London's largest ethnic neighbourhood - Southall (photos by Jonas)

6105 Views 20 Replies 18 Participants Last post by samba_man, Apr 25, 2008

Monkey

Discussion Starter · May 8, 2007

Photos and commentry by Jonas (aka John) who is unfortunately banned here at SSC:

Jonas said:
Southall and some surrounding areas, home to London's largest (Indian) ethnic community.

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That is it
And thanks to another SSP forumer Mercutio for initiating this nice trip to this extremely exciting and interesting part of London

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A couple of my photos:

I almost bought this Ganesha statue but I thought £40 ($80 US) was a bit much. I will be in India later this year and I'll buy one there (*Edit: I went back and bought it anyway*):

The golden stone temple is the under-construction Shri Sanatan temple in Alperton:

The larger white temple is the Shri Swaminarayan temple in Neasdon (near Wembley).

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Patachou

· #3 · Mar 23, 2008

Fantastic pictures.
London's unique

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Taller Better

· #4 · Mar 23, 2008

Beautiful photos... very well done, sir!

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koolkid

· #5 · Mar 23, 2008

The temples look awesome, especially in that last photo. Really great neighb.

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Xusein

· #6 · Mar 23, 2008

Cool pics, that temple looks incredible. :shocked:

Apparently, there is a large Somali community in Southall too, so whenever I go to London, I'll check it out.

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alitezar

· #7 · Mar 24, 2008

So cool

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Deanb

· #8 · Mar 24, 2008

really cool! the indian girls r pretty

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Bond James Bond

· #9 · Mar 24, 2008

Now I've got an urge for some curry.

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Saigoneseguy

· #10 · Mar 24, 2008

Wow, I thought either Newham or Hounslow was the biggest, i went through Southall station an noticed the bilingual signpost but never actually come to the place. Thanks for the photos, they're amazing.

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WinoSoul

· #11 · Mar 25, 2008

Wow...beautiful people...very interesting!

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Hed_Kandi

· #12 · Mar 25, 2008 (Edited)

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Cheesiness

· #13 · Mar 25, 2008

Another reason to vote BNP.

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Sukkiri

· #14 · Mar 25, 2008

This neighborhood looks like the kinda neighborhood I'd definitely visit on a holiday to London (I admire South Asian culture). I like the Hindu temple as well, Southall reminds me of Nadi in Fiji.

Cheesiness said:
Another reason to vote BNP.

Nazi Alert

hno: :bash:

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MNiemann

· #15 · Mar 25, 2008

Can't believe it is London. How long ago did they build that Hindu temple?

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Shenzhen_GAWC

· #16 · Mar 25, 2008

Yeah great pics

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Taller Better

· #17 · Mar 25, 2008

MNiemann said:
Can't believe it is London. How long ago did they build that Hindu temple?

After the London one, they built one in Chicago, and last year they built one in Toronto. They are beautiful buildings, and the stones were all carved in India.