America
Majestic Hindu Temple opens in Colorado
Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies opened in
Centennial (Colorado) on June seven after three-days of ancient Hindu rituals
conducted by nine priests gathered from all over the country.
The “Grand Opening Celebrations†included havans, artis,
pujas, murti sthapana, cultural program, Veda pranayam, aradhana, archana, Maha
Kumbhabhishekam, etc.
The new Temple,
whose construction began in March 2014, besides a place of worship, will also undertake
various religious, cultural and spiritual activities/celebrations. Its
architecture is based on ancient Vastu and Aagam Shastra principles and it
includes murtis of Aayapaa Swami, Durga Maa, Ganesh Ji, Gorishankar, Laxmi
Narayan, Radha-Krishna, Ramdarbar, Saraswati Mata, Shiva Lingam and Nandi,
Shiva Parivar and Tirupati Bala Ji, reports suggest.
Meanwhile, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a
statement in Nevada
today, applauded efforts of temple leaders and area community for realizing
this Hindu temple complex.
Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of
Hinduism, further said that it was important to pass on Hindu spirituality,
concepts and traditions to coming generations amidst so many distractions in
the consumerist society and hoped that this new Temple would help in this direction. Zed
stressed that instead of running after materialism; we should focus on inner
search and realization of Self and work towards achieving moksh (liberation),
which was the goal of Hinduism.
Reva Nayar, C.P. Mishra, Modhumita Mukherjee and Satish
Kumar are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively of
the Temple
while Kailash Chandra Upadhyay and Raghavendra Iyyer are the priests.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents. There are about three million Hindus in USA.
http://www.hindutempleofcolorado.org/