Hindu Temple of Atlanta

Hindu Temple of Atlanta
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Shiva
Location
Location	Riverdale
State	Georgia
Country	United States
	Location in Georgia
Geographic coordinates	33.5954°N 84.4087°W
Architecture
Completed	1990
Website
	www.hindutempleofatlanta.org

The Hindu Temple of Atlanta is a Hindu Temple located in Riverdale, Georgia and serves the South Indian Hindu population in the Metro Atlanta.

The two complexes at the temple, Lord Shiva's temple is to the right

History

The temple was built in 1990 and was built in a similar fashion to Southern India's Dravidian architecture.

Design

The Hindu temple has two complexes – one complex with Lord Venkateswara as the presiding deity and the other with Lord Shiva as the presiding deity. In addition to the presiding deity, both complexes have shrines for other deities.[1][2]

References

Wuthnow, Robert (2007). America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity. Princeton University Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-691-13411-1.
Byrne, Mary M. (2004-05-22). "Hindu temple traditions part of immigrants' new lives here". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-01-20.

External links

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[1] Wuthnow, Robert (2007). America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity. Princeton University Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-691-13411-1.

[The_Seattle_Times_2004-05-22-2] Byrne, Mary M. (2004-05-22). "Hindu temple traditions part of immigrants' new lives here". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-01-20.