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Tamil Temples in Singapore
Keywords : Tamil, Tamil temples
| Artwork alternative name | - |
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| Site common name | Tamil Temples in Singapore |
| Site alternative name | - |
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Singapore |
| State | Singapore |
| Country | Singapore |
| History of production | Tamil is a group of Indians who immigrated to Singapore and is now accounting for 10% of the population. When the British colonised India and Malaysia, they brought Tamil people into Singapore as labours and soldiers. These people brought Hinduism and the southern Indian culture into Singapore. A lot of Tamil temples have been built in Singapore. |
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| Art | Tamil temples in singapore have similar components with those in the southern India. It consists of Kopura topped with multi-tiered roof. The roof is decorated with gods. At the top, there is a rectangular dome. Inside the temple, there is a principle icon. Every building has spires of different colors, which was very popular among Tamil temples in the late Vichainakhon art and Narok in the southern part of India. This also had some influences to Singapore temples. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | British Colonization Period |
| Age | 24-25 Centuries BE. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Religion and belief | - |
| Related artwork | - |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | SAC |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Associate Pro fessor Dr. Cheda Tingsanchali |
