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The Hindu Temple Society of North America is a nonprofit organization that manages the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam temple in Flushing, Queens, in New York City. [1] It is known as the Ganesha Temple after its main deity, Ganesha , [ 1 ] and is the second-oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants.
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
In 1999, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami of Kauai Aadheenam gifted a 1,400 lb, 4 ft tall statue of Ganesha as a Murti for a new Hindu Temple to be constructed in Arizona. In November 2000, The Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona was officially established as a Non-Profit Organization and recognized as a religious organization. [4]
Kurudumale Ganesha Temple: Kurudumale: Karnataka: Lord Ganesh Temple Boha Pahar: Mayong: Assam: Ganpatyar Temple: Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) Shri Ganesh Mandir: Rafiabad, Baramulla district: Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) Trinetra Ganesha Temple: Ranthambhore Fort: Rajasthan: Bohra Ganesh Temple: Udaipur: Rajasthan: Shri ...
Large crowds visit the temple on the occasion of Ganesh Jayanti. This ancient temple located on the eastern bank of the Bhima River – has an idol of Ganesha, seated in a crossed leg posture flanked by his consort Siddhi. The Ganesha image is adorned with saffron paste and has its trunk turned to the right, which is considered a rare depiction ...
The temple includes a Shiva Aalayam, where there are deities of Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha, Ayyappa, and Subrahmanya. In the outside area of the Vishnu Temple, the temple's deities include Hanuman, Narasimha, Sudarshana, and Vishvaksena. The Vishnu temple includes deities Venkateswara, Padmavathi, and Goda Devi. The temple's floors are black granite.
Ganesh Temple may refer to many Hindu temples dedicated to the god Ganesha (or Ganesh): Ganesha Temple, Idagunji; Garh Ganesh Temple, in Jaipur; Hindu Temple Society of North America, in New York City, built around a Ganesh Temple; Khajrana Ganesh Temple, in Indore; Morgaon Ganesha Temple
The Sri Meenakshi Temple Society was established in 1977. The land for the temple, a five acre site, was acquired between 1976 and 1978. A plan for the site was drawn up by Ranjit Banerjee, a professor of architecture at the University of Houston. The temple's first permanent structure was a Ganesha temple.