Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2930DD143
    Site Name
    Umbilo Shree Ambalavanaar Alayam Temple, 890 Bellair Road, Durban
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.877916, 30.961487
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • eThekwini
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 55
      Erf/Farm Portion: 0001 & 0002
      Address:
      890 Bellair Road
      Bellair
      Durban
      Directions to Site
      From N3 coming into Durban CBD take Brickfield Rd off-ramp and turn right (south) and first right on
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The original Shree Ambalavanaar Alayam was the first public Hindu temple to be erected on the Africa

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the Hindu temple complex thereon, namely: (a) Sub. 1 of Sub. 30 of Lot SB & of the

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      12814
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2517
      Deeds Number
      T10845/1957 mref 1992 0752 0349-0350
      Diagram Number
      T10845/957
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9-2-407-4.pdf (415.27 KB)
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