Adelaide. Oaklands Park. The Shri Ganesha Indian Hindu Temple. Replaced an earlier temple in a former Lutheran Church 1985. This temple built from 1999. Opening 2001. Small Vasantha Mandapam shrine in the temple. . : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Adelaide. Oaklands Park. The Shri Ganesha Indian Hindu Temple. Replaced an earlier temple in a former Lutheran Church 1985. This temple built from 1999. Opening 2001. Small Vasantha Mandapam shrine in the temple. . / denisbin
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| 説明 | Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple Oaklands Park. Indian people have a long history in South Australia. The Australian Bengal Association, headed by John Morphett (later Sir John) and Edward Stirling (later Sir Edward) was established around 1838 in Adelaide and Calcutta. Edward Gleeson an Anglo-Irishman who had lived and work in Calcutta sailed to Adelaide in 1838. Not surprisingly he used indentured Indian coolies as labourers on his properties around Adelaide and later at Clare until the late 1840s when he had up to 20 Indians working for him at any one time. Most Indians came on a three year indentured contract with their passage paid by Gleeson. Most returned to India. Decades later Indian, both Hindu and Muslim hawkers travelled rural area selling silks and threads. A few managed to become wheat farmers around Alawoona but most would have been forced to return to India after the passing of the White Australia Act( Immigration Restriction Act) in 1901 unless they owned land or were married to Anglo-Europeans. By the 1940s only 0.21% of the population in Australia was from Asia. The white Australia policy was finally dismantled by the Holt Liberal government in 1966 but the creation of the Colombo Plan in 1950 and its adoption by Australia in 1951 saw university students from India and Ceylon come to Australia for study and the White Australia Policy began to crumble. Some were able to stay afterwards but the biggest migration of Indians to South Australia only began a couple of decades ago. The Hindu Society of South Australia in 1985 bought a disused Lutheran Church to turn it into a Hindu temple. Land adjoining the new temple was purchased in 1991 but work on building a new Indian inspired Hindu temple began in 1999. Sculptors and architects came from India to construct it. It was formally opened by the Premier of SA in 2001. It was dedicated as the Shri Ganesha Hindu Temple. Ganesha the Elephant God is one of many gods worshipped by Hindus. He is known as the one who removes obstacles in life and he is also known as the God of wisdom, prudence, power and prosperity. Ganesha is the eldest son of Shiva and his mother is Parvati. Ganesha was appointed by Lord Shiva to be lord of the ganas. The ganas are the attendants to Lord Shiva. The colourful imagery in the temple is of great beauty. Hinduism is over 5,000 years old and it teaches love, tolerance, peace and respect for other religions, Although Hinduism has one Supreme Deity, and hundreds of other gods, it acknowledges that God is perceived in many forms allowing people to worship in their own way. Most Hindus attend temple regularly to perform rituals, utter mantras (prayers), worship and make offerings. |
| 撮影日 | 2021-04-25 10:43:18 |
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