I'm teaching a class this semester for the Honors College at UAA. We only have a few students who are taking a directed study. The title, adapted a little from what the original professor had set up, is "Searching for Truth in Anchorage: Through Science, Art, and Faith." This week we focused on the Hindu religion - first a dinner on Tuesday with Dr. Rashmi Prasad at Bombay Deluxe Restaurant. Today we visited the Shri Ganesha Mandir. Practically invisible from the street, this small temple is in a larger building and is like walking into another world.
Dr. Prasad said he thought this might be the most Northern Hindu temple in the world. A quick google search didn't locate any that are further north. Mandirnet.org
shows temples in Stockholm and outside Oslo, but south of Anchorage, slightly. There is no listing for Russia the only other country with a large population this far north. The link also gives a lot of interesting material on Hinduism.
