Chinese-Built Kuching Hindu Temple Seeks RM3.5mil More As Hall Costs Double

Kuching's state-funded landmark Hindu temple has successfully completed its RM6 million main structure and is launching a new RM3.5 million fundraising phase, justifying the costs by positioning the site as a world-class tourism asset worth RM10 million in today's market.

The Rakyat Post Fernando Fong · News & blogs · 14 hr ago

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The Kuching Hindu temple seeks RM3.5 million more for a new hall after its RM6 million reconstruction.

The temple needs RM3.5 million to build a multipurpose hall and other facilities.
Sarawak government provided additional land for the temple's expansion.
Sarawak's UNIFOR funds non-Muslim religious projects using public tax money.

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Just days after its grand consecration ceremony on 30 October, the newly rebuilt Sri Maha Mariamman Temple on Rock Road in Kuching, Sarawak, has gone viral for its massive 2,000-tonne Raja Gopuram—the tallest Hindu temple structure in all of Borneo.

However, fresh off the ribbon-cutting ceremony for this seven-year, RM6 million project, the temple committee dropped a new announcement: We need another RM3.5 million.

The Sarawak government recently granted an additional plot of adjoining state land.

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Published: November 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM GMT+8
By: Fernando Fong
Section: Malaysia
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