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Brickfield Road (Manning Place) Temple Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Suberayaloo Palani CHETTY: Architect

Date: 1938 Type: Hindu Temple Status: Extant Street: Brickfield Rd

The Manning Place temple Shri Nivasha Perumal Kouvil is one of the foremost examples of a community temple of this kind. It started as a private wood-and-iron shrine in someone's garden across the road. With the establishment of a strong neighbourhood spirit, this was converted into a more substantial building on another piece of ground a little further along. After municipal expropriation in 1934, the proceeds were used to build a public temple on ground donated by Appelsamy Naidoo on the opposite side of Brickfield Road. References: Mikula, P, Kearney, B & Harber, R. 1982. Traditional Hindu Temples in South Africa. Durban: Hindu Temple Publications. pg 16, 64-65