English Temple Now…
A step more, we are going to lay Foundation Stone for the Dalit Goddess English Temple
within this April. We have chosen a Dalit run School in the Uttar Pradesh countryside.
The temple will come up on an 800 Square Feet landmass.
We are exploring various forms of architecture for the temple. We are working on an idea
where the temple will be open from three sides, and covered by the Wall behind the
platform on which the Goddess English Statue will be mounted. The temple will stand on
four pillars along with the Wall. The two front pillars will stand on a base- concrete
Shaped Computers. The temple will stand on an elevated platform-some 3.5 feet high
from the ground. There will be steps from three sides, with white marble floorings. The
front steps will be replicas of a Computer Key Board. On the top of the roof, there will be
Fountain Pen shaped elevated object. The roof will unfold like a book.
The Wall behind the Statue will have engraving depicting English alphabets and numbers
along with few popular science formulas. We are still in formative stage, and any input is
welcome.
The Dalit Goddess English temple will be more intellectual in content than spiritual.
Foundation Laying Ceremony
Milind Kambale [Chairman, Dalit Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry], Dalit
Scholar D Shyam Babu, noted Dalit critique Ish Kumar Gangania, Marcus Wood [Prof.
of English, University of Sussex], Somini Sengupta [NYT], S Anand [Navayana
Publishing], and myself along with film maker Pankaj K Pracheta and cameraman
Surender from Delhi were part of the Foundation Laying team.
The hosts Mrs. Nisha Pal Jauhar [Manager, Nalanda Public Shiksha Niketan Inter
College], Siyaram Dinkar [Teacher], Mahendra Singh Dinkar [Activist], Sureshpal Singh
Advocate , Sanghpal Jauhar [Activist], Ram Chander Master [Activist], Fajkirelal
Visharad [Teacher] , Kishori Lal [Teacher], Babu Ram Hans [Activist] and Kamal Kumar
[School Principal] were part of the Foundation Laying team. The Foundation Laying
ceremony was led by Mrs. Nisha Pal Jauhar.
Media Coverage of the Event
Soon, a temple dedicated to goddess 'English' in UP
A Dalit Temple to 'Goddess English'
Jai Angrezi Devi Maiyya Ki
D is for Dalits and E is for the English Goddess
Pray, it’s Goddess English
Goddess English of Uttar Pradesh
Foundation Laying Ceremony Pictures