A large Shiva Murthi, a Hanuman statue and other holy idols built deep in the mountains in the Central Drakensberg region of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa are stirring the interest of people and attracting visitors on a daily basis.
The Murthi and statues are the creation of Mr C J Hood on his farm, not
far from the Champagne Sports Golf Resort and the Drakensberg Sun Hotel. It's about 7km up the road from the Champagne Sports Golf Reesort.
A manager at the Shiva Murthi Centre
told the writer and his friends today (Feb 24 2022) that Mr Hood, a farmer,
started building the holy site after returning from a visit to India in 2010.
"Mr Hood is a staunch devotee and received the inspiration of Shiva when
he was involved in meditation.
"He
started building the Shiva Murthi in 2010 and only opened the holy site to
visitors in 2018."
Now people visit the holy site every day and large numbers, including bus loads
of people, turn up at weekends.
Last weekend two bus loads of people from Durban visited the site.
A prayer group from Tongaat, north of Durban, has donated about 50 chairs for
visitors to use during prayer services.
"This place is very
inspirational and I will encourage my family members and friends to visit and
see the devotional nature of the place for themselves," said one of
the visitors. Ends : subrygovender@gmail.com Feb24
2012 NB: Anyone wanting to visit should telephone 0829551404.
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