Sewdass Sadhu Shiva Mandir Temple in the Sea Trinidad and Tobago,South America

The Temple in the Sea, officially known as the Sewdass Sadhu Shiva Mandir, is a Hindu mandir in Waterloo, Carapichaima, Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago. Sewdass Sadhu, an indentured laborer from India, constructed the original temple in the Gulf of Paria in 1952. The temple was reconstructed by Randolph Rampersad and reopened in 1995.

The devotion and dedication of one man clearly comes through when you visit this temple in the sea. Sewdass’s perseverance won even though the colonial rulers, the British, would not grant him permission to have a temple. After much suffering he figured out a way. if the rulers would not allow him to build temple on land he would build one in the sea! We can only see the top white colored dome of the original small temple on the left side as you walk along the pathway. The current temple was built much later. Small rooms host Images of Gods and Goddesses as well as the main temple hall on the sea.