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With ever growing Hindu Community in Northern California and in particular the Silicon Valley area, there was a need felt to have a place to congregate , conduct prayers and other religious ceremonies in the South Bay. The existing facilities were either too small and confining are were very far thus alienating younger generation in pursuing Hindu religious traditions and making it difficult to families and senior citizens.

The objective of developing a temple and a community center was taken seriously by a group of people comprising Raj Bhanot, Balwant Birla and Rajinder Sharma. They teamed together to initiate an ambitious project which came to be known as "Hindu Temple and Community Center of South Bay" Project. All three of them had earlier participated in the inception and creation of a Hindu Temple. Raj Bhanot arranged a get together at his house in August 1991, which was attended by Naranji Patel along with other close associates of Raj Bhanot. An initial announcement regarding this project was made at the gathering. In December 1991, the group made a board decision of creation of Hindu Temple in the South Bay.