• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There’s a shockingly large, beautiful one in my hometown of Pearland, Texas - the Sri Meenakshi Temple.

    It was only the third Hindu temple built in America, and, at least when it was built, it was the only Meenakshi temple outside of India. It’s still a venue for high-profile Hindu weddings.

    When it was built, Pearland was a mostly-rural community with a population of about 10,000 (2020 census is around 120,000), and they built this phenomenal temple in the middle of nowhere on McLean road.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7IWdwdYoi8