KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded ...

The sun shines down onto the Iraivan Temple surrounded by lush forest at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, on July 10, 2023, in Kapaa, Hawaii. The temple is made entirely of hand-carved granite, which ...

Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami sits in the Iraivan Temple at the Kauai Hindu Monastery, on July 9, 2023, in Kapaa, Hawaii. The word “Iraivan” is an ancient Tamil word that means “he who is ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in ...

The sun shines down on the golden spires of the Iraivan Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, on July 10, 2023, in Kapaa, Hawaii. The temple is made entirely of hand-carved granite, which the monks ...

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...

The sun shines down on the golden spires of the Iraivan temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, on July 10, 2023, in Kapaa, Hawaii. The temple is made entirely of hand-carved granite, which the monks ...

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...

The sun shines down on the golden spires of the Iraivan Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, on July 10, 2023, in Kapaa, Hawaii. The temple is made entirely of hand-carved granite, which the monks ...

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...