Saratoga CA Hindu Temple

07/18/2025

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04/29/2025

Akshaya Tritiya 2025 Timing in California
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Auspicious Timings (San Francisco, CA):
• Morning Muhurat: 9:42 AM – 2:50 PM
• Afternoon Muhurat: 4:33 PM – 6:16 PM
Key Tithi Timings:
• Tritiya Tithi begins: 5:31 PM on April 29, 2025
• Tritiya Tithi ends: 2:12 PM on April 30, 2025
These timings are local to California (PDT). Akshaya Tritiya is considered auspicious throughout the day for starting new ventures, buying gold, and performing puja, but the above muhurat windows are especially favorable
This auspicious Hindu festival is celebrated on the third lunar day (Tritiya Tithi) of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Vaishakha. In 2025, the Tritiya Tithi begins at 5:31 PM on April 29 and ends at 2:12 PM on April 30.

It is believed that any good deed, donation, investment, or spiritual practice done on this day multiplies infinitely and brings lasting prosperity, success, and blessings.
Lord Vishnu, Goddess Lakshmi, and Lord Kubera (the god of wealth) are especially worshiped on this day.
According to Hindu scriptures:
The Treta Yuga began on this day.
Sudama visited Krishna and received unimaginable wealth.
Draupadi received the Akshaya Patra (a vessel that provided endless food) from Krishna.
Buying gold or starting new ventures on this day is considered highly auspicious.
Special Mantra for Akshaya Tritiya:

Here’s a powerful mantra you can chant:

ॐ श्री लक्ष्म्यै नमः”

Om Shri Lakshmyai Namah”

(Meaning: Salutations to Goddess Lakshmi, the embodiment of wealth and abundance.)

You can chant it 108 times (or as much as you comfortably can) to invoke blessings of prosperity and fortune.

04/06/2025

Happy Ram Navami
Ek Sloki Sunderkanda

For the benefit of humanity, Sri Raghavendra Swamy condensed the Sundara Kanda of the Ramayana into a single, powerful sloka. Reciting this sloka is believed to bestow the same blessings as reciting the entire Sundara Kanda, a great gift from our beloved Rayaru

यस्य श्री हनुमान् अनुग्रह बलात् तीर्णं बुधिं लीलया
लङ्कां प्राप्त्य निशाचरं रामदूत्यं भृशं भक्तवतां राक्षसान् ।
अक्षादीन विनिघ्न्य वीक्ष्य दशकम् ददद्वा पुरी तां पुनः
तीर्णांघ्रिः कपिभिर्युतो यममनुतं रामचन्द्रं भजे ॥

I worship that Sri Rama, by whose grace, Sri Hanuman, who has Lakshmi kadaksha (grace), playfully crossed the ocean, reached Lanka after overcoming various obstacles, who after getting the status update from Sita (wife of Rama), destroyed the forest except Ashoka Vana, the place where Sita resided, destroyed the entire army (about 80 crores) headed by Akshaya Kumaran, son of Ravana, by merely displaying the power of His palm, who after meeting Ravana in his chamber and burning Lanka into ashes, returned to Rama and worshiped Sri Rama along with other monkeys.

04/04/2025

A Mantra equivalent to 700 shlokas of Bhagavad Gita - see below

03/30/2025

02/22/2025

700 million people would have visited Maha Kumbh Mela by Feb 26th

An event of this scale has never been conducted in this universe

According to our ancient scriptures, those who can’t attend Maha Kumbh to have the dip, can chant this shloka during your shower at home by using a few drops of the Triveni Jal to get the same amount of Punya.

Why Prayagraj?
Lord Brahma, the creator God of the Trinity, chose a land on earth (ie Prayag) to perform 'Prakrista Yagya', at the beginning of the creation and he also referred to it as Tirth raj or the King of all pilgrimage centres.

If you can, ask someone to get you the triveni water and just a few drops added to bath water will work very well.