Beautiful temple. Love going. Peaceful, Serene and pious. Like the open hall concept, so you can sit anywhere and meditate and also feel the presence of Ishwar. read more

It was really nice to find a hindu temple in Sacramento. Deities at the Lakshmi Narayan Temple include Lord Vishnu, Lakshmi, Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman, Ganesh, Shiva, Parvati, and Durga. Lakshmi Narayan Temple Timings Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM Tuesday 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM Morning Puja: 8:00 AM Evening Aarti: 6:30 PM read more

Laxmi Narayan Temple - Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir - Hindu Temples Near Me - Sacramento, California

This review is regarding visiting laxmi Naryan temple on10/9/2016.we visit with our whole family to attend chandi havan performed by Pt.shashikant upadhyaya.one of the best pooja I attended after long time Pandit ji is very knowledgeable Vadic priest with deep knowledge of Vadic mantra in sanskrit. Visiting laxmi Naryan temple is great experience .very clean.organised.it is looks the management is very helpful.suriender ji very sweet speaking very eagar to serve society from the last many many years voluntarily. Thanks to pandit shashikant upadyaya for organising such huge havan and show us real picture of Durga ji path. read more

This is the first time we visited after shifting to California. As we live in Davis , this temple is at convenient location. I visited this place twice but I really like the place. This temple is so nicely made and give you a peace of mind. Hope I will visit the place again. read more

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This is a very nice Mandir, they serve lunch daily for free. Please come every Tuesday for Ramayan and listen to the pandit and kirtans. Come in the daytime to see the beautiful statue of Lord Shiva with the Ganga coming from his head in the fountain outside. read more

Laxmi Narayan Temple - Hindu Temples Near Me - Sacramento, California

I've been to this temple several times and always have felt very welcomed. The priest was always super helpful and always welcomed us and prayed with us. I love this place and it's peacefulness and people. read more

I have been to the temple few times and always experience the same issue. Temple can be cleaner. During Durresha, one of the ladies serving Prasad was so rude. She was more interested in showing off new phone and sari. She had a phone in one hand while serving prasad from a distance so that food won't splatter on her clothes. Prasad offered in the name of god is something that I won't think of serving to anyone. Burned Potato curry and boil Urdi dal tasted worst than hospital food. You are serving prasad at least attempt to serve better quality food. I have been to Gurudwara, Southern temple and Prasad is offered with love, and here server and Prasad both lack the spirituality. read more

Nice temple and nice location. Nice to have temple near Folsom,CA. It always feels good to fina a temple in US

Hindu Temples are place in Hindu mythology place of god, Churches and Temples looks like a place for worship, love and respect to every one. We are gods family. The priest(s) always mediator between god and human which is i believe. Pandit Shashikant Upadyaya Ji Hindu Vadic priest is very very brilliant messenger of god who has a deep knowledge of Hindu religion and he knows how to perform pooja in effective way. I love to go their during my spare time to be blessed. He belongs to city of heaven Banaras which is also known as Kashi. I attended few pooja ceremonies few times at Laxmi Narayan Temple and like to go back again. I feel since he came to the Laxmi Narayan Temple! so many different events organized and performed by him. I highly recommend him if you are hungry for internal peace in mind and pooja/havan. read more

If I could, I would give it -5 stars! My father passed away recently and i needed a Temple to do the 11th day puja. A friend said that if I call the president of Laksmi Narayan Temple and request they would agree to do it. For some strange reason temples in Sacramento area are all for doing life events like wedding, griha pravesh etc but dont want to deal with death! So I called the president and he recommended that I contact the priest called Shashikant. i called him and set up an appointment to go discuss what I needed and explained the situation. He asked me to come on Oct 10 at 8. I get there at 7.40 and the temple is still closed. After making some phone calls I find out that the temple opens at 8. It did open at 8 but the priest didnt get there until much after 8. Then for at least 30 min he ignores us and goes on walking around doing his morning prayers and cleaning up. Finally he comes and asks me what puja do I want to do. I said that he knows best what puja is needed and I explained the situation that my Father passed away 11 days ago and I needed to do the necessary services. He immediately gets angry that I should not have even entered the temple because the temple will get 'kala shauch' and such rituals are done outside the temple etc. Finally I asked whether he wants me to leave. He says that he will do the services outside the temple in the front porch. Guess he still wanted his money and the daana (he gave me a complete list of what groceries he wanted me to bring for him!). We set up everything outside and he starts the puja. The entire time he is totally distracted watching traffic, checking cell phone etc. He asked me to say my name, my father;s name , and gotra at least 6-7 times. He still doesn't remember!! My friends (all Americans) were totally surprised why a hindu priest is so uninterested in the puja!. After about 15 min he says it is done and asks me to move all the things *fruits, sweets , rice etc that I had brought) into the temple, pay the donation and his fees and leave. He doesn't give me any prasad or flowers or tika. So I move all the stuff inside, pay the money and just leave. The entire time he completely ignores my 4 friends who were there to support me. Yes they are all American, but the temple is located in America and survives on American money . IF Shashikant has such dislike fro Americans he needs to go back to India! The Temple ruined a very important day in my life. I have only one Father and I will have only one opportunity to do this puja for him. Unfortunately the greedy priest ruined the event for me. It is shameful that temples in the area employ such priests that can cause such damage to the people. My message to Shashikant and the President and all other people involved in the adminsitration of the temple: Since you are involved with religion you must believe in karma. I hope you get a visit from your Karma very soon. I did pay the fees that the president requested ($101 for the temple and $51 for the priest) and I bought all the things that the priest told me...rice, veg, ghee, fruits, haldi...long list). But this will be the last time the temple and its people get anything from me. I much rather donate to people who deserve my hard earned money. And I will never again go to this temple! read more

I thought mandir was about people going there to pray but it looks like it all about money. I went there on Sunday and the priest told my mum to take her money and put it under the tree coz it wasn't enough. i am in shock to hear this from a priest. I am definitely not going back there, read more

Why 5 star because of one man and one man only president Suren Singh , without him this temple dont existed. People and world have noticed the growth of this temple ever since Suren Singh took major responsibility as president he spent 24/7 all his life devoted to Laxmi Narayan temple, I have been volunteering since 2010 and I have seen this person while employed at hospital he always cleaned, cut grass, set programs kept this place well maintained for public safety at all times. This person put this temple before his job as he always made sure temple is clean and safe before going to work and first person in morning before priest arrives to check make sure place is safe and well maintained. I have seen Suren Singh cut grass, mop floors, vacuum floor, scrub hall ways change light bulbs. Cleared cobwebs. Only person from entire committee that spends his entire life devoted to laxmi narayan temple since 1978 to current. I ask people please give this person respect because of him we have nice , clean, safe one and only northern california hindu temple that is respected worldwide. read more

i wish there was less than 0 stars that i can give. i went to the temple to get more info about the religion from an actual person's viewpoint as i have been studying the religion for at least two years and i wanted to be a part of the religion. no sooner i walked in the temple the priest that was sitting on the floor was very unwelcoming but i ignored it...well actually i thought that maybe it was just me not reading this man properly. i spoke with him to ask how can i get a consultation or become involved/learn more about the religion he got on the phone spoke with someone and told me to wait. there was an older gentleman that came and he was kind enough to sit and speak with me and ask me some questions. he ended up calling the president and told me hold on the president is coming. he also was kind enough to give me some fruit. the president came and greeted me he also wanted to make sure that i knew i was in a hindu temple. he then asked me what did i want to know. i told him the same as what i had told the priest and the older gentleman. he asked me what religion did i come from, what religion was i born into i told him christian. he said i need to go back to that religion christianity as this (hinduism) is a vast religion. i could come on certain days to his temple but that is it. i told him that i havent been under christianity for many years. he still turned me away. i told him i understand that i am not welcomed here but thank you for your time. he said no you are welcomed you can come here (he tried to change his words around to make the blow softer yet more untrustworthy) but still not willing to help me. i shook his hand (mind you he didnt want to touch me) and i said thank you for your time and i left. while i was walking out a woman crossed my path and she gave me the most evil eye. i already know i am going to need to do a spiritual cleansing for what i came across. i have heard about the dalits and what they went through in india but i definitely wanted to give this a benefit of doubt. it's a shame. what is horrific is i have done so much research and i know the root of hinduism as well so i am very knowledgeable. i also have a friend from tamil nadu coach me as well but he has also warned me about this insanity with how evil ppl can be. thank god for him. needless to say, i urge ppl never to come here. read more

I have been going to this temple since I was a child and I have seen many changes throughout the years, mostly positive. What I would like to see is remodeling of the bathroom in the back hall. The bathroom is dated and dirty. Many of us go there in formal attire and it is difficult using the facilities when the bathroom is unclean. Many people have weddings there and very special events and it would be nice if the bathroom was clean up to date. Many people devote their time and money to the temple and it would be nice to see that the committee members recognize this and give back to the people who have given so much. Hopefully for the people we will see some changes in this area. read more

good temple with all deities and serene environment inside