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Taiwan gets Hindu temple, ‘Sabka Mandir'
Sabka Mandir ” is being called as Taiwan’s first Hindu temple, exhibiting Taiwan’s strong cultural ties with India.
Newly opened Sabka Mandir in Taiwan / Image- X/ Priya Lee Lalwani
In a significant development that strengthened cultural ties with India, the 'Sabka Mandir' Hindu temple was opened to the public in Taiwan. The temple demonstrates the people-to-people connection between the two nations. Andy Singh Arya, an immigrant from India, was instrumental in the construction of the temple through his initiative.
India and Taiwan have no formal diplomatic ties with one another, but they do have economic, educational, and cultural ties. Through India's "Look East Policy" in early 1991, both nations began to develop mutually beneficial relations. In the past four decades, both countries have strengthened their ties and worked to expand their cooperation in a variety of ways, including the expansion of their people-to-people ties.
Arya, took to social media to explain what inspired him to envision a temple in the island nation nearly two decades ago. "23 years ago, I was looking for a Hindu temple in Taiwan when I was alone and on nights with no hope. I did not know Bhagwan would choose me to be a sevak of the first Indian temple in Taiwan (Sabka Mandir),” he wrote on Facebook.
“Sevak Andy just brought the stairs but the wall is a community that supported this to happen," his post along with several photos and videos of people performing rituals at the temple read.
Caption: People at the newly opened Sabka Mandir in Taiwan. (Image- X/ Priya Lee Lalwani)
Indians residing in Taiwan welcome the temple because they have longed for a public temple for decades. Dr. Priya Lee Lalwani, founder of IIT-Indians in Taiwan, praised Arya's initiative on X, writing, "As Taiwan's first Indian university student, I have waited 36 years for this moment!" She highlighted the feelings of Indians in Taiwan and emphasized that this is a necessary step towards bringing the Indian and TaiwanShe hoped that the Taiwanese government would one day facilitate the building of a larger Hindu temple.igger Hindu temple someday.
The "Sabka Mandir" is the first Hindu temple in Taiwan that is accessible to all. However, the country already had an ISKON temple, a Lord Ganesha temple, and a Jain temple, with some restrictions.
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