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Shiv Durga Temple of Bay Area is a Hindu temple in Santa Clara, California that serves the Hindu population of the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] The temple opened in December 2012. The main deity of the temple is Goddess Durga. The temple also has idols of other deities such as Lord Ganesha, Sai Baba, Shiva Linga and Radha Krishna. The temple is ...
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
Pasadena architect Kenneth Gordon designed the building; its design incorporates the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles. The temple is the only Spanish Colonial Revival building in Pasadena which was built for a fraternal organization. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985. [1]
Two of Pasadena's historic bridges, the Colorado Street Bridge, built in 1913 and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings, and the La Loma Bridge, built in 1914, are among the sites listed on the Register. Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties.
Leaders of The Theosophical Society Pasadena have included Gottfried de Purucker, 1929–42; Arthur L. Conger, 1945-51; James A. Long (1951-1971); Grace Knoche (1971-2006); and Randell Grubb (since 2006). The Theosophical Society of Pasadena devotes the majority of their time in the furthering of the realization of the Divine Wisdom.
Later, and until his death in July 2017, Indian American tax consultant Nadadur Vardhan served as the temple's president. [4] [5] [6] Nadadur S. Kumar is the current president of the temple. [7] The temple has two complexes – the upper complex with Venkateswara as the presiding deity and the lower complex with Shiva as the presiding deity. In ...
Pasadena's largest and oldest newspaper is the Pasadena Star-News, first published in 1884. The daily newspaper also publishes the Rose Magazine. [134] The Pasadena Journal a community weekly featuring the Black voices of the San Gabriel Valley since 1989. Pasadena Now is a community news website covering stories in the community since 2004. [135]
The temple was originally located on Grant Avenue before moving to its present location on Becket Street in 1996. [2] It is not to be confused with the Tin How Temple two blocks to the south, which is likewise dedicated to Matsu (carrying one of her popular names in Cantonese ), but was founded in 1910 and is the oldest extant Taoist temple in ...