Religious Experiences in America

On a recent trip to California I had the chance to visit the Hindu temple in Malibou near Los Angeles in California. There are two temples, one dedicated to Lord Balaji or Vishnu and another dedicated to Lord Shiva sited within the same compound here. The former has sub shrines dedicated to the lord’s consorts, […]

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Visiting Los Angeles, the world’s largest city which also hosts Hollywood gave me quite a few surprises. First the amount of trash strewn along the road sides is amazingly high. For a moment I forgot whether I was in India or in the US. The next surprise was when I visited Artesia. Here the sights […]

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For the past two days I have been visiting Los Angeles and I have noticed that the population of ethnic Indians or people of Indian origin is quite high in this western sea board state of the US. We visited the Artesia community where there are several Indian stores, temples and religious spaces thronged by […]

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Here are the spires of an impressive looking Church I noticed in San Jose.

I was so surprised to see this cross placed atop a hill on the road from San Jose to Los Angeles. I was under the impression that this kind of unattended display of religious symbols was typical to India. But I guess […]

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