To date, the Temple Management has brought three priests from India to oversee the daily rituals. The Saiva Siddhanta Ashram was incorporated as a non-profit organization, acquired the temple in May, and changed its name to Shiva Murugan Temple. The site was chosen because of its availability and the fact that it had already been a place of worship.ДЇirst operated by the Lutherans and later by the Greek Orthodox, on-site buildings include a temple with a social hall in the basement, a separate building used as an office and a classroom, and a private residence for the priests.Дue to his efforts to establish an Orthodox temple on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Subramuniya Swami agreed in 1995 to sell the temple in Concord to the local Hindu community. In 1988, to make it easier for the Hindu community, the temple was moved to a larger site in Concord, CA. Growing up over the years, and on the typical festival days, the small temple could hardly handle the crowd of devotees. It quickly became a popular site for the ever-growing population of newly arrived Hindus, some of whom knew the Sri Lankan Sage, Yoga Swami, who introduced the American Guru. Offering Pujas to the Murtis of Ganesha, Muruga and Shiva, it was built on the traditions of Saiva Siddhanta, known as the Palaniswami Sivan Temple. It may have been the first Hindu Temple to be opened in America, outside the reach of the numerous Vedanta centers that existed at that time. The temple was originally founded in a small wooden house in San Francisco, California, back in 1957, by an American-born Hindu guru, Sivaya SubramuniyaSwami. 1803 2nd St, Concord, CA 94519, United States

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