You just made a thread to bash around these people donating so much but you dont know why people are donating such a huge amount . This project has been planned from last 5-6yrs and finally this organization Ridgewood Nepalese Society based in NY has stepped towards to make it happen like you say why not donate to poor people / help to get those corpses back in Nepal . Go do your homework how much they have done in Last 5yrs for Nepali people living around NY ...There were couples of people who died in last 2 yrs this organization collected donation going to each Nepali peoples and were able to send back those dead bodies back to their family also helped their family with donations they had . There was even a case where there was no one to claim a body this organization took responsibility and creamated in some facility in NY . Specially if you are from NY Ridgewood area you would see the reality what these people are doing for helping Nepali people ...Finding apartments/works for them through their contacts/giving free trainings in Nails Saloons etc . Who would do that all these days in this selfish society and waste their time.

This Temple Project has just started actually they are buying whole land somewhere in NY and building a big temple with big hall upstairs which can be used for multiple purposes like marriage/bratabanda/Parties/Programs ....To do all these stuffs Nepali people have been paying loads money for renting that space for some time period just to do these programs if we have our own place where these things can be done easily without any issues and complaints .

But for this all They atleast need $100k . Don't think about Present this can be very great for future and for Nepali people .