Uintah Basin Record | 1939-01-13 | Page 3 | Hindu Temple on Southern Campus

Hindu Temple on OR Southern Campus There is a Hindu temple on the campus of Florida Southern college overlooking Lake Hollingsworth at Lakeland The temple is a memorial memorial memo memo- rial to the late Frederick B. B Fisher who was a Methodist bishop in In India India In In- dia and who ho brought it in pieces from Benares India to have it erected on the college grounds Said to be the he only imported Hindu temple tern tem pIe in the United States it is 25 feet high 5 feet wide ide and 9 feet long weighing about 10 tons It is hand carved from irom red sandstone painted pure white and surmounted b by the Christian cross A reflecting pool lies in front of the temple and anda a garden of medi meditation tion is beautifully landscaped