Hindu Temple Of Kentucky — Attraction in Fincastle

The temple is nice. But the administration or management is poor. The opening hours mentioned on Google and on their phone voice recording are never followed correctly. For example it says temple is open till 8:30 pm on Saturdays. Went there at 8:10 pm and the temple lights were all turned off and temple was closed only people were getting out from the hall and when entered in and asked all said the temple is closed already. This was just yesterday.

But in the past also few different times when went to temple found out the hours of operation mentioned on google and on their phone recordings when you call the temple are never followed correctly.

When you mention a certain time in a place of worship it should be maintained. If it’s 8:30 pm lights or temple doors should be closed or turned off after that mark by 8:31 pm. Not before. Because if someone is visiting the temple looking at the times mentioned and they are earlier than what is mentioned and the temple is closed, they get the feeling of neglected. If they are superstitious then you have made them feel worse than when they were coming to temple. When someone comes to a temple and go they should get better feel than to feel worse or low when they leave from temple. If it is their fault and they didn’t check times it’s on them, but if the temple administration Misleads it’s a sin on their part that they made or make the devotees feel worse.

I hope this is taken to consideration by the administration for future.

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Considering that Louisville is - (1) somewhere midway between Nashville and Indianapolis on I-65 (2) comparable to those two cities in area and population, I feel that this temple lacks the ambience that the temples in those two places, have.

First, the temple lacks a certain presence in the neighborhood. There is no prominent 'Gopuram', and if one is trying to locate the temple without a GPS, one is wondering where the temple is, even when one is already in that neighborhood.

Second, the ambience is more that of a warehouse rather than a temple. The AC ducting, and all the other piping is bare for all to see. There are huge ceiling fans that move slowly to assist with the air-flow.

That said, there are a number of positives for the temple. Each deity is given its own shrine. The arrangement is such that there is no 'main' deity (to me this is a good thing) -- all deities are equal. There are both north and south...