INDIANA, U.S., June 7, 2015 (Indy Star): [HPI note: Hindu temples newly established or expanded in the US seem to be in the news these days. In this HPI we report on three.]
Nearly 5,000 people went to the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana on Sunday for the final day of an inauguration event for the temple’s $10 million expansion. When talking about the progression of the temple over the past decade, Vasanthi Vasudevan is amazed to see the modest building at 3350 N. German Church Road on Indianapolis Far Eastside blossom into an iconic structure that pays homage to various holy shrines across India. She is proud because more than 10,000 Hindu families in Central Indiana now have a temple that truly communicates the Vedic Sanskrit phrase, “Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.”
Vasudevan was not alone, as her enthusiasm was shared by the nearly 5,000 people who went to the temple Sunday for the final day of “Maha Kumbhabhishekam,” a five-day inauguration event for the temple’s $10 million expansion. The Hindu Temple of Central Indiana originally opened in 2006, providing a place of worship for devotees throughout the Midwest. Indiana now has other temples, including ones in Avon, Merrillville, Lafayette and Fort Wayne.