HAMM, GERMANY, July 8, 2002: Around 3,000 Hindus on Sunday attended the inauguration of the largest Hindu temple in Europe, at Hamm in northwest Germany, police said. The 700-square-meter Sri Kamadchi Ampal temple took two years to build and cost US$990,000, most of it from donations. The building is built in an architectural style typical of southern India and includes 180 icons and altars, the architect Heinz-Reiner Eihorst said. The inauguration was marked by a party that was expected to continue late into the night. The Hindu priest Siva Sri Paskarakurukkal, who will officiate at the temple, expects around 300 devotees per day to worship there.
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