photographs and the preserved echoes of generations past. The Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago, under the stewardship of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), has officially reopened its doors this May in celebration of Indian Heritage Month and the 180th anniversary of Indian arrival in TT. Founded in 2006, the museum was originally housed in the old Waterloo Hindu Primary School. Its transformation into a cultural institution stemmed from a pressing need to preserve the heritage of Indian indentured immigrants and their descendants.

“It was seen at that time, that there was a need to preserve Indian heritage and the culture of Indians,” said Donell Jugmohan, executive member of the SDMS, newly appointed chairman of the museum and principal of Mc Bean Hindu School. “This was now a space that Maha Sabha had to create an avenue for the preservation of artifacts, paintings, pictures."

Jugmohan explained that the museum is a view into the past that will help us to prepare for the future. “We have to understand what our past was like, what our ancestors went through, how we got to this part of the world, what were the situations that led us to be the kind of people that we are today and what are some of the practices that we continue to hold close to.” (Newsday.co)