With the blessings of God even the unattainable can be achieved! This temple is a testament to the love and devotion of the Sacheripete families towards Lord Lakshmi Venkatesha and the gurus of the GSB community.
Sacheripete is a small locality near Mundkooru that is home to around 18 GSB families. Their bhajana mandali was well reputed and participated during bhajan saptahs at different temples. While the main temple for these families was the closest Shri Vithobha Rakhumai temple at Mundkooru, these families took inspiration from one of the speeches by Shri Sudheendra Teertha Swamiji of Kashi Math where he emphasised the need for local temples and associations to bring together members of the community to grow and celebrate our dharma. Thereafter, in the absence of an official temple space, Shri Sundara Nayak offered to house a Lakshmi Venkatesha idol at his house which was duly done on the Vijayadashami day, 5th October 1990. And Lakshmi Venkatesha Bhaja Mandali was started. For the next 10-11 years, Shri Sundara Nayak performed all the necessary pujas with devotion and rigour and facilitated the bhajans that happened every Friday.
Thereafter post many years of efforts, the government approved half an acre land for the temple. Limited funds did not deter the locals who contributed with their money as well as physical efforts to set up the small temple that was officially inaugurated on 1st March 2002 by Shri Vidyadhiraja Teertha Swamiji of Gokarna Math. The idol of Shri Lakshmi Venkatesha is made of pancha loha. The everyday worship is done by the local families but on special ocassions, they have priests from other temples conduct the rituals.
The community also wished to fund the upkeep of the temple through sustained income which resulted in building of the sabhamantap which apart from being used for temple functions is available to hire for celebrations by locals. For many years they borrowed the palanquin for various utsavas from local temples that were extremely supportive and generous with the community efforts of the Sacheripete people. Finally, the Kashi Math gave them an existing palanquin that is now used after due refurbishments.
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