Source: gomemphis.com
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, September 19, 2002: For more than a year, Loganathan Chinnasamy and his crew have labored at the Indian Cultural Center’s temple in Eads, Tennessee. The nine men left their homes in India to decorate a Hindu house of worship modeled after one of their homeland’s most revered temples, Sri Venkateswara in Thirumala. While the Hindu Temple in Eads has been functioning for eight years, Chinnasamy is now charged with turning it into the detailed work of art that marks the finest of Hindu temples. A community center will be added to the existing cultural center within the next five years, said Dr. Prasad Duggirala, chairman of the board of trustees, adding that the improvements to the 11.5-acre compound are being taken in steps, “so we don’t have too much financial burden.” The temple serves an Indian community of 5,000 to 6,000 devotees in and around Shelby County, Tennessee.