List of Hindu temples in the United States#Ohio
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History
Following his famous speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda established Vedanta Societies in New York City and San Francisco in the 1890s. The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Week-a-fitting-time-to-celebrate-East-Indians-13359884.php|title=Week a fitting time to celebrate East Indians' success in SF|first=Carl|last=Nolte|date=November 3, 2018|website=San Francisco Chronicle}}{{Cite web|url=https://sfvedanta.org/the-society/old-temple/|title=Old Temple|website=sfvedanta.org|date=December 30, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.societyforasianart.org/programs/member-events/visit-vedanta-society-and-old-temple-1905|title=Visit to Vedanta Society and the Old Temple of 1905 | Society for Asian Art|website=www.societyforasianart.org}} This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, and Seattle. Although the Society's membership was relatively small, it paved the way for the later rise in popularity of yoga in the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pluralism.org/religion/hinduism/timeline/america|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321081640/http://www.pluralism.org/religion/hinduism/timeline/america|archive-date=March 21, 2016|title=Hinduism in America}}
Paramahansa Yogananda also came to the United States to attend a conference in 1920 and established the Self Realization Fellowship. Promoting yoga through his book Autobiography of a Yogi, he opened centers throughout the country. By the 1950s, the Self Realization Fellowship had become the most prominent Hindu organization in America. Its international headquarters Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine opened in California in 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://pluralism.org/yogananda-and-american-yoga|title=Yogananda and American Yoga|website=pluralism.org}}
The rise of counterculture of the 1960s in the United States saw the arrival of many gurus and swamis from India. The most prominent of these were Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Rama, and Swami Muktananda. In the 1960s and 1970s, these and other teachers established centers, temples, and ashrams, many of which continue to the present day.{{Cite web|url=https://pluralism.org/the-rush-of-gurus|title=The Rush of Gurus|website=pluralism.org}}
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 facilitated a significant increase in Indian immigration.https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/RAD-IndiaII-FINAL.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states-2019|title=Indian Immigrants in the United States|first=Jeanne Batalova Mary Hanna and Jeanne|last=Batalova|date=October 15, 2020|website=migrationpolicy.org}} The Hindu students and professionals who immigrated in the late 1960s and 1970s often kept small altars and puja rooms in their homes. These altars became the first makeshift temples of the early immigrants. As these immigrants started raising families, they began taking active steps to preserve their culture and heritage. They formed religious communities such as the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and cultural organizations such as Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Odisha, Tamil, Telugu, and India Associations. Many of these associations rented halls, churches, and school auditoriums to celebrate Hindu festivals such as Diwali, Holi, and Navaratri. The religious groups often met in members' homes to study the scriptures, conduct pujas, or sing bhajans (devotional songs).{{Cite web|url=https://pluralism.org/the-new-hindu-immigrants|title=The New Hindu Immigrants|website=pluralism.org}}
By the 1970s, the religious groups and cultural associations started working together to create Hindu "temple societies." These societies formed in metropolitan areas with large Indian American populations such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington D.C. The goal of the societies was to create permanent temples by purchasing existing properties such as private homes, former churches, warehouses, and office buildings, or by buying land and constructing new temples "from scratch." 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.{{Cite web|url=https://pluralism.org/the-temple-builders|title=The Temple Builders|website=pluralism.org}}
In the 21st century, Hindu temples have been established in many smaller cities and towns, and larger metropolitan areas have continued to add temples, as seen in the list below. In the meantime, older temples have been expanded and/or renovated to include kitchens, dining areas, community halls, and auditoriums to meet the growing needs of their congregations.
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Locations of all temples having coordinates may be seen together in a map linked from "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" on the right of this page.
=Alabama=
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Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama{{cite news|title=One for all: Spirituality and its presence in Limestone County|url=https://www.enewscourier.com/news/local_news/progress/one-for-all-spirituality-and-its-presence-in-limestone-county/article_6e9d55f8-b39e-11ed-9e3d-93a1683a5f03.html|newspaper=The News Courier|date=February 26, 2023}}
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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham
|Pelham | |||
86.811822|name=Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham}}
| | Completed in 1998. | |||
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir{{cite news|title=See former workshop transform into glittering temple for Diwali at BAPS mandir in Madison|url=https://www.al.com/living/2014/10/baps_diwali_madison.html|newspaper=AL.com|date=October 31, 2014}}
| Madison | | |
=Alaska=
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Sri Ganesha Temple of Alaska
| Anchorage | |||
149.954632|name=Sri Ganesha Temple of Alaska}}
| | Founded by Hindu leader Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1999. In current location since 2011. |
=Arizona=
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Temple | Location | Image | Notes |
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Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona
| Maricopa | |||
112.118778|name=Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona}}
| |Opened in 2008. |
=Arkansas=
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HANWA Hindu Temple
| Bentonville | |||
94.242534|name=HANWA Hindu Temple}}
| | Opened in 2012. |
=California=
=Colorado=
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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies
| Littleton, Colorado | |||
104.83053|name=Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies}}
| | Completed in 2015. |
=Delaware=
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Temple | Location | Image | Notes |
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Hindu Temple of Delaware
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Shirdi Sai of Delaware
| Newark | | |
=Florida=
=Georgia=
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta
| Lilburn | 150px | | |||
Hindu Temple of Atlanta
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=Hawaii=
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Iraivan Temple
| Kapaa | 150px | | |||
Kadavul Temple
| Kapaa | 150px | |
=Idaho=
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Boise Hare Krishna Temple
| Boise | | |
=Illinois=
=Indiana=
=Iowa=
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Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Iowa
| Madrid | 150px | First Hindu temple in Iowa.{{cite web|url = https://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/first-hindu-temple-in-iowa--usa--dedicated/5126.html|website = hinduismtoday|title = First Hindu Temple in Iowa|date = 2005|access-date = January 20, 2020}} |
=Kansas=
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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City
| Shawnee Mission | |||
94.762028|name=Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City}}
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Hindu Temple Of Greater Wichita
| Wichita | | |
=Kentucky=
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ISSO Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple{{cite news|title=New Hindu Temple opening this week in Bowling Green|url=https://www.wbko.com/2022/05/22/new-hindu-temple-opening-this-week-bowling-green/|newspaper=WBKO|date=May 21, 2022}}
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=Maryland=
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Murugan Temple of North America
| Lanham | 150px | | |||
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
| Lanham | 150px | |
=Massachusetts=
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=Michigan=
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Sri Kasi Vishwanatha Temple Flint
| Flint | |||
83.81038|name=Sri Kasi Vishwanatha Fline}}
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Parashakthi Temple
| Pontiac | 150px | | |||
Indo-American Cultural Center and Temple{{cite news|title=A Hindu temple in Portage makes up for lost time with big plans for its 25th anniversary|url=https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2022-08-11/a-hindu-temple-in-portage-makes-up-for-lost-time-with-big-plans-for-its-25th-anniversary|newspaper=WMUK|date=August 11, 2022}}
| Portage | |
=Minnesota=
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Hindu Temple of Minnesota
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=Missouri=
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Hindu Temple of St. Louis
| Ballwin | 150px | Completed 1991 | |||
Shanthi Mandir Hindu Temple and Community Center of Mid-Missouri{{Cite news|date=March 10, 2016|title=Temple jubilee: Hindus celebrate Columbia center's 10th anniversary|url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2016/03/19/temple-jubilee-hindus-celebrate-columbia/21841279007/|work=Columbia Daily Tribune}}
| Columbia | | Opened 2005 |
=Nebraska=
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Hindu Temple of Omaha
| Omaha | Opened 2004 |
=Nevada=
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Hindu Temple of Las Vegas
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=New Hampshire=
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Hindu Temple of New Hampshire{{cite news|title=Police investigate theft of gold chains from Nashua priest's home|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/nashua-new-hampshire-hindu-temple-theft/62767064|newspaper=WMUR|date=October 30, 2024}}
| Nashua | | |
=New Jersey=
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Sri Venkateswara Temple, New Jersey (Bridgewater)
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ISSO Shree Swaminarayan Temple Colonia NJ
| Colonia | 150px | | |||
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Edison
| Edison | Rebuilt and reopened in 2019 | |||
Akshardham (New Jersey)
| 150px | Largest Hindu temple in the United States | |||
ISSO Swaminarayan Temple Weehawken NJ
| 150px | |
=New Mexico=
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Temple | Location | Image | Notes |
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Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Mandir
| Taos | | |
=New York=
=North Carolina=
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Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina
| Cary | 150px | ||
Sri Somesvara Temple
| Clyde | 150px |
=Ohio=
=Oklahoma=
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Oklahoma City Hindu Temple
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=Pennsylvania=
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Chinmaya Amarnath{{cite news|title=With prayer and pyrotechnics, a new Hindu temple comes to life in southern Butler County|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2022/08/28/chinmaya-amarnath-mars-valencia-road-butler-county-pa-hindu-temple-opening/stories/202208160074|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=August 28, 2022}}{{cite news|title=Chinmaya Mission Pittsburgh is Expanding|url=https://www.newswire.com/news/chinmaya-mission-pittsburgh-is-expanding-21625735|newspaper=Newswire.com|date=February 9, 2022}}
| Mars | | First Shiva temple in Pittsburgh metropolitan area | |||
Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh
| 150px | Opened 1977. Oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants. | |||
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
| |Founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati | |||
Vraj Hindu Temple
| 150px |Dedicated to Shrinathji, a form of Krishna |
=Puerto Rico=
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ISKCON Puerto Rico{{cite news|title=Travel Diary: Puerto Rico|url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2022/06/travel-diary-puerto-rico/|newspaper=Northwest Asian Weekly|date=June 2, 2022}}{{cite news|title=ISKCON Youth Help Put On Four Caribbean Ratha Yatras|url=https://iskconnews.org/iskcon-youth-help-put-on-four-caribbean-ratha-yatras/|newspaper=ISKCON News|date=January 12, 2020}}
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=South Dakota=
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Hindu Temple of Siouxland{{Cite web|url=https://htos.online/|title = Hindu Temple of Siouxland}}{{cite news|title=South Dakota's First Hindu Temple Opens In Tea|url=https://www.sdpb.org/arts-culture/2018-10-29/south-dakotas-first-hindu-temple-opens-in-tea|newspaper=South Dakota Public Broadcasting|date=October 29, 2018}}
| Tea | | Opened 2018. First Hindu temple in South Dakota. |
=Texas=
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Radha Madhav Dham
| Austin | 150px | | |||
North Texas Hindu Mandir (NTHM)
| Dallas | | | |||
Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple
| Frisco | | | |||
Radha Krishna Temple, Dallas
| Allen | | | |||
Hindu Temple of San Antonio{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindutemplesatx.org/|title=Welcome To Hindu Temple of San Antonio|website=www.hindutemplesatx.org}}{{cite news|title=San Antonio’s diversity is reflected in its houses of worship|url=https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-diversity-religion/|newspaper=San Antonio Report|date=June 26, 2022}}
| Helotes | 150px | |||
Sri Meenakshi Devasthanam (Sri Meenakshi Temple Society)
| Pearland | 150px | Oldest Hindu temple in Texas. Only Meenakshi temple outside India. | |||
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
| Houston | | | |||
Hindu Temple of The Woodlands
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=Utah=
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Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple
| 150px |
=Virginia=
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Hindu Temple of Hampton Roads{{cite news|title=New Hindu temple opens in Chesapeake|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2019/08/01/new-hindu-temple-opens-in-chesapeake/|newspaper=The Virginian Pilot|date = August 1, 2019}}
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Shree Swaminarayan Mandir | ||
Durga Temple of Virginia
| Lorton | 150px | ||
Yogaville
| 150px |
=Washington (state)=
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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center{{cite news |last=Vaughn |first=Alexa |date=May 13, 2014 |title=Temple shrine is dream come true for Northwest Hindus |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/temple-shrine-is-dream-come-true-for-northwest-hindus/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 25, 2025}}
| Bothell |
=West Virginia=
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Hindu Religious & Cultural Center{{Cite web|url=https://hrccmorgantown.org/|title=Hindu Religious & Cultural Center (HRCC)}}{{cite news|title=Hindu Religious & Cultural Center holding grand opening of new temple|url=https://www.timeswv.com/news/hindu-religious-cultural-center-holding-grand-opening-of-new-temple/article_0401a822-0f61-11e6-b16c-a77b629f4259.html|newspaper=Times-West Virginian|date=May 1, 2016}}
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Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
| New Vrindaban Community, Moundsville | 150px |
=Wisconsin=
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Notes
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.chtna.org/ |title=CHTNA: The Umbrella Organization of Hindu Temples of North America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126081335/http://www.chtna.org/ |archive-date=November 26, 2021 }}
- [http://www.garamchai.com/temples.htm Hindu and Indian Temples in the US]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120718221315/http://owlib.com/dir/dir.show?cat_id=2348 Hindu Temples (Hindu Mandirs) in USA]
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