Iron County Record | 1939-01-12 | Page 3 | Hindu Temple on Southern Campus

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