LDS Church begins work on a historic temple, its first in India

Latter-day Saints make up barely 0.001% of India’s population, but those members have reason to rejoice this week.Construction officially began on the first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the South Asian nation with a ceremonial, socially distanced groundbreaking Wednesday in Bengaluru.Once the Bengaluru Temple is finished, India’s members no longer will have to make long journeys to Latter-day Saint temples in the Philippines, Hong Kong or Taiwan.&ldquo