MELBOURNE, Sept 3 – A 4.5-metre high marble statue of Lord Shiva has been unveiled in a shrine touted to be the world’s first man-made underground cave temple in Sydney’s Minto suburb.
The white statue shipped from northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh stands on a pedestal at the Mukti Gupteshwar Mandir Hindu temple, Press Trust of India
(PTI) reports.
The statue was carved from one single pure stone and has four arms.”The status has been fitted with seven coloured LED lights that change colour every minute,” said Mukti-Gupteshwar Mandir Society president Prem Misra.
A ten-metre deep vault in the sanctum contains two million handwritten notes with the mantra “Om Namah Shivaya” from devotees around the world.The temple possesses water from 81 rivers including major rivers from Australia and five oceans.
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