“We are ready to open the temple to the public on October 5 as planned. Before that, we want to educate the public about how to visit the temple and control the crowd,” said Shroff as workers continued to put finishing touches to the majestic structure. Licensed by the Community Development Authority (CDA) of Dubai, the new 70,000 sqft temple and community centre is an extension of the six-decades-old Sindhi Guru Darbar temple in Bur Dubai. It is located in the Corridor of Tolerance in Jebel Ali that houses several churches and the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara. According to Shroff, a contemporary design that retains the essence of a traditional Hindu temple, has been chosen to give the structure the feel of an ‘Emirati-Indian’ structure.
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