Sunday, June 22, 2014

The other day, we were walking down a random street in Jackson Heights when we saw a few ladies wearing "laal par shada saris." Or, white saris with a red border. That particular pattern is a quintessential Hindu Bengali look for women. We walked passed the ladies and realized that we were walking passed a recently constructed Hindu temple. It was a temple started and operated by Hindu families that originated from rural communities in Bangladesh. Since my mom's friend who is visiting from India was with us, we decided to pop in. Here is a clip of what we saw. It is so interesting to see Hindus from different parts of the country worshipping different gods and goddesses. I believe this community was worshipping not a god, but a saint of sorts. A saint who I have never heard of.

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