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Hindu temples, gurdwaras and Jain temples in Singapore

Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple is Sri Mariamman Temple at 244 South Bridge Road in Chinatown, and Little India has Sri Veeramakaliamman, Sri Srinivasa Perumal and Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman along Serangoon Road, with Sri Thendayuthapani on Tank Road, where Thaipusam ends. The two Sikh temples run by the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board are the Central Sikh Temple on Towner Road and Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road, with five more gurdwaras including Yishun, Katong and Wilkie Road. ISKCON’s Gauranga Centre is on Cuff Road, the BAPS mandir is on Joo Chiat Road, and the Singapore Jain Religious Society is at 18 Jalan Yasin.

Namaste Community deskChecked October 22, 202634 places open

Little India and Serangoon Road

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The densest cluster of Tamil Hindu temples in Singapore, along and just off Serangoon Road. Deepavali (Sunday 8 November 2026) is the busiest week on the street.

  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

    Address
    141 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218042 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Singapore’s first temple to Kali as Veeramakaliamman, begun by Tamil workers around the lime kilns of the area and now a conserved building in the Little India Conservation Area. Shoes come off at the entrance; Little India MRT (NE7, DT12) is the closest station. Opening hours are not published by the temple, so check before a midday visit.

  • HinduTamil Vaishnava

    Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple

    Address
    397 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218123 · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–12:00 and 18:00–21:00 (temple website); times change on festival days

    The Vishnu temple on Serangoon Road, a National Monument since 1978, with a five-tier gopuram. It is the starting point of the Thaipusam procession to Tank Road, and it is the Hindu Endowments Board’s registered address. Farrer Park MRT (NE8) is a short walk.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple

    Address
    555 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218174 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Kali temple that grew from a tree shrine of the 1830s and was rebuilt in the 1960s and 1970s with sculptors from South India. It is on the National Heritage Board’s Little India walk of faiths.

  • HinduNorth Indian

    Siddh Peeth Shree Lakshminarayan Temple

    Address
    5 Chander Road, Singapore 219528 · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–12:00 and 16:00–21:00; morning aarti 06:40, evening aarti 18:40

    The first temple built for Singapore’s North Indian Hindus, with its foundation stone laid in 1960 and Lakshmi and Narayan (Vishnu) as the main deities. It was given “Siddh Peeth” status by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya in October 2020.

    Website

  • HinduISKCON

    Gauranga Centre (Hare Krishna Temple), Gita Reading Society

    Address
    13 Cuff Road (off Serangoon Road), Singapore 209724 · Directions
    When
    Daily 04:30–12:30 and 18:00–21:30; mangala arati 05:15, Gaura arati and kirtan 18:45, Bhagavad Gita class 19:30

    ISKCON’s centre in Singapore: kirtan, classes in the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, and vegetarian prasadam. The Sunday programme (kirtan, class and prasadam, 18:00–20:00) is held at the Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple in Sengkang, not at Cuff Road. Farrer Park MRT (NE8) is two minutes away.

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Chinatown and central Singapore

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The two oldest Hindu temples in the country and the Chettiars’ temples, within a few stops of one another on the MRT.

  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sri Mariamman Temple

    Address
    244 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058793 · Directions
    When
    Daily 07:00–12:00 and 18:00–21:00 (Fridays until 21:15), per the Hindu Endowments Board

    Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple and a National Monument, on a Chinatown site granted in 1823, with a five-tier gopuram added in 1925. It hosts the Theemithi fire-walking festival every year. Chinatown (NE4, DT19) and Maxwell (TE18) MRT are both a short walk.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva (Chettiar)

    Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple

    Address
    73 Keong Saik Road, Singapore 089167 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Ganesha temple run by the Chettiars’ Temple Society, built in 1925 at the corner of Keong Saik and Kreta Ayer roads; “Layan” recalls the Sepoy Lines army quarters, where its first site stood. Outram Park (EW16, NE3) and Chinatown (NE4, DT19) MRT.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva (Chettiar)

    Sri Thendayuthapani Temple (Chettiars’ Temple)

    Address
    15 Tank Road, Singapore 238065 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Nattukkottai Chettiars’ Murugan temple, on this site since 1859, with Sundareswarar and Meenakshi Amman in their own sanctums. It is a National Monument and where the Thaipusam procession from Serangoon Road ends. Fort Canning (DT20) or Dhoby Ghaut MRT.

    Website

  • HinduSouth Indian Vaishnava

    Sri Krishnan Temple

    Address
    152 Waterloo Street, Singapore 187961 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Built in 1870 and described by the National Library Board as the only South Indian temple in Singapore dedicated exclusively to Krishna, with his consort Rukmini; a conserved building next to the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple. Bugis MRT (EW12) is the nearest station.

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple

    Address
    226 Kallang Road, Singapore 339096 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Shiva temple known as the Kallang Gasworks Sivan Temple, begun in 1888 for the Tamil workers of the municipal gasworks and now a conserved building. About 400 metres on foot from Lavender MRT (EW11).

  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sri Ruthra Kaliamman Temple

    Address
    100 Depot Road, Singapore 109670 · Directions
    When
    Daily poojas at 07:00, 12:00, 18:00 and 21:00; temple office 07:30–12:30 and 18:30–21:30

    A Kali temple that began around 1913 as a shrine for workers at the Alexandra Brickworks and later moved to Depot Road. The refurbished upper floors have a dining hall, a wedding hall and a meditation hall that the public can hire. Buses 57, 175 and 195.

    Website

Gurdwaras

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Seven gurdwaras are in use. The Central Sikh Gurdwara Board runs the Central Sikh Temple and Silat Road; the others are run by their own sabhas, historically grouped by Punjabi region (Majha, Malwa, Doaba). Cover your head, remove your shoes and expect to sit on the floor.

  • Sikh

    Central Sikh Temple (Wadda Gurdwara)

    Address
    2 Towner Road, Singapore 327804 · Directions
    When
    Simran diwan every Saturday 08:40–10:00; on the third Saturday of each month a programme 18:00–20:00

    The “Big Temple” has been on Towner Road since November 1986; the congregation began in 1912 at 175 Queen Street. It is run by the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board, which has its seat here. Boon Keng MRT (NE9).

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road (Silat Road Sikh Temple)

    Address
    8 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 169541 · Directions
    When
    Langar every day, throughout the day; the monthly programme is on sikhs.org.sg

    The building was completed in 1924 and declared a Historic Site on 14 November 1999; it holds the tombstone of Bhai Maharaj Singh and a Sikh heritage centre. It serves vegetarian langar, in which non-Sikhs also take part, from a kitchen enlarged in a renovation completed around 2021.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sahib Yishun

    Address
    601 Yishun Ring Road, Singapore 768684 · Directions
    When
    Sunday diwan 09:30–11:00; daily Nitnem 05:30–06:30, Asa Di Vaar 06:45–07:30, Kirtan and Rehraas 18:15–19:30; Thursday kirtan and simran 17:00–20:00

    The gurdwara for northern Singapore, built in Yishun in 1995 when the Jalan Kayu and Sembawang gurdwaras merged. The office is open 07:00–19:30 daily; the page does not give langar times, so ask when you ring.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha (Katong)

    Address
    17 Wilkinson Road, Singapore 436673 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Katong gurdwara, on a site bought by S. Inder Singh Bajaj in 1962 and built up in 1969. The National Heritage Board notes daily morning and evening diwans, a library and a Dharam Parchar Centre.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha

    Address
    92 Wilkie Road, Singapore 228086 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Founded in 1918 by Majha Sikhs, on Wilkie Road since 1932, and in its present building since 1980. Some directories list it as 90/92 Wilkie Road.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Khalsa Dharmak Sabha

    Address
    18 Niven Road, Singapore 228159 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Established in 1923 and on Niven Road since 1936; the former president Halimah Yacob joined its Vaisakhi celebration and langar in April 2024.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Pardesi Khalsa Dharmak Diwan

    Address
    9 Lorong 29 Geylang, Singapore 388078 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Founded in 1926 by Sikhs from Punjab’s Doaba region, and in its floors of this Geylang building since 1991. Some directories show the postcode as 388065 — ring before you go.

East: Geylang, Katong, Kembangan and Changi

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  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Sivan Temple

    Address
    24 Geylang East Avenue 2, Singapore 389752 · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:30–12:00 and 17:30–21:00, per the Hindu Endowments Board

    A Shiva temple in Geylang and one of the four temples the Hindu Endowments Board administers itself.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple

    Address
    19 Ceylon Road, Singapore 429613 · Directions
    When
    Office and phone line daily 06:30–21:00; no separate worship timetable on the website

    A Ganesha temple on Ceylon Road in Katong, a temple since 1929 and listed as a Historic Site. A Kumbabhishegam (consecration) is set for 11 February 2027, and the temple runs a Saiva Samaya school and a music and dance academy.

    Website

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    81 Joo Chiat Road, #02-04, Singapore 427725 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Swaminarayan mandir of the BAPS movement, in a second-floor unit on Joo Chiat Road. Times for aarti and festivals such as the Diwali Annakut are published on the BAPS Singapore pages.

    Website

  • Jain

    Singapore Jain Religious Society — Jain Sthanak

    Address
    18 Jalan Yasin, Singapore 417991 · Directions
    When
    Puja and darshan Mon–Fri 08:00–11:00 (last entry 10:45), Sat, Sun and public holidays 08:00–12:30; evening darshan Mon–Sat 18:00–20:00, closed Sundays and public holidays

    The Smt Nirmalaben Chandulal Doshi Jain Sthanak: an air-conditioned prayer hall on the second floor, a kitchen for up to 1,000 people, a library in Gujarati, Hindi and English, and a Jain Shala on Sunday mornings. Paryushan and Ayambil Oli are kept here. Eunos MRT.

    Website

  • HinduVaishnava and Saiva

    Sree Ramar Temple

    Address
    51 Changi Village Road, Singapore 509908 · Directions
    When
    Sunday–Friday 06:00–12:00 and 17:30–21:00; Saturday 06:00–12:30 and 17:30–21:30

    Built in 1946 by devotees from the nearby RAF Changi base, for Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman; its worship mixes Vaishnavite and Saivite practice. Outside food and drink and pets are not allowed inside.

    Website

Toa Payoh, Potong Pasir, Bartley, Serangoon North and Sengkang

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  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple

    Address
    2001 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore 319259 · Directions
    When
    Daily 07:00–12:00 and 18:00–21:00

    A Kali temple in Toa Payoh and one of the four temples the Hindu Endowments Board administers directly. Archanai, wedding packages, a function room and a dining hall can be booked through the temple.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Siva Durga Temple

    Address
    8 Potong Pasir Avenue 2, Singapore 358362 · Directions
    When
    Mon, Wed, Thu 06:30–12:00 and 18:00–21:00; Tue 06:15–12:30 and 15:30–21:30; Fri, Sat 06:30–12:30 and 18:00–21:30; Sun 06:30–12:00 and 16:30–21:00

    A Shiva and Durga temple in Potong Pasir that dates its beginnings to 1906 at an earlier site. Rahu kalam poojas are held on Tuesday and Sunday afternoons, and phones are not to be used inside.

    Website

  • HinduRamakrishna Mission

    Ramakrishna Mission — Sri Ramakrishna Temple

    Address
    179 Bartley Road, Singapore 539784 · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–12:30 and 16:00–20:30; mangalarati 06:00, nitya puja 09:00, evening arati and bhajans 19:00

    The Vedanta centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, with a temple to Sri Ramakrishna, discourses, Sanskrit classes and a library. It also runs a boys’ home and a kindergarten.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Darma Muneeswaran Temple

    Address
    17 Serangoon North Avenue 1, Singapore 555894 · Directions
    When
    Daily 07:00–12:00 and 18:30–21:15; poojas at 07:00 and 18:30

    A Muneeswaran temple begun around 1900 as a shrine under a Bodhi tree by about thirty families of cattle-rearers living nearby. It held its Maha Kumbabishegam (consecration) in 2026.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple

    Address
    50 Rivervale Crescent, Sengkang, Singapore 545029 · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–12:00 and 17:30–21:30; poojas at 07:00 and 18:30

    Sengkang’s Hindu temple, for Murugan and Gnanamuneeswarar, with shrines to Vinayagar, Anjaneyar, Ayyappan and Bhairavar and classes in Carnatic music and dance. ISKCON’s Sunday programme (18:00–20:00) meets here.

    Website

North and west: Yishun, Woodlands, Sungei Kadut, Bukit Batok and Jurong

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  • HinduTamil Shakta

    Sree Maha Mariamman Temple

    Address
    251 Yishun Avenue 3, Singapore 769061 · Directions
    When
    Opens 06:00 and closes 12:00; evening opens 17:30 on Tuesday and Friday, 18:00 on other days, closes 21:00

    Yishun’s Mariamman temple, near Yishun Junior College, taking archanai, prayer and hall bookings online. Its website lists Kaala Santhi poojai at 06:30 and Saayarakchai in the evening.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Holy Tree Sri Balasubramaniar Temple

    Address
    10 Yishun Industrial Park A, Singapore 768772 · Directions
    When
    Daily 07:00–12:30 and 18:00–21:00

    A Murugan temple (Sri Balasubramaniar) in the Yishun industrial estate, on the National Heritage Board’s Sembawang heritage trail. Its site lists prayers, services, virathams and ubayams.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Siva-Krishna Temple

    Address
    31 Marsiling Rise, Singapore 739127 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The only temple in Singapore for Siva-Krishna, a deity combining Shiva and Krishna; on Marsiling Rise since 1982 and completed in 1996. A four-storey extension opened in March 2022 with halls and classrooms open to people of every faith, and the deity is taken round Woodlands in a chariot once a year.

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Arasakesari Sivan Temple

    Address
    25 Sungei Kadut Avenue, Singapore 729679 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Shiva temple started by Ceylonese Tamils in Woodlands in 1924 and moved to Sungei Kadut in 1997. Besides Deepavali and Tamil New Year it keeps Aadi Ammavasai and Maha Sivarathiri.

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Murugan Hill Temple

    Address
    931 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 678207 · Directions
    When
    Daily poojas at 07:00, 12:00, 18:00 and 21:00; Pradosham pooja 16:00, Tuesday Raagu Kaala pooja 15:00

    A Murugan temple with shrines also for Vinayagar, Periyachi Amman, Sivan, Raghavendra, Ayyappan and Anjaneyar. It began when a plumber attached to the RAF found a small statue resembling Sri Muneeswaran, and takes archanai and hall bookings online.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Saiva

    Sri Arulmigu Murugan Temple

    Address
    281 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609605 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The only Hindu temple in the Jurong area, built from S$4 million raised by the community, in use from 1993 and consecrated in 2004. It has a yagasalai for fire rituals, the only one of its kind in a Singapore temple, and draws up to 3,000 worshippers on weekends.

Also worth knowing

Thaipusam falls in the Tamil month of Thai, in January or February. The procession of kavadi bearers sets out from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road and ends at Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road, so both temples and the roads between are crowded for the day; go early or go on a different day. Theemithi, the fire-walking festival at Sri Mariamman Temple, is usually held in the weeks before Deepavali (in 2025 on 12 October, after a four-kilometre procession from Serangoon Road), and the Hindu Endowments Board announces the date and the registration for walkers. Deepavali itself is on Sunday 8 November 2026, with Monday 9 November a holiday for those whose rest day is the Sunday.

The Hindu Endowments Board administers four temples directly — Sri Mariamman, Sri Srinivasa Perumal, Sri Sivan and Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman — and supervises the accounts of the others, which are run by their own committees or societies (the Chettiars’ Temple Society looks after Sri Thendayuthapani and Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar). Temple offices take bookings for archanai, weddings and house or hall services; Sree Maha Mariamman, Murugan Hill and Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar take them online, and that is the practical route to a priest.

At every Hindu temple remove your shoes before the entrance, dress modestly (shoulders and knees covered is the usual standard), keep out of the sanctum, which only priests enter, and keep your voice down; some temples ask you not to bring outside food or use a phone inside. At a gurdwara cover your head and remove your shoes, and eat langar sitting on the floor; Silat Road serves vegetarian meals to anyone, of any faith.

Not listed: small Muneeswarar and Murugan shrines named on the Wikipedia list of Hindu temples (for example in Commonwealth Drive, Yishun Industrial Park A and Ubi Road 4) that we could not confirm from a site or heritage page of their own, a Guruvayoorappan–Ayyappan temple under construction in Yishun, and the Sembawang and Jalan Kayu gurdwaras, which merged into Yishun in 1995. Some directories list a Hare Krishna temple on Lorong 29 Geylang; ISKCON’s own site gives the Gauranga Centre at 13 Cuff Road.

Getting there: most of the central temples are within a few minutes of an MRT station, listed above where we could confirm them; Sree Ramar Temple in Changi Village and the temples in Sungei Kadut and Marsiling are reached by bus. Hours vary on festival days and several temples close in the early afternoon, so check a temple’s own page before a midday visit.

Questions people ask

What is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore?
Sri Mariamman Temple at 244 South Bridge Road in Chinatown, a National Monument. Its site was granted in 1823 and the main structure dates to around 1843; it is open in two sessions a day and hosts the Theemithi fire-walking festival.
Which Hindu temples are in Little India?
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple at 141 Serangoon Road, Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at 397 Serangoon Road, Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple at 555 Serangoon Road and Siddh Peeth Shree Lakshminarayan Temple at 5 Chander Road, plus ISKCON’s Gauranga Centre at 13 Cuff Road, two minutes from Farrer Park MRT.
Where does the Thaipusam procession go in Singapore?
From Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road to Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road, with devotees carrying kavadis. Thaipusam falls in the Tamil month of Thai, in January or February.
What is Theemithi and where is it held?
Theemithi is the fire-walking festival of Sri Mariamman Temple, honouring Draupadi, and it is usually held in the weeks before Deepavali. In 2025 about 4,000 devotees walked the coals on 12 October after a four-kilometre procession from Serangoon Road; the Hindu Endowments Board publishes each year’s date and registration.
How many gurdwaras are there in Singapore, and which is the main one?
Seven are in use: the Central Sikh Temple (2 Towner Road), Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road, Yishun, Katong (Wilkinson Road), Sri Guru Singh Sabha (Wilkie Road), Khalsa Dharmak Sabha (Niven Road) and Pardesi Khalsa Dharmak Diwan (Geylang). The Central Sikh Temple, the “Big Temple”, has been on Towner Road since 1986.
Which gurdwara in Singapore serves langar every day?
Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road at 8 Jalan Bukit Merah, where the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board says langar is served every day throughout the day. The meals are vegetarian and open to everyone.
Is there a Jain temple in Singapore?
The Singapore Jain Religious Society’s Jain Sthanak at 18 Jalan Yasin has a prayer hall with puja and darshan on weekday mornings (08:00–11:00) and darshan on Monday to Saturday evenings (18:00–20:00); weekend mornings run to 12:30 and Sundays have no evening session. Eunos is the nearest MRT station.
Is there an ISKCON or BAPS temple in Singapore?
ISKCON’s Gita Reading Society runs the Gauranga Centre, the Hare Krishna Temple, at 13 Cuff Road off Serangoon Road, with daily arati and a Sunday programme at the Sengkang temple. The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is at 81 Joo Chiat Road, #02-04.
What should I wear to a Hindu temple or gurdwara in Singapore?
Cover your shoulders and knees, take your shoes off at the entrance and keep out of the sanctum, which only priests enter. In a gurdwara cover your head as well; bring a scarf or handkerchief.
When is Deepavali 2026 in Singapore?
Sunday 8 November 2026, a public holiday; Monday 9 November is also a holiday for those whose rest day is the Sunday. Serangoon Road and the Little India temples are at their busiest in the days before.

Sources

Checked on October 22, 2026. When a temple’s own page and this list disagree, the temple wins.

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