{"id":20034,"date":"2023-09-23T03:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=20034"},"modified":"2023-09-23T03:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T03:42:40","slug":"in-chic-soho-a-hindu-temple-offers-itself-as-a-spiritual-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2023\/09\/23\/in-chic-soho-a-hindu-temple-offers-itself-as-a-spiritual-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"In Chic Soho, a Hindu Temple Offers Itself as a Spiritual Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 19, 2023 (Religion News): On Broome Street, in the heart of Manhattan\u2019s fashionable Soho neighborhood, a Hindu temple dedicated to the elephant-headed Deity Ganesha is striving to develop its own sense of cool. Its location allows it to draw guest teachers and devotees \u2014 or at least influential fans \u2014 such as the actor Willem Dafoe, who was recently spotted wearing a Broome Street Ganesha T-shirt. This week, the 20-year-old temple is celebrating Lord Ganesha in a distinctly New York way, ending its celebration of the Deity\u2019s birthday, the 10-day holiday Ganesh Chaturthi, with a visarjan \u2014 a ritual that sends Ganesha home by immersing His clay statue into a body of water \u2014 in the Hudson River. Shruti Bramadesam, the temple\u2019s assistant director, wants all New Yorkers to know that the visarjan, and the temple, is for them, no matter their age, race or spiritual background. The Broome Street Ganesha Temple, she said, hopes to meet people where they are\u2014 whether they are Hindu or not.  <br><br>Founded by yoga teacher Eddie Stern in 2001, the Broome Street Ganesha Temple pitches itself not strictly as a Hindu house of worship but as a sanctuary where passersby can find a few minutes of peace amid the chaos of New York. It\u2019s a role churches and synagogues have filled in the city\u2019s bustle since the Dutch, but where many of Manhattan\u2019s sacred spaces are ornate monuments to their wealthy patrons of years past, the temple\u2019s natural light and minimalist space \u2014 half yoga studio and half mandir \u2014 are made for Soho\u2019s vibe. \u201cThe temple is rooted in tradition and history but also caters to the needs of modern Hindus or people who are spiritual,\u201d said Bramadesam, pointing to Deities of Ganesha, as well as Krishna and Radha and Shiva for busy New Yorkers wanting to drop in to worship.<br><br>More at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/09\/19\/as-ganesh-chaturthi-approaches-a-new-york-city-temple-shares-old-traditions-with-new-hindus\/\n\">https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/09\/19\/as-ganesh-chaturthi-approaches-a-new-york-city-temple-shares-old-traditions-with-new-hindus\/<br><\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 19, 2023 (Religion News): On Broome Street, in the heart of Manhattan\u2019s fashionable Soho neighborhood,,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20043,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034\/revisions\/20043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}