Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple

Golden gopurams of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)


Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple (GPS: 5.38847, 100.38102) is a quite a substantial Hindu temple in Taman Inderawasih, Prai. Sri Selva Vinayagar was originally a much smaller temple. It has undergone a reconstruction that cost over RM3 million, and the new temple building is one of the landmarks of Taman Inderawasih.

The project began in 2008, when the deities were relocated to a temporary site in a Palasthabana ceremony. This intention to reconstruct came about following the construction of the Butterworth Outer Ring Road, and in particular the Prai River Bridge, which resulted in the temple being 5 feet below the street level. Furthermore, roadworks caused cracks to appear on the ceiling and vimana of the temple. By the end of 2014, the temple was near completion and should have been completed by 2015.

I took the following photographs on 15 August, 2015, when the sky was a bit hazy. I returned on 11 September, 2015, to reshoot the temple, when I saw that then sky was blue.

Golden gopurams of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)


The mandapa, or pillared hall, of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)


The skylight in the mandapa of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)


Exterior of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)


Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple, Perai (15 August 2015)


Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple, Perai (15 August 2015)


Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple, Perai (15 August 2015)


The caretakers of Sri Selva Vinayagar Temple (11 September 2015)

Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple on Google Street View

(Aug 2015)

Location of Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple on map

Getting there

If you are coming from the Penang Bridge, take the Butterworth Outer Ring Road and exit it just before the Prai BORR Toll Plaza. Go along the Prai Main Road (Jalan Besar) and then make a U-turn under the Prai River Bridge. Sri Selva Vinayagar Hindu Temple is on the north side of Jalan Besar, across from the elevated Prai River Bridge.

References

List of Hindu Temples in Penang and Hindu Temples in Malaysia

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