HINDU TEMPLE

Dr. Wolfe

Anthropology 101

March 11, 2013

By: Jasmin Uribe &

Vanessa Rosas

Y O U M U S T TA K E O F F Y O U R S H O E S W H E N Y O U

E N T E R T H E T E M P L E ! !

Many people pray on these gods for different reasons. Some woman pray on them to conceive a baby or to be loved. Some men pray on these gods to give them strength to protect their families and to provide shelter and money for them. These gods are considered Gods of different planets.

Inside the temple they have different gods. All of these gods have different

meanings. For example, this lady god on the left represent a teacher that teaches

children the alphabet as well as English and Math problems. People pray on this elephant

god to the right for wealth, money, fortune and shelter

This tree represents donations that people donate to the temple. Some people donate food, clothes and some donate money. For each donation that is made, the people inside the temple pray so they can be blessed with always having money with them, as well as to always maintain and keep a job.

Hindu Desserts

This Hindu dessert is

call Jalebi. It is made

with Maida flour and

yogurt.

This dessert is called

Bal Mithai. It is made

our of milk and sugar

balls

This dessert is called

Kozhukkatta. It is made

out of Rice flour,

Sugar/molasses,

Coconut, and

Cardamom

*Inside the Hindu

Temple people

offered us

desserts.

This red dot that they are putting on Vanessa is called “Bindi”. They

use the color red because red is a traditional Indian color.

Traditionally it is a bright dot of red color applied in the center of the

forehead close to the eyebrows, but it can also consist of a sign or

piece of jewelry. Bindi can also represent as a symbol of the "third

eye" in Hindu Tantric philosophy but most ladies use it mainly as a

decoration.