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The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
It is an agamic temple, built in the Dravidian style. Located in the downtown Chinatown district, the temple serves the majority Hindu Singaporeans, Tamilians, in the city-state. Due to its architectural and historical significance, the temple has been gazetted a National Monument and is a major tourist attraction.
The Sri Mariamman Temple was founded in 1827 by Naraina Pillai, eight years after the East India Company established a trading settlement in Singapore.
we are used to seeing flowers and candles in the river in India for festivals / holy days,,,,
Here we saw offering / puja of rice,, perhaps other foods and flowers in the local river
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Taken in a Hindu temple in Nadi, the sign indicated "SRI SIVA SUBRAHMANYA SWAMI DEVASTHANAM" I not sure if it is the name of the place...
Traditionally, priests have come from the Brahmin varna.
Hindu priests are known to perform services often referred to as puja. Priests are identified as pandits or pujaris amongst devotees.
Yogyakarta/Central Java/Indonesia (Prambanan or Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of the city of Yogyakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.
It is the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia, and one of the biggest in Southeast Asia. It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu architecture, and by the towering 47-metre-high central building inside a large complex of individual temples...)
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Hinduism is fairly rare in Thailand but we had an opportunity to visit a Hindu Temple.
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati.
The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic period through the modern period of Hindu traditions. She is generally shown to have four arms, holding a book, a rosary, a water pot, and a musical instrument called the veena. Each of these items have a symbolic meaning in Hinduism.
Some Hindus celebrate the festival of Vasant Panchami (the fifth day of spring, and also known as Saraswati Puja and Saraswati Jayanti in many regions of India) in her honour, and mark the day by helping young children learn how to write the letters of the alphabet on that day. The goddess is also revered by believers of the Jain religion of west and central India, as well as some Buddhist sects.