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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, November 14, 2003: Malaysian Hindus, living and believing in one of their national themes, “Malaysia Boleh” (Malaysia Can), have contributed more than US$450,000 towards the San Marga Iraivan Temple project on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, USA. Iraivan Temple, as it is popularly known, is considered an icon of Hinduism’s beauty and strength. It is the vision of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927 – 2001), who was one Hinduism’s leading modern-day spiritual leaders, founder of the international magazine Hinduism Today and recipient of the U Thant Peace Award at the United Nations.



The temple itself is an engineering marvel. Fully hand-carved out of white granite in Bangalore, South India, the stones are shipped ten thousand miles across several oceans to the small Hawaiian island, to be assembled in a temple architectural style that is more than 2,000 years old. It is the only fully hand-carved Hindu temple outside of Asia. Kauai is one of the world’s most lush and unspoiled islands, and the oldest in the Hawaiian chain. The temple is partially constructed now, dramatically situated on the banks of a sacred river and near the foot of an extinct volcano.



Malaysian Hindus have contributed more than one-tenth of the money raised so far, making them the second highest donor country behind the United States. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami will be in Kuala Lumpur in January. He is successor to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and current spiritual head of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, where the Iraivan temple is being constructed. A public event on January 19, 2004, is planned for Bodhinatha to share the progress of the temple, express his gratitude to the Malaysian Hindus and encourage their continued support.



This event will take place at the Sri Kandaswamy Temple on Scott Road, Brickfields, on the January 19, 2004, starting at 7:30pm. The public is invited to attend. For more information, click “source” above or call Aravindraj Chandrasekaran at 012-2816850.

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