I got invited by a friend Rashidah to join her extended family for a little hike on Gunung Serapi which locals also refer to as the Matang mountain.
It was news to me that the short sweaty hike would take us to Sarawak’s oldest Hindu temple. A temple was supposed to have been built here in the late 1800s or early 1900s by Hindu workers brought in for a coffee plantation. It is named Sri Maha Mariamman Temple
The plantation and its facilities (including the temple) were later abandoned. The temple was re-discovered in 1968 and reopened for prayers in 1970s.
What I saw today was all new construction, with some being work-in-progress.
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- Shrine on the hike up.
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- Part of the hike up.
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- Fern frond.
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- Around Sri Maha Mariamman Temple.
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- Around Sri Maha Mariamman Temple.
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- Looking downhill to Kuching.
