Lets have a look at Hindu temples elsewhere in the world! :)


Heres one example in Singapore:

Sri Dhandayuthapani Temple

http://tinypic.com/a3j9jp.jpg
http://tinypic.com/a3j9th.jpg
http://tinypic.com/a3j9yq.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/534/sri35fs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Main altar
http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/srib.jpg


This man is the centre of attention
http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/sric.jpg


Main door
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9624/srid8ts.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in London is the largest Hindu temple outside India I believe.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/greenman32/mandir01f.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/greenman32/mm_08f.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/greenman32/mm_15f.jpg

BAPS
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/2646/bapshaveli5fu.jpg
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/8150/chicagomandirf3nz.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/004__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/086__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/078__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/065__Medium_.jpg
http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/usa/2004/11/diwaliannakut/photo/chicago012-f.jpg
http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/usa/2004/11/diwaliannakut/photo/chicago010-f.jpg

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chicago is the largest traditional Hindu Mandir of stone and marble to be constructed in the United States. Created entirely according to ancient Hindu architectural manuscripts known as the Shilpa-Shastras and meeting all the modern regulations of today, it was constructed in a mere 16 months starting from the day its first stone was laid. Lime stone from Turkey and marble from Italy was shipped to India and carved along with Makrana marble from India. Carved pieces were shipped from India to Chicago to build such a beautiful Mandir. The Mandir opened to devotees, well-wishers, and visitors after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony performed by the hands of His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj on August 8, 2004. The adjoining cultural center, known as the Haveli, was opened in October of 2000 and is a revival of wooden craftsmanship. Traditionally, Haveli means courtyard architecture - an architectural style fashioned from wood, involving intricate carving.

* Dimensions:
Total land: 30 acres
Mandir: 22442 sq. ft.
Height: 78 ft.
Width: 112 ft.
Length: 213 ft.
* Stones:
Outside: Turkish Lime stone 42842 Cu. Ft.
Inside: Italian marble from Italy (32808 cu. Ft.)and Makrana marble from India 4850 cu. Ft.
Total: 8430 tones.
Size: Smallest stone 15 gm to largest stone of 5.2 tones.
* Features:
5 Pinnacles (shikhara)
1 Central Dome (22 ft. in dia.)
16 Domes
4 Balconies
14 Windows
151 Pillars
75 ceilings with 39 different designs
4 Small Pinnacles (Samaram)
129 Arches (Toran)
* Infrastructure:
40,000 stone pieces
85,000 cu. Ft total stone structure
No Iron or Steel used
Central heating and cooling
Under floor heating with Gel tubing
Fiber optic lighting

Different temple in Lemont
http://karunamayi.org/tour/images/2002ramatemple.jpg

Great Pictures...

http://karunamayi.org/tour/images/2002ramatemple.jpg

Those singapore temples and the above one are South Indian Temple Architecture..

Most of the temples that are build in the west with south indian architecture are just replica or miniature of temples that exist in southern indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Plans for giant hindutemple in the Netherlands

The 'Maa Chandi Foundation', wants to built 'the biggest mandir outside India'
in the provence of South-Holland, very likely in the city Rotterdam. It will cost 75 million euros and is planned to get built in 2008.

http://www.zibb.nl/bouw/artimg/a20051322211443.JPG

In the Flushing section of Queens there is a Hindu temple.

http://desitalk.newsindia-times.com/2004/09/03/front1.jpg

There around a dozen Hindu temples here in Chicagoland!

There are more than 18,000 Hindu temples in Malaysia and their architecture are all the same. The biggest one is Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur. A cave temple that is. During Thaipusam the streets of KL will be so packed with over a million people marching towards the cave temple.

http://www.kunstradshow.de/img/Kuala_Lumpur/slides/27_Batu_Caves.jpg

http://travel.u.nu/pic/my/6596.jpg

http://photos21.flickr.com/27573295_52ed9007fe.jpg?v=0

http://www.thingsmagazine.net/photos/005/007.jpg

http://www.mister-duck.com/singapore/kl/photos/047_caves.jpg

http://www.palomine.net/pix/20000312/images/P3121023.jpg

AMAZING

those are lovely pics :)

I believe Hindus should be celebrating the Festival of Lights soon, and the fire-walking ceremony should be underway.

A silver chariot:

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/9110/templesm3wl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Devotees offering prayers:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/6110/templesm20lu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Some Hindu temples of Bali

Pura Kehen Temple
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6161/10bo1.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/974/26iy.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/351/36qf.jpg


Ulu Watu
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7470/13ke.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/803/28bl.jpg


Pura Ulun Danu
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/7584/13qw.jpg

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4246/25ch.jpg

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/7159/11ey.jpg



Besakih Temple
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/1318/19sg.jpg

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8724/28mg.jpg


Tanah Lot
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/9149/29zi.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9850/18vr.jpg


Tirta Empul
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6905/16sz.jpg

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1640/27tg1.jpg


Taman Ayun
http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/136/15mp.jpg

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/9411/22yy.jpg

lovely pics

Hinduism actually spread to SE Asia before Islam, and much of the architecture/practices of traditional SE Asia reflect that :)

great pictures, really amazing.

Beautiful pictures!

How can we forget the largest temple ever built. I am sure you all have heard of it. Its in Cambodia.

The Angkor Vat

http://jef.free.fr/Cambodge/Cambodge/Angkor_Temples/Angkor%20Vat%206.jpg

http://wacky.bugle.free.fr/Pics/Angkor%2003.jpg

http://fabien.aubert.free.fr/fab_laos_09_03g.jpg

http://michella.club.fr/paris_insolite/images/img_2_temple_ankgor_vat.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/dave_win/Yogyakarta/010PrambananAnsicht.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/dave_win/Yogyakarta/prambanan.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/dave_win/Yogyakarta/230kalasan.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/dave_win/Yogyakarta/kalasan.jpg

Changy Temple in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) :
http://www.palli.ch/~kapeskreyol/ki_nov/images/capesterre.jpg


Temple in Saint Denis de la Reunion :
http://www.bouts-du-monde.com/1ile/img/i_reunio/temple.jpg

Great pics! :cheers2:

Bons photos! Il y a beaucoup Indiens dans Martinique, Guyane, et aussi dans les Seychelles :)

I'll post some pics of temples in Trinidad and Guyana soon

Germany
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=245203

Hindu Temple in Panama City, Panama
http://tinypic.com/fut7wz.jpg

Venkateshwara Temple, Bridgewater, NJ, USA

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3321/3197771566_3e918e8b0a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemuda/3197771566/)

Nada, Fiji

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3185873295_5e405117b7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_jepson/3185873295/sizes/l/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3185872039_0dfda98c92_b.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3185872039_0dfda98c92_b.jpg)

Livermore, California

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/2801569141_d7db306a21_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/surveysan/2801569141/sizes/o/)

Malibu, California

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2929479975_cd846049ae_b.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12103981@N03/2929479975/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/139570763_ecc0db6fe6_b.jpg (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/139570763_ecc0db6fe6_b.jpg)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/139607000_ad82c7307e_b.jpg (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/139607000_ad82c7307e_b.jpg)

Mariamman temple in Saigon, Vietnam. Built by Tamil immigrants a century ago.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3038078032_00a29accd0_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/3163924744_314d5a2fe3_o.gif

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/256226888_fecc84ba24_b.jpg

Lilburn, GA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/2136835732_1256ca0d47_b.jpg?v=1198782307 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/artoris/2136835732/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2142510982_a979554aff_b.jpg?v=1198798377 (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2142510982_a979554aff_b.jpg?v=1198798377)

Salem, Utah

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2411711609_5c815061a5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swilsonmc/2411711609/sizes/l/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2411717197_e0e315be77_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swilsonmc/2411717197/sizes/l/)

Atlanta, Georgia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/1564708731_1708d75c61_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-p/1565590520/in/photostream/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/1564708651_d04284565b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-p/1565590520/in/photostream/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2324/1565590520_d092709aed_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-p/1565590520/in/photostream/)

Also in Saigon.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/497849232_916923b159.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2318803411_7381d035fa.jpg?v=0

Chicago

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/676751661_69e9d64057_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadone/sets/72157600575918589/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1346/676752511_94084a48aa_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadone/sets/72157600575918589/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/676750641_9859d6685d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadone/sets/72157600575918589/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/677614984_c7cb4065d9_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadone/sets/72157600575918589/)

Atlanta, Georgia

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1110/1240504381_180d1b2c82_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kbhat/1240504381/sizes/l/)

BAPS HINDU TEMPLE OF TORONTO, ONTARIO
credits to owner
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2747848475_3db5061017.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1002/907230763_264ecc59c3.jpg

Toronto's northwestern suburb of Brampton is a little "South Asia" because of South Asian population there. That's why this temple is located at the northwestern edge of Toronto. Hindu temples are very good to visit, especially with their interiors! I have actually witnessed a ritual during lunchtime, and it was sickkk!!! Very awesome!!!

Beautiful temples but strange religion-beliefs

BSPD Houston ,TX
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/indrajal/Travel/4thJuly052.jpg

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/indrajal/Travel/4thJuly051.jpg

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/indrajal/Travel/4thJuly048.jpg

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/indrajal/Travel/4thJuly036.jpg

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/indrajal/Travel/4thJuly046.jpg

The one in Utah looks really nice.

SaigoneseGuy,
How did Tamils end up in Vietnam?

intresting thread:cheers:

Good architecture work, really amazing.

Beautiful temples but strange religion-beliefs
To a Hindu, Christianity is strange ;)

Some pics of the Sri Mariamman Temple in Singapore - probably the most famous Hindu temple here which is located right in the heart of Chinatown:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4484/indtemple3iu.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/indtemple2.jpg

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/6110/templesm20lu.jpg

Thaipusam procession

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/9110/templesm3wl.jpg

Night prayers

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5939/srimar9xi.jpg

Some details

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2696/srilion7zf.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/2wf3d06.jpg

These were taken by hyacinthus

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/387/dscn06249pk.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1824/dsc03305rg.jpg

Interesting relationship

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSCN3543.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2817/dscn06283gb.jpg

Another one in Singapore:

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/rammanpandu4/3299512531_356a78425e_b.jpg

^^

That's the temple in Katong isn't?

^^

That's the temple in Katong isn't?

Not sure - I've seen it from the MRT on EW line between expo and cityhall. Its next to a chinese temple. I think its Geylang.

It seems to me that there are several instances of Indian temples located beside Chinese temples here. Theres another example at Waterloo street in the Bugis area.

Most of the Indian temples located in the city centre are usually the more historical ones, but I noted that the design more or less retains the same characteristics whether the temple is new or built a long time ago.

Beautiful temples but strange religion-beliefs

HUH strange religion? You sound very ignorant and judgemental of other cultures. Indian culture has the oldest continuous civilization in the world, preceding any Western culture or religion. Is it any stranger than Christianity with all their saints and icons, or Islam with all kinds of contradictions, or Judaism? which are all from the same Abrahamic religion with a jealous god that punishes you and condem you? Eventho I'm not Hindu myself but find it very interesting and different, but no stranger than any other religious practices.

I was just at this BAPS temple today, and I had been there a couple times before and I find it every time is just as amazing. The craftmanship and the detail works that went into it is so incredibly rich. In most Western culture, curtainly in the U.S., they don't built their churches at this level of refinement anymore. That's because no's no one capable of doing architectural carving and sculpting at that level of skill anymore. They used to do that here as late as the 1930's, for example like some government buildings in D.C. like the Supreme Court.

My question is does anyone know how much it costs to build the Chicago BAPS temple complex? I read that the new temple in Lilburn, GA. costs about $19 million, and that one is even larger than this one, but of course things are cheaper in Georgia than in Chicago.

BAPS
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/2646/bapshaveli5fu.jpg
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/8150/chicagomandirf3nz.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/004__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/086__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/078__Medium_.jpg
http://www.evdv.com/arc/News/BAPS/065__Medium_.jpg
http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/usa/2004/11/diwaliannakut/photo/chicago012-f.jpg
http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/usa/2004/11/diwaliannakut/photo/chicago010-f.jpg

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chicago is the largest traditional Hindu Mandir of stone and marble to be constructed in the United States. Created entirely according to ancient Hindu architectural manuscripts known as the Shilpa-Shastras and meeting all the modern regulations of today, it was constructed in a mere 16 months starting from the day its first stone was laid. Lime stone from Turkey and marble from Italy was shipped to India and carved along with Makrana marble from India. Carved pieces were shipped from India to Chicago to build such a beautiful Mandir. The Mandir opened to devotees, well-wishers, and visitors after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony performed by the hands of His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj on August 8, 2004. The adjoining cultural center, known as the Haveli, was opened in October of 2000 and is a revival of wooden craftsmanship. Traditionally, Haveli means courtyard architecture - an architectural style fashioned from wood, involving intricate carving.

* Dimensions:
Total land: 30 acres
Mandir: 22442 sq. ft.
Height: 78 ft.
Width: 112 ft.
Length: 213 ft.
* Stones:
Outside: Turkish Lime stone 42842 Cu. Ft.
Inside: Italian marble from Italy (32808 cu. Ft.)and Makrana marble from India 4850 cu. Ft.
Total: 8430 tones.
Size: Smallest stone 15 gm to largest stone of 5.2 tones.
* Features:
5 Pinnacles (shikhara)
1 Central Dome (22 ft. in dia.)
16 Domes
4 Balconies
14 Windows
151 Pillars
75 ceilings with 39 different designs
4 Small Pinnacles (Samaram)
129 Arches (Toran)
* Infrastructure:
40,000 stone pieces
85,000 cu. Ft total stone structure
No Iron or Steel used
Central heating and cooling
Under floor heating with Gel tubing
Fiber optic lighting

Different temple in Lemont
http://karunamayi.org/tour/images/2002ramatemple.jpg

Nairobi, Kenya:

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/377577010_a1dcb4f2c5_o.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/608731203_7bf200ce63_o.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/75474282_a47b1186ea_o.jpg

I was just at this BAPS temple today, and I had been there a couple times before and I find it every time is just as amazing. The craftmanship and the detail works that went into it is so incredibly rich. In most Western culture, curtainly in the U.S., they don't built their churches at this level of refinement anymore. That's because no's no one capable of doing architectural carving and sculpting at that level of skill anymore. They used to do that here as late as the 1930's, for example like some government buildings in D.C. like the Supreme Court.


The BAPS temple architecture is from the western state of Gujarat. They assemble these temples like a jigsaw puzzle, from parts that are finished and shipped from India.
Indian stonemasons, called shilpi are finally finding work this way because even in India very few stone temples get built. Infact, the trade has picked up in recent years after a very long time. Most of northern and Western India had been ruled by muslims, and then the British, so this kind of architecture had virtually disappeared.

Only after recent economic boom, a kind of "hindu revival" is taking place, and the neo-rich are looking to "rediscover their heritage", so to speak.

Cairo, Egypt

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/2854151468_3cf1456717_b.jpg

Really hideous. Hope it never got built.

Plans for giant hindutemple in the Netherlands

The 'Maa Chandi Foundation', wants to built 'the biggest mandir outside India'
in the provence of South-Holland, very likely in the city Rotterdam. It will cost 75 million euros and is planned to get built in 2008.

http://www.zibb.nl/bouw/artimg/a20051322211443.JPG

The beautiful Balinese Hindu Temple in Belgium

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9572/81547096.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/670/43048053.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4989/25174027.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3990/42382036.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4995/63353354.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5097/52036382.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6679/42383488.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7600/dscn3534.jpg

Bangkok วัดพระศรีมหาอุมาเทวี Sri Mahamariamman Temple


http://www.amulet.in.th/forums/images/2077.jpg

http://images.diaryis.com/i/i-am-nim/20080922.t2.jpg

The Sri Meenakshi Temple in Houston.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/3258556653_0a77a77c74_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3259388148_51cb27cfcf_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3259388178_be89542248_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3258556743_0957a7f955_o.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3259388256_9165df63ff_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3530/3259388296_70e07000d1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/3259388348_fa5539a8db_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3259388386_e6b0a53290_o.jpg

In most Western culture, curtainly in the U.S., they don't built their churches at this level of refinement anymore. That's because no's no one capable of doing architectural carving and sculpting at that level of skill anymore. They used to do that here as late as the 1930's, for example like some government buildings in D.C. like the Supreme Court.

You can still find quite a few in the United States who are capable of doing architectural carving and sculpting at that level of skill.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/juan1912/FOXPY8015872-02.jpg
Lima-Peru

Bello!

Batuan Temple, Bali, Indonesia (Copyright eternal vagabond@flickr

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/3601153512_680274f2df_b.jpg


http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/3600344429_87ee737bcf_b.jpg

Cairo, Egypt

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww79/rammanpandu6/2854151468_3cf1456717_b.jpg

This isn't a temple.

This isn't a temple.

I know, its actually a house of some sort.

That's a HOUSE?

As in, for living in...?

That's a HOUSE?

As in, for living in...?

Yeah, someone decided to build his oriental fantasy home.

Which explains its "eclectic" architecture. The shikhar is North Indian style, the big arch seems to be taken from a buddhist cave, and other stuff seems to be copied from Cambodian temples.

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/3622181899_1b8bc77964_b.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/3623010562_042f859b69_b.jpg

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http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/marathassc1/3622175225_64446425a2_b.jpg

Gibbsville, Iowa, USA

http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/rammanpandu8/3705731492_a7dafe33db_b.jpg

http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/rammanpandu8/3704925011_775306063b_b.jpg

Meenakshi Temple, Houston, Texas


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/4224447238_032fc91378_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitaleye/4224447238/sizes/o/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4223681455_8ae8528c46_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitaleye/4223681455/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

The BAPS in Toronto:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/Winter%20Part%20Two%202009/Late%20Summer%20Early%20Fall%202009/IMGP4801i-1.jpg

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In 2004 they started to build this Jaïn Temple in Antwerp, Belgium.
It should be finished by now, but I don't know its status.

Pics by Taboe:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s80/taboe/DSC06776.jpg

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Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Malibu, California

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/139570763_ecc0db6fe6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtel001/139570763/sizes/l/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3445940749_24af989f33_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ida_flyer/3445940749/sizes/l/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3446762126_4ae01c32aa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ida_flyer/3446762126/sizes/l/)

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Jesus Crimeny, those are beautiful! I didn't expect to see such beautiful temples outside of southeast Asia.

They make the little one in my city look like garbage:

http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/out/images/1209135260_Gurudwara_500.jpg

:lol::lol::lol:

Japan's first Jain temple? In Kobe.

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/7928/4264792233d75b33c36fb.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrneutron/4264792233/