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MALACCA: The 34-year-old Sri Vanathandavar Temple has been given approval to operate in Sungai Udang.
The temple has been serving more than 10,000 Hindus in Sungai Udang and surrounding areas. However, the temple committee has to raise RM228,000 before Dec 5 to pay the premium for the temple’s land.
The committee had been organising several fund-raising activities, including a dinner on Nov 21, and MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has consented to be the guest of honour at the function in Dewan Hang Tuah.
The land purchase sub-committee chairman Major (QM) G. Segar said the proceeds of the dinner would be used to pay the premium to the state and any excess would be used to furnish the temple.
Seeking contributions: Segar (right) and a priest standing outside the 34-year-old Sri Vanathandavar Temple in Sungai Udang recently.
The temple, set up by members of the Gurkha army deployed in Sungai Udang during the British colonial period, is the largest in Sungai Udang.
Segar said the temple nearest to Sungai Udang was the Throbathai Amman Temple in Gajah Berang which was 17km away. He said the temple management committee was made up of people from the armed forces and civilians.
Those wishing to contribute can contact the temple management at Batu 12, Sungai Udang, 76300 Malacca, or Segar at 019-681 7607 or Major (R) M.P. Indran at 012-661 5091 or 06-315 1684.
