Word: mahalaksai
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...established at least four churches. The Indian population in Queens, settled for decades and now 25,000 strong, has an elaborate cultural center-cum-Hindu temple in Flushing, complete with domes and sculpted elephants. One day in May, Kari and Shanthi Naidu were worshiping at the altar of Sri Mahalaksai, a god of well- being. They had paid a Hindu priest $5 for a prayer service. "Quite frankly," says Kari Naidu, "I did not become a believer until I arrived in this country. But here, away from home, I recognized there is something more important than daily affairs...
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