SWITZERLAND, April 2, 2015 (Voce Evangelica): A new Hindu temple has opened in the eastern Swiss town of Zizers near Chur. The ceremony, which took place Saturday, March 28, was organized by the Hindus of the Grisons Canton (Grisons is the only Swiss canton which is officially trilingual: Swiss German, Italian and Romansh) who turned a warehouse, located in the Rheinruetenen industrial area of Zizers, into a place of worship.
The inauguration took place with songs, prayers and dances. A Hindu priest, who came specially for the occasion from Sri Lanka, expressed gratitude for the freedom of religion in Switzerland and thanked the local authorities for having granted approval for the construction of the temple. The priest of the new Zizers temple is Kagendrasharma Nageswarakurukkal, who deals with the 150 families — residents in Graubuenden, Glarus and St Gallen — that are part of the local Hindu community. On May 30th there will be a “Open House” that will allow the local population to visit the new temple of Zizers.