Visiting temples is not obligatory for Hindus. Every Hindu home usually has shrine, no matter how small, where daily prayers are offered. Hindus generally go to their temples only during important religious. But Hindu temples often organize Bhajan & Kirtans (devoting singing) and religious discources for the public.
Temples and Murties are remind us to renew our renunciation and dedication from day to day. They remind us: "Do not forgot the original of the idol." There are millions whose faith is sustained through these temples, churches, and mosques.
So You have to approch these temples not as if they represented a body of superstitions. If you approach these temples with faith in them, you will know that each time you visit them you come away purifid, with your faith more and more in the living god.
God, of course reside in every human form, indeed in every falible mortals, do not appreciate the fact that god is everywhere, we impute special sancity to temples and think that God resides there. And so, when we approach these temples, we must cleanse our bodies, our minds, and our hearts, and we should enter them in a prayerful mood, and ask God to make us pure men and women for having entered his portals.
