Meyappa Chettiar Road
Encyclopedia of Singapore Tamils
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Meyappa Chettiar Road is located along Upper Serangoon Road in the Potong Pasir area. Meyappa Chettiarcame to Singapore from Kallupatti in India. He worked as a private financier and was also a landowner. Many of his properties were along that road. It was customary in the 1930s for new roads to be named after property owners. Following the tradition, in 1932, it was named Meyappa Chettiar Road. Later, in the 1980s, with the establishment of Sri Siva Durga Temple nearby, it became a busy thoroughfare for Tamils.
For more information
R Savage, Victor, and S A Yeoh, Brenda. Singapore Street Names - A Study of Toponymics. 4th ed. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2022
“What’s in a name?.” The Straits Times, 9 November 1933. (From Newspaper SG)
“Notes of the Day.” The Straits Times, 4 November 1933, 10. (From Newspaper SG)
Zaccheus, Melody. “Sri Siva Durga temple in Potong Pasir to reopen and hold consecration ceremony on Dec 4,” The Straits Times, 23 November 2016
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![A row of houses along Meyappa Chettiar Road in Potong Pasir, 1970s [1]](https://eservice.nlb.gov.sg/cms/image/2bd68505-e88c-4d85-b984-2ec8bebceef9.jpg)
Gambar ini menunjukkan beberapa buah rumah di Potong Pasir dalam era 1970-an. Rumah-rumah yang bertaman dan bertangga ini terletak sepanjang Meyappa Chettiar Road berhadapan dengan kawasan yang dipanggil "The Triangle" atau "Segi Tiga". Title devised by Library staff.
1970களில் பொத்தோங் பாசிர், மெய்யப்பச் செட்டியார் சாலையில் அமைந்திருந்த வீடுகள்
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