Troy, Mich. - It took seven years and $10 million to renovate and expand the Bharatiya Hindu Temple to accommodate the growing numbers of worshippers who have arrived in the Detroit area from India.

U.S. Census figures from 2005-2007 show that more than 36,000 foreign-born people from India lived in and around Detroit. About 1.8 million Hindus were believed to be living in the United States, according to ...