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Visiting, sevas, bookings, giving and the shop, answered by the temple office.
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No. The doors are open to everyone. We only ask that shoes are left at the rack and that phones stay silent in the sanctum.
Modest clothing that covers the shoulders and knees. Shawls are kept at the entrance for anyone who would like one.
Sixty spaces on site, and the school next door opens its car park on festival days with a free shuttle every ten minutes.
Yes. The priests read your name, gotra and nakshatra in the sankalpa, and the recording is sent the same evening.
For griha pravesham, Satyanarayana puja and some homas, yes. Home visits add $50 within twenty miles of the temple.
Daily sevas can be booked the day before. Weddings and homas fill a month or more ahead, especially in the wedding season.
Any seva can be moved free of charge up to a day before. Cancellations are refunded in full up to three days before.
The booking page leaves out rahu kalam for the chosen day, slots already held by other families, and times too late for the ritual to finish before closing.
Yes. Mandira Temple Trust is a registered charity, and every receipt is accepted for tax purposes.
Choose In Memory Of on the donation page. Their name is read at the next aarti and printed on the receipt.
Standard post takes three to five working days and is free over $75. Express takes one to two days, or collect at the temple the next day.
Every lamp, idol and mala is placed before the deity and blessed at the evening aarti before it is packed.
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