Shiva Vishnu Hindu Temple of Greater Cleveland

In 1983, Hindus would meet up at Cleveland State University since there was no permanent location. Several locations were looked at such as an abandoned building in North Royalton, Ohio but plans were aborted in North Royalton due to the community's negative perception of Hindus. In 1987, a burned out building with 22 acres was bought for $200,000. In March 1989, the burned out building was remodeled using $350,000 to have an upper level and a walkout lower level. On September 10, 1989, the temple was inaugurated with over 2,000 Hindus in attendance.[1] In 1997, the temple was remodeled yet again to accommodate the growing Hindu Population and expanded to 32 Acres, costing an estimated $20 million.[2][3]

The temple has two main altars, Shiva is on the left and Vishnu is on the right. An altar of Ganesh is right outside the Shiva altar and Durga and Laxmi are in the middle of the Shiva and Vishnu altar. Nandi the bull is also outside the Shiva altar and looks directly at Shiva. The walls are sculpted with the designs of many Hindu Gods and Goddesses. The temple is flanked on all sides by wetlands. The temple itself is over 11,000 Square feet.[4]