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Modern · Hindu · Malaysia
Sri Kandaswamy Kovil, Brickfields
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur · 3.1337°, 101.6933°
Murugan (Arumugaswamy)ModernDravidian
Sacred since
1902 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1902-1909 (consecrated 9 Feb 1909)
Modern
History & significance
Founded by Kuala Lumpur's Ceylon Tamil community, which met to establish it in 1890, bought the Jalan Scott land in 1901 and held the first Maha Kumbabhishekam in February 1909; the temple maintains Saiva Siddhanta practice and was modelled on the Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna.