Source: fayobserver.com
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, May 24, 2010: The Fayetteville area’s Hindu faithful realized a 10-year dream with the placement of statues of Hindu Gods in their new nondenominational Hindu temple on Cedar Creek Road on Sunday. The $2 million temple, Hindu Bhavan, is Fayetteville’s second Hindu place of worship. The first, a Radha Soami Satsang Beas retreat center that opened in the 1990s, is for a denomination based in northern India.
Hindu Bhavan caters to all Hindu denominations, said Rakesh Gupta, president of the temple’s executive committee. It provides a house of worship for Indian immigrants who came to the United States for a better life, he said. The 10,000-square-foot Hindu Bhavan has classrooms and a large worship area. It’s expected to serve about 300 worshipers from the Fayetteville and Lumberton areas.