New Hindu temple in Dubai s Jebel Ali to open by Diwali 2022 dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com Filed on January 24, 2021
The stone cladding on the facade is Saudi/Jordanian stone, paying homage to the traditional architecture of the region.- Supplied photo
The new temple is an extension of the Sindhi Guru Darbar Temple in Souq Baniyas, Bur Dubai.
Dubai’s newest Hindu temple in Jebel Ali is expected to be open for worshippers by October 2022, in time for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, Khaleej Times has learnt.
Raju Shroff, an Indian businessman and one of the trustees of the Sindhi Guru Darbar Temple, announced on Sunday that the construction of the temple is under way, and the basement of the structure is complete. The new temple is an extension of the Sindhi Guru Darbar Temple in Souq Baniyas, Bur Dubai, one of the oldest Hindu temples in the country, open since the 1950s.