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Coventry Shri Sidhi VinayagarDevasthanam

About us

ஆலய வரலாறு

A temple built by its congregation

Shri Sidhi Vinayagar Devasthanam — also known as Coventry Pillayar Kovil — is a registered charity in the heart of Britain, founded and run by the Tamil Hindu community of Coventry.

Founded 2009Reg. charity 114418318 shrines

கோயிலின் வரலாறு

தொண்டர் குழுவிலிருந்து கும்பாபிஷேகம் செய்யப்பட்ட கோயில் வரை

  1. 01

    20 July 2009

    The first executive committee

    Devotees in Coventry formed the temple's first executive committee — the beginning of everything that followed.

  2. 02

    27 February 2010

    The premises are purchased

    The building on George Eliot Road that the temple still occupies today was bought by the community.

  3. 03

    13 March 2010

    Foundation day

    The auspicious day on which Shri Sidhi Vinayagar Devasthanam was founded and came into existence.

  4. 04

    2 July 2012

    Maha Kumbabishekam

    The consecration ceremony — மகாகும்பாபிஷேகம், குடமுழுக்கு விழா — was performed, bringing the shrines to life.

  5. 05

    1 May 2013

    The first Mahotsavam

    The temple's first Mahotsavam ran for ten days. It was, in the committee's own words, a grand celebration.

  6. 06

    2024

    Maha Kumbabishekam, again

    Twelve years on, the temple undertook its second consecration — the occasion for the appeal below.

The people

Board of trustees

  • Kanapathipillai Sittambalam

    Chairman

  • Kirupaharan Subramaniam

    Vice Chairman

  • Kandiah Selvaratnam

    Secretary

  • Appathurai Suntharesan

    Treasurer

  • Balasubramaniam Kumarathas

    Facility Development & Maintenance

  • Thambipillai Kajenthiran

    Joint Secretary

  • Sellathmby Peranantham

    Member

  • Palipody Sachchithananthan

    Member

The temple has not published photographs for the executive committee. If they send some, this becomes the same photo layout as the trustees above.

Executive committee

  • Uruthiran Sabaratnam
  • Appathurai Suntharesan
  • Thambipillai Kajenthiran
  • Subramaniam Kirupaharan
  • Nanthakumar Pratheepan
  • Arumugam Jeyarajasingam
  • Kandiah Selvaratnam
  • Kanapathipillai Sittambalam
  • Palipody Sachchithananthan
  • Balasubramaniam Kumarathas

Siva Thonder Sabai

    At the temple

    Facilities

    • Car parking
    • Toilets — male, female and disabled