![]() ![]() Sri Maha Mariamman is the oldest and most important such temple in Thailand. ![]() A leader of this group of Indians was Vaithi Padayatchi who built this temple about a decade after they arrived and a street in Silom is named after him - Soi Vaiti - known, in English, as Vithy Lane. ![]() One such group of Indians came to Bangkok, many as traders of gemstones or cattle ranchers. Mariamman Temple is the main Tamil Hindu temple in Thailand and is located in the Bangrak district of Bangkok at the corner of Silom Road and Pan Road, a narrower road where a number of kiosks sell saffron-coloured marigold flower garlands for worshippers.įollowing India becoming a colony of the British Empire in 1858 many from the southern state of Tamil Nadu preferred to leave their country than live under colonial rule. It was built in 1879 by Vaithi Padayatchi, a Tamil Hindu immigrant. Mariamman Temple also known as Maha Uma Devi Temple in Si Lom, known as Wat Khaek Silom (meaning the "Indian temple" in Thai), 'Khaek' being a term, albeit one increasingly perceived as offensive, used for "people of Indian origin", is a South Indian architecture style Hindu temple in Bangkok, Thailand. ![]()
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