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Skanda Vale Buddhist Temple

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NPRN406632
Map ReferenceSN43SW
Grid ReferenceSN4196032100
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityLlanpumsaint
Type Of SiteMONASTERY
PeriodModern
Description
Buddhist temple, founded in 1973 when Cwm-Creigiau-Fawr farm was purchased and renamed Skanda Vale. Monastic order established. Enlarged with the purchase of a neighbouring farm in 1978. Second Subramanium temple inaugurated in 1996 and third temple inaugurated in 1999. Currently (2007) receives some 90,000 visitors a year. Photographed during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance for first time on 11 September 2007, and subsequently.

T. Driver, 14 Sept 2007.