Video: Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman is not just a Hindu temple, but a real glass palace (Malaysia)
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Malaysia - a country that in recent years has been discovered with great interest by tourists from all over the world. According to statistics, it ranks ninth in the list of the most visited countries in the world. One of the architectural landmarks of Malaysia, which you should definitely see after visiting this country, is glass temple Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman in the city of Johor Bahru near the Singapore border.
Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Temple is one of the oldest in the city. In 1922, the locals built a small shed where people came to pray. For many years the temple looked very shabby, but in 1991 Sri Sinnathamby Sivasamy received the position of the chief priest from his father. Thanks to his efforts, in five years, Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman turned into an unusually beautiful Hindu temple, which opened its doors to believers.
The idea to transform the temple into a shining glass palace came from a Hindu priest during his trip to Bangkok. Walking through the streets of the city, he noticed a flickering light. After walking a few steps, he realized that his source was the glass that adorned the entrance to one of the local temples. Then Sri Sinnathamby Sivasamy wanted to completely decorate the temple in Johor Bahru with glass, so that it would play with all possible colors in the sunlight. In 2008-2009, he almost completely covered the inner and outer walls with multi-colored pieces of glass, so that 90% of the temple is decorated with fragile mosaics.
The floor, columns and walls of the temple are decorated with red, blue, yellow, green, purple and white glass, in total there are more than 300,000 pieces. In addition, large crystal chandeliers in the decoration of the temple attract the attention of visitors, the light from which is reflected in the glass walls. At first, it is difficult for visitors to perceive this dazzling beauty, but gradually the eyes get used to it, and the reflections add up to amazing surreal pictures.
Such reconstruction of the temple is very expensive. It is estimated that about $ 1 million was spent on this, which were received as donations for the development of the temple. Despite the fact that the temple is active, its main visitors are, of course, tourists. By the way, no less bright and spectacular place in Malaysia - the city of LED lights i-City!
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