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Modern · Hindu · Singapore
Sri Ruthra Kaliamman Temple
Depot Road, Bukit Merah, Singapore, Singapore · 1.2814°, 103.8139°
KaliModern (diaspora)Dravida
Sacred since
1913 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founded 1913; present temple 1983
Modern (diaspora)
History & significance
Begun in 1913 as a wooden shrine raised by Lakshmana Nadar and Hindu workers at the Alexandra Brickworks, rebuilt in brick in 1923, and moved in the early 1980s from Pasir Panjang Road to Depot Road, where the present temple was consecrated on 11 September 1983. Alongside Kali it houses Vinayagar, Subramaniar, Muneeswaran and the Navagrahas.