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Chetti Melaka Welcome to Our Page! Discover the rich heritage of the Chetti Melaka community — our unique culture, vibrant traditions, meaningful activities, and more.

Join us as we celebrate and share the legacy of this special Peranakan Indian community! Many people often mistake us, the Chetti Melaka community, for the Chettiar, but we are distinct and unique in both our origins and cultural identity. The Chetti Melaka are a culturally rich and historically rooted community in Malaysia. Our forefathers were Indian Tamil traders from Kalingapatnam and other southern Indian ports who arrived in Melaka around 1414 during the Malacca Sultanate era. These early settlers married local Malay women, and their children grew up embracing the Malay language, attire, customs, and cuisine, while still preserving the Hindu Saiva faith and essential elements of Indian tradition. This fusion of Indian and Malay influences birthed a unique ethnocultural group — the Chetti Melaka, also known as Peranakan Indian. We are a minority community, but we continue to practice our vibrant traditions with great pride: from pantun and traditional dances like joget, to our festivals, temple rituals, and distinctive cuisine. To this day, we continue to uphold our unique cultural identity, language, and religious practices — a living legacy of our blended heritage.

Om Namasivaya, in conjunction with Mahalayapaksha Amavasai Tharpanam it will on 10th October 2026 at Sri Kailasanathar T...
30/09/2026

Om Namasivaya, in conjunction with Mahalayapaksha Amavasai Tharpanam it will on 10th October 2026 at Sri Kailasanathar Temple Kampung Chetti Melaka.

Om Shakti, please share around the Navarathiri 2026 Patrikai. Prayers start on 11th October 2026 till 20th October 2026....
26/09/2026

Om Shakti, please share around the Navarathiri 2026 Patrikai. Prayers start on 11th October 2026 till 20th October 2026. All devotees are welcome to join this Navarathiri prayers.

This lady born with pride and dignity, she knows where she stand and did not claim being Chetti Melaka as today Chetti M...
11/09/2026

This lady born with pride and dignity, she knows where she stand and did not claim being Chetti Melaka as today Chetti Melaka being hot cake to increase the membership in certain Associations. Tangkap muat.. 🤣… Forming associations after each time not elected in SPVMT and Melaka Chetti Community General Meeting had becoming a trend. This divide the community further and public shall not support in any of this as the more support given to any new association will lead to further destruction among the Chetti Melaka community.

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Everyone is invited, come and join this event at Kampung Chetti Melaka. fansLow Chee Leong 劉誌俍Khoo Poay Tiong (邱培栋)
06/09/2026

Everyone is invited, come and join this event at Kampung Chetti Melaka.
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Low Chee Leong 劉誌俍
Khoo Poay Tiong (邱培栋)

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28/08/2026

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Setinggi-tinggi Taniah kepada Tun Seri Setia Dr.Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd.Rustam Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka sempena Sambu...
24/08/2026

Setinggi-tinggi Taniah kepada Tun Seri Setia Dr.Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd.Rustam Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka sempena Sambutan Hari Jadi ke-77

Tulus ikhlas dari Kaum Chetti Melaka

16/08/2026

Pal-kodum for Sri Anggala Parameswari Amman.

14/08/2026
14/08/2026

Aadi Pooram and Kadasi Valli at Sri Muthu Mariamman Temple, Kampung Chetti Melaka

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No. 119, Kampung Budaya Chetti Melaka, Jalan Gajah Berang
Malacca City
75200

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+60123629991

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