Blog Posting #2

The Temple I went to visit was Bhuvaneshwar Mandir located in Brooklyn, 307 Stanhope Street.  They are opened one day a week which is Sunday from 9-11:30.  They have many celebrations and services which can be a birthday, a special holiday, a special occasion, and a service meeting. When I walked in I was asked to remove my shoes and leave them in the room by the entrance. Then I walked into the room where the ceremony was going on. There were chairs in the back and people were also seated in the center of the room on the floor.  There was a speaker talking and everyone was listening. There was many pictures on the wall and the statues were all the way towards the back of the room very near the people on the floor.  The stautes were being offered the smell of incense and food.  After the speaker stoped taliking there was a song that everyone started to sing. The men had instruments on them and were singing along with everyone else.  After the song was done they had a moment of silence and then they began talking again. I was allowed to take picut