Sri Venkateswara Temple — Attraction in Penn Hills

My recent visit to the temple was truly delightful. Booking the archana and abhishekam beforehand streamlined the process, ensuring a seamless experience. For those planning to perform the 108, arriving in the morning is advisable to make the most of the visit. The temple has introduced many new services, including a remarkable cafeteria with a diverse range of options. I highly recommend trying their pongal and sambar rice; they are exceptional. Overall, my experience was fantastic, thanks to the temple's efficient organization and excellent

ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕪 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖: 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕠𝕗 $𝟝𝟙, 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕜𝕒𝕞, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕜𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝, 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤. ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖, 𝕀 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕡, 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝟝𝟘𝟘 𝔾𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝔻𝕣 #𝟙𝟚𝕃, 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕣𝕠𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖, ℙ𝔸 𝟙𝟝𝟙𝟜𝟞, 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕄𝕪 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕪𝕘𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕠𝕣𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕥𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕤. 𝔾𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕤, 𝕀 𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.

𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕒𝕚𝕣: ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖: 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟'𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤, 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥. 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖. 𝔾𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕪𝕘𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕥𝕪 𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕠𝕣𝕤, 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕕 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤. 𝔸𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪, 𝕀 𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪'𝕤 𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟'𝕤 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕔𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤. 𝕃𝕖𝕥'𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟'𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝-𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕦𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕪𝕘𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕...

Sri Venkateswara Hindu Temple, majestically perched atop a hill, endeavors to replicate the divine aura of the revered Tirupati temple. Allow me to share my reflections on this spiritual sanctuary, dear seekers of inner peace.

The temple’s elevated location beckons a steady stream of devotees, particularly on weekends, resulting in queues that necessitate patience. To ensure a seamless visit, I highly recommend arriving early in the mornings, when the serene ambiance and shorter waiting times create an ideal atmosphere for an enriching experience.

Undoubtedly, the temple’s canteen warrants attention, offering delectable culinary delights at subsidized rates. Each and every dish served is a testament to culinary finesse, leaving devotees satiated with their flavorsome and sumptuous preparations. The dedication and devotion poured into their creation is palpable.

While the temple’s surging popularity has brought about a degree of commercialization, it continues to exude a sense of serenity amidst the mounting crowds. Diligent efforts are being made to preserve the sacred aura that draws seekers in search of solace and spiritual upliftment.

Multiple parking facilities are available at various levels, albeit requiring a brief stroll to reach the entrance. This minor inconvenience is outweighed by the profound spiritual awakening that awaits within the temple’s hallowed precincts.

In conclusion, Sri Venkateswara Hindu Temple offers a serene haven, inviting visitors to open their minds and nourish their souls. It diligently strives to emulate the divine ambiance of the venerated Tirupati temple. Despite the encroaching tides of commercialization, it remains an oasis of tranquility amidst the burgeoning throngs. I wholeheartedly encourage all spiritual aspirants to embark on this transformative pilgrimage and immerse themselves in the sublime embrace of Sri Venkateswara...

This is how devotees are treated at the SV temple. I was parked for thirty minutes behind another car that was parked and there were not any signs that said no parking... I came back to my car to find it booted while carrying my 1 year old and walking with my 7 year old... I've been trying to tell my son that the temple is a good place to go because it is welcoming and open to all, but I cannot say that anymore... 😥

The SV Temple was one of my favorite places in my youth... It encouraged different people to gather without any strong hand of conformity... It welcomed anyone from any background or beliefs....

It is a far cry from those ideals today.... Now it is filled with signs of various arbitrary rules such as a strongly enforced dress code that has nothing to do with Hinduism. . . and now they will greet you by booting your car for parking in what you thought was a legitimate parking spot while praying for 30 minutes. . .

Last week, I watched a very embarrassed dignitary/delegate from the mayor's office that was forced to wear a dothi while trying to visit the temple during their diwali celebration with his family! 😅 The confused/shocked look on his face was priceless when the volunteer who was dressing him suggested that they photograph it so this could be posted publicly! 😳😳😳

What an unwelcoming temple... They treat you like a criminal when you're a devotee thinking you're parking in a legitimate parking spot and hypersexualized children for wearing shorts at the age of 13 ...

I would recommend to others to visit the other many temples in Pittsburgh... They seek to include others... Not make you feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, or...