‘Elephant Head’ Mural

‘Elephant Head’ Mural is a work of art in Daerah Timur Laut, Penang. ‘Elephant Head’ Mural is situated near the place of worship Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, as well as near Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kapitan Keling Mosque and Sri Maha Mariammam Temple.

Kapitan Keling Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street and Pitt Street. Kapitan Keling Mosque is situated 250 metres northwest of ‘Elephant Head’ Mural.

Sri Maha Mariammam Temple

Hindu temple

Photo: Sin-siōng, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Arulmigu Sri Mahamariamman Temple is a Hindu temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The oldest Hindu temple in the state, it was built in 1833, and features sculptures of gods and goddesses over its main entrance and facade. Sri Maha Mariammam Temple is situated 190 metres north of ‘Elephant Head’ Mural.

Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi

Buddhist temple

Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.

The Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, or Khoo Kongsi for short, is the largest Hokkien clanhouse in Malaysia, with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia. Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi is situated 190 metres southwest of ‘Elephant Head’ Mural.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include George Town and Sungai Pinang.

George Town

Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.

George Town is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is Malaysia's sixth largest city, with a population of about 708,000, with 1.7 million in the metro area, as of 2020.

Sungai Pinang

Quarter

Photo: arches, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The neighbourhood lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south.

Dato Keramat

Quarter

Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Dato Keramat is situated 2½ km west of ‘Elephant Head’ Mural.

‘Elephant Head’ Mural

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: mural
Category: tourism
Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

5.41548° or 5° 24′ 56″ north

Longitude

100.33879° or 100° 20′ 20″ east

Open location code

6PQ2C88Q+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4396288919

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=mural

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi and Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi.

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