The Temple was a meeting place for Singapore Ceylon Tamils to sustain their cultural heritage, their identity and value in the 19th century; their descendants continue to do so.
Before a Temple was erected on the site in Ceylon Road a small shrine was put up by Ethirnayagam Pillay and several Tamil labourers. They placed an image of Vinayagar under a Senpaga (Chempaka) tree. This gave the name Senpaga Vinayagar to the deity.
Vinayagar is .. More