A Sai temple is the center of religious activities of the Hindus. There is all the time a crowded place and bell starts ringing from early morning as the priests start chanting of mantras as the sun rise. Men and women start pouring into temple and make their offerings of flowers, fruits, sweets and milk.One such temple is the Kali Temple of Kalighat in Calcutta. People from various parts of the country come and visit the temple. Some sing devotional songs and some meditate by sitting in front of the Goddess Deity Kali. On some particular festival days the temple remains overcrowded and a lot of activities can be seen. The temple is illuminated with lights. Devotees come in crowd and the priests are seen busy. Religious discourses also take place and many scholars come to grace the occasion.On Tuesdays and Saturdays special offers are being made. During examination days, students also come in large numbers, and bow in reverence before the goddess Kali, and pray for their success. There is a commotion all round the temple on such days. After all, the entire temple is sacred and holy place for a Hindu and one feels conscious of the presence of Goddess Kali.The Hindu Temple is a central element in all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community. To a Hindu, the temple is significant not only for its religious elements, but also for the elements of culture, society, and education that it brings to the community (Batchelor). Temples are an integral part in the life of any Hindus, whether he or she lives in Northern India, Southern India, or as far away as the United States. Hindu temples have been being built in India for thousands of years, and as is the case with any structure with such far-reaching boundaries of time and location, structural differences will exist between the temples of the different areas. The temple is an integral part in the daily life of Hinduisms. Not merely a pretty building to look at and admire, to a Hindu the temple is the center of intellectual, artistic, spirituals, educational, and social elements of daily life. The temple is a place where God may be approached and where divine knowledge can be discovered (Batchelor). For this reason, the temple is designed to dissolve the boundaries between man and the divine. Not merely his abode, the temple is God. God, and therefore by implication the whole universe, is identified with the temples design and actual fabric (Batchelor). The Hindu temple is a link between man and God, between man and divinity (Kumar). This link to social and spiritual can be seen in the architecture of the temples. The architecture attempts to dissolve the boundaries between human beings and the divine, seeking to stress the unification with the divine as the ultimate aim (Kumar).

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