Siva Sri N. Kishor Gurukal began his spiritual journey at the young age of 15, driven by a deep calling to serve the divine. His first step into the priesthood was at Arulmigu Sithivinayagar Temple, Bidor, where he volunteered as an assistant gurukal under the guidance of the Chief Priest, Lakshaman Gurukal. His passion for becoming a gurukal was profoundly inspired by a divine experience in which Lord Ganesha appeared in his dream, strengthening his resolve to dedicate his life to spiritual service.

Born in Tapah, Perak, Siva Sri N. Kishor Gurukal completed his SPM in 2002 before pursuing formal priesthood education. In 2003, he traveled to Vedaraniam, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India, where he commenced his basic priesthood training. He successfully completed this foundational phase in 2004 under the guidance of Chellappa Gurukal.

He then continued his advanced priesthood studies at Sri Karpaga Vinayagar Vedagama Padasalai, Pillayar Patti, Tamil Nadu, where he received comprehensive training under Pichai Gurukal. After completing his full priesthood education, he returned to Malaysia in 2007 as a fully trained and learned priest.

Upon his return, Siva Sri N. Kishor Gurukal began his service as the Chief Priest of Dewi Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Bandar Sri Damansara, Selangor. He has faithfully held this position for the past 17 years, serving the temple and its devotees with dedication and integrity. During this time, he has conducted numerous major Hindu religious ceremonies, including Kumbabishegam, Chandi Homam, Prithingira Homam, and many other significant spiritual rituals and temple events.

In 2022, he joined Dewi Sri Rajamariamman Temple, located in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, where he currently serves as the Chief Priest, continuing his dedicated service to the Hindu community.

In addition to temple duties, he has extensive experience in conducting over 500 Hindu weddings throughout his career as a chief priest. He has also contributed to the future of the priesthood by educating and guiding students interested in pursuing the priesthood during the years 2009 and 2010.

Siva Sri N. Kishor Gurukal is deeply committed to the spiritual and personal well-being of devotees. He regularly performs homams and pujas for individuals seeking divine guidance and solutions to life’s challenges. He also ensures that the temple environment is well-maintained, clean, and that all Hindu rituals are conducted strictly in accordance with traditional scriptures and practices.

On the personal front, he married Mrs. Venggetamma Divya in 2016, a Malaysian native from Puchong. The couple was blessed with a baby boy, Harswin, in 2022.

It is truly an honour to have Siva Sri N. Kishor Gurukal serving in Malaysia, a well-educated, experienced, and spiritually devoted priest with strong social values and a deep concern for the betterment of the community and future generations

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Siva Sir Saravanan Gurukal (Gurukal) started his path in the temple platform from Thirumurai and Bajan classes at the age of 13 years in his local Jasin town temple. Slowly he builds his interest in the temple priesthood and started servicing the temple by cleaning the temple and preparing prayers things for the temple priest at his free time. Another important person in his life was his brother Mr.Ganesan who was also assisting the temple priest, seeing his brother Gurukal decided to be a temple priest. He follows his brother and started assisting his brother in temple preparations. Gurukals father Mr. Kanniah encouraged & supported both his sons to serve the temple at their free time with a condition the boys have to complete their SRP at that time.  This 2 person his father and brother was the initial reason why Gurukal decided to take up gurukalhood in Malaysia.

Both the brothers were serving their local temple, Sri Maha Mariamman Kuil, Jasin, Melaka. In the 80’s, Siva Sri Muthukumara Gurukal was the Malaysian Chief Priest for most of the Kumbabishegamin and Hindu events in Malaysia. This encouraged Gurukal to persuade his further studies as a gurukal. In that era there was no school or institute to teach gurukalhood in Malaysia. Gurukal started finding for a proper guru meanwhile  worked in many temples in Malaysia. Finally in 1988 he found his guru Siva Sri Ramachandran Gurukal (Guru) who agreed to teach him gurukalhood in Malaysia.

Guru took the responsibility to teach Gurukal – Kriaya, Manthram, Jathagam, Rituals, Festivals, Spiritual Knowledge and Kumbabishegam rights and equipped him with knowledge and experience to perform Hindu events in Malaysia. Gurukal was with his guru for the past 10 years serving, learning and experiencing the knowledge from his Guru. In this period of time he was also gaining knowledge for visiting guru’s like Rajamani Sivachariyar, Thiruchi, Prakash Gurukal, Setiawan & Dakshanamoorthi Pattar, India.  This made Gurukal one of a knowledgeable person in Malaysia at that time of period, his knowledge absorption was appreciated by his gurus and they gave him the honour as SAIVACHARIYAR in the year 1995.

In the year 1996 Sep 16^th with the blessing from his elders and his Guru, Gurukal got married with Ms.Sri Vitya from Kepong, K.Lumpur, at Jasin Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. They have a daughter and a son who’s now doing their higher education in our local University. After his marriage he decided to uphold the position of Chief Priest @ Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, Bandar Sunway in the year 1998 and continued his career as a chief priest in many Malaysian temples from then.

After 40 years knowing Gurukal in the temple platform as a senior gurukal, he is a humble person who believe that “what’s meant for you is for you”. He does his best for the people who come to him for his advice and service.  His experience in Weddings, Kumbabishegams, Jathagams, Book Publications, 60^th Wedding Ceremony, Temple Grand Festivals, Temple Operation and Planning, Spiritual Knowledge and his discipline as a spiritual leader makes him an example in the Malaysian temple industry. It’s an honour to be able to know Siva Sri Saravanan Gurukal and get his blessing as our Malaysian Spiritual Guru.

Siva Sri Dhanabalan Gurukal started his journey as a gurukal at the age of 9 years. His first stepped into Sri Maha Mariamman Kuil, Sikamat Seremban as his passion to serve the god made him Malaysia learned priest today. Born in Sikamat, Seremban this young boy persuaded his higher learning in priesthood after completing his SPM in 1999.

He went to Tamilnadu, India to an exclusive Padasalai names Sri Kadpaga Vinayagar Vedagama Padasalai Pillayar Patti in the year 2000. He completed his basic priesthood certification and back to Malaysia in the year 2002. He continued his service as a chief priest in the same temple where his passion started. He has held the position as the chief priest of this temple for the past 20 years.

In this past 20 year he have conducted about 600 over Kumbabishegams, organized and conducting Hindu spiritual events and presented many spiritual talks in Malaysia. He was guided and though by Malaysia 2 most exclusive gurukals, Siva Sri Muthukumara Gurukal, Bukit Rotan and Siva Sri Ramachandra Gurukal, Melaka.

Gurukal marries in the year 2009, his wife Mrs. Vaani is a local Malaysian girl from Banting. The have 3 children, 1 boy and 2 girls, all of them are studding in their local Tamil School. He has conducted about 300 over wedding after his marriage.

Gurukal also is a master in Manikavinayagar Padasalai, Melaka. He also conducts classes in Seremban for local student who is interested to become gurukals in his temple. He ensures his knowledge is share to all students and devotees in his surroundings. Gurukal is a person who gives full effort to unfortunate students who want to study. He manages all their basic facilities for this student to perform in their education and upgrade their lifestyle in future. It’s an honour to have such a great gurukal in Malaysia well educated and with social concern for the betterment of the future community.

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