Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple

Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple, Batu Ferringhi (13 April 2016)


Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple (GPS: 5.47754, 100.27347) is a small Hindu temple in Batu Feringghi. Located on the coast, it is reached via a cement staircase going down from the roadside at Jalan Batu Ferringhi. The temple is said to have been established over a hundred years old. It underwent a consecration ceremony around 2013. When I visited the site in 2016, the temple looked newly painted.

Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple suffered tremendous erosion damage during the 5 November storm that battered Penang Island for 15 hours. The temple chairman Mr A. Sathasivam said that the storm caused huge cracks at the base. As the damage was extensive, the temple will have to be demolished and rebuilt, as the present structure could collapse in another heavy downpour.

The staircase going down to Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple from Jalan Batu Ferringhi (13 April 2016)


Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple (13 April 2016)


Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple (13 April 2016)


Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple (13 April 2016)


Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple (13 April 2016)


View of Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple along the Batu Ferringhi coast. (13 April 2016)


As recently as 2008, Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar was just a cluster of three Hindu shrines. (14 September 2008)

Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple on Google Maps Street View

Location of Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple beside Jalan Batu Ferringhi (Dec 2013)

Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple is on the map of Jalan Batu Ferringhi

Sri Aluvang Muneeshwarar Temple is on the Map of Batu Ferringhi, Penang

List of Hindu Temples in Penang and Hindu Temples in Malaysia