Shiva Murugan Temple — Attraction in Concord

A divine place of worship. Wonderful priests who make all devotees feel welcome at the temple. Look forward to the completion of the new temple construction.

Just as a caution, often times you might find some con men loitering around the temple. They approach the devotees and play the sympathy card to con you. They say things like, they lost the car key and wallet, and ask you for money to buy train ticket to their home in San Francisco so they can bring the spare key and pick up their car. Our family personally had this experience a couple of years ago. I shared the experience with the temple management via their contact email, but I don't think they did...

This is a temple near Concord downtown. This is very small temple with dieties of Shiva, Muruga, Ganesh, Venketachalapathy and Lakshmi Devi. The primary deity is Muruga. They are known for their Thaipoosam festival in January and the Vaikasi Vishakam festival which comes around June. The devotees walk around 40 km to the temple for the Thaipoosam festival. The priests chants the hymns very clearly and with the correct intonations and the modulations. The temple has really good group of volunteers who actively work in providing a great experience for the devotees. For the above mentioned festival food is provided free of cost for...

Om Muruga Saranam Muruganuukku arogara. Yesterday got the blessings of Lord Muruga during the mandala poojai.Sundareswarar,Meenakshi,Durgai,Karpaga vinayagar,Nabagrahams,Chandran,Sooriyan,Thillai Nataraja peruman are there. Great temple,maintained neat and clean.Thanks a lot to the temple committee and volunteers.We have to appreciate the great Prasadam Pongal,Sweet pongal,Puliyotharai,chutney,Sambar and curd Rice.Tea and coffee also available.Since it is Saturday,parking is not available in temple but volunteers made all arrangements and guided where to park the cars.Still construction is going...