I had the opportunity to visit the Hindu Temple of Minnesota this week when I visited some old friends in Minneapolis. Incredibly beautiful, despite being locked in ice and snow at this time of year. We went in the evening and found the main hall almost empty except for the Temple Priests. The murti's are stunning and the main deity, Varadaraja, was the largest I've ever seen! The Temple is very well taken care of. We even had an opportunity to watch one of the sculpture artists working on improving a facade on one of the pillars. What amazing talent!
This particular temple had been vandalized a few years ago so the irrational part of me was nervous that we might not be welcome, but my fears were unjustified (as per usual) The priests even moved aside as we came around to the Varadaraja murti so that we could have Darshan.
My friends who accompanied me are non-religious, but they were amazed at the architecture and we all wished we had brought our sketchbooks.
I want to visit again one day, most definitely.
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