Sri Sakthi Vinayagar Temple, Ampang (Selangor)



This graceful temple is famous for it's history of the Lord Vinayagar statue. It was built as a shrine 90 years ago, by the Indian residents of Ampang.It was built as a shrine 90 years ago, by the Indian residents of Ampang. Initially, the only visitors to the temple were bus drivers who passed the temple en route to Ampang zoo. These ardent devotees would break a coconut, light camphor for a safe journey, and resume their duties. As the temple did not have many followers, the bus drivers wanted more devotees to be present at this solitary temple. They took a cement statue of Lord Vinayagar from an abandoned temple, and placed the newly found statue in the shrine. They then claimed that the statue was unearthed below the earth of the shrine. This attracted hundreds of devotees to this temple, as many were eager to obatain the darshan of the miraculous Lord Vinayagar.



                                                          Address:  Jln Kabus, Kuala Ampang, Selangor. 

Tel: 019-2242504