Divali Complex/El Socorro Lambert

The Divali Complex or the El Socorro Lambert is a town located in Trinidad and Tobago. The Divali Complex or the El Socorro Lambert is supposed to create a modern Hindu land. It is split into four areas, which are: the shopping area/shop (दुकान-Shop), residential area/housing (आवास-Housing), Hindustaan area/Little India(लिटिल भारत-Little India) and Sanātana Dharma Micro Complex/ Micro Hindu(कुटीर हिंदु-Micro Hindu). It consists of 108 sectors which are located within each of the 4 areas, 27 in each area. Within 'Micro Hindu' There are 3 Mandirs (Hindu Temples). Although a 'bird's-eye view' of the complex would lead you to believe it has small, poverty looking buildings, it has a vast majority of different sizes of the buildings which also have many colours, shapes and beauty.

Shopping area

The shopping area sells many Indian goods, mainly clothing and foods. Saris, Salwar kameez and many other types of male and female clothing are located here. In 19 of the 27 sectors there are spice farms, which are fields dominated with spices. This means people can hand pick fresh spices. There are two flower and plant sectors also located in this area. In one of the plant sectors is the 'Trinidad and Tobago Divali National Plant House'

Residential area

The residential area consists of houses and apartments. Each sector has a different style of Indian buildings which make the houses. The houses each have luxurious indoor and outdoor features from pools to ponds, from multi-story windows to 'top class indoors'.

Hindustaan area

The Hindustaan area is a mixture of all different kinds of businesses and buildings. It has many restaurants, markets, business companies, apartments, stores (other than Indian products) and many other kinds. It has two micro medic centres and two huge hospitals as well as the Divali Complex Police Department HQ Academy.

Sanātana Dharma Micro Complex

In the Micro Hindu Area there are many shops selling statues, murtis and images of gods. There are many Hindu schools. There are almost 18 Hindu Schools out of the 27 sectors in The Area. There are many Mandirs in the Area. Here is a list of them:

• Sri Devi Maha Kali Mandir, The Kali Pool Sector,Divali Complex, Trinidad and Tobago
• TaranRampersad Mandir,deepawali sector, Divali Complex
• Santa Flora Shiva Mandir SDMS Branch 195, Gujarati Sector, Divali Complex, Trinidad and Tobago

Mandirs are not the only place of worship as the Micro Hindu Area has a Religious Centre which caters for any religion but mainly Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity. The Area also has a gurdwara and 2 churches.

Religion and Demographics

The Religion in the town most obviously consists of Hinduism. Almost 40% of the population are Indian Immigrants or Indians who have become Trinidad and Tobago Official Citizens. 50% of the population are Trinidad and Tobago Natives who have converted to Hinduism. A minority of the people are sikh and christian. The Divali Complex has a massive population of 800,000.

Geography

The Divali Complex is located in two cities Saint George and Saint Joseph. The Divali Complex was built so half of it was in Saint George and the other half was in Saint Joseph. This was an accident due to lack of building space although later it was built on both cities. It is called a town but is more of a Micro City within two cities. Each Area has a 'Capital Sector', Its usually the home to the most people.