Source: www.mumbaimirror.com
MUMBAI, INDIA, August 31, 2010: This Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees of the Lord in Silicon Valley will have something new to celebrate. The Siddhivinayak Temple Trust, here in Mumbai, has sent a three-foot high murti of the Lord to San Jose, to help establish a Ganesha Temple there. From September 11 onwards the San Jose Ganesh Temple will be open to hundreds of devotees settled in Silicon Valley.
Work on the murti – which has been carved out of one single piece of marble by artists from Jaipur – started a few months ago after Praveen Naik, a trustee of Siddhivinayak on a visit to the city, was asked for a Ganesha murti. Those based in San Jose wanted the murti to come with the help of Siddhivinayak, as the temple holds special significance for them.