Mount Edgecombe Festival

Mount Edgecombe, Tommy Chetty’s Fun Fair, rides, games, Stall traders, stores, PRAYER, Hindu temples, Indenture labourers, Chariot, flowers. Priest, bhajan, SONGS, DANCE, Phoenix, Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple, annual festival, big chariot procession
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Photograph collection of Hindu festival – Mount Edgecombe Festival3
Contributor: 
Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
G:\UnixiServer-New backup\PHOTOS\Religion - DISA\Hindu_Festivals DISA\Mt_Edgecombe_Festival_1996 DISA
File Type: 
Picture
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

The Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple in Mt Edgecombe was built in 1875 by the Indian settlers. It is the oldest surviving Hindu temple in Africa.

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Posted by: Thiru Munsamy
On: Friday, May 28, 2021 - 08:54