By EuAsiaNews,
Brussels: In what is said to be the biggest Hindu temple complex on the European mainland is to be built in the Dutch city of the Hague.
According to a report in the Dutch newspaper Trouw, a consortium of three Hindu groups is building three temples on a site behind the Hollands Spoor railway station.
The Hague mayor and council has agreed with the plan. Alderman Marnix Norder told the paper that the municipality pays nothing, but only authorizes and designates the place.
The complex will also include 45 apartments and is set to open in 2014. There are rooms for yoga and meditation and tourist spots for foreign guests. The residential towers are also open to non-Hindus.
The Hague council member Rajesh Ramnewash devised the plan of the temple complex.
Some 1% of people living in the Netherlands is Hindu and Hindus account for the largest immigrant group in the Hague, said Trouw.