![]() ![]() ![]() These two temple families are the sponsors of the rite, and they represent the families of Rama and Sita. Two families from the community are seated with the priests near the altar which bears the small images of Rama in a yellow silk dhoti and Sita in red silk sari and pearls. Today Rama’s birth is celebrated and his wedding to Sita is re-enacted. Rama is both worshipped and admired as a righteous king and a fully human incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The images of Rama and Sita have been brought forward on the raised platform which serves as the altar of the temple. Four huge arching wooden trusses support the roof of the carpeted sanctuary where more than three hundred people are sitting for the “Wedding of Rama and Sita,” the divine couple who are hero and heroine of the beloved Ramayana. Modern in its design, Bharatiya set on a wooded hillside in the northern suburbs of Detroit. Bharatiya literally means the temple of India, highlighting the fact that this a pan-Hindu temple, not dedicated to a specific deity. In the Bharatiya Temple in Troy, Michigan, the Hindu community gathers for Rama Navami, the annual festival celebrating Lord Rama.
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