CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — Hundreds of people attended dedication ceremonies for Indiana’s first temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Three separate dedication events were held Sunday for the newly built 4,000-square-foot temple.
The building stands on 18 acres of land in Carmel, just north of Indianapolis.
Church leaders expected about 75,000 visitors to tour the temple over a three-week period after it opened last month.
Sunday’s dedication events now make it off-limits to non-Mormons.
Church spokesman Rick Hightower told The Indianapolis Star that the there are about 45,000 LDS members statewide.
The temple will serve about 30,000 Mormons in Indiana and eastern Illinois. These members have been driving longer distances to Mormon temples in Chicago; St. Louis; Louisville, KY.; and Columbus, Ohio.
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