Monday, October 19, 2009

Some Temples Abroad

India is a country having a rich heritage of temples as we have thousands of gods.
This is because we find His power in everything.
If any Indian earns a substantial sum, the first thing he does is construct a temple.
This is specially true of Marwaris.
Thus we have the Birlas, Bangurs, Goenkas building temples wherever they set up industries.
The temples are also very rich because of donations received from the public.
They were the envy of foreign invaders who came from the West.
The Somnath Temple was looted and destroyed innumerable times by Muslim invaders.
Many religious minded people would like to see the best temples in India but do not have either the resources or the time.
But some very beautiful temples have been made abroad all over the world.
We may not get the chance to see them personally.
A friend, Ganesan, has sent these pictures so that at least the pictures of the temples can be viewed.

Lord Venkateshwara Temple, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Malibu Hindu Temple, Malibu, California, US
Shiva-Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, US
Lord Vishnu Temple, Angkor, Cambodia
The largest temple of the world, raised during the reign of Suryavarman-II in 12th century, is, in fact, located in Angkor, a major archaeological site of Cambodia. It is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It is also one of the two temples intact in Angkor, Cambodia. The other is a Buddhist Temple. The largest temple of Lord Vishnu in Angkor is built according to Khmer architecture, original to Cambodia.
Prambanan Shiva Temple, Central Java, Indonesia
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple of Greater Chicago - Aurora, Illinois, United States
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - Toronto, Canada
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, Washington DC, United States
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Neasden Temple), United States
Sri Murugan Temple “Batu Caves”, Penang, Malaysia
Sri Venkateswara Temple, Bridgewater, NJ, US
Mother Temple of Besakih, Bali, Indonesia
Murugan Temple, Sydney, Australia
Venkateswara Swami temple, Riverdale near Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple, Helensburgh, Sydney, Australia
Velmurugan Gnana Muneeswarar Temple, Rivervale Crescent Sengkang, Singapore
Sri Meenakshi Devasthanam - Pearland, Texas, US
Ekta Mandir, Irving, Texas, US
Sri Venkateshwara Temple - New Jersey, US
Sri Lakshmi Temple - Ashland, MA, US
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple, Pittsburgh, US
Shiva Vishnu Temple of South Florida Inc, FL, US
Sri Murugan Temple, London, UK
Quad City Hindu Temple , Rock Island, IL, US
Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swami Temple, Memphis, Tennessee, US
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple or Sri Perumal Temple, Little India, Serangoon Road, Singapore
Arulmigu Sri Raja Kaliamman Temple, Johor Baru, Malaysia - The only Hindu Glass Temple abroad

3 comments:

Mohan said...

Wow.. that is a very nice compilation of various temples outside India. thanks for sharing the pics as well!

Revati.Nidhi said...

Some captions are incorrect. Especially, for venkateswara Temple, Bridgewater, NJ and Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, Lanham, MD near DC

ananth said...

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF WE COULD SEE THE GODS INSIDE THE TEMPLE