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An aerial photograph overlooking a earthen and mud temple with a steep metal roof with lush green plants dotting its grounds.

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Duration: 15 mins

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Exchange Sewala and Shiv Mandir

Exploring Indo-Trinidadian Heritage in Trinidad and Tobago

Location: Exchange Village, Trinidad and Tobago

Community Made

Duration: 15 mins

7 Scenes

Exchange Sewala and Shiv Mandir

Exploring Indo-Trinidadian Heritage in Trinidad and Tobago

Published: 2026

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Join us on a virtual tour of the Exchange Sewala, a leepayed Hindu Temple in Trinidad and Tobago to see how temples, shrines, and ritual spaces reflect the country’s Indo-Trinidadian history. The tour, and accompanying interviews, highlight architecture, icons, and practices that show how Hindu traditions were adapted in the Caribbean context.

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<p>The Exchange Sewala and Shiv Manidr is one of the oldest standing leepayed temples in Trinidad and Tobago. The temple is representative of the deep Indo-Trinidadian roots of the community, with raised reliefs featured both on the exterior as well as the inside of the temple. The large leepayed wall panels inside share several scenes from a story in the Ramayan.</p>

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The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago: Exhange Village Mud Mandir

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<p>Thank you to our subject matter experts and interviewees: Pundit Teka Samnarine, Savita Garib, Rudylynne De Four Roberts, Richard Rampersad, and Jaishri Maharaj.</p><p>A special thanks to the U.S. Embassy Port of Spain, The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago, and the entire community at the Exchange Village Sewala and Shiv Mandir.</p><p>We are also grateful to Karishma Nanhu and Andrea Bullock for additional editing and review work.</p>

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