Mount Soma

Mount Soma
Mount Soma
Mount Soma is located in the United States
Mount Soma
Mount Soma
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°39′25.8″N 82°51′56.0″W / 35.657167°N 82.865556°W / 35.657167; -82.865556
CountryUnited States
Language
 • OfficialEnglish

Mount Soma is a 435-acre Vedic Vastu community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina established in 2011.

Description

The Mount Soma center includes a visitor center, a meditation hall and the Vedic Sri Somesvara Temple.[1][2] The temple was built using 46 tons of hand-carved Indian granite and Vastu architecture.[3][4] The temple grounds include hand-carved black granite Navagrahas (nine planets) and a 20-foot statue of Lord Hanuman.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Forum on Religion – Consecration of Srī Somesvara Temple". Yale University.
  2. ^ a b Harrell, Shelby (June 5, 2014). "Hanuman Has Arrived". The Mountaineer. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sri Somesvara Temple, Mount Soma, North Carolina". K&SK Architects.
  4. ^ "Broadcast about Sri Somesvara, Mount Soma & Michael Mamas". TV Asia. January 24, 2016.