Temple Priests
The Temple has two priests to perform pujas and other religious activities.
Siva Achaarya Thangam Bhattar is one of the world's renowned Siva Achaaryas. He was at Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India as the Chief priest for many years. He has been at SVVS temple, Kenner, LA since inception of the temple in 1994. He served as an officiating priest to conduct Kumbhabishekams in several Temples in India, USA and many other countries. He is a recipient of numerous awards
Achaarya Srinivas Lanka comes from a family of priests in Andhra Pradesh, India. He had his formal training at Veda Paathasaala, Thirupathi, India. After completing an eight-year course of "Sivagamam" with distinction, "Sivagama Battaraka" certificate was awarded to him by Sri Shankar Dayal Sharma - the president of India in 1995. Before joining SVVS Temple in 2000, he served as the Chief priest at Siva Temple, Kondapalli, Andhra Pradesh as a priest at Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL. He participated in "Viswasanthi Mahayagnam" performed in India in 1999 as one of the priests. He is well versed with several languages.
