Anantha Gopalaratnam starts Saturday mornings with a prayer to the Hindu deity Vishnu. The prayer is a religious tradition she learned from her parents while growing up in Maharashtra, a state located in the west central part of India.
A religious path back home
Columbia’s Indian community practices its traditions at the temple at Shanthi Mandir
Saturday, June 9, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:58 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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