Chapter 12: Creating the Hindu Experience in the United States The Vedanta Temple, built 1905, San Francisco Portraits of Vivekananda (left) and Swami Trigunatita (middle) in the Vedanta Temple. Notice the five different kinds of towers, which are discussed in the chapter. The Vedanta Temple was designed by Swami Trigunatita, a disciple of Vivek- ananda. It was built in 1905 and consecrated in 1906.