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Sandcreek Campground

Situated minutes away from the Indiana Dunnes State Park the Sandcreek Campground is a peaceful and family-oriented campsite that offers RV, Tent, and cabins to the campers for a comfortable camping experience. Visitors can enjoy the traditional camping or upgrade to a family/deluxe cabin. The great outdoors surrounding the campground is a host to several activities that the campers can dive into, ranging from hiking, biking, fishing, and much more. The campground has also designed a separate and wonderful space for family gatherings and reunions called the community pavilion. Campers can exclusively join the community pavilion and indulge in activities like canyoneering, drum making classes, and much more. Read More

The Shivalya Hindu Temple in Chicago is a contribution of the community members of the Shivalaya Hindu Cultural Center community members that aimed to provide a place for those who encourage religious, spiritual, and cultural gatherings for the residents of Chicago. The temple welcomes all Hindus and Non-Hindus who seek to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the Hindu Arts, philosophy, knowledge, and culture. Intending to increase the spiritual belief, learning and teaching through different thoughts and experiences, it also offers educational enrichment to students through different mediums like dance, music, and Hindi language classes or workshops. The temple is a host of several festivities all year long. Some of the festivals include Ram Navmi, Durga Ashtami, Satyanarayan Pooja, and many more. Chanting to the gods and goddess is their weekly prayer ritual, which creates a vibrant environment and a spiritual bliss for all the devotees. Read More

The Shree Ganesh Temple was the first-ever Ganesh Temple built in Chicago. The temple is an abode to a large statue of Lord Ganesha, which was imported from India. Built by a Devon Avenue businessman in 2016, it serves as a place for Hindus to practice their faith all year round. Every year the temple celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, and other holiday events. It also conducts regular worship services to engage the worshippers to connect with religious practices. Read More

The Shree Radhe temple is a worship place for the Hindus that offers many services and events for its devotees. The devotees can attend the daily devotional prayers, reciting, and spiritual discourses followed by the Prasadam (Sacred Food). Hosted by the temple are also services like Jagran (songs and dance in honor of Hindu Goddess), Amratvani (heavenly words), etc. These may be conducted by the temple itself or sponsored by families.

Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Temple Midwest Chicago

Found by Gurudev Jeevanpran Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa the Shree Swaminarayanan Gadi temple is a hindu temple which is just a minutes away from Chicago. The temple is run under the auspice of a not-for profit organization called the Shree Swaminarayan Sidhant Sajivan Mandal and is an abode of Lord Shree Swaminarayan. The Swaminarayan faith is a branch of Hinduism that instils compassion, love and an idealogy of high morals to its devotees. It is also a centre for spiritual, cultural and social welfare activities. Some of its activities include blood donation camps, youth camps, Gujarati and religious classes to promote Lord Swaminarayan teachings. Read More

Located in a suburb of Chicago, Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple was the most expensive worship place built in the Midwest. It was opened in the year 1998 and has many Hindu and Non-Hindu believers. Devotees from other communities like Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity also actively participate in the activities of the temple. The temple is open to donations and is a host to several services, which includes their daily ceremonial prayers. The schedule for the daily services is available on their website. Their daily ceremonial prayers include Mangal Aarti, Shnagar Aarti, Evening aarti, and many more. An option for live darshan and all the upcoming events is also available on their website. Read More

The Sir Georg Solti Garden in Grant park nestles a bronze sculpture in reverence to the renowned orchestral conductor Sir Georg Solti. Originally placed in Lincoln Park the sculpture was moved to Grant Park in October 2006. This memorial garden bursts with native flowers and plants.

Opened in 1976, the Six Flags Great America houses a water park called the Hurricane Harbor that stretches across 20 acres of land. The water park opened in the year 2005 and features numerous attractions, which include Wahoo Racer- a six-lane water slide, Hurricane Mountain- 4 tube slides, a kiddie area called the Buccaneer Bay, Castaway Creek- a lazy river, and many more.

The Skokie Water Playground is sprawling with pools, waterslides, and waterslides. It houses a 14000 square foot main pool, three slides, and a red bucket drop. The playground also has a concession stand, lockers, and a picnic area to host birthday parties or other private events.

SOIL Art Gallery was established way back in 1995, when a few local artists started thinking of a space to showcase their art work. It now exists as an alternative space for artists to develop their work and caters to artists from different backgrounds. Ever since it was established, this gallery has been organizing different exhibitions every month, starting from the first Thursday. In this gallery you can find paintings, glass work, sculptures, drawings, wax art, plaster art, chocolate art, sound installations and a lot more. It also hosts musical events, poetry readings and other events as well. Read More