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    0 starsanhoni | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 11 2007 | architecture
    Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - Hindu Temple in Suburban Atlanta

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    • petersigrist - Aug 11 2007

      that's amazing!

    • misaacs - Aug 11 2007

      That's an impressive structure- they actually shipped in carved & finished stone from India. I'd be interested in how the social dynamic plays out in the neighbourhood - I remember a story about pig races starting up next door after Somali refugees build a mosque in some small town. Then again, that was in Texas.

      It's on Ponce De Leon Avenue- wasn't "Ponce De Leon" a movie on Seinfeld?

    • anhoni - Aug 11 2007

      Pete: I know! My family is going to the opening next weekend. I'm swaminarayana.

      Misaacs: That is horrible. I don't even know what to say. That makes me so sad. Is Texas so very different from Georgia. I hope so.
      Hm - I don't remember that being a movie on Seinfeld...

    • misaacs - Aug 11 2007

      I double-checked the the Texas story and the mosque seems to be in its planning stages- but Friday night pig races were in full swing :-). Hopefully it'll not turn into anything uglier.

      Have a good trip to the temple.

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