From Ras and Garbha dances during Navratri in Chicago and Edison to Diwali fireworks in Manhattan's

South Street Seaport; from the sounds of conches and the chanting of hymnals at temple ceremonies in

Pittsburgh and Flushing to the consecration of new dieties at the Balaji Temple in Bridgewater, N.J., and

the foundation-laying ceremony for a new Shree Raseshwari temple in Austin, Texas; from the modest

get-togethers of the devout before a makeshift alter in a three-car garage in Glen Mills, Pa., to

mini-culfests in Atlanta and New York University, the American landscape this past month seems to

have come alive with the sounds and images of Hinduism.

On Oct. 25, Jackson Height's 74th Street, which is contemplating a name change to 'Little India', was

transformed into a Lucknavi Diwali mela, complete with Indian sweet and chat stalls and a shadow

puppet performance. New York Mayor david Dinkins joined the celebration, as did San Jose's Mayor

Susan Hammer a similar event in San Jose. In Monroeville, Pa., the India Heritage Research Foundation

is putting together an Encyclopedia of Hinduism, while the International fou

reading 'Preserve Our Neighborhood.'

sanskrit and even many of the parents do not understand them so that they cannot explain them to the

among new immigrants, but Felton sees an emerging 'split between second and third generations and

windows it inherited from a run-down church it had picked up for $50,000 in 1982, even repairing some

through group association and even people who would have been relatively indifferent to religious

Berkley, Fremont, and Livermore, Calif.; Denver, Aurora and Boulder, Colo.; Oakland Park and Miami,

camp to find out what Hinduism is all about." ... On the last day to my surprise he asked for a mala

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