To reach the temple, we had to drive to the chaotic streets of town. Ugh.
We got down from the cars, walked a short distance to the entrance, took off our shoes, walked up the stairs and entered into a cavernous room - the temple's prayer hall. It looked and felt like a ball room.....carpeting and all.
No offense to any of my Indian Hindu friends but this is the temple that South Beach Barbie built. It's a pink wonder. Everything is pink with slight touches of green. Whoever designed the room definitely had a fondness for those two colors.
Pink and green decor aside, Mangal Dham was built in 1993 by the Hindu sect Shri Krishna Pranami, in memory of the late Guru Sri 108 Mangaldasji and is one of the few Hindu temples dedicated to the Hindu god, Krishna.
At the front end of the room was what looked like an altar flanked on both sides by statues of, and I'm really guessing here, gurus. Along the walls were statues of women holding, again I'm guessing here, offerings to the gurus. You can look at the pictures and draw your own conclusions. For some reason, the photos are a bit blurry.....have no idea why since the light inside the temple was fine for picture taking.
Aside from the sculptures, there was not much to see in the room so I headed out. Adjacent to the main hall is what appeared to be an outdoor stage. The backdrop was a huge wall sculpture with more deities and women.
Without understanding the religious meaning or significance behind what I saw at the temple, I have to say that I found it all to be a bit odd. Oh well. Time to do more reading on Hinduism.