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The Minor Basilica of St. Anne (Malay: Basilika Minor St. Anne, Tamil: புனித அன்னமாள் தேவாலயம், Punitha annamaal Tēvālayam) is a Roman Catholic church in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia. It is one of the parishes in the Diocese of Penang.
Built in 1888, St. Anne's Church is one of the most recognisable landmarks in Bukit Mertajam. [7] It is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang . Every year, the church hosts one of the largest Novena festivals in Southeast Asia , attracting about 100,000 visitors.
The granite megalith is located at the foot of Bukit Mertajam, within the compound of the St Anne Church. [2] The inscriptions were believed to be in pre-Pallava script and written in Sanskrit. They were attributed to the ancient Kingdom of Kadaaram, which flourished in northern Malaysia in the 5th to 6th centuries.
Mertajam Hill (Bukit Mertajam Forest Park) Historical buildings ... St. Anne's Church; St. George's Church; Hindu temples. Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple;
St. Anne's Church in Bukit Mertajam, Penang during its feast day Today, the Diocese of Penang has 29 parishes as of 2011 (1 each in Perlis and Kelantan , 3 in Kedah , 10 in Penang and 14 in Perak ) and 77 chapels.
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The Minor Basilica of St. Anne at Bukit Mertajam plays host to the annual Novena feast, which draws thousands of pilgrims from abroad. [110] The 'Street of Harmony' at Seberang Jaya has nine places of worship, each representing a different faith, and is a tribute to religious diversity within the township. [111]
Serving as a bypass from the city centre, Song Ban Kheng Road was built in 1999 outside Bukit Mertajam to cater for traffic from Bukit Tengah to Maju Jaya. It was named after Song Ban Kheng, who had been the principal for Jit Sin High School for about 20 years and was a state assemblyman for the former state constitute Pekan Bukit Mertajam in 1983.