{"id":290,"date":"2017-06-15T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:42:22","slug":"chapter-12-creating-the-hindu-experience-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/a-hundred-autumns-to-live\/chapter-12-creating-the-hindu-experience-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 12: Creating the Hindu Experience in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter 12: Creating the Hindu Experience in the United States<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Vedanta Temple, built 1905, San Francisco<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-290 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/swami.jpg 1763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-291'>\n\t\t\t\tPortraits of Vivekananda (left) and Swami Trigunatita (middle) in the Vedanta Temple.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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chapter.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002-1024x699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20002.jpg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293'>\n\t\t\t\t\nThe Vedanta Temple was designed by Swami Trigunatita, a disciple of Vivek- ananda.\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/vedantatemple20003.jpg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-294'>\n\t\t\t\tIt was built in 1905 and consecrated in 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