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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, May 17, 2003: Another Hindu temple of grandiose proportions is being built in the U.S. just outside Chicago in Bartlett. Supported by the Swaminarayan Sect (BSS) of the Gujarat community, US$30 million will be spent to erect the temple of Italian marble and Turkish limestone. Spreading over 100,000 square feet, the complex will be built in traditional Indian style with sanctums for Lords Siva, Ram, Krishna, Ganesha and Lord Swaminarayan. Marble craftsmen numbering 450 have already started work carving 108 pillars in Rajasthan. The Swaminarayan sect has already built around 450 temples in 45 countries in the last 100 years. Born in 1781, Lord Swaminarayan started the reformed Hinduism that the sect adheres to.

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