sri araskesari sivan temple @ sungei kadut

decided to have a change of mechanic to service my car. ever since i bought the car, other than the initial free servicing at kah motors, my car has been serviced by hup cheong at the mobil petrol kiosk along bukit timah road. i have never paid less than s$200 for each servicing.

as a measure to reduce the cost of car maintenance, i got victor to introduce me to his mechanic whose workshop is located at sungei kadut drive 1. although i ended up paying more than $200 again, i did not feel that i was overcharged because the cost included the replacement of the air con fan's motor.

while waiting for the car to be ready, we decided to walk to the hindu temple at sungei kadut avenue. it was quite a long and tiring walk, especially for victor who was having some rheumatic problem with his right leg.

we had wanted to remove our sandals and placed them, like we have done in the past when we visited other hindu temples, at the entrance of the temple. we were advised by a devotee to wash our feet and leave the shoes/sandals away from the entrance, which we did.

sri arasakesari sivan temple is a compact temple. the adjoining hall is in a 4-storey building. i know the hall was ready before the temple because i had gone with ramesh to locate it when it was first built, and i think that was in 2004.

victor gave a history of the temple. when it was at 1140 woodlands road, it was a ceylonese temple and the name did not include 'sivan'. the temple land was donated by one kathirasoo from johor bahru. they had used the compensation money to build the new temple.

he also told me that the priests were garbed in vesti, not sarong or dhoti. according to him, those who choose to wear vesti are ultra hindus.