The first Hindu temple coming up in Abu Dhabi will not use steel or ferrous materials, it was revealed during the first fly ash concrete pouring for its raft foundation on Thursday. A large contingent of expatriates from the Indian diaspora gathered at the site of the BAPS Hindu Mandir to witness the major construction milestone.
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00:00Go strong, go strong.
00:07Yeah, very good. One more.
00:17See, the idea is, Dr. Omar, that everything in a coconut is pure.
00:23The water is pure, everything is white.
00:26So that's how we start all our ceremonies.
00:29He's breaking open it, and he spits it exactly in half.
00:59Then it was Shri Lanyas Vidhi, that was the foundation stone laying ceremony.
01:04Now we are preparing for the Mandir Raft Foundation.
01:08The speciality of this Mandir Raft Foundation is like it's a combination between ancient stone technology and modern instrumentation.
01:17That means no steel or no ferrous material can be used in this giant concrete raft.
01:24And to make it happen, we've also tried to turn it into a very green foundation, where we are using 55% fly ash in the concrete mix.
01:35The third most important part is that we are putting almost 300 different sensors at 10 different levels in the entire temple.
01:43Because it's stone structure, stone balanced on stone.
01:46So first time in the history of humanity, thousands of Hindu temples have been built.
01:51But we will be getting live data online of the temperature, of the pressures, the stresses that happen.
01:58And I think today even the professors from Khalifa University are present, because they are going to encourage students to do PhD on such technology.
02:09So it's a very big moment. The entire temple construction has begun.
02:14And the most prominent leaders including our ambassador and others are all present today.
02:20So it's a moment of great joy and a fast step to fulfillment.
02:26Well, I'm very pleased to be here today because it's a very auspicious occasion for this temple to come up.
02:32It's a symbol of tolerance and it's very special for the Indian community here in the UAE.
02:37And certainly for the community in India to see such a magnificent temple coming up here in the UAE.
02:42Which is a home away from home for all of us.
02:45With 3.4 million Indians in the UAE, what can you have as a bigger symbol of cooperation between the two countries.
02:51And as one of the Emirati friends today said this evening, they want us to feel comfortable in every possible way.
02:57And this is a wonderful symbol of doing that today.