The famous Texas Murugan Temple

It is an amazing fact that Tamil culture is also growing along with Hindu temples in the modern-day United States.There are Hindu temples scattered around the United States. On special occasions, families go there for darshan, worship, and archana.Similarly, in Austin, the capital of Texas, there are many temples, including the Venkateswara Temple.But the Texas Murugan Temple was started in 2019- - 2020 on the demand that the Tamil God Murugan also have a temple.For this, a festival idol like Kathir Kamar has been designed and installed there from Kumbakonam. The temple is planned to be built as a Shiva Sambarthaya temple and the main temple will be Palani Dhandayudhapani.Initially, a rented space was taken in the church premises and the festival idol was placed and pujas and worship were held.Later, with the encouragement and loan of Tamil Nadu businessman Sam Kumar, they bought their own place - a shelter and a prayer room are established there and worship is being held properly.The US allows freedom of speech and religion in law. The group is working hard to get permission as per the law and build a temple.Earlier, Warrier would captivate even the youth with his speeches. He would encourage them by saying, 'May Murugan always be with you!'All that impressed them and sparked the desire to build a Murugan temple, says Venkatesan Palanivelan, Warrier's relative and the chairman of the founding committee.The group is trying in various ways to raise funds to build this temple. Recently, they invited Karthik Devarajan's band from India to perform.The group is happy that it has passed many tests and succeeded with the grace of Murugan.Samkumar has already donated nine crore rupees as a side donation for the construction of this temple.During the event, he announced that if each devotee gave $1008, he would give the same amount, and he collected about forty lakh rupees there.Like him, Kalvimani, Sam Kannappan, Dr. Chinna Nadesan and others are advisors and supporters.Pooja and worship are also conducted in Tamil in this temple. Arrangements are made for devotees to conduct worship in their preferred languages. For this, gurus and priests are invited from the village and all the special rituals are performed properly.Thaipusam, Panguni Utthiram, Vaikasi Visakha, Kanda Sashti and special rituals of each month are also performed regularly.Visitors here are happy that they feel and are satisfied with visiting their ancestral temples.Another surprising piece of information is that a peacock from somewhere comes to this temple from time to time and circles the deity.It is special news that students and youth who do not know the special nature of their hometown, their ties, and their temples are also volunteering for this temple.This Murugan temple is a foundation to bring spirituality and culture not only to this generation but also to the next generation.TMT Founding Committee: Venkatesan Palanivelan, Anand Shanmugavelu, Velmurugan Kaliyaperumal, Anpunathan Pandian, Ramesh Murugesan, Balakrishnan Thiagarajan, Gajendra Prasad Benny ChettyEC/Fundraising Committee Members: Ramachandran Balakrishnan, Ashokkumar Balasubramanian, Vijayakumar Jayapalu, Purushothaman Arumugam, Pragatheeswaran Gunasekaran, Sivakumar Sambandam, Chidambaram Perumanallur Ramachandran