[5]Around the same time, Wheeler and Ohio State student Paul Sherbow established the first Hare Krishna temple in Columbus near the university at 318 East 20th Avenue, where Prabhupada stayed during his visit.

[7] At the end of the 1969-70 academic year The Lantern wrote, "...(in) the past few months...Hare Krishna,...with their flowing gowns and theological Muzak, drove the already punchy student body to sovereign insanity.

In the same year, The Columbus Dispatch observed temple members chanting near the Ohio Statehouse.

[10] In May 1971 The Lantern wrote, "the (Hare Krishna) chant, sung daily by a handful of robed people at 15th Avenue and High Street, has become as much a part of the campus scene as attending football games and sunning on the Oval.

[15] ISKCON leader Kirtanananda Swami visited the temple in January 1979 and held a press conference to condemn the mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

In the same year, the temple hosted a three-day Festival of Chariots on the Ohio State campus to promote Krishna Consciousness and Indian culture.

[18] Kirtanananda made media appearances at the temple in May 1987 and March 1988 to defend the Hare Krishnas and criticize "religious persecution" in the face of ongoing state and federal investigations of the organization.

It will include an art gallery, classrooms, a dining hall, an event space, a farm-to-table restaurant, a gift shop, guest rooms, kitchens, a library, living quarters, a lounge, a large temple room, and a yoga studio.

Its grounds will include a cow pasture and sanctuary, gardens, an orchard, an organic farm, and walking trails.