Please Note: TEMPLE CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS

Information Center for COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)

Services & Hours Devotee Guidelines   Increased Cleaning    Temple Contacts

We offer our humble prayers to Lord Maha Ganapati to keep our community, country and the world safe.

Services & Hours:

The temple will be closed to public access.  Please check back periodically for updates.

  • Services will now continue online. Please refer to Services-Online for details.
    Regular Pujas to deities, as required by agamic traditions, will continue on schedule.

  • Major celebrations for religious events (this includes Ugadi, Ramanavami, Panguni Uthiram) will continue with live streaming/feed from the temple, with online access for devotees . Please refer to Services-Online for details.

  • All cultural programs hosted by the temple will be postponed to a later date as well (this includes Bhakthi - A Sublime experience).

2.  For the safety of our devotees and priests, all at-home religious services are temporarily suspended. If you have signed up for a service, our Temple board officer will be contacting you and assisting you in finding a later date for your service.

3. Temple Annalakshmi (prasadam) hall will be closed until further notice. This means that there will be no prasadam available to partake when you visit the temple. Please make sure you make any necessary arrangements for food when you visit the temple.

4. Daily Archana & Homa to Lord Dhanvantari and Aditya Hrudaya Homa to SuryaBhagavan will be performed for Loka Kshema (Public welfare) and Shanti as well as Aarogya Abhivrudhi  (good health) please click here for details.

Devotee Guidelines:

  1. After careful consideration of the recommendations from  various government agencies and public health experts requesting reducing the gathering of people to less than 10 wherever possible in order to stall the COVID 19 illness spread, the temple has made the difficult decision to close the public access to the temple until the situation improves. This is being done to support the health and welfare of the temple employees, volunteers, devotees and the community at large.

  2. Please do not leave fruits, flowers, naivedyam (cooked food, sweets) or abhishekam materials (including milk/curd/juice or honey) at the temple. Instead please consider making an offering to the e-hundi  or the Sahaya program which will help the Temple in this extraordinary situation.

  3. If you would like archana performed, you may sponsor a puja online and provide your Nakshatra, gotra details and the priests will be able to perform the relevant puja in your name. You may also perform pujas on Pradosham or Sankatahara Chaturthi by signing up online to have the priests perform the puja on your behalf.

  4. Please follow the guidelines provided by the CDC

Increased Cleaning:

Based on the guidelines provided by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and in numerous exchanges with temples and other organizations around the country,  Maha Ganapati Temple has put in place enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures at the Temple. These include more frequent cleaning of restrooms, periodic disinfecting of door handles and frequently touched areas and wearing of protective gloves/masks as needed by priests. The temple will also undergo a deep cleaning of all areas.

Temple Contacts:

If you have any concerns or would like to get in touch with us regarding this, email us at info@ganapati.org or please call the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona COVID-19 Response team of SriBhaskar Mahadevan (Secretary) 602-400-3432, Dr. Sujatha Gunala (Executive Advisory Council) 602-708-4112 , Dr Hari Kaleeckal (Member Director) 480-381-5786.