REL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henry David Thoreau, Radha Krsna Temple, Artha
23 Jan 2016
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Video 1 notes: angkor wat cambodia. 12th centrury ce(1132)- originally built for the hindu god, vishnu. A later wave of migration- indentured workers in many parts of the world- a colonial legacy. Hindus builts temples in trinadad, caribbean, figi, augusta(georgia), and radha krishna temple, cape town, south africa; barsana dham, Phnom rung temple (10th century) near nakor ratchasima khmer. Hindi temple- tampa; sri sai temple, inverness, florida. Ganesha temple, flusign, ny- possibly the first temple in the post. The ritual flagstaff is erected at the atlanta temple. Islam- came in 7th 8th centuries ce to south india. Zoroastrianism- came at the same time to the west coast- near the. Hindu comes from sindhu, the old name for river indus. Christianity is said to have come in first cent. Sikhism- 15th- 16th centuries ce (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) probably several centuries later. (cid:2) (cid:2) modern state of gujurat (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2)
