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Nattukkottai Chettiar Temple, Penang
George Town, Penang, Penang · 5.4328°, 100.2986°
MuruganModern—
Sacred since
1854 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1854
Modern
History & significance
A Murugan temple in George Town founded around 1854, after Penang's Nattukottai Chettiar community bought the land for residential quarters; its roof recesses carry hundreds of devotional paintings brought from India.