Black on white, and a border on everything, instead of the almanac’s greens and greys.
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 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sri Venkateswara Temple, Helensburgh
Sri Venkateswara with Padmavathi and Andal
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The temple in short
Deity
Sri Venkateswara with Padmavathi and Andal
Where
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 34.19S 150.99E
Usual hours
9 am – 1 pm, 4 pm – 8 pm; 8.30 am – 8.30 pm at weekends — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling.Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Guru Sukran
Visited for
Australia’s first agamic temple, consecrated in 1985 in the bush south of Sydney, and the one families drive to from the whole east coast for Brahmotsavam.
Kept for Jupiter and Venus, 2 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Is anything on this page wrong or out of date?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.