Local public TV station WFYI has called it "a breathtaking new monument - impressive in both scope and design, as well as a testament to the growing multiculturalism of the region."

The organization was based in the India Community Center on West 56th Street, which housed its Radha Krishna deities.

By 2005, fueled by rapid growth in the local Indian American population, the congregation's membership had increased to approximately 800.

[2][3][4] After five years of fundraising, construction of the temple's first phase started by 2005 on a 13-acre site on German Church Road on the city's east side at a cost of $1.3 million.

Upon completion, Geeta Mandal's Radha Krishna deities were transferred from the India Community Center to the temple.

WFYI calls it "a breathtaking new monument - impressive in both scope and design, as well as a testament to the growing multiculturalism of the region.

The shrines and the worship hall's main entrance are decorated with intricately sculpted figures representing Hindu deities and animals such as peacocks and squirrels.