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CRAWLEY, ENGLAND, September 8, 2004: After a 15-year effort the Hindu community of Crawley has secured land to build the Sanatan Mandir and Community Centre (SMCC). The shila nyas (ground breaking) has been performed for the temple to be built on a 2.9 acre land. The ceremony was attended by over 500 guests including national and local dignitaries, councillors and members of the local community. Bharat Lukka, the President of the Gurjar Hindu Union (GHU), said: “We really had a fantastic and very successful ceremony. It was the second major event for the GHU and the Hindu community of Crawley. We had a good day with many local people supporting the event. The great thing was that we raised around US$170,000! This sets out and progresses further our agenda on the development of our SMCC Project.” The GHU, which is behind the project, is finalizing the designs with local architects and also professional temple builders from India on the finer details of the project. The main temple is to be in hand-carved Indian marble. The overall design has been made with local planning laws and consideration The entire project is estimated to cost over $6 million including the purchase of the site, for which fundraising efforts are in full swing. Construction is expected to begin next year and be completed by 2007.

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