 07.00PM to 08.00PM One of the temple s activity is to serve food (Annadhanam) to all devotees who attend the temple. This is served daily at noon and evenings. Please kindly donate generously towards this key activity. Annadhanam donations can also be paid via PayPal link on our website ( Rudhra Abishegam to Sri Sahasralingeshwarar TUESDAY 5.30PM THURSDAY 6.00PM FRIDAY 5.15PM Sri Gayathri, Sri Durga Abishegam & Pooja Sri Hanuman Abishegam & Pooja Sri Lakshmi & Narayanar (Moolavar) Abishegam & Pooja Sri Ganapathi, Sri Hanuman Abishegam & Pooja MONTHLY GROUP POOJAS WHICH ARE UNIQUE TO SRI MAHALAKSHMI TEMPLE: SATHYA NARAYANA POOJAS AND ABISHEGAMS - First Sunday Morning 10.00AM every month. SATHYA NARAYANA POOJA ALONE WITHOUT ABISHEGAM - Every Powrnami (Full Moon) days SHANMUGA GAYATHRI HOMAM, ABISHEGAM - Every month 2 nd Sunday Individual Pooja SRI MAHA GAYATHRI HOMAM, ABISHEGAM & POOJA (Group) - 3 rd Sunday Morning every month 10.00AM SRI SAHASRALINGA PRADOSHA ABISHEGAM & MOORTHI PURAPPADU - Pradhosam days 5.15PM SRI ASHTALAKSHMI POOJA - 1st Friday of every Month, Evening 6:00PM ANNUAL POOJAS & CEREMONIES: PUSHPANJALI TO SRI LAKSHMI NAYANAR - Last Sunday of June every year SRI SUDHARASANA HOMAM - Last Sunday of July every year SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANAR BRAHMOTHSAVAM & CHARIOT PROCESSION - Last Sunday of August (Bank Holiday weekend) NITHYA POOJA - Sankalpams and pooja will be performed in your name on a desired date for 25 years.

10 PATRONS Sri. P.R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajah (India) BOARD OF TRUSTEES SENIOR ADVISOR TREASURER MR. S.N. PERUMAL SENIOR TRUSTEE MR. V.N. ALAGIRISAMY PRESIDENT DR. RADHAKRISHNAN V. VICE PRESIDENT MR THAYALASAMY S. CHAIRMAN MR A.RENGAMANNAR VICE CHAIRMAN MR. K. SREENIVASAN MR. S. SUBBURAM GENERAL SECRETARY MR. S. VIJAYAKUMAR ASSISTANT TREASURER MR. NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN R. PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER MR. SEETHARAMAN S. TEMPLE OFFICE MANAGER MR. R. MOHANAPRAKAS CULTURAL SECRETARY MS. KUMARI SELLIAPPAN COMMUNICATIONS MR. THIYAGARAJAN J. MR. KANNAN R. MR. M. SUTHARSANAN MR. K. SIVARUPAN ASSISTANT SECRETARY MR. SETHURAMAN S. PRIESTS MR. VASUDEVAN BHATTACHARIAR MR. UMAPATHY GURUKKAL MR. RAJAGOPALA BHATTACHARIAR MR. RAMAN BHATTACHARIAR TEMPLE STAFF MR. CHANDRASEKARAN GURUKKAL MR. SABAPATHY GURUKKAL MR. PARTHASARATHY LAKSHMINARAYANAN MUSICIAN MR. APPU G TEMPLE COOK MR. SRIDHAR IYENGAR RELIGIOUS ASSISTANTS MR. J. JEYASURIYA MR. NALLURAJ GARLAND MAKER MR. E. MOHAN PART TIME CLEANER MS. LARESA

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12 London Sri Mahalakshmi Temple We Serve God by Serving Devotees Environmental friendly finished temple will provide: Chola style traditional Rajagopurams New deities including 18ft Sri Hanuman Larger space in prayer hall Larger space to conduct the internal chariot processions First floor multi-purpose hall will provide facilities for cultural activities, religious studies for youngsters and health screening Basement will provide a more spacious and improved dining area which will include baby changing room and toilet facilities Modernised kitchen area Lift and ramp facilities LAKSHMI NARAYANA TRUST CHARITY REG No High Street North, Manor Park, London E12 6SA Tel: / Mob: / contact@srimahalakshmitemple.net