This journal features the clan houses (kongsi) & temples of the five great Hokkien clans in Penang, namely Cheah, Khoo, Yeoh, Tan, and Lim clans. Their clan houses & temples are within a few blocks of each other. I have also included two other important temples on Armenian Street - the Yap Temple & the Tua Pek Kong Temple. (I featured the Khoo Kongsi separately in 2005 http://www.worldisround.com/articles/44618/index.html)

Armenian Street:

The Armenian trading community from India originally settled here, hence the ... (more)