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When four-year-old Kajal Khatri and her little friend Tulsi Shah caught the first glimpse of the newly installed statues at the temple near Milwaukee on June 15, Jayashree Chhabria felt a nagging question had been answered.
"People have asked if these temples would mean anything to the second generation," Chhabria, a board member of the Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, the first facility of its size in the state, mused. "My answer has always been: it is mainly for the second generation, and the generations after, that we are building these mandirs."
"For many years, we used to either drive an hour or more to temples in Chicago or be content to pray at home," she continued. "But we felt for the new generation, it was very important to have a temple nearby. We have been conducting classes on Indian traditions and Hindu religions on and off for many years in Milwaukee. But without a temple around, the classes weren't fully...