The Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago struggled during the early days after independence and even during the period of colonial rule over the granting of adult franchise, a Hindu marriage act, Hindu schools, cremation ordinance, the right to Diwali as a public holiday, and others. Many of these rights were later granted, due to the efforts of Adrian Cola Rienzi (Krishna Deonarine Tiwari) and the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, the major Hindu organization in Trinidad and Tobago led by Bhadase Sagan Maraj and Simbhoonath Capildeo, and later by Satnarayan Maharaj. The Temple in the Sea, an iconic Hindu temple in Trinidad and Tobago has its history rooted in the discrimination against Hindus. It was originally built by an indentured laborer from British India named Sewdass Sadhu, who had built the first temple on property belonging to the estate owners and the temple had to be torn down and he was jailed. After that, he built a second temple out into no man’s land, the sea, which became known as the Temple in the Sea.