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The exact date of the establishment of the Temple is in doubt as there are no historical records of such an event. The earliest date of which there is proof is 1914. This date was found on the decorative arch fronting the old Temple where the date 1914 and the Tamil phrase Management Committee indicate that the temple was built in that year.There were some eyewitnesses who were at the 1914 consecration ceremony of the temple. One of them was the late V. Suppiah driver who recalls that he was about 19 at that time and participated in the grand celebrations. He mentions that the two huge trees which provided providing pleasant shade at the temple entrance were newly planted saplings at the time.There are also theories whether the temple could have been established earlier (though the Kumbabishegam was held in 1914). Those theories have been fueled by the discovery in 1952 of a temple bell some 200 metres behind the temple bearing the date 1883. This bell has since been taken to England by the Estate Manager but has raised more questions than answers. Was 1883 the actual date of the establishment of the temple or was it the date of a Kumbabishegam or was it the date of the bell’s manufacture? Be whatever it maybe it is indeed a pity that there is no hard proof to substantiate these theories.