{"id":22897,"date":"2026-04-08T02:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=22897"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:19:33","slug":"singapore-to-build-first-new-hindu-temple-in-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2026\/04\/08\/singapore-to-build-first-new-hindu-temple-in-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to Build First New Hindu Temple in 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, April 1, 2026 (International Business Times): Singapore is all set to welcome its first Hindu temple in 20 years, marking a significant milestone for the country&#8217;s Indian community and its multicultural landscape. The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) announced on Wednesday, April 1, that the Sree Guruvayoorappan Ayyappan Temple will be constructed along Yishun Avenue 3. Construction is expected to begin by September 2026 and could take up to three years to complete. Once ready, the temple will stand as the first of its kind in Singapore since the Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple was built in Sengkang in 2006.<br><br>Beyond being a place of worship, the upcoming temple is envisioned as a community hub. Plans include an adjoining annex building equipped with a multi-purpose hall and event spaces. These facilities are intended to host a range of cultural, educational and social programs, including interfaith initiatives and community outreach efforts such as food distribution. The temple will be dedicated to Deities Swamy Ayyappan and Sree Guruvayoorappan, making it the first in Singapore devoted to both. For many devotees, especially those from the Malayalee community, the temple will hold added significance. It will offer a local starting point for spiritual journeys that would otherwise require travel to Kerala in southern India.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.sg\/singapore-build-first-new-hindu-temple-20-years-yishun-84912\n\">https:\/\/www.ibtimes.sg\/singapore-build-first-new-hindu-temple-20-years-yishun-84912<br><\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, April 1, 2026 (International Business Times): Singapore is all set to welcome its first Hindu temple in 20 years,,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22910,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22897\/revisions\/22910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}