Murugan Hindu Temple, Yankin
Yankin Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Also known as: Supramanayan Hindu Temple
- Deities
- Murugan (Subramaniam)
- Traditions
- shaiva
- Worship status
- active
- Coordinates
- 16.83837, 96.16622
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; consult the temple/local Tamil Hindu community directly for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Thaipusam is the most significant annual observance for a Murugan temple of this kind; confirm the current calendar locally.
- How to reach
- On Budayon Road, Yankin Township, Yangon, a Tamil-community area of the city distinct from the downtown 'Little India' area where the already-documented Shri Kali Temple is located.
Location
Open in Google MapsThe Murugan Hindu Temple (also recorded as the Supramanayan Hindu Temple) on Budayon Road in Yangon’s Yankin Township serves one of the city’s Tamil Hindu communities outside the better-known downtown “Little India” area, where the already-documented Shri Kali Temple is located. Yankin Township is described in available sourcing as home to a large Tamil community and “a rich collection of Hindu temples,” most dedicated to Kali and Ganesh, among which this Murugan (Subramaniam) temple stands out by name as a distinct landmark.
No detailed founding history could be confirmed for the temple from the sources checked in this research pass, but its existence, name, deity, and specific location in Yankin Township are corroborated across two independent sources: a Wikipedia township article naming it directly, and a separately geotagged photograph from the same area. Its presence rounds out this directory’s coverage of Yangon’s Hindu Tamil community beyond the single downtown temple previously documented, reflecting the wider, lesser-known spread of Hindu worship across the city.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's Yankin Township article during this research pass, which lists 'Supramanayan Hindu Temple' on Budayon Road as a named landmark, and separately corroborated via a geotagged Wikimedia Commons street photograph captioned 'Murugan Hindu Temple' at matching coordinates in Yankin Township (uploaded 7 April 2018); confirms Yankin Township has 'a large Tamil community, and a rich collection of Hindu temples (most of which are dedicated to Kali and Ganesh),' among which this Murugan/Subramaniam temple is named as a specific landmark.
For review
- No founding date or detailed institutional history was found for this temple in the sources checked in this pass; it is documented here as a named, geolocated landmark corroborated by two independent sources (a Wikipedia township article and a geotagged photograph), rather than on the strength of a dedicated historical account. 'Murugan Hindu Temple' and 'Supramanayan Hindu Temple' are treated here as two names for the same site.
- This temple is located in Yankin Township, a distinct part of Yangon from the downtown Pabedan/'Little India' area where the already-documented Shri Kali Temple stands; the two should not be conflated.