Louisiana’s Baton Rouge is home to the Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity. One of a growing number of Dattatreya temples worldwide, it was built under the direction of the Avadoota Datta Peetham organization in Mysore, India, the Baton Rouge Datta Temple is the third constructed outside of India.

The Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity follows the teachings of Dattatreya, the aspect of God as Supreme Philosopher, as presented in the ancient Hindu scriptures. They believe that anyone who is “treading the path of Truth” in whatever form, is practicing the teachings of Dattatreya. On July 20, 1997, the temple was inaugurated by His Holiness Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji, the founder of the Avadoota Datta Peetham.
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If you are in the Chicago area and you would like to experience Hinduism at its purest, be sure to check out the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. Founded by a community of Hindu immigrants in the late 1870s and early 1980s, this temple is built on the basic Hindu idea that all spiritual practices are valid. Its two temple buildings are devoted to a wide variety of deities intended to serve the needs of many different Hindu traditions.
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