[3][4][1] The Sri Meenakshi Temple attracts Hindu devotees and visitors from across the Houston metropolitan area.

It is considered one of Greater Houston's most prominent religious landmarks as well as a major visitor attraction in Pearland.

The first Mahakumbhabhishekam (inauguration ceremony) for the main shrine, designed by Indian architect S. M. Ganapathy Sthapathi, was performed in 1982, making it the third-oldest Hindu temple in the United States.

Other shrines within the temple complex are dedicated to Ganesha, Murugan, Valli, Deivanai, Rama, Ayyappan, Durga, Nandi, and Garuda.

The temple also has sculptures of the Tamil Alvar and Nayanar poet-saints and gurus of Vedanta philosophy (Adi Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, and Madhvacharya).