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The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905. [Note 1] [1] [2] [3] This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. [Note 1] Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, and Seattle.
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Holley, David. "Legacy of Peace : Devotees Enact Rich Ritual at Festival as Work Progresses at Nation’s Largest Hindu Temple." Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1985. Shampa Mazumdar and Sanjoy Mazumdar. "Hindu Temple Building in Southern California: A Study of Immigrant Religion". Journal of Ritual Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2006), pp. 43-57.
Situated in the hills above Malibu, in Calabasas, the Malibu Hindu Temple, established in 1984, was the "first big Hindu temple" in Los Angeles. [18] The Malibu Hindu Temple is a mountain spiritual retreat. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Venkateswara and is fully functional. The priests of the temple live within its precincts. It ...
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The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. It was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 139) in 1975, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will host a public Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 S. Sepulveda Blvd., from 10 to 11 a.m. L.A. Fleet Week in San Pedro
The temple bell dates approximately to the period of the Song dynasty (circa 960–1279). [6]Facilities adjacent to the temple include; a bookstore, a shaded sitting area for congregating after services, and a 12th-century bronze Japanese-cast temple bell (which was once fastened to a Chinese military ship) [7] that is rung three times per day at dawn, noon, and dusk.