Sri Hanuman Mandir

Area Served

About Sri Hanuman Mandir

March 29, 2010 was a special day for Hanuman devotees of Atlanta as the Hanuman Temple, Alpharetta came in to existence with the grace of God amidst customary deity installation rituals of Sri Bhakthanjaneya Swamy Pratishta mahotsavam. The Hanuman Prana Pratishta was performed on this day by Sri Satyanarayanacharyulu Dittakavi and Srimannarayana Puranam. Sri Seshu Puranam was founder priest of the temple. Since its inception 6 years ago, there have been many blessings and miracles in every penny, devotee and puja performed. When the temple doors opened for first time, made an announcement as whoever makes a donation of $1000 and above will be made a trustee of the temple. The response was overwhelming. Over 20 people came forward, including some priests from other temples that helped financially during initial days. With the grace of God, temple was able to repay all loans in a timely fashion. With the financial support of trustees, temple quickly surpass the break-even point. Sadika Mataji was named first president of the Board of Trustees, Rakesh Garg was the Treasurer and Ram Arunachalam was the Secretary. The next big event at the temple was the consecration of the Ram Parivar and Puri Jagannath. Ram Praviar was donated by Sri Sundar Garg, Puri Jagannath donated by Sri Kew Ray and family. The following year, Sri Rakesh Garg and Sachi pati were nominated as President and Treasurer and Sri Ram Arunachalam, the Secretary. During this period, bought the land where temple is currently located. When temple decided to purchase the land, a miracle happened. The owner who had insisted on a particular price, agreed to reduce the price by half.