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Mauritius Colourful Temple

On the above picture you can see a very colourful indian temple which can be seen in Grand Bassin Mauritius. Grand Bassin is a sacred lake where indian communities from Mauritius use to go and make offers and pray indian gods. Grand Bassin is a lot visited by tourists. It is said the lake is related the Ganges River in India that`s why it is sacred. Some years ago there were a lot of wild monkeys which were seen as the people coming bring as offer bananas, coconuts and so on so it is easy food for the monkeys.

Mauritius Four Hands God

This picture has been done in Mauritius at Grand Bassin. This is an indian god at the top of a temple in Grand Bassin. As you can see on the picture the indian god has 4 hands. The indian people pray and believe in different gods and often animals or human body with animals heads. In Mauritius the indian Mauritian go to Grand Bassin to make offers and also during Maha Shivaratri. During the maha shivaratri period they walk from every side of the island to the sacred lake to pray Shiva, an indian god.

Mauritius Hannafee Mosque

This is a picture of the Hannafee mosque in Mauritius. The Muslim community Mauritius go to the mosque. The main colour for the Muslim is usually green you can see on the picture that part of the mosque is green even in their houses there is a lot of things in green. At different time of the day there is priest praying through a microphone, which are things you never hear in Europe. The muslim pray of course but they do not need to should so that others hear it kilometers away.