UNITED STATES, April 21, 2017 (Insider Monkey by Vana Filipovski): America, having in mind just the USA, has a Hindu population of around 2.69 million according to statistics from 2008. According to OWLIB Web Directory there are 254 Hindu temples in total in the USA. States in which you can visit them are listed by alphabet: Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Out of 254 Hindu temples in the USA, we selected 10 most famous. How? Simply, we browsed the Internet and picked the most frequently mentioned on similar lists. The list includes: The Shiva Vishnu Temple in South Florida; Sri Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Illinois; BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston, Texas; Ganesh Temple in Flushing, New York; Vraj Hindu Temple in Pennsylvania; Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Maryland; Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Atlanta; and The Akshardham Temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
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