A road lined with places of worship, that connects Houston to Fort Bend County, is an example of interfaith harmony and the country’s ideals, local religious and civic leaders say.
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It’s an early October evening at the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, and priests are performing a puja – an act of worship.
Dozens of faithful sit in folding chairs in the temple’s courtyard near a 90-foot bronze statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman. They’re at the temple for Dussehra, a holiday celebrating the triumph of good over evil…