Hindus should start building temples only if it would benefit the local community and not to serve the interests of few individuals alone, said Selangor state exco Dr Xavier Jeyakumar recently.

"People don't come to temples to see the person who has built the temple, but rather to pray to God, and temple leaders should bear that in mind," he said during the inaugural congress for Hindu temple associations from all over Selangor yesterday.

Xavier was addressing over 1,000 leaders and representatives from temples all over Selangor in a first-of-its-kind congress that was meant to address and engage temple leaders on issues that plague Hindu temples in the state.

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