{"exhibit":{"title":"Watt Munisotaram","description":"
Watt Munisotaram is a Cambodian Buddhist temple in Hampton, Minnesota, about thirty minutes south of the Twin Cities and just a few miles from Farmington. The community, the Minnesota Cambodian Buddhist Society, has been established for twenty five years, but it was not until 2007 that they opened a new and much larger temple on their 40 acres of land. The consecration ceremony welcomed thousands, a signal of this temple\u2019s importance to Buddhists both Cambodian and non-Cambodian in Minnesota, the Midwest, and the country.<\/p>","credits":"Authored by Will Yetvin, Jonah Hudson-Erdman, and Hannah Comstock-Gay","featured":1,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"wattmunisotaram","added":"2014-03-29 20:39:53","modified":"2021-04-02 00:54:10","owner_id":2,"use_summary_page":0,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":3},"item":{"item_type_id":6,"collection_id":15,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2014-03-30 11:56:38","modified":"2017-05-09 23:29:36","owner_id":2,"id":725}}