The entire temple is covered in a mosaic of 300,000 multicolored pieces of glass, adorned with hundreds of thousands of glass beads, and despite the fact that it’s a Hindu temple, there are images of Gauthama Buddha, Jesus Christ ,Mother Theresa & other Saints inside. Murals, done in glass, include some modern scenes of kindness and cross-faith love such such one of a Muslim and Christian helping a Hindu who got into a motorcycle crash. The Guru made a commitment to rebuild the temple upon inheriting it from the humble hut it once was. He is the inspiration and driving force behind the temple. The temple looks really beautiful, especially on a sunny day with blue skies, when glass shines. ‘ Sri Sinnathamby Sivasamy ‘Ĭurrent temple chairman and chief priest, also known as Guru Bhagawan Sittar inherited the administration of the temple from his father. But it wasn’t until 1991 that the temple’s new life began.Īrulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman is the first glass Hindu temple in the world and the only one in Malaysia.The temple is famously known as “GLASS TEMPLE” because of glass in all its building & architecture. One of its oldest temples, the “Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Hindu Temple”, was established in 1922. The world’s first glass temple : Sri Rajakaliamman Temple Johor Bahru is Malaysia’s second-largest city.
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