Role of Temples in Hindu Worship

 Role of Temples in Hindu Worship

Hindu Temples in every corner of the world offer Hindus an achievable way to experience God's sacred presence. In Hindu tradition, there is no dividing line between the secular and the lonely sacred. In the same spirit, Hindu temples are not just sacred spaces, they are also secular spaces. Their meaning and purpose have extended beyond spiritual life to social rituals and daily life, offering thus a social meaning. Divinity's presence uplifts those attending the temple, inspiring them to bring forth and perpetuate traditional Hindu culture in the form of sacred music, art and dance. As such, the temple becomes the hub of religious life in the surrounding Hindu community and thus is undeniably relevant to modern life.

Planning and Making a temple with all the rituals in it is part of the process of self-learning and realizing the importance of Hinduism to ourselves, friends and relatives at large to our community apart from sharing the experience with the coming generations who are to take it forward. Temple and the activities around it – like puja, festivals, religious and spiritual classes, and discussions, art, culture, etc. are important for all around us in a culturally shifted community like American Indians as that is the way to receive, experience, learn and transfer the age-old tradition of sanathana (oldest of the oldest and most modern) dharma. Not compromising on the spiritual values and the significance we are here to follow ritual experiences from the ground-breaking to the long-anticipated follow-up and maintenance of the temple for the next many generations to come. When one has to take pride, let us think of this Sri Ganesh Mandir as not just a temple but tradition that is brought from native to this new world of each of the Hindu-Indians and followers to follow the heritage and use it in this modern life to be in bliss.