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Early modern · Hindu · Malaysia
Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple
Malacca, Malacca · 2.2056°, 102.2424°
Ganesha (Vinayagar)Dutch Malacca (Chitty community)Chitty-style simplified Dravidian
Sacred since
1781 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1781 (Dutch Malacca)
Dutch Malacca (Chitty community)
History & significance
A Ganesha temple on Jalan Tukang Emas in Malacca, built in 1781 by Thavinayagar Chitty, leader of the Chitty community, on a plot the Dutch colonial government of Malacca granted him for a Hindu temple; the Dutch freehold grant supplies its date. A further altar within the temple is dedicated to Muruga.