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Chinatown, Singapore, Singapore · 1.2828°, 103.8452°
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, founded in 1827 by Naraina Pillai — the Penang clerk who arrived with Raffles and became the settlement's first Indian community leader. A gazetted National Monument in the heart of Chinatown; its annual Theemithi fire-walking festival, when devotees cross burning coals for Draupadi, closes the Mariamman ritual year.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Pillai installed the goddess first in wood and attap on land granted for the new colony's Indian temple — Mariamman guarding migrants against epidemic in the port city, as she had in every village they left behind.
☏ 62234064 (from the official site, verified 2026-08-26)
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern (diaspora)
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Opening the line…