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Mahayana Temple (Chinese: 大乘寺; pinyin: Dàchèng Sì; Jyutping: Da4sing4 Zi6) is a Chinese Buddhist temple organization headquartered within a forest in South Cairo, New York. It is the retreat of the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America, Inc. ("ESBT"), whose downtown branch of the Mahayana Temple (aka Mahayana City Campus) is ...
The 8-foot (2.4 m) high bronze statue, larger than life size, was donated by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation with support from Mohan Murjani.It was dedicated on October 2, 1986, the 117th anniversary of Gandhi's birth; civil rights leader Bayard Rustin delivered a keynote speech at the ceremony. [2]
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama tour Gandhi's room at the Mani Bhavan. In his November 2010 visit, Barack Obama became the first high-profile international visitor to visit the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya in the last 50 years. [1] Before him, only Martin Luther King Jr. had visited Mani Bhavan in the 1950s.
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A carnival float featuring a Hindu temple that is planned for an upcoming India Day Parade in New York City has sparked controversy, with a number of groups calling it anti-Muslim and saying it ...
The Hindu Temple Society of North America is a nonprofit organization that manages the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam temple in Flushing, Queens, in New York City. [1] It is known as the Ganesha Temple after its main deity, Ganesha , [ 1 ] and is the second-oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants.
The temple is located at 43-11 Ithaca Street, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. [ 2 ] The temple houses shrines for Mahavir in the Śvētāmbara tradition, Rishabhanatha in the Digambar tradition, Upashraya in the Sthanakvasi tradition (who do not have pratimas) and a meditation hall for the Shrimad Rajchandra tradition.
The Maha Vallabha Ganapathi Devastanam, owned by the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, New York, was consecrated on July 4, 1977. [52] There are over 1450 Hindu temples across the United States, [53] with a majority on the East Coast. The New York region has more than 1135 temples; [54] Texas has 128 [55] and Massachusetts has ...