{"id":3912,"date":"2004-01-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2004\/01\/30\/2004-01-30-hindu-temple-doing-well-in-wichita\/"},"modified":"2004-01-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-30T12:00:00","slug":"2004-01-30-hindu-temple-doing-well-in-wichita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2004\/01\/30\/2004-01-30-hindu-temple-doing-well-in-wichita\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Temple Doing Well In Wichita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/mld\/kansas\/living\/7782947.htm\">Source<\/a><\/P><P>WICHITA, KANSAS, January 24, 2004: Wichita&#8217;s only Hindu temple operates peacefully now, thanks to its priest and a satisfactory location. At Wichita&#8217;s only Hindu temple, Sriraman Kadambi makes sure the Gods are properly cared for. He is the priest for the temple at 320 N. Zelta, a modest, white building outside but elaborately decorated inside. Opened in June 2002, the temple is a long-awaited source of pride and identity for the Indian Hindu community, which is estimated at 250 families and 400 students; most of the latter attend Wichita State University. &#8220;People want to have something of their own where they can go and be in peace,&#8221; said temple president Mohan Kulkarni. &#8220;We feel ownership and connection to the Almighty.&#8221; But nearly four years ago, plans for a temple had to be abandoned when nearby homeowners got a court order to stop construction. About a year later, they found a new site. For Hindu temple leaders, the new location is a long-awaited achievement. &#8220;We went through a very difficult situation,&#8221; said Rekha Reddi, who led the effort to establish the temple and paid for the land, among other costs. &#8220;It really is an accomplishment on our part to see the temple take shape.&#8221; For the city&#8217;s Hindus, the temple is now a central gathering place for worship.<BR><br \/>\n<\/P> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SourceWICHITA, KANSAS, January 24, 2004: Wichita&#8217;s only Hindu temple operates peacefully now, thanks to its priest and a satisfactory location.,&#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-3912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912","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=3912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}