廢棄印度廟是1960年代落成,由駐守該營地的尼泊爾啹喀兵建造,供奉印度教毀滅之神濕婆(Shiva)。1996年之後軍營的啹喀兵(Gurkhas)撤走,自此印度廟遭到棄置,2010年被評定為三級歷史建築。
廟宇為一棟灰綠色六角形建築物,頂部有六個尖頂,呈皇冠狀,象徵印度教視為美麗及神聖的蓮花,為香港僅有的一座蓮花形狀的建築,罕有和獨特。建築物長滿青苔,廟内已沒有擺設。六面除了東南方外,每面均設有門戶,門上有一面黃色小窗,建築內部塗上紅色及綠色,廟内氣氛充滿神秘色彩。
城市探索基於以下原則:除了拍照外,別無其他,不留痕跡,不透露位置。
The abandoned Hindu Temple was completed in the 1960s and was built by Nepalese Gurkhas soldiers stationed at the camp to worship Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. After 1996, the Gurkhas left, and the Hindu temple was abandoned. In 2010, it was rated as a Grade III historical building.
The temple is a gray-greenish hexagonal building with six spires on top, which is crown-shaped, symbolising a lotus flower that is regarded as a beautiful and sacred in Hinduism. It is the only lotus-shaped building in Hong Kong, rare and unique. The building is covered with moss and there is no decoration left in the temple. Each of the 6 sides has a portal, except the southeast side, with a small yellow window above the door. The interior of the building is painted red and green, and the atmosphere is full of mystery.
Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location.
楊必興 P H Yang
專業攝影師。人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後,楊必興改變了軌跡,選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。他屢獲殊榮,在三藩市、華盛頓、北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展,包括香港PMQ開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登,包括CNN、CrowdSpark(前Newzulu、Citizenside)、Demotix、《三藩市紀事報》、Hong Kong Free Press、香港01、《信報月刊》、《明報》、《蘋果日報》、TVB等。他的作品授權《Lonely Planet旅遊指南》和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。
Professional photographer. After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography. Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB...His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad. Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition. Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015.
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