Traditional The Rajarajeswari Peetam in Rush, New York is a Sanathana Dharma temple that practices the teachings of Shri Vidya.

Sri Chaitanyananda Natha Saraswathi (known as Aiya) is the peetathipathy of the temple along with his wife Gnanamba (Amma).

Rajarajeswari Peetam was founded in Zambia, then moved to the Aiya's home in Rush in New York state before the current temple was constructed.

Worship of the Mother had been continuing in his father's family for more than six generations, but was abruptly halted in 1918 after the sudden demise of Sri Wijayaharan's paternal aunt.

He imbibed knowledge of the ritualistic practices under the tutelage of Sri Mataji and her disciple Srimati Selvanayaki Kalyanasundaram at the Sivananda Tapovanam in Thirukoneswaram.

In this small town, he met a few South Indian families and was touched by the true devotion for the divine that he found in them.

In the early part of 1981, during the morning puja, Aiya experienced Poornabhishekam by the Devi Herself and was given the dhiksha name of Sri Chaitanyananda.

In that same year, during the Navaratri celebrations on the seventh evening, the Devi left an impression of a conch in Sri Chaitanyananda's right palm.

Having tirelessly worked on this book for an entire year, the first edition was offered to Her lotus feet during the Sharada Navaratri.

In her ancestry is one of the greatest Tamil luminaries - "Sadhavadhani" Kadhirvel Pillai, a person who could concentrate on one hundred different things at the same instant.

Sri Chaitanyananda and Gnanamba have opened their hearts, home and the Peetam to all devotees who hail from every part of the world.

Aiya's love for Tamil literature, Carnatic music and vedic incantations flows out through the unique style of worship that he has developed.

Prahalada Sastry) was born in Visakhapatnam, the first child of Sri Narasimha Rao and Srimati Lakshminarasamma.

Blessed with divine experiences early in his childhood, his young mind was teeming with questions, searching for the truth.

After deep thought, he decided to look into the spiritual aspects a little deeper and devote time to work for the upliftment of society.

In 1983, during Devi yagna, Guruji was approached by the brothers of the Putrevu family, with a request to build a temple for the divine Mother.

One day, while in meditation he experienced himself lying on the Peetam, while four others were performing a homam with the flames emanating from his body.

This temple is unique in allowing the devotees to perform puja to the Devi themselves, without distinction of caste or creed.

Fondly known to his disciples as Gurugaru, Swami Srilasri Swaprakasananda theertha avadhootha was born in 1915 in a small village, Vidurbarthi in Andhra Pradesh.

Hailing from the Dattatreya lineage, Sri Swaprakasananda had not received any formal education, yet with the Mother's Blessings, has vast knowledge of the Vedas and Sastras and is well versed in Sanskrit.