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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, July 2, 2003: The Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago, has completed its purchase of 15 acres where they will build the first Sri Ramakrishna Universal Temple in North America, Swami Chidananda, President of the society, announced today. “We are very pleased to share this historic news. The greatest activity of the Vedanta Society is to disseminate spiritual education, which leads to spiritual illumination. The purpose of the temple is to disseminate spiritual knowledge,” Swami Chidananda said. Earlier this month, the Village Council of Homer Glen unanimously decided to annex the land from an unincorporated area of Will County. The Vedanta Society sought the annexation from Homer Glen because the village, with its philosophy of “Community and Nature in Harmony,” best fits its own philosophy for building the temple. The Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago, now plans to raise US$3 million for the first phase of construction, scheduled to begin May, 2004. The total cost estimate for the new temple is $6.5 million and the estimated completion date is December, 2005, when the Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago, has its 75th Diamond Jubilee anniversary. For additional information on the temple, readers may send an e-mail to “source” above.

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