Welcoming Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland in 2007!!
Sree Padmavathi Sametha Sree Venkateswara Parabrahmane Namaha

Vina Venkatesam na natho na nathah Sada Venkatesam smarami smarami, Hare! Venkatesa!prasida prasida Priyam Venkatesa! prayaccha prayaccha.

Without you, Venkatesa, there is no other Lord. I always remember you and worship you. Show mercy to me, Oh Vishnu, and give me all that is good and pleasant.

Oh Venkateswara! Oh Balaji! Oh Sreenivasa! Oh Govinda! Govinda! Govinda!

These chants have thrilled devotees’ hearts forever in India and all over the world. A group of residents of cleveland and Akron, who are devotees of Lord Venkateswara, have been contemplating the possibilities of building a Temple for the Lord in the Greater Cleveland Area for a while. After an initial meeting the group talked to several members of the Indian community to gauge the support for such a venture. Delighted to find a favorable disposition, a project has been started to build a temple that will follow the religious traditions (as per ‘agamas’) of Sri Venkateswara Temple of Tirupati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. The new temple will be located in the I-77, I-80 and I-271 corridor to be easily accessible to devotees from the Greater Cleveland, Akron/Canton and surrounding communities. The presiding deity will be Sree Venkateswara, with adjacent altars for Sreedevi (Lakshmi), Bhoodevi (Andal), Garuda, Anjaneya, and Ganesha. The temple will have two well-qualified priests trained in the Tirupati style “agamas”, and we expect the attendance to grow to more than 1000 devotees per month. The temple will fulfill a deeply-felt, long-standing need and demand for a Balaji Temple in the Greater Cleveland area. Besides the temple, the complex will include a community hall with a seating capacity of approximately 250 people. Since Hindu tradition has always combined religious worship with music, dance and community service the activities of the new temple will emphasize the same values and traditions, and promote Vedic heritage for generations to come. The complex will serve as a cultural center with a small library (containing religious books and literature, books on theology, Hindu scriptures etc), regular bhajans, and classes in religion and performing arts for children. The devotees are requested to join in this effort to have a place of worship for Sree Venkateswara in the most authentic Vedic tradition. Please call (330) 668-1255, or contact any of the undersigned for more information. May Sree Venkateswara shower his blessings on all of us!

Parthaya tatsadrsa-sarathina tvayaiva
yau darsitau svacharanau sarnam vrajeti,
bhuyo’pi mahyam iha tau karadarsitau te
Sree-venkatesa! charanau sarnam prapadye

Venkatesa! I seek refuge at Thy feet at which You,
As Krishna, asked Arjuna to take refuge;
Thy hands point to Thy feet for me to seek refuge