The BAPS Hindu temple in Melville, which is nearing completion, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas)
The first building constructed specifically as a Hindu temple on Long Island is set to open this weekend in Melville, culminating a decades-long effort and giving the Indian community a centrally located religious home for the faithful in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The 49,000-square-foot temple, constructed by the BAPS organization on a five-acre plot on Deshon Drive, will be dedicated Sunday.