{"id":12955,"date":"2013-08-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2013\/08\/17\/construction-of-75-million-karya-siddhi-hanuman-temple-to-serve-growing-hindu-community\/"},"modified":"2013-08-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T12:00:00","slug":"construction-of-75-million-karya-siddhi-hanuman-temple-to-serve-growing-hindu-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2013\/08\/17\/construction-of-75-million-karya-siddhi-hanuman-temple-to-serve-growing-hindu-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Of $7.5 Million Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple To Serve Growing Hindu Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/community-news\/frisco\/headlines\/20130809-construction-of-7.5-million-karya-siddhi-hanuman-temple-to-serve-growing-hindu-community.ece\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DALLAS, TEXAS, August 9, 2013 (Dallas News): Frisco&#8217;s Asian Indian population is booming. Census numbers show that from 2000 to 2010, the Asian Indian population in Collin County more than tripled, growing from 9,673 to 33,502.<\/p>\n<p>The growth will soon be reflected in a new construction project on Independence Parkway in Frisco. After years of fundraising, the Karya Siddhi Hanuman temple recently broke ground on a $7.5 million temple. The Hindu temple is being built next to the existing Hanuman Cultural Center, which houses the Datta Yoga Center and serves as the main worship space.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the main worship option for Hindus in the area was the DFW Hindu Temple in Irving, said Sunitha Cheruvu, a temple volunteer. &#8220;Now, just like we&#8217;ve got churches on every corner, or every intersection, different temples have come up to serve the needs of the community,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, volunteers chose a 10-acre location as the site of the new temple. Once completed, the multimillion-dollar center will hold about 1,000 people. Construction begins later this month, and the temple is expected to open in late 2014, Laxmi Tummala, a temple trustee said. After the structure is completed, a team of artisans from India will complete detailing on the temple&#8217;s ornate exterior.<\/p>\n<p>A portrait of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey God, decorates the cultural center&#8217;s front facade. &#8220;Hanuman embodies how to be a better person,&#8221; Cheruvu said. &#8220;He&#8217;s very beloved.&#8221; The deity is symbolic of the qualities that support the teachings of the guru Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji, the Hindu spiritual leader whom many of the temple-goers follow.<\/p>\n<p>The new temple will be the first outside of India to house a jade stone Hanuman statue. There are few temples specifically devoted to Hanuman, Tummala said, and that&#8217;s expected to be a big draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source DALLAS, TEXAS, August 9, 2013 (Dallas News): Frisco&#8217;s Asian Indian population is booming. Census numbers show that from 2000,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}