CHINESE TEMPLE AND HOUSES
Thian Hock Keng Temple, which means “Temple of Heavenly Happiness”, at Telok Ayer Street. The temple was dedicated to Ma Zu, the goddess of the sea. Built between 1839 to 1842 with funding from the Hokkien community and support of wealthy patrons, it is Singapore's oldest Chinese temple and was gazetted as a national monument on 28 June 1973. The white building, with the two spires, at the right of the temple, is the Nagore Dargah memorial, originally the Shahul Hamid Dargah. The white building with the two spires, at the right of the temple, was originally known as the Shahul Hamid Dargah. It came to be popularly known as the Nagore Dargah memorial, as the Muslim saint Shahul Hamid is interred in Nagore, India.
1900s
19980005820 - 0081
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Royal Tropical Institute Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Updated with contributions by Peer M Akbur on 14 November 2022.

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Thian Hock Keng Temple, which means “Temple of Heavenly Happiness”, at Telok Ayer Street. The temple was dedicated to Ma Zu, the goddess of the sea. Built between 1839 to 1842 with funding from the Hokkien community and support of wealthy patrons, it is Singapore's oldest Chinese temple and was gazetted as a national monument on 28 June 1973. The white building, with the two spires, at the right of the temple, is the Nagore Dargah memorial, originally the Shahul Hamid Dargah. The white building with the two spires, at the right of the temple, was originally known as the Shahul Hamid Dargah. It came to be popularly known as the Nagore Dargah memorial, as the Muslim saint Shahul Hamid is interred in Nagore, India.

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