மெதினாவில் இருக்கும் இந்துக்கோவிலை விட பெரிய இந்துகோவில் இல்லினாயில் வருகிறது.

இல்லினாயில், கிரேஸ்லேக்கில் பெரிய இந்துக்கோவில் கட்டப்பட தயாராக இருக்கிறது. அது பற்றிய டெய்லி ஹெரால்ட் செய்தி இங்கே.

இந்தக்கோவில் அருகாமையில் இருக்கும் அரோரா, பார்ட்லெட், பென்ஸ்வில், க்லென் எலின், இதஸ்கா, லெமாண்ட், மெதினா ஆகிய நகரங்களில் இருக்கும் இந்துக்கோவில்களை விட பெரியதாகவும் அனைத்து தளங்களையும் ஒருங்கிணைத்ததாகவும் இருக்கும் என்று இதன் மேலாளர் தெரிவித்திருக்கிறார்

Hindu idols stand ready for opening
By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Saturday, April 21, 2007


Life-size pieces of intricately hand-craved marble weighing thousands of pounds and depicting various Hindu deities are now in place at Lake County’s first Hindu temple under construction near Grayslake.

Indian Cultural Association leaders have set June 17 for the grand opening of the mandir, or temple, situated on roughly 20 acres at 20444 Peterson Road. They are still awaiting an occupancy permit from county officials.

Meanwhile, temple leaders are renewing their plea for donations from an estimated 3,000 Hindu families in the Lake County area. The nearest Hindu temple is about 18 miles away in Wheeling.

“We are looking for half a million more,” said Anil Aggarwal, overseeing the construction project.

Lack of funds halted the $3.5 million project for nearly three months last year. Construction resumed with the help of a $2.2 million bank loan and a few generous donors.

Aggarwal’s sales pitch is that none of the ornate Hindu temples in Aurora, Bartlett, Bensenville, Glen Ellyn, Itasca, Lemont and Medinah are as inclusive as the Lake County temple will be because of the number of deities that can be worshipped there.

Workers are adding the finishing touches to the two-story temple’s second floor that will house 27 statues of deities. Some larger idols have been installed on all four sides of that floor. Another shipment will arrive next week.

In two weeks, once the idols are in place, some in their own wooden altars, the second floor will be sealed until opening day, Aggarwal said.

The temple will serve as a gathering place for religious festivities and social events for devotees from Lake, McHenry and northern Cook counties as well as southern Wisconsin.

Donations may be sent to Indian Cultural Association Hindu Mandir of Lake County, 20444 Peterson Road, Grayslake, IL 60030, or Anil Aggarwal, 1533 St. Paul Ave., Gurnee, IL 60031.