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Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple
The Sri Kamadchi Ampal Tempel exists since 1989 in Hamm. It moved to Hamm-Uentrop in 1997. The history of the temple is closely connected to the Tamil people who fled from Sri Lanka in the conflicts with the Singalese majority in 1983. In Germany live about 60,000 Tamils from Sri Lanka and about 45,000 are Hindu.

The Temple built in traditional style
In the summer of 2002 Sri Kamadchi, the god of the nine planets was ceremoniously enthroned in the newly built temple hall. The temple has been carefully constructed according to all the strict rituals of its faith, the goddess looks out to the central shrine in the direction of the east to the rising sun. The interior of the temple is 700 square metres in size and within it are seven mythical figures and ornaments around the richly decorated shrine. Craftsmen from India created these figures. The temple is built in the style of south India with a portal (Gopuram) and it is 17 metres high, the temple measures 27 x 27 metres and is the biggest Tamil Temple in Europe. The building costs of about 2 million Euro were financed by donations and loans from the faithful.