Chinatown's Street of Faith: Hindu, Islam, Buddhist & Taoist on One Lane

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5 stops · Half-day

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A compressed picture of Singapore's multi-religious society: a Hindu temple and a mosque stand side by side on one street, with a Buddhist temple and a Hokkien Mazu shrine coexisting a few steps away. Link five places of faith on foot.

Half-day5 stopsEst. budget 8,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Sri Mariamman Temple马里安曼兴都庙 (Sri Mariamman)
Chinatown · Temple · 30 min stay
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, built in 1827. An ornate gopuram tower gate packed with deity figures rises in the heart of Chinatown.
09:30
Walk 1 min
2
Masjid Jamae (Chulia)詹美回教堂 (Masjid Jamae)
Religious site · 20 min stay
A mosque built by South Indian Chulia Muslims. Right beside the Hindu temple, a symbolic scene of two religions coexisting on one street.
10:10
Walk 3 min
3
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple佛牙寺龙华院 (Buddha Tooth Relic)
Temple · 40 min stay
A five-storey Tang-dynasty-style Buddhist temple. The golden stupa enshrining a tooth relic of the Buddha and the rooftop garden and dharma wheel are stunning.
10:40
Walk 6 min
4
Thian Hock Keng Temple天福宫 (Thian Hock Keng)
Temple · 30 min stay
A Mazu shrine built by Hokkien immigrants in 1842. Fujian timber architecture fitted without a single nail, where people prayed for safe voyages.
11:30
Walk 2 min
5
Nagore Dargah나고르 다르가(인도 무슬림 헤리티지센터)
Ruins · 20 min stay
A 19th-century South Indian Muslim shrine (dargah). Its distinctive white-plaster facade, beside Thian Hock Keng, makes you feel the coexistence of faiths again.
12:10