Reviews

Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
American Museum of Natural History
September 8, 2001 through March 31, 2002

"Since shortly after the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, New Yorkers have been creating impromptu shrines, memorializing the victims. People have placed photographs of the dead and missing, together with flowers and American flags, in many places, including the walls in Grand Central Terminal, Pennsylvania Station and the 42nd Street subway stop, some of the city's most heavily traveled junctions. Often, the memorials draw clusters of people, commuters who have broken out of their rush to pause in silence and reflect on lives lost on Sept. 11. "
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- Gustav Niebuhr
New York Times

"This is an amazing, often moving hodgepodge of a show. It occasionally, but only occasionally, feels like a walk-in National Geographic article, but generally, it works. Serene and carefully organized, it should appeal to believers and nonbelievers of all stripes."
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- Roberta Smith
The New York Times

""Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion" uses spectacular objects, images, sound, and color to convey the many ways in which religion, particularly Hinduism, enriches the daily lives of devout Hindus. It takes the visitor from the home to the community to the temple to festivals in the surrounding streets, giving teachers many discussion points. "
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- American Museum of Natural History