Source: The Virginian-Pilot
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By the end of the year, the first Sikh temple in Hampton Roads should be open for worship.
The Guru Nanak Foundation of Tidewater is building a 7,000-square-foot temple on nearly 3 acres on Finck Lane, off Great Bridge Boulevard near the interchange of Interstate 464 and I-64. The group broke ground last April.
About 15 years in the making, the temple will cost upwards of $800,000 to complete, foundation members said Friday. The spiraling price of gasoline and petroleum-based products is affecting building costs.
A small, close-knit community of fewer than 100 families, the majority of Sikhs in the region live in Chesapeake and the surrounding South Hampton Roads cities, said Dr. Baljit Singh Gill, a Yorktown psychiatrist and group member.