This is an interesting way to modify and decorate a bedroom, religiously!
Hindu’s are currently marking the holy month of ‘Adhik Maas’ where a lot of people jump onto flights to Mumbai in a pilgrimage to the banks of the Ganges. For those who cannot afford the flights to India there is a closer option these days though with a lovely pilgrimage to the seaside town that is Clacton-on-Sea according to this BBC news report.
During the month long ‘Adhik Maas’ Hindu’s take a holy bath in the Ganges river every day but for a lot of British Hindu’s one bath in Clactons sea and then being blessed at the tiny bedroom temple is as close as they can get. The temple was set up in 1979 by a man called Dhirajlal Karia as they did not have anywhere to go nearby, they only had a little amount of space so they converted the tiny spare roam in their house to act as the holy temple.
They got the room officially named as a holy site by flying a priest out from India who carried out a 72 hour ceremony and since then over the last 30 years they reckon they have had between 60,000 and 65,000 visitors!
I have to say what they have done is amazing and to be able to give joy to that many people over the years must be brilliant.
