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A `Bharat Rekha' in the land of opportunity

Staff Reporter

Book talks of various temples in the US

INDIA MEETING INDIA: Union Minister Oscar Fernandes and his wife Blossom releasing a book authored by K. Panchapakesan (second from left), in Hyderabad on Friday, as APCC president K. Keshava Rao looks on.

HYDERABAD: Visitors from the land of opportunity, the United States, who are currently thronging the City of Pearls for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, have something to look forward to. A `Bharat Rekha' that is!

This `rekha' talks of Hindu temples and more so, those in America. Be it the one for Lord of the Seven Hills in Penn Hills outside Pittsburgh, Ganesha in Alaska, Meenakshi in Peerland, Texas and Parashakti in Michigan, just to name a few of the 400 and odd temples in the US which are patronised by the estimated two million Indians working across the seven seas. The book covers temples across 33 States in the US.

The 200-page coffee table book is the result of the efforts of Krishnamurti Panchapakesan, a Hyderabadi. It was released here on Friday by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Oscar Fernandes in the presence of APCC president K. Keshava Rao.

"It is like India meeting India," Mr. Fernandes said, recalling that when Columbus first landed on the shores of America, he thought he had found India.

Edition on Hindu temples

"Since childhood I have been interested in gods and temples. With a daughter and son in the US, I travel a lot. Encouraging words from friends and a sponsorship turned my dream into reality. I will soon write one on temples in Mauritius," Mr. Panchapakeshan said.

"I hope to come up with a concise edition of Hindu temples the world over, spanning the five continents," he added.

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