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Guruvayurappan Temple of Brampton (GTOB) [5] - Shri Krishna Temple; Bharat Mata Mandir. [6] Shri Gauri Shankar Mandir. [7] Shiva Ganesh Mandir. [8] Shiv Shakti Gyaan Cultural Sabha. Jagannath Temple. [9] Bhavani Shankar Mandir & Cultural Centre. [10] Sri Ganesha Durga Hindu Temple. [11] Sri Sivasubramaniya Hindu Temple. Sri Katpaga Vinayagar ...
This is the list of Ganesha temples. In southern India, the temples are also popularly known as Pillaiyar temples or Vinayaka temples, by the alternate popular names of the Hindu god Ganesha in those regions.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The prime ministers of India and Canada condemned violence that broke out on Sunday at a Hindu temple near Toronto at a time of escalating diplomatic tensions between the ...
" Mississauga Hindu Heritage Centre: Not only a temple, but a Cultural Centre also" South Asian Generation Next. May 11, 2011 pg 1 "Much anticipated Hindu Heritage Centre opens" Chad H. The Mississauga News. May 9, 2011. pg. C.25 "Premier joins Hindu Celebration" John Stewart. The Mississauga News. May 5, 2011.
Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion [1] Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. . In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakist
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.
From 2005 to 2009, the mandir participated in the annually held event, Doors Open Toronto. [20] This two-day event is intended to allow the public an opportunity to visit and learn about architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings in Toronto. There are over 100 such buildings on display annually.
Many families worship Ganesha in the form of patri (leaves used for worshiping Ganesha or other gods), a picture is drawn on paper or small silver idols. In some households Ganesha idols are hidden, a feature unique to Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa due to a ban on clay Ganesha idols and festivals by the Jesuits as part of the Inquisition. [43]