Plan for major Buddhist temple in the Bay Area approved by San Jose councilmembers

Renderings of a Buddhist temple being proposed in San Jose’s Evergreen neighborhood that would serve the local Khmer Krom population. (Courtesy Andrew Mann Architecture)

What will ultimately become the largest Buddhist temple in the Bay Area for ethnic Cambodians was approved Tuesday night by San Jose councilmembers the final hurdle to be cleared for a project that has been in the works for more than four years.

The Wat Khmer Kampuchea Krom temple, a nearly 14,000 square-foot project that will incorporate architectural features resembling those found at holy sites in Southeast Asia, could break ground as early as this summer, with a

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