Editing Ashland, Massachusetts (section)

===Sri Lakshmi Temple===
Opened September 6, 1986, [[Sri Lakshmi Temple, Ashland, Massachusetts|Sri Lakshmi Temple]] is a large regional [[Hindu temple]] located on Waverly Street and is the largest such temple in New England. [[Sri Lakshmi Temple, Ashland, Massachusetts|Sri Lakshmi temple]] hosts several Hindu functions throughout the year. First housed in a Knights of Columbus Hall in [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]] in 1978 and later in the [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]] Village Club, the congregation purchased about {{convert|12|acre|m2}} of land from Ashland in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srilakshmi.org/Contents/Devotees.aspx |title=Sri Lakshmi Temple - Ashland MA |access-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814203422/http://www.srilakshmi.org/Contents/Devotees.aspx |archive-date=August 14, 2010 }}</ref>