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In the late70's a small group of
like minded people pondered about having a temple in atlanta. Drs.S.P. Reddy,
B.K. Mohan, Shailendra and Hari Upadhyaya met on a few occassions and felt
that there should a temple in Atlanta. In 1982 (on new year's eve) during
post dinner chat at Dr. Vanapalli's house several members heard each others'
views. Drs. Vanapalli, S.I. Naidu, I.J. Reddy and S.K. Naidu agreed to
join in the effort. A quiet campaign commenced and Drs. Aruna Prasad,
Raghava Reddy, Dronavalli, Mani, Kulkarni, Palghat Mohan and Kuppuswamy were on
board. After initial deliberations and after visiting
Nashville temple which was then located in a small house, a decision was made to
proceed with the project. We thoght we each can contribute $10,000 and we can
acomplish this goal, happily pray and provide a place of worship for our
community and our children. Naivity? You bet. We searched for land and looked at
five different pieces of land. Decided on current property because of its
elevation and proximity to highways and biways. Fifteen of us bought the land
from Mrs Jewel P. Quinn for the temple. The land was zoned for temple,
thanks to philanthropic minded chairman honorable Charles Griswell and his
excellent team of county commissioners.
Then we realized that the funds we thought were
adequate, were only spent on buying the land itself. Dr.S.P. Reddy, Dr.
Vanapalli and others actively worked on raising funds. The enthusiasm in the
community and generous donations made us forge ahead with the project.
The Hindu Temple of Atlanta was incorporated on
October 19th 1984
Very early in the project Sri
Sampatkumar bhattar and temple architect Padmasri Muthiah stapathi were
consulted and the planing for the temple has begun.
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