A look inside the Hindu Society of North Carolina :: WRAL.com

FAITH COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY >> INDIAN AMERICANS MAKE UP THE LARGEST ASIAN AMERICAN ETHNIC GROUP IN OUR STATE. AND OUR FINAL PROFILE OF THE MONTH CELEBRATING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. RENEE CHOU SHOWS US HOW PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT ARE FOSTERING FAITH AND COMMUNITY. >> FROM INDIA TO THE TRIANGLE, THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE HINDU FAITH HAVE FOUND A HOME IN MORRISVILLE PA DOT. I’M HERE WOULD BE IF THE 96 YEAR-OLD AND A HARD SHARMA AND HIS WIFE SARAH ROSE, WHO’S 90ST ESTABLISHED THE HINDU SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA ON THIS CAMPUS IN 1976. ITS MEMBERSHIP NOW AT 3,000 PEOPLE AND OPEN TO ALL. AND WE LIKE TO GO AND LET ME LOVE WHAT WE EVERYBODY IS NOT WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE. >> OBVIOUSLY, THE IT THE IT GRAZE IN 1998. MINNOWS. CON DIA IS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE HINDU SOCIETY. >> HE’S TRACK OF ALL THE WAYS IT SERVES. INDIAN-AMERICANS, RELIGION. HIS FIRST SPEECH OF LADY FOR MUSIC DUKE ATION AT THE HEART OF ITS FAITH SERVICE. THE ORGANIZATION HOST VACCINE CLINICS AND HEALTH CLINICS. BLOOD DRIVES AND FOOD DRIVES SERVING ONE HUNDRED-THOUSAND ME UP SINCE THE PANDEMIC HOT VEGETARIAN MEALS ARE DELIVERED TO LOCAL HOMELESS SHELTERS, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. >> DUKE SOPHOMORE GUARD TEAM A HOT ISSUE ARE OFTEN HELPS OR DAD IN THIS KITCHEN ON SITE. THIS IS HOW SHE GREW UP. >> WHERE MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS PREDOMINANTLY CAUCASIAN. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A SEPARATE COMMUNITY WHERE I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MY CULTURE AND FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO HOW MY PARENTS GREW UP AND JUST LEARN ABOUT WHERE I’M FROM. >> SHE ESPECIALLY LOVES THE MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVALS HERE WHICH ATTRACT THOUSANDS. IT’S A TASTE OF INDIA FAR FROM INDIA, WHERE UP TO 30 DIFFERENT REGIONAL LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN. >> SO THAT’S ALL WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP THE YOUNG GENERATION READ. THE LANGUAGE IS WITH THE TRI NATIONS WITH THE CULTURE HERE SERVING THE YOUTH, THEIR PARENTS AS WELL AS THE SENIORS FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS CONNECTING A COMMUNITY THROUGH CULTURE AND RENEE CHOU WRAL NEWS, MORE SVELTE, THE HINDU SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA IS FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS. IT PLANS TO EXPAND ITS 25 ACRE