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Sunday, 18 November 2012

HANUMAN TEMPLE , at Todd's Road Hindu Temple , Caparo in TRINIDAD & TOBAGO......! Proud To be Hindus...!


Trinidad and Tobago is a multi-religious nation. The largest religious groups are the Roman Catholics and Hindus; the AnglicansMuslimsPresbyterians,Methodist are among the smaller faiths. Two Afro-Caribbean syncretic faiths, the Shouter or Spiritual Baptists and the Orisha faith (formerly called Shangos, a less than complimentary term) are among the fastest growing religious groups. The fastest growing groups are a host of American-style evangelical andfundamentalist churches usually lumped as "Pentecostal" by most Trinidadians (although this designation is often inaccurate). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has also expanded its presence in the country since the mid-1980s.
According to the 2000 Census, 29.6% of the population was Roman Catholic, 34.3% Protestant (including 8.9% Anglican, 7.8% Pentecostal, 4.5% Seventh-day Adventist, 3.8% Presbyterian or Congregational, 8.2% Baptist, and 1.1% Methodist), 25.6% Hindu, and 6.6% Muslim. A small number of individuals subscribed to traditional Caribbean religions with African roots, such as the Spiritual Baptists (sometimes called Shouter Baptists); and the Orisha, 0.1 percent. The smaller groups were Jehovah's Witnesses (1.8 percent) and unaffiliated (2.2 percent). There is also a small, but active, Jewish community on the island.


Flying Hanuman Murti at Trinidad Temple




Flying Hanuman Murti is located at Todd’s Road Hindu Temple at Caparo in Trinidad and Tobago. The murti is based on the incident in the Ramayan of Hanuman carrying the mountain with the Sanjeevani Herb to save the life of Lakshman, the younger brother of Lord Ram, who was struck and rendered unconscious by the arrow of Indrajit, son of Ravana. The Flying Hanuman, which is air brushed and stands at about 12 feet tall, with a width of five feet, is portrayed holding a mountain in its left hand on an I-beam pole, which towers 20 feet above ground. 

The flying Hanuman Murti was designed and executed by Sculptor Marlon Emmons for the private Hindu temple belonging to Harrinarine Persad of Harripersad & Sons Ltd.Guardian 

Trinidad writes about the Flying Hanuman Murti


The Flying Hanuman statue took approximately seven months to design and construct, at minimal cost, a feat Emmons believed was noteworthy, because a project of this nature would normally have taken approximately two years to complete, and would have been valued at around $1.2 million. Emmons said he intended to document the details of his labour behind this Hanuman creation at the 2011 T&T Film Festival under the title The Making of the Flying Hanuman, and intended to unveil Bacchus, the Roman God of wine, at the 
National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) during the Carnival season. The piece is his latest creation, and also weighs in excess of two tonnes.



“The piece is about defying gravity…the way how the Hanuman is constructed in flight is similar to how a Hollywood production would work, you get a picture, you re-design the picture with construction, form and a centre of gravity, and then you start to work on the piece…from 7 am to 7 pm,” he explained.

JAI HANUMAN....!

3 comments:

  1. great temple never seen up to now.. what a look!!............ read hanuman chalisa

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  2. with the aim of teaching the values of Ramayana to kids through mobile apps, first of the series Ramayana game series is created by few of my friends.
    Android:
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    IOS:
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rama-guardian-of-the-flame/id1139676297?ls=1&mt=8

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