Perhaps America’s greatest asset , immigrants flock to the States with nowhere to call home, no one to call friends, and a sense of wonder of where they have found themselves. However, if you search in the nooks and crannies, one can find that immigrants from all over settle into cultural communities, like the one in Jackson Heights that provides a safe haven for South Asians, specifically those who practice Hinduism. When one visits the Hindu temple, Satya narayan Mandir, in Jackson Heights, you open the doors to something that is not common in South Asia: You find Nepalese, Indian, Bangladeshis, all under one roof, chatting, praying, and eating together. What Jackson Heights has provided for these people is a community. One where the borders between countries that existed in the Asian continent are of no import and one looks at another as something totally different than what you may find in South Asia. They see each other as friends… family, even. They speak the same language, pray to the same gods, eat the same kinds of food, and come to realize that Jackson Heights, and specifically, Satya Narayan Mandir, is a melting pot of South Asian cultures.