Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy said a comprehensive study of Indian temples must differentiate between temples and shrines, which at present are categorised as the same.
What I have been saying all along.
And which Waythamoorthy numbered those destroyed by authorities conveniently as 10,000.
Imagine in Penang the destruction of:
- 10,000 Kuanyin Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street),
- 10,000 Mesjid Kapitan Keling (same street) and
- 10,000 Arulmigu Sri Ganesha Temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga.
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now, the above three are really 'temples' (in generic terms) and not shrines (see below) |