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The page behind the cards warms and cools through the day: indigo before light, cream through the morning, gold in the afternoon, rose at the lamp-lighting hour. Nothing you read sits on it, so no word is harder to see at any hour.
Kept on this device, and used by every page.
Vaishnava · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sri Lakshmi Temple, Ashland
Mahalakshmi with Venkateswara, Siva and the Navagrahas
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The temple in short
Deity
Mahalakshmi with Venkateswara, Siva and the Navagrahas
Where
Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 42.26N 71.47W
Usual hours
9 am – 12 pm, 6 pm – 8.30 pm; 9 am – 8.30 pm at weekends — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling.Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Sukran Guru Sani
Visited for
New England’s temple, built in the agamic manner west of Boston and consecrated in 1990. Fridays, Varalakshmi Vratam and the Navagraha sannidhi are what families come for.
Kept for Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, 3 of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.
Been to this temple? The things that change — whether the hours on this page were
right, whether the sannidhi was open, how long the queue was on a Saturday — are exactly
what no printed source keeps current, and what the next person travelling here needs.
Were the hours right when you went?
Is anything on this page wrong or out of date?
A photograph of the gopuram, the tank, or the notice board
A contribution carries a name, so a reader knows whose account it came from. That is why
it needs an account, and it is the only reason.
Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.