Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is a Hindu temple at 141 Serangoon Road in Little India, in the Rochor planning area, and was Singapore's first temple dedicated to Veeramakaliamman, the goddess Kali. Tamil workers at the Kampong Kapor lime pits are believed to have set up a shrine on the site as early as 1855, and Bengali labourers built a temple in 1881. Its early Tamil name, Soonambu Kambam Kovil, means the temple in the village of lime, after the lime kilns nearby. In 1908 the run-down temple was restored, and a statue of Kali was brought from South India for the main shrine.

The four-tiered gopuram over the entrance, rebuilt in 1983, is covered in colourful figures of Hindu deities, and inside are large statues of Kali. STB records that people who sheltered in the temple during air raids in the Second World War came through without serious harm. The temple was gazetted for conservation on 6 June 2014 within the Little India Conservation Area. As at other Hindu temples in Singapore, footwear is left outside, and the Hindu Endowments Board's etiquette guide asks visitors to cover shoulders and knees. STB welcomes photographs but asks visitors to be considerate of worshippers. Little India MRT station is a short walk away.