| VOP Code: | KSN189 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Chettiar Silver Chariot godown |
| Keywords: | 121 Penang St, Building, South Indian Chettiar community from Tamil Nadu, |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: opposite the Chettiar Association building, this part of Penang St used to be called Chetty St, Details: a shophouse reconfigured to allow the double height chariot to be housed. The floor is granite with two channels to guide the wooden wheels into place, Materials: masonry with lime mortar and lime plaster and granite floor, Personalities: The chariot is used to carry the deity Lord Murugan to the Waterfall temple at the base of Penang Hill, called the Nattukkottai Chettiar temple, during Thaipusam festival, George Town, |
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Chettiar Silver Chariot godown
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