For every devoted Hindu, visiting the world famous Venkatachalapathy Temple in Tirupati, India, is a dream come true.
In fact, when I recently when to India for the very first time, I was disappointed for being unable to visit Venki, as Lord Vengatachalapathy is fondly known, because my trip was extremely hectic.
Despite the disappointment however, I have made a personal resolution to at least visit Venki once in my lifetime.
Having this aspiration, it only brought me more joy when I read recently that Europe now has its very own version of the Tirupati Temple, in Birmingham, London.
The newly built Balaji Temple is said to be the largest Hindu temple in Europe and is expected to be well on its way into the record books as the largest 'multi-national' Hindu temple in the world outside India.
More uniquely, say news reports, the Balaji Temple in London may be the Hindu religion's first truly modern 'multi-national' building because it counts Sri Lankan and Indian Hindus among its founders and ostentatiously rejects an India-centric view of Hinduism.
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