Siewdass Sadhu's Temple in The Sea
Trinidad and Tobago /
San Juan-Laventville /
San Juan /
World
/ Trinidad and Tobago
/ San Juan-Laventville
/ San Juan
World / Trinidad and Tobago
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A well known site of worship for Hindus and a tourist attraction, the Waterloo temple was built by Sewdass Sadhu, an indentured labourer who came to Trinidad in 1907.
The story is well-known: Sadhu built his first temple in 1947 on lands owned by the sugar cane company, Tate and Lyle. It was broken down and Sadhu was charged with trespassing and fined £100 or 14 days in prison.
Declaring that if he couldn’t build his temple on the land then he would build it in the sea, Sadhu began the work that would realise his dream. With two buckets and an old lady’s bicycle with a carrier at the back, Sadhu began the laborious and painstaking task of building the temple in the sea.
Five hundred feet into the quiet waters of the Gulf of Paria, it today continues to stand on the very spot Sadhu first built it, if not in the same condition since repair works were carried out with help from the State and private business in 1994.
Over the years, Hindu devotees and tourists alike have made the journey to the Temple-in-the-Sea, once described as the first of its kind in the western world by Dharmacharya Pundit Krishna Maharaj.
The Waterloo Cremation Site is also next to the grounds of this Temple.
The story is well-known: Sadhu built his first temple in 1947 on lands owned by the sugar cane company, Tate and Lyle. It was broken down and Sadhu was charged with trespassing and fined £100 or 14 days in prison.
Declaring that if he couldn’t build his temple on the land then he would build it in the sea, Sadhu began the work that would realise his dream. With two buckets and an old lady’s bicycle with a carrier at the back, Sadhu began the laborious and painstaking task of building the temple in the sea.
Five hundred feet into the quiet waters of the Gulf of Paria, it today continues to stand on the very spot Sadhu first built it, if not in the same condition since repair works were carried out with help from the State and private business in 1994.
Over the years, Hindu devotees and tourists alike have made the journey to the Temple-in-the-Sea, once described as the first of its kind in the western world by Dharmacharya Pundit Krishna Maharaj.
The Waterloo Cremation Site is also next to the grounds of this Temple.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 10°28'52"N 61°28'29"W
- Wider Couva Area 4.3 km
- NHA Housing Development, Couva 6.6 km
- Nu-Iron 9 km
- Preysal 9 km
- Sand Quarry - Couva, Central Trinidad 11 km
- Phoenix Park - Couva, CENTRAL TRINIDAD 11 km
- Diamond Village 12 km
- Claxton Bay 13 km
- Trinidad Cement Limited 14 km
- Pointe a Pierre Wild Fowl Trust 17 km
- PLNL 4.8 km
- Exchange Housing Development Couva 6.4 km
- Powergen Plant 7.1 km
- Camden Airfield, Couva 7.2 km
- PCS Nitrogen Trinidad 7.9 km
- ArcelorMittal 8.5 km
- California 8.7 km
- Wider Couva Area 8.9 km
- Point Lisas Industrial Estate 10 km
- Gulf of Paria 75 km
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