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After months of waiting, a Hindu congregation will likely find out soon if it can move its spiritual home from Orlando to a new temple in Gotha, a rural settlement in west Orange County, where residents are bothered by the building’s proposed size.
If granted permission, followers of the Hindu denomination known as BAPS, short for Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, would build a 33,000-square-foot worship center with a 43-foot-tall spire. It’s been called the “Temple on Hempel,” after the avenue in Gotha on which it would sit.
After 30 years, they’ve outgrown their current home on Oak Ridge Road, congregants said.
Orange County’s zoning board rejected the sect’s request last year for an exception to county rules limiting development in rural settlements, a designation intended to preserve the character of small historic areas.
The board concluded the proposed temple would be not only the tallest structure in Gotha but also a “detrimental intrusion” in a community best known as the home of historic Nehrling Gardens, a botanical wonderland.
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