The demand for an area to worship, resulted in informal gatherings in homes or rented rooms at convention centers.
In 1993, The Hindu Temple of Omaha was created[1] after an Italian restaurant was bought in West Omaha and work began on renovating it and redesigning it to serve as a Permanent Hindu Temple.
[2] In 2012, HT Omaha held a prayer for the victims of the 2012 Sikh Temple Shooting with dozens in attendance.
[5] The Temple also has a cafeteria, library, classroom, rooms for yoga and a prayer hall.
HT, Omaha also engages in holding an annual health fair to raise awareness of AIDS.