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Sri Mariamman Temple is managed by the Hindu Endowments Board, a statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. The Sri Mariamman Temple was founded in 1827 by Naraina Pillai , eight years after the East India Company established a trading settlement in Singapore.
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According to the information on the temple's origin provided on the temple grounds, the temple was built by Indian workers, soldiers and traders in 1827. It is the first Hindu religious site to be officially recognised as a National Monument in Singapore, in 1973.
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The present gopuram of the Sri Mariamman Temple was built in 1925, replacing an earlier tower. Although the temple was founded as an institution on its present site by Pillai in 1827, little remains of the original structure he built.
Garbhagraham] of the temple where Sri Maha Mariamman idol is enshrined. This Temple resembles the form of a human body lying on its back with the head positioned towards the west and the feet towards the east. The temple's 5-tiered gopuram corresponds to the feet of the body. It is the threshold between the material and spiritual world.
Sri Mahamariamman Temple (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mariamman Temple .
Sri Mahamariamman Temple may refer to these Mariamman Hindu temples: Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Bangkok or Sri Mariamman Temple Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur