Tag: consecration
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Indonesian Hindus welcome Murugan to Java
Java, Indonesia: Mahakumbhabhishekam rituals took place to inaugurate Jakarta’s Murugan Temple, (Shri Sanathana Dharma Aalayam) @jktmurugantemple this February. At 400 square meters, this is Indonesia’s first temple dedicated to Murugan. Built with a towering 40-meter high Rajagopuram (entrance tower), it is now Indonesia’s largest temple built in the Dravida style of architecture (native to Southern Bharat). Home…
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Shiva’s new Estonian Abode
June 2024: One of Europe’s largest Shiva temples was consecrated with Mahakumbhishekam rituals between the 4th and 13th of June 2024 near the Estonian capital Talin. The temple is located in Lillerou (translated as Valley of the Flower), a rural site that was developed as a sacred space in the early 1990s by Ingvar Villido,…