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What is a Hindu temple?

At the heart of the Vedic tradition and Hindu life is the sacred tradition of Hindu temples, the Cosmic Energy centers where the Divine resides in the beautiful forms of deities. Any human settlement in Vedic civilization has flourished around temples, making Hinduism a temple-based civilization of celebratory traditions. Temples have also been the education and cultural centers, where one learns and practices the highest ideals of life and has Satsanga, the truthful association with an evolved, devoted community. Temple rituals are processes to invoke and radiate different Divine energies within and without.

Each temple is an energy circuit created by an Enlightened Master or Avatar and retains that pure energy for thousands of years. Avatars bring down enormous Cosmic Energy which is stored in temples and radiate it to the whole planet, for mankind to experience enlightenment, and to also bring healing, peace, Divine powers and fulfillment of desires.