{"id":18767,"date":"2016-12-10T17:47:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=18767"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:29:19","slug":"ugandan-refugee-builds-a-hindu-temple-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/ugandan-refugee-builds-a-hindu-temple-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Refugee builds a Hindu temple in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sanatan Dharma Hindu Temple celebrates its fourth anniversary this year. However, little do people know that a Ugandan refugee was behind the establishment of Cardiff&#8217;s largest Hindu temple.<\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_18790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18790\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/055-625x453.png\" alt=\"Vimla Patel outside the Sanatan Dharma Temple\" width=\"625\" height=\"453\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/055-625x453.png\" alt=\"Vimla Patel outside the Sanatan Dharma Temple\" width=\"625\" height=\"453\" \/><\/noscript> Vimla Patel outside the Sanatan Dharma Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIt was five degrees outside, and she was shivering. In only a 20kg baggage allowance she had stuffed everything she would need to start living afresh except her jacket. Nobody told her that it would be cold in London.<br \/>\nShe checked her bag and found \u00a350 which was the maximum currency Ugandan Government had allowed their refugees to carry on leaving the country.<br \/>\n\u201cI was looking around the Heathrow airport in despair when a staff of Red Cross nudged me and gave a jacket,\u201d says Vimla Patel recalling her entry into the UK 44-years ago. Little then did she know that years later she would be playing an instrumental part in establishing one of the first Hindu temples in the city.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18787\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18787\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2187-625x469.png\" alt=\"Sanatan Dharma Temple \" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18787\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2187-625x469.png\" alt=\"Sanatan Dharma Temple \" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/noscript> Sanatan Dharma Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSituated within a large campus on Lewis Road, the Sanatan Dharma Mandir (temple) evokes a sense of harmony graciously complimenting its magnanimity. The temple has become a religious hub for Hindus in and around Cardiff who gather here for various weekly programs and festival celebrations. Vimla says: \u201cWe organize more than ten big festivals every year in the premises hosting more than 200 guests at a time. From cooking to cleaning to organizing, all our operations are handled by a team of volunteers who I, along with a few board members supervise.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Entering the UK as a refugee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The journey to this platform, however, was not all that easy. In the year 1972, Asians were expelled from Uganda being accused of hoarding wealth and goods to the detriment of indigenous Ugandans. The Government had given them only 90 days to exit the country, and it was during this time that Vimla along with her husband had migrated to the UK.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18788\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219.jpg\" alt=\"ugandan-refugee-builds-temple-cardiff\" width=\"418\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219.jpg 418w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219.jpg\" alt=\"ugandan-refugee-builds-temple-cardiff\" width=\"418\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219.jpg 418w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/IMG_2219-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/noscript> Vimla Patel with her husband Harish Patel in Uganda after marriage<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cI was 20, and Harish (her husband) was 23 when we received the news,\u201d she says. \u201cHarish had a British passport so he was busy processing documents for me and our family\u2019s entry into the UK. It was terrifying as we did not know what our future would hold. All our relatives began boarding random flights, whichever would help them escape.\u201d<br \/>\nIn London, the couple lived in a refugee camp for three weeks which was a large hall with curtained partitions. They were given only \u00a32.50 a day to spend. Eventually, Vimla began feeling homesick. She says: \u201cI craved for Indian home-cooked food. I was tired of eating beans and toast every day, so I ended up living on a fruit diet. For three weeks, fresh fruit and milk were all I had.\u201d To her surprise, the very next day after arriving into London the camp doctors told her that she was expecting a child. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have a job, we didn\u2019t have a place to stay, we didn\u2019t have proper food to eat and to top it all I was pregnant. Nothing made sense to me, and I was just lost.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18793\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18793\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1.jpg 617w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1-500x694.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18793\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1.jpg 617w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/vimla1-500x694.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/noscript> Vimla Patel with her son and family<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe couple shortly moved in with a relative in Cardiff and started living. From doing odd jobs to raising three children and finally entering mainstream lines of work, Vimla has seen the world from the worst to the best. Amidst all of this, the lady fostered a dream to build a temple for Hindus in Cardiff as she did not want others to go through tough times as she did.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Temple formation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>She remembers how during her childhood her parents would insist on maintaining religious principles. They often visited temples and Hinduism was an important part of her life. In times of difficulty, she mentions that it was this faith that she had inculcated over years that gave her all strength and showed her the right direction.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was 1985, I think, that we decided to hire a hall at 28 Parade Road, Cardiff to host our weekly Sunday programs and other festivals,\u201d says Vimla. \u201cBefore that we would organize our small <em>satsangs<\/em> (religious programs) at the homes of our Hindu congregation members.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18789\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18789\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple1-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"Founders and Volunteers at the Sanatan Dharma Temple\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18789\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple1-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"Founders and Volunteers at the Sanatan Dharma Temple\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/noscript> Founders and Volunteers at the Sanatan Dharma Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOnce the weekly programs at the community center became popular, the group grew bigger, and it gradually became harder to accommodate everyone at a time. Hence, they decided to purchase a property to build their temple. \u201cI remember visiting various Hindu families around Cardiff with a bowl in hand seeking donations. There were a few rejections but overall the community was quite supportive.\u201d With the help of grants from the temple board members and the community, they could mortgage a property at 22 Parade Road. History was being created brick by brick, and it was finally in 1988 that the first Hindu temple in Cardiff was built.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18796\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18796\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple-2-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"Sanatan Dharma temple at the 22 Parade Road, Cardiff\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18796\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple-2-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"Sanatan Dharma temple at the 22 Parade Road, Cardiff\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/noscript> Sanatan Dharma temple at the 22 Parade Road, Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLater, with the support of their congregation members, they shifted into a bigger property at Lewis Road which is where the temple is currently situated.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nurturing the future<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Today, two of Vimla&#8217;s grandchildren learn how to play <em>bhajans <\/em>(devotional songs) on the <em>harmonium<\/em> (a keyboard instrument like an organ), along with others in the children\u2019s religious class hosted by the temple. She sings it with them correcting their pronunciations throughout. \u201cOur <em>bhajans<\/em> have such enchanting lyrics that, if sung correctly, instill devotion in anyone who hears them,\u201d she explains. \u201cThey (children) are our future. They have the responsibility of keeping our culture alive, which would only be possible if we show them the right direction.\u201d Pointing towards a tree outside the window, she says, \u201cYou see this tree? This tree is healthy and large because it has strong roots, a strong foundation. Our children are like sprouting seeds. If we don\u2019t water them timely, expose them to adequate sunlight and take care of them, they wouldn\u2019t develop strong roots and wouldn\u2019t flourish.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18797\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-18797\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple3-625x313.jpg\" alt=\"Hindus celebrating Navratri, a festival, at the temple\" width=\"732\" height=\"366\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18797\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/temple3-625x313.jpg\" alt=\"Hindus celebrating Navratri, a festival, at the temple\" width=\"732\" height=\"366\" \/><\/noscript> Hindus celebrating Navratri, a festival, at the temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPresently, the temple also hosts various meditation camps, religious workshops, and all main Hindu festivals on a large scale. This Diwali, the temple also introduced a series of Youth Cultivation Programs wherein special religious classes in English are organized for those who are born and raised in the UK. \u201cPeople born here have not studied Indian languages. Those who have studied don\u2019t know their actual meaning. So, it was necessary to bridge the gap, and I am glad this year finally we have been able to do that by hosting dedicated youth religious programs. Through our programs, we want to educate young people and encourage them to carry our sacred ideals and beliefs through to our future generations, making this world a better place to live.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vimla Patel, a refugee from Uganda entered the UK in 1972. Despite facing various hardships, her spirit to serve the community did not die. 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