Monday, January 30, 2012

BAPS Mandir - A Very Beautiful Hindu Temple I Visited Outside of Chicago

When I was writing my 7th book, The Library Kids House of the Dragon, I needed to do some research on India since the children must retrieve a crystal in India.  As part of my research I studied a little bit of Hinduism and visited a Hindu temple.  Hinduism is a very complex religion with millions of gods and goddesses but with a set of main god/goddesses.  I am still trying to study and understand the various sects of Hinduism as I find it to be a very interesting religion. 

I visited one of the most beautiful Hindu temples I have ever seen.  It is known as the BAPS Mandir.  I was allowed to take pictures of the outside of the temple, but not on the inside.  The wood for the temple was carved and shipped from India as was the stone.  The inside of the temple was illuminated with changing soft lights and the carved marble had the stories of the past.  Here are some of the pictures from the outside.





















By Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism

http://chicago.baps.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAPS

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