TRINADAD/TOBAGO, May 30, 2011 (newsday.com.tt): The Vishwanath Hindu temple hosted one of the biggest Indian Arrival Day celebrations on Saturday evening as passers-by, on foot and by car, stopped and took pictures of the event. The event began with a street parade from the Recreation Ground in Sangre Chiquito to the temple’s ground in Sangre Grande. The parade highlighted events from the indentured laborers arrival in 1845 to the present.
There were also dances, tassa drumming, and cane cutters forming a canopy of colors along the three-mile parade. Attending were Councillor Ben Sodeen, area representative and Ravi Lakhan and Rajkumar Bagaloo representing Community Development. Pundit Rampersad said he is happy to see Indian culture still existing as seen by the parade. He reminded all that the forefathers had made tremendous contributions to the development of Trinidad and today children of that heritage must all continue in the same manner.