Chettiar Hindu Temple 
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Chettiar Hindu Temple, also known as the "Sri Thandayuthapani Temple", is one of the Hindu community's most important monuments. Completed in 1984, it replaces a much earlier temple built by the Chettiars (Indian moneylenders).
This Shaivite temple, dedicated to the six-headed Lord Subramaniam, is at its most active during the festival of Thaipusam, where the procession ends here. It is here, during the annual Thaipusam festival, that hundreds of pilgrims, their bodies pierced by hooks, spears and spiked steel structures called kavadi, end their walk from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road. The act of penance is carried out by devotees in gratitude to Lord Subramanian or Murugan, son of Lord Siva, for granting their prayers of supplication.
Visitors' Information
- Tel: (+65) 6737 9393
- Location: 15 Tank Road, Singapore 238065
- Opening Hours: 8.00am-noon & 5.30-8.30pm
- Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay MRT Station or Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station
