LONDON TEMPLES.
HINDU AND -MOSLEM.
IDOLS OF SOLID GOLD,
(Special.—By Air Mail.)
LONDON, August 8,
Two magnificent temples, one costing at least £50.000, the other possibly £100,000, are to be built in London for worshippers of Brahma and of Mahomet. Idols of the three Hindu gods, Brahma, Siva and Bislinu, all of solid v gold, will be part of the costly equipment for the temple to be built at Notting Hill, London—the first of its kind in Europe. The cost is being borne by the Maharajah of Agartala. Plans are now ready and the foundation stone.will be laid when the Maharajah visits England, during the coronation. The temple has boon designed bv a well-known Indian architect and will be an orthodox edifice ill the Iydian traditional style, with lofty, tapered cowers and "onion"-shaped domes. It is to bo as near as possible a replica of a famous temple in India. British materials will be used and British labour will be employed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 1 September 1936, Page 17
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