On Nov 11, 2021, members of the DRIG gathered at the obelisk in Kanchanaburi to hear their consultant relate its story. It was at that moment that they decided to concentrate their efforts there to dedicate a memorial to their relatives and countrymen.
Directed by Prof Boggett’s work, that group of Malaysian-Tamils sought permission from the current Abbot at that temple to renovate that obelisk and re-dedicate it to the Asian Forced Laborers.
After many meetings and many months (COVID lockdowns didn’t help) the Abbot and temple elders granted permission to add a Nadukal (Herostone) to the existing structure. This is in recognition that the majority of those buried herein at Tamil-Indians of Hindu faith.
