Sri Thendayuthapani Temple

Sri Thendayuthapani Temple is a Hindu temple to Lord Murugan at 15 Tank Road in the Museum planning area, about 250 metres from Fort Canning MRT station, and the end point of the Thaipusam procession in Singapore. The Nattukottai Chettiars, traders and merchant bankers from the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu, built it for their community; a stone slab at the entrance records 4 April 1859, on land bought from the estate of Mr Oxley, the first Surgeon General of Singapore. Before that the community worshipped a vel, Murugan's spear, under a pipal tree beside a tank, or pond. The rebuilt temple was consecrated on 24 November 1983 with a rajagopuram 75 feet high, and it was gazetted as Singapore's 67th national monument on 20 October 2014.

Inside, 48 glass panels in the clerestory show deities including Shiva as Nataraja and forms of Ganesha, and the main deities are Sri Thendayuthapani, Sri Sundareswarar and Sri Meenakshi Amman. The temple was consecrated again on 1 June 2023 after renovation. On Thaipusam, in January or February, devotees carry kavadis or milk pots from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road, and the vel in the sanctum is bathed in milk for hours. The Chettiars' Temple Society asks visitors to remove their shoes, dress appropriately and keep out of the sanctum; photography is allowed inside. Dhoby Ghaut MRT station is also within walking distance.