Hindu Temple of Minnesota

Google Massive Temple.5 stars

Google Best Hindu community place where you get peace5 stars

Google Beautiful temple, Little Far from city, No cafeteria, Friendly volunteers, Need to develop small garden/Park Near temple for meditation4 stars

Google Very peaceful place. Temple is very neat and well maintaining. Nice place to visit again and again5 stars

Google Nice temple and friendly priests!!!5 stars

Yelp Hidden behind the vast land in the deep suburb of Maple Grove stands a tall white structure known as the Hindu temple. What a surprising find in the most unassuming site. It is one that everyone should check out at least once. It is quite a drive from Minneapolis, however if you plan accordingly, you can easily spend half the day here exploring the place and participating in the activities here. You don't have to be a Hindu believer to visit the temple. In fact, you can learn a lot about Hinduism and learn through interacting with the believers there. Start off your weekend with a yoga class at 8am at the temple and then take the free temple tour after that. The yoga is good as it is pretty intense. It is not all meditative as you would expect at a religious site, but it has a good balance of both a workout routine and relaxation. At around noon, the cafeteria also serves really affordable vegetarian food so do stay for that. An interesting fact that the tour guide shared with us is that this temple is the only one in the world where all kinds of gods in the Hindu belief reside in one room. How cool! They even have an altar for the Jain believers. It was a very pleasant visit. The temple is clean and the people are friendly and kind. There are plans to expand the grounds surrounding the temple to include a community center, a yoga retreat center, staff housing and elderly home. Stay tune!5 stars

Yelp This is probably the best experience I've ever had with religion, hands down. I was raised by a Catholic mum but had a Hindu father, so I'm not quite culturally Hindu, but I identify myself as one religiously. This is a very welcoming place and they didn't bat an eyelash at my very very white boyfriend coming with me. The priests are all very kind and the energy here is gorgeous. I am glad to have been introduced to the temple and I look forward to every pooja I go to.5 stars

Yelp My yoga friend brought me with her to a meditation class held on Sundays at the temple, and I have been back several times since then. The temple is beautiful, the people are very friendly regardless of ethnic background, and the opportunity for anyone to take the free meditation and/or yoga classes is amazing (donations are encouraged). They also offer tours of the temple to the public. As another reviewer wrote, the energy is great, and it's a joy to be there!5 stars