One of the unique attractions at the Sri
Senpaga Vinayagar
Temple in Ceylon Road in Singapore is the musical pillar.
The Ceylon
road temple’s unique musical pillar was added to the main temple structure in
2009. The musical pillar produces different notes when tapped with a gong.
The
The entire musical pillar was carved from a single piece of
stone. The special grade granite stone was from Tamil Nadu in India .
Sculptors worked on the musical pillar at Mahabalipuram in India and it
took three years to complete the pillar.
The pillar was then transported from India to Singapore .
The pillar has a main column which is surrounded by 12 small
columns.
The pillar structure is similar to musical pillars found in South India .
The total cost of the pillar was $200,000.