A 117 year old Hindu temple in Malaysia has gotten ISO certification for its quality in religious, cultural, and social services to Hindus. The Kland Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple, widely known as the Tirupati of South East Asia, is believed to be the first Hindu temple to achieve such quality certification.
The temple President Anandakrishnan says their goal was to standardize operating procedures with regard to booking of the wedding hall or do’s and don’ts for priests.
I guess this had to have happened only outside of India, and in a country where Hindus have forgotten their caste, ethnic and linguistic affiliations.
Ambedkar would have been proud.
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I wonder why would Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar would be proud of this temple or its heritage of service to the humanity.
Hindu temples, many of them in India, including but not limited to the famous Tirumala temple is serving the community at large with their fabulous wealth, technical know-how and honest workers who engage in quality works erecting temples all over the world for Indian Hindus. The temple, nedd not necessarily be for balaji. The Pittsburgh temple is for the god Rama, if my memory serves me right.
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