CHILE, August 12, 2006: The “Centro Cultural y Templo Hindu” in Punta Arenas, Chile, is located at 53.10 degrees south of the Equator. It is a building of 800 sq meters financed by the Sindhi community. When inaugurated in 2002 it displaced the Wellington, New Zealand, Kurinji Kumaran temple (at 41.17 S) as being the southernmost Hindu temple in the world! The Sri Ganesha Mandir in Anchorage at 61.13 N holds the distinction of being the northernmost temple followed by Oslo’s Norges Hindu Kultur Senter and Sollentuna, Sweden’s Hanuman Mandir.
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