Our First Priest!

The Temple has hired its first priest, Srinivasa Achi.  He is a Krishna Yajur Veda pundit, and very experienced.  He will be a great asset for the new Sri Venkateswara Temple.

Krishna Yajurvedam pundit (kramapathi) and has over 20 years of teaching in Vedam, Strotras, Prabandham, and Sanskrit. He was also employed at Tirumala Tirupati as a Vedic scholar.

He performs all homas and poojas including Upanayanam, Srimanta, Upakarma, Anaprasna, Aksharabhyysam, Weddings, Nama-Karana, and vratas.

Srinivasa speaks Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, and English.

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