On the occasion of the St. John's Hindu Temple's 20th anniversary, Mrs. Sobhana Venkatesan has made this presentation with Dr. Bharati Reddy's guidance. It is also the temple community's journey over the years since 1976.

1. Temple since 1976 – a review
Photos: Sobhana Venkatesan
Dr. Bharati Reddy
May 10, 2015

2. Swami Chinmayananda

3. Swamiji in St. John’s – 1975

4. Mount Pearl Temple

5. Swami Dayananda in Mt. Pearl

6. Children in Mt. Pearl

7. 1992 – a land next to Virginia river

8. Architectural plan for new Temple

9. Community consultation

10. Bhumi puja – Penny Lane 1994

11. Landscaping

12. Temple construction 1994

13. Temple construction 1994

14. Temple construction 1995

15. Moving our Krishna to new abode

16. Pranapratishta May 1995

17. Official ceremony May 1995

18. Swami Shantananda & Mayor Murphy

19. Temple in 1995

20. Swami Tejumayananda’s visit

21. Navarathri in 2000

22. A skit in early 2000s

23. Silver jubilee 2001

24. Planning gopuram (spire) 2000

25. Gopuram (dome) in Holyrood

26. Dome finishing touches

27. Spire construction in Holyrood

28. Kalasa fabrication in Holyrood

29. Spire installation 2002

30. Kumbabhishekam in 2002

31. Before gopuram

32. After gopuram (spire & dome)

33. Utsava murti installation 2002

34. After kitchen renovation (in 2005)

35. Mortgage paid off (2011)

36. Multi-faith symposium 2013

37. Kitchen in use (often)

38. Fundraising lunch 2013

39. Ganesh chathurthi 2014

40. Dance classes 2014

41. Multi-faith symposium 2014

42. Kolu 2014

43. Laksharchanai 2014

44. Thank you