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The Penn Hills temple was completed and consecrated on June 8, 1977, becoming the first Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants. [3] In 2005, the temple was remodeled to resemble the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati at a cost of $1.5 million. [4] In 2011, $15,000 in credit cards and jewelry was stolen from the temple. [5]
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The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple; Sri Venkataramana Temple, Karkala; Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple (Melathiruppathi) – Mondipalayam; Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, T. Nagar; Sri Venkateswara Temple (New Jersey) Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina; Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), headquartered at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh state of India, is the official trust which managing all the activities of main temple at Tirumala, the Venkateswara Temple, and numerous other temples under TTD in Tirupati, across India and all around the world.
Sri Venkateswara Brahmotsavams, a nine-day event, which is celebrated every year during month of October, is the major event of Venkateswara Temple. During brahmotsavams the processional deity Malayappa along with his consorts SriDevi and BhuDevi, is taken in a procession in four mada streets around the temple on different vahanams.
Moved by her devotion, it is told that God Venkateswara allowed her to enter the temple after temple hours to hear her poems and songs. Venkamamba recited poems and took 'harati' of the Lord each night and paid pearls as fee to the Lord. Observing pearls in the sanctum sanctorum over a period of time, the priests' investigation led to Venkamamba.
The sanctum of the temple houses the main deity, Sri Srungara Vallabharaya Swami, along with his consorts Sri Devi and Bhu Devi, in a standing posture. The deity is approximately 4.5 feet tall. Surrounding the temple is a circumambulatory path and stone walls with seven gateways, some of which are damaged or buried over time. [3]