FilmPhase Studios's video: temples in U S A part-1

The Vedanta Society was responsible for building some early temples in United States starting in 1906, but they were not formal temples. Earliest traditional Mandir in the United States is Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, CA (1957)[19] known as Palanisamy Temple, it is one of the few temples that is run by public by elected members. The Maha Vallabha Ganapathi Devastanam owned by the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, New York City was consecrated on July 4, 1977. This temple recently underwent significant expansion and renovation.[20] Today there are over 450 Hindu Temples across the United States,[21] spread across the country, with a majority of them situated on the east coast centred around the New York region which alone has over 135 temples [22] the next largest number being in Texas with 28 Temples [23] and Massachusetts with 27 temples.[24] Other prominent temples include the Malibu Hindu Temple, built in 1981 and located in Calabasas, is owned and operated by the Hindu Temple Society of Southern California. The temple is near Malibu, California. Apart from these, Swaminarayan temples exist in several cities across the country with a sizable following.[citation needed] The oldest Hindu Temple in Texas is the Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani temple at Radha Madhav Dham, Austin.[25] The temple, established by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj is one of the largest Hindu Temple complexes in the Western Hemisphere,[26] and the largest in North America.[27][28][29] In Tampa, South Florida, Sri Vishnu Temple is established before about 160 years Goddess Shakthi at Parashakthi Temple, Pontiac, USA Parashakthi Temple[30] in Pontiac, Michigan is a tirtha peetam in the west for Goddess "Shakthi" referred to as the "Great Divine Mother" in Hinduism. The Temple was envisioned by Dr. G Krishna Kumar in a deep meditative kundalini experience of "Adi Shakthi" in 1994.[31] The Indian American Cultural Center opened on March 9, 2002, in Merrillville, Northwest Indiana. It was in 2010 on June 18 that the temple was finalized and opened, The Bharatiya Temple of Northwest Indiana. This temple is adjacent to the Cultural Center. In the native way of Hinduism, one would never see different sectarian groups worship in one temple. The Bharatiya Temple is unique in its own way by allowing different sectarian groups to worship together. The Bharatiya Temple has four different Hindu groups as well as a Jain group.[32] Sri Somesvara Temple opened in May, 2011 in Clyde, North Carolina. It is located near Asheville, North Carolina in the heart of Mount Soma, a Vastu community in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The temple was built to help people live true to their innate spirituality and uphold the purity of the Vedas.[33] Sri Somesvara Temple is run by a Vedic pandit who performs Vedic ceremonies there daily.Californian Hindu textbook controversy Category:Converts to Hinduism Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America Friends of South Asia (FOSA) Hindu American Foundation Hindu denominations Hindu Temple Society of North America (Ganesh Temple, Queens) Hindu University of America Hinduism in Los Angeles Hinduism in the West Invading the Sacred List of Hindu temples in the United States Parliament of the World's Religions Sanskrit in the West United States India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) Encyclopedia of HinduismHinduism is a minority religion in the United States; American Hindus in 2014 accounted for an estimated 0.7% of the total US population.[1] In 2017, American Hindus accounted for an estimated 1.0% of the total US population, representing an increase of roughly one million people.[2] The vast majority of American Hindus are immigrants from South Asia (mainly India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh; also including Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Myanmar), Indonesia (mainly Bali), the Caribbean (mainly Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique), Fiji, Africa (mainly Southern Africa and Eastern African), and Mauritius and other countries and their descendants. Additionally, the United States has a number of converts to Hinduism. While there were isolated sojourns by Hindus in the United States during the 19th century, Hindu presence in the United States was extremely limited until the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Services (INS) Act of 1965. Currently, Hindu-Americans hold the highest education levels among all religious communities in the United States, though this is mostly due to immigration policies that favor educated Hindus.[3][4] Many concepts of Hinduism, such as karma, reincarnation and yoga, have entered into mainstream American vernacular.[5] For example, 24% of Americans believe in reincarnation, a core concept of Hinduism.