Roosevelt Standard | 1939-01-12 | Page 5 | Hindu Temple on Southern Campus

hindu temple on southern campus there is a hindu temple on the tha campus of florida southern college overlooking lake hollingsworth at lakeland the temple is a memorial to the late frederick B fisher who was a methodist bishop in india and who brought it in pieces from benares india to have it erected on the college grounds said to be the only imported hindu tempe pe in the united states it is 25 feet high 5 feet wide and 9 feet long lon weighing about 10 tons it is land carved from red sandstone painted pure white and surmounted bythe ly the christian cross A reflecting pool pod lies in front of the temple a and i t garden of meditation is beautia beautifully illy landscaped