{"id":20505,"date":"2024-01-25T03:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=20505"},"modified":"2024-01-25T03:20:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:20:33","slug":"in-indias-new-ram-temple-some-american-hindus-see-a-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2024\/01\/25\/in-indias-new-ram-temple-some-american-hindus-see-a-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"In India\u2019s New Ram temple, Some American Hindus See a New Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNITED STATES, January 19, 2024 (Religion News Service): The consecration of a temple to the Hindu God Ram, in the northern Indian city said to be his birthplace, will be marked with state-sponsored fanfare this weekend, completing a years-long transformation of a once sleepy village into a bustling destination for pilgrims and tourists. But in the United States, the events surrounding the triumphant inauguration of the temple are seen as a chance to put Hindu Americans on the map as well. From Tesla car rallies to Times Square watch parties, American Hindus are celebrating the statue\u2019s installation with a fervent long-distance patriotism.<br><br>\u201cThis is our time,\u201d said Dinesh Mojumder, founder of the Hindu Coalition USA, a group that is hosting a Times Square event with a guest list of more than 1,000 Hindus of Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Guyanese descent. \u201cWe have to show that we are not weak, we are more strong, and we are united.\u201d \u201cOn a global level, we\u2019re in an age now that we\u2019re trying to reclaim indigenous rights,\u201d said Mihir Meghani, a Californian who co-founded the Hindu American Foundation. \u201cWhen I look at Hindu civilization, it hasn\u2019t had the opportunity to really control its destiny for a long time. What I see here is a civilization that\u2019s rising.\u201d The opening of the temple comes after a legal battle that lasted more than 70 years. But Meghani said that the temple\u2019s consecration will allow Indians to move on from this history. \u201cWhile there may have been conflict in the past, this is the end of that process,\u201d said Meghani. \u201cAnd the process now is more about everyone coming together, the Hindu community and all people of India.\u201d<br><br>More at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2024\/01\/19\/american-hindus-gear-up-for-indias-ram-temple-opening\/\n\">https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2024\/01\/19\/american-hindus-gear-up-for-indias-ram-temple-opening\/<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED STATES, January 19, 2024 (Religion News Service): The consecration of a temple to the Hindu God Ram, in the,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20505","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\/20505","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=20505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20518,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20505\/revisions\/20518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}