Location: London
Hours: 36 per week
Day: 5-6 per week
Salary: 23,700 per annum
Job Type: Full time
Employer: Lakshmi Narayana Trust (Sri Mahalakshmi Temple)
Job Title: Temple Madappalli Cook
Posting Date: 28/09/2025
Closing Date: 27/10/2025
Number of vacancies: 1

About us:

Lakshmi Narayana Trust is a Hindu Religious charity that runs a very big temple (Sri Mahalakshmi Temple) in London for the Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi and Lord Sri Narayanar. The devotees visit the temple from all over the UK, Europe and also from all over the world. The temple is also having Sri Hanuman and number of other deities. The Temple provides free food (annadhanam/prasadham) to the devotees in the afternoon and evening and we offer neivedhyam to the deities three times a day.

Remuneration:

The candidate will be paid annual salary of £ 23,700.00 for 36 hours of work per week. We comply with the National Minimum Wage regulations and we also holiday pay and other benefits according to the laws of UK.

Job Description:

We urgently need a Temple Madappalli Cook to prepare annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam in a traditional way to offer to the Gods and also to the devotees and staff.

The Temple Madappalli Cook is important for the Hindu temple as food is prepared in a religious way and madappalli cook is qualified in a spiritual manner to prepare the annadhanam, prasadham and neivedhyam. The Temple Madappalli cook will be in charge of the temple’s kitchen. Temple Madappalli cook is required to prepare Neivedhyam Prasadham to the deities in the morning, afternoon and evening and also cook strictly vegetarian food/prasadham to the devotees and staff. Temple Madappalli cook should render help to the Senior Priests on very important religious pooja services performed in the temple.

Temple Madappalli cook should manage and maintain the kitchen and ensure that everything including temple main hall is kept tidy and also adhere to food, health and safety rules.

Temple Madappalli cook is required to assist with kitchen duties commensurate with their role and help in cleaning all utensils for cooking and also help in serving food to the devotees according to Hindu religious rules.

Qualifications and Skills:

Candidates should affirm their faith as a Hindu as the job role involves assisting in worshipping and performing Poojas for the Hindu Gods and the preparation of the food in a traditional way and offering to the deities and devotees. Candidates should have sufficient training and experience under a senior madappalli cook. Candidates should be willing to accept both Saiva and Vaishnava faith of Hinduism as the Temple is having both deities. Candidates are expected to be more spiritual and godly and obtained and learnt mantras and customary way of worshipping the God traditionally from the Senior Priests of Temples. Candidates are expected to consider this role as a service to God.

At least three years’ training and experience in a similar role is essential.

How to apply:

Please apply by replying to this advert or by post to:

The President
Lakshmi Narayana Trust
Sri Mahalakshmi Temple
241 High Street North
London E12 6SJ