Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Heavenly Abode in Ashland.

Yes. There is a beautiful Sri Lakshmi Temple in Ashland. Built in typical tamilnadu style with the dwajasthambha, bali peeta, raja gopura..etc., the temple is really beautiful with ayyapan,ganesha,lakshmi,karthikeya,Shiva and venkatachalapathy along with Hanuman and the navagrahas..residing in their own sanctums.
The place was very serene and Lakshmi was really beautiful. The jewels they put on her along with the maambazha yellow saree..was simply amazing. I never expected that it wud be so good. also sang 'Bhagyada Lakshmi " by Purandaradasa...Of course we got to eat some vada and then some kesari as prasada..and got some kumkuma and viboothi home. The pujari also gave us (gals) roses as prasada. Though we got lost to find the temple..it was really worth the drive. Its a must visit temple I would say.
Here is the website of the temple.
Sri Lakshmi Temple
117 Waverly Street,
Ashland, MA 01721
Ph: 508-881-5775

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