Temple in Singapore, by the Covid plus flu jab centre in Jurong East in the north west of Singapore.
It was not conveniently near an MRT railway station so we took a Grab cab.
We passed this lovely temple on the corner of the street by the traffic lights.
What did I like? The colours of the walls. The Singapore rain trees which lean and are curved with lacey leaves and show the buildings beyond. The white statues in groups of three, or more. The man on the bicycle silhouetted against the wall.I hope that eventually the repairs will be completed and I can see the building restored to its full glory to enhance the lives of the Hindus as well as the local architectural scene for the enjoyment or everybody.
I looked it up in Wikipedia and found a link to Murugan temples. The temple contains statues of Lord Murugan and other deities. I looked up Murugan. Murugu means beauty and murugan means beautiful one. Indeed, a beautiful temple with a statue of the beautiful one. The god has several other names. He is associated with Southern India.
Arulmigu Murugan Temple, 281 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609605.
Other temples to the same god are in Singapore, Malaysia (Batu caves), the UK, India, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and New Zealand.
An even better known and more centrally located temple is in Chinatown.
Useful Websites
http://singaporehindutemples.com/templelist/SriThendayuthapani(Chettiar)/SriThendayuthapani(Chettiar).html
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