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Sri Ganesha Temple Of Utah

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Andre Bunker
Sri Ganesha Temple of Utah The Sri Ganesha temple of Utah opened for worship on May 2, 2003. They are still adding on to the temple which I witnessed on my visit on November 9, 2015. The ethnic Hindus of Utah used the Dream Circle until the temple was ready for worship. There are around 10,000 Indians in Utah today. The history of Hinduism does not involve a person who started the faith. The Hindus came to the United States for the excellent jobs here.They immigrated to Utah in the beginning of the last century. There was great difficulty in coming up with the money to build the temple. A couple of years of searching went into locating the perfect land parcel for the temple. The temple design is different from that of a normal …show more content…

The temple has several of the various Hindu deities that I saw, though Ganesha is their main focal point of at the temple. The temple was painted the to match the climate of Utah. “Granite Goddesses Sri Lakshmi and Sri Saraswathi adorn the entrance of the main sanctum giving special importance to wealth and learning, the main quests of Hindu immigrants to USA”(Skantharajah 33). The addition of a parking lot is probably unusual nowadays for a Hindu temple.There is a cultural center directly attached to the Sri Ganesha temple. Removing shoes is not required to enter the center, only for the main temple as I learned.
They were building something in front of the temple when I went there on Sunday November 8, 2015. They created the temple to the best of their ability while cutting costs along the way, and construction still …show more content…

One Hindu, Preeya Prakash is just as normal as the next person. She is obtaining an education like most other people. Some people inquired of her of where she came from even though she was born in the U.S. Preeya was encouraged by her parents to do more than just school all the time. She doesn’t feel as if she had ever been harassed here. Like others, Preeya doesn’t want to feel out of place, she wants to be like everyone else. She feels other religions need to know they are not superior in any way, shape or form. Like most others she would like to marry to someone with her

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