Asamai Hindu Temple
4532 Bowne St. Flushing
New York 11355, NY, US
(718) 961-8838
We are a Hindu temple that strives to educate and preserve traditional Hindu values while balancing that with living a progressive lifestyle.
Our purpose is to
(a) uplift our community
(b) provide guidance and assistance to our members and their dependents, not only in terms of providing religious and Hindi language classes for our children, but also in providing English classes to our elderly and other social and medical services for the needy in our community
(c) establish and promote charitable activities, including cultural, literary or educational activities.
The Association was formed in contemplation of providing a means for our members to congregate and to preserve a rich tradition and culture of Hindus from . We want our coming generations to continue the bond with our forefathers who lived and prospered in as a sophisticated and a well respected Hindu and Sikh community, whose history goes back to the time of Lord Krishna.
Our purpose is to (a) uplift our community; (b) provide guidance and assistance to our members and their dependents, not only in terms of providing religious and Hindi language classes for our children, but also in providing English classes to our elderly and other social and medical services for the needy in our community; (c) establish and promote charitable activities, including cultural, literary or educational activities, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "code"), including but not limited to exhibitions, performances, discussions, and other fora; and (d) carry on any and all other activities as shall from time to time be found necessary, appropriate and proper in connection with the foregoing insofar as they are lawful for a Not-for-Profit Corporation.
We want our children to remember and learn our religion, culture and language and provide an anchor and a place for them with which they can identify. It is in contemplation of this mandate that we purchased our temple, the Asamai Hindu Temple that is located at 45-32 Bowne Street, Flushing, N.Y 11355.. The temple provides us a venue to hold regular services, classes as well as a place to congregate to celebrate our festivals and holidays.
