Final touches to hindu temple in Jebel Ali – in pictures
Striking ceiling decorations above the area where idols will be placed in the Hindu temple in Jebel Ali, Dubai. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
A cleaner polishes hand-carved features in the temple.
The temple is scheduled to open to worshippers on October 5.
The ornate entrance to the temple. The house of worship will be able to welcome 6,000 people a day.
Intricately detailed pillars at the temple.
An elephant relief carving on the pillars at the Jebel Ali temple.
Temple manager N Mohan, pictured in front of ongoing work.
A worker adds some final touches to the temple exterior. Work began in 2020.
The main kalash – the spire used to top the domes of Hindu temples – at the Jebel Ali temple.
Ongoing interior work. Fragrant white jasmine shrubs and frangipani trees are being planted in green areas outside the temple.
Workers add final touches to the interior. Some 900 tonnes of steel, 6,000 cubic metres of concrete and 1,500 square metres of marble has been used to build the temple.
Intricate marble work on the stairs at the entrance to the temple.
One of the ornate marble designs that will greet worshippers as they enter the Hindu temple at Jebel Ali in Dubai.
