Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni, Clip 3: Swaminarayan Hindu Temple

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni

Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded: August 3 2010 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:01:14

Creator: Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20521 hansa_muni_clip3

Description: Near Ganesh Temple on Bowne Street is Swaminarayan Hindu Temple. The devotees there are from the Indian state of Gujarat, and have different customs and language. At Ganesh Temple, the prayers are conducted in Sanskrit and English is spoken.

Title : Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni, Clip 3: Swaminarayan Hindu Temple

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20665

Creator : Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1970 - 2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded: August 3 2010

Summary/Description : Near Ganesh Temple on Bowne Street is Swaminarayan Hindu Temple. The devotees there are from the Indian state of Gujarat, and have different customs and language. At Ganesh Temple, the prayers are conducted in Sanskrit and English is spoken.

Subject : Hindu temples; Gujarati Americans; Hindus; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni

Rights : This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:01:14

Identifier : aql:20521 hansa_muni_clip3