Vedas Resources

Field Museum of Natural History is located at 1400 South Lake Shore Drive in Chicago downtown area. It is a part of the scenic Museum Campus in Chicago which include the John G. Shedd Aquarium and Alder Planetarium. As it is located in the downtown, it is easily reachable by car, cabs, CTA bus or Metra train. Exploring Chicago Chicago officially known as The City of Chicago is the most livable city particularly for Indians in the U.S. It is a multi-cultural city and is the 3rd most populous one in the U.S. The city is located in the Illinois state, on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan. The steel-framed skyscrapers on the shoreline gives a magnificent look to the downtown area. Chicago is popularly known as the Windy City and mostly the climate is unpredictable. The city experiences cold and snowy winters with much of snowfall and at times snowstorm / blizzard that occurred in February 2011 during our stay in Chicago. Chicago is one of the most attractive cities in the U.S with ...

Patel Brothers Indians who newly moved to Chicago, IL (U.S.A) from India and feel homesick, can visit Devon Avenue in Chicago for a homely experience and for a feel-at-home experience. Devon Ave in Chicago is very lively and charming streets that reflect multi-culture. Indian visitors can park their car at any corner like they do in India and walk down the street that is filled with Indian and Pakistani shops and restaurants. A walk down the street will make you feel as if you are walking in the streets of India. There are lively Indian and Pakistani shops on either side with glittering desi signboards. For any Indian stuff , you can drive to Devon Ave. There are rows of shops where you will get designer Indian traditional wear like saris, salwars and lehengas. There are shops where you'll find brass idols of Hindu gods, religious books and all pooja materials. Indian type kitchen stuff, glittering bangles that lure the ladies, gold / silver jewelry shops, posters of Bollywood ...

SVS Temple, Aurora, IL Om Namo Venkatesaya! Yedukondalavada Venkataramana! Govinda! Govinda! These chanting reverberate in the sacred Hills of Tirumala. It would be a more thrilling / divinely experience to hear these chanting in a western country / on the other side of the world i.e the U.S. Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in short known as SVS (Balaji) temple is located at 1145, Sullivan Road in Aurora (Greater Chicago), IL i.e Illinois state of the U.S. This temple is one of the must visit Hindu temples in the U.S. The temple is at a distance of approx 1 hour drive from Chicago, IL. The temple is an excellent weekend getaway for desi Indians in Chicago, IL. On entering into the temple, the taste buds of the visitors get stimulated with the mouth-watering aroma of the South Indian foods from the SVS canteen which is at the entrance. The appetite / urge for eating tasty South Indian idlies and dosas increases on entering the temple. Frankly speaking, it is these mouth-watering South Ind...

The first time visitors to BAPS Swami Narayan Temple in Bartlett (Chicago), IL will be awestruck at the marvelous Hindu temple architecture in the U.S. Visitors both Indian and foreigners keep clicking their cam at various places outside the temple premises. Taking pics inside the temple is prohibited. The temple structure stands majestic and is a masterpiece work of ancient Rajasthani style. The great workmanship of the Indian artisans on the white marble is highly appreciable. The temple represents a wonderful fusion of traditional Indian temple architecture with the modern technology. For constructing this temple, marble from Italy and limestone from Turkey were shipped to India where more than 3000 craftsmen from Rajasthan carved these into wonderful pieces in 22 months. BAPS (the abbreviated form of Bochasanwasi Sri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) Swami Narayan Mandir is located in a suburban area of Chicago called Bartlett in Illinois state. The temple remains open for v...