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Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple

Chinatown, Singapore · 1.2813°, 103.8417°

Ganesha (Vinayagar)Modern (Nattukottai Chettiar)
Sacred since
1925 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1925 (Nattukottai Chettiar)
Modern (Nattukottai Chettiar)

History & significance

A Ganesha temple at the junction of Keong Saik Road and Kreta Ayer Road in Chinatown, built in 1925 by the Nattukottai Chettiar community with funding from the Chettiars of Tamil Nadu. It replaced an older attap-roofed temple near Singapore General Hospital, which had served hospital employees, Outram Prison staff and soldiers of the Sepoy Lines until the government acquired that land in 1920; its five-tier gopuram tapers to represent the five senses.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern (Nattukottai Chettiar)