London Sri Murugan Temple

Address

Church Rd, London E12 6AF,

United Kingdom

Moolavar

Murugan

Introduction

Sri Murugan temple, in East Ham, dedicated to Lord Murugan. The temple premise is clean and well-maintained by the temple staff. The temple is built in south Indian style, with beautiful paintings and sculptures of gods and goddesses.

Puranic Significance

This temple is dedicated to Lord Murugan was started in 1975. This temple has been built with a South Indian architectural style. It has three main inner temples for Sri Ganapathi, Sri Murugan and Lord Shiva. The new temple was open in August 2006 with its Kumbabishekam.

A 52 feet gopuram is the entrance to this temple. Floored with polished Indian granite tiles. The deities are decorated with fruits and flowers, and around the deities are placed soft falling lights. In this temple, Lord Muruga is the maindeity, residing in a granite shrine. Lord Shiva is seated on his right and Ganapati on his left.

The temple is constructed of black granite stones brought from India. Here also the three faces of the idols Brahma, Shiva and Maha Vishnu are united with the three faces of Lord Muruga. According to principles, this temple was built by Indian architect Muthayasthapati and head priest Naganath Shivam Guru.