Sri Meenakshi Sundraeswar Temple at Jalan Kebun Bunga is the temple of the Ayira Vaisyar Indian community. As the Ayira Vaisyars are often involved in the bottle recycling trade, they are often called the "bottle" chettiars. It is located directly opposite the Nattukkottai Chettiar Temple. The "bottle" chettiars as so known because of their involvement in the collection and sale of used bottles and other recyclable materials. Nevertheless their actual name is Ayira Vaisyar. The Ayira Vaisyar hails from Tamil Nadu, where many of them still maintain links with relatives there. They first arrived in Penang in around 1830. Here, they settled in Victoria Street, Armenian Street, Acheen Steet and Beach Street. The Ayira Vaisyar Merchants' Association building is along Acheen Street. In 1920, they set up a trust fund with which they bought the piece of land on Waterfall Road to build a community-cum-prayer hall, called a madam. The present temple building was completed in 1989, and dedicated to the bottle chettiar's patron deity, Meenachi Amman and Sundraewarar (Siva). The consecration of the temple was carried out on 9 February 1998. What sets the Sri Meenakshi Sundraeswar Temple as unique among Hindu temples is that all the deities of the Hindu pantheon has a place in it, to accommodate the various personal deities of the elders and donors of the community.

The Ayira Vaisyar Sri Meenakshi Sundraeswarar temple is one of the latest addition to Georgetown's list of illustrious and historical religious landmarks, opened to the public in 1998. Located along Jalan Kebun Bunga, the temple was built at an impressive cost of RM2 million and took 3 years to complete. The temple's architecture is modelled after the 500-year old Meenakshi Amman Temple – one of the biggest temples in India located in Madurai which is dedicated to Shiva (also known as Sundareshvara) and his consort Parvati (also known as Meenakshi). The temple construction even employed labourers from India to ensure the temple's construction adhered closely to that of the original temple in Madurai. This impressive temple houses nearly 50 statues of Hindu deities, including two notable ones are the Meenakshi Amman and Navakaragam deities, which are made of green stones. A must visit place for everyone who visits Penang.

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