Happy Easter
Swimming at my favourite seaside pool and visiting the local Hindu temple are just a couple of ways I've been enjoying the Easter break. I hope your long weekend is just as relaxed as mine.
The Sri Venkateswara Temple in Helensburgh was a hive of activity today. Filled with intricate sculptures of gods and goddesses, devotees carrying fruit offerings, floaty flute music, and fragrant incense, the whole atmosphere put my mind at rest.
The site in Helensburgh was chosen because it satisfied the essential requirements of ancient Hindu temple construction:
1. The land must be a virgin land (No building must have been constructed before)
2. The land must be an island
3. There must be a forest surrounding the land
4. There must be a water source nearby
5. There must be a ocean nearby
(Source: http://www.svtsydney.org/history.asp)
To see this temple in the midst of the lush Australian bush is a truly surreal and beautiful sight.
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