KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (Bernama) -- About 100,000 people, including foreign tourists, are expected to throng the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Jalan Bandar here on Sunday to attend the 127-year-old temple's "kumbhabhishekam" or consecration ceremony. Sri Maha Mariamman Devasthanam chairman Datuk R. Nadarajah said the consecration ceremony of the temple, situated at the edge of Chinatown, would take place from 9.30am to 10.30am. "All preparations to conduct the consecration ceremony are going on smoothly," he told Bernama.
A kumbhabhishekam is a series of rites and rituals held either to formally consecrate a new temple, or reconsecrate an old one, usually every 12 years. Founded in 1873, the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple is the oldest temple in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur and one of the oldest temples in Malaysia. Nadarajah said the dignitaries expected to grace the auspicious ceremony included MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.
He said that in conjunction with the ceremony, the "Kumbhabhishekam Malar" magazine and a postage stamp depicting the "Raja Gopuram" (tower) of the temple would be launched Saturday.
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