Gajah Berang Temple

The Melaka Chitty Village is located in the ward of Gajah Berang (Furious Elephant), 1.3 kilometer from St Paul's Hill. Chetty or Chitty originally means a member of one of the trading jati of South India. In present-day Melaka, it is used to refer to a member of the Melaka-born Hindu community.The village has three Hindu temples in Gajah Berang. The main temple is Sri Maha Mariamman Temple built in 1822. About 32 houses of Chitty families are located alongside Chinese houses there