CONCORD — The Hindu Shiva Murugan Temple stands resplendent, adorned by a mosaic of art, culture and spirituality.

Inside, chants of vedic mantras echo alongside traditional songs from barrel-shaped Thavil drums and reeded nagaswaram instruments. Shivacharyas, or Hindu spiritual leaders, distribute energizing Kalasa Puja holy water, perform fire rituals called homas and lead other hours-long sacred Hindu rituals to invoke divine energy and sanctify the space.

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Stylized deities tower from the four-story structure’s gilded facade, adorned in shades of osage orange, wood violet, pink moment and dynamic blue. A statue of the temple’s namesake — Murugan, a Hindu god of war — gleams from the rooftop, accompanied by his peacock poised at his side, representing divine power, bea

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