The Hindu Temple Society of North America incorporated in January 1970 and completed construction of the first Hindu temple in North America in June 1977. Composed largely of imported granite materials and constructed by special artisans from India, it is one of the most impressive and historically important Hindu temples in the West. The temple has five big and four small black granite stone shrines with stone icons, 20 wall shrines with metal icons, five domes (four on all the cardinal directions and one 50-foot tall tower facing east), a sunlit, glass-roofed walkway with eight granite stone pillars on either side, artistically carved teak doors, and two pure silver chariots.  View and learn about temple architecture, an array of divinities, and the rituals and services seeking blessings of knowledge, wealth and prosperity, and protection. OHNY Weekend coincides with Navaratri-Dasara Festival, a festival of women goddesses that will be taking place at the temple.