{"id":2834,"date":"2003-02-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-02-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/02\/11\/2003-02-11-singapore-s-senpaga-vinayaka-temple-celebrates-kumbhabishekam\/"},"modified":"2003-02-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-02-11T12:00:00","slug":"2003-02-11-singapore-s-senpaga-vinayaka-temple-celebrates-kumbhabishekam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/02\/11\/2003-02-11-singapore-s-senpaga-vinayaka-temple-celebrates-kumbhabishekam\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore&#8217;s Senpaga Vinayaka Temple Celebrates Kumbhabishekam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/straitstimes.asia1.com.sg\/topstories\/story\/0,4386,170578,00.html?\">GO TO SOURCE<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE, February 5, 2003: In a centuries-old practice, one of Singapore&#8217;s oldest Hindu temples, Sri Senpaga Vinayaka Temple, celebrated its Maha Kumbhabishekam (great ceremonial consecration), and was also formally designated as a historic site by the National Heritage Board. Thousands of Hindus, along with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, attended the event. At exactly 10:00 A.M., priests climbed the 21-meter-high gopuram, or main tower, and poured holy water on its golden domes. Following the kumbhabeshekam, the chief priest placed vibuthi (holy ash) on Prime Minister Goh&#8217;s forehead and wished him and Singapore a bright future. The Prime Minister then toured the temple with its subdued terra-cotta and sandstone colors, skylights and gold-leafed roof. The Sri Senpaga Vinayaka Temple dates back to the late 1800s and its renovation costs of more than US$4 million were paid for through donations from both Hindus and non-Hindus. MP Chan Soo Sen said the support from non-Hindus showed that multiracial and multi-religious ties were strong in Singapore.<br \/>\n<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GO TO SOURCE SINGAPORE, February 5, 2003: In a centuries-old practice, one of Singapore&#8217;s oldest Hindu temples, Sri Senpaga Vinayaka,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}