Temple info -3769. Maha Vallabha Ganapathi temple, New York City,USA. மகாவல்லப கணபதி கோயில், நியூ யார்க், அமெரிக்கா
Temple info -3769 கோயில் தகவல் -3769 Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam the First Hindu temple in USA The temple ( Tamil : ஸ்ரீ மஹா வல்லப கணபதி தேவஸ்தானம். Telugu:శ్రీ మహావల్లభ గణపతి దేవస్థానం Sanskrit: श्री महावल्लभ गणपति देवस्थानम्) is at 45–57 Bowne Street, Flushing, Queens, in New York City, claims to be the very first of the traditional Hindu temples in the USA and is managed by Hindu temple Society of North America, It is popularly referred to as the Ganesh Temple, Flushing since the main deity is Lord Ganesh. History The Hindu Temple Society of North America was incorporated on January 26, 1970, and initially met in the living room of one Sri Alagappan . It acquired from the Russian Orthodox Church a site on which the present Temple of Lord Ganesa (The first Hindu Temple in USA) is situated. The present structure, designed in accordance with the Agama Sastras (scriptures relating to temple building), wa...