The Nagore durgha (dargah) or shrine was built in the early 1800s around the same time as the Kapitan Keling Mosque, in honour of Syed Shahul Hamid, a popular 13th Century Sufi saint in coastal Nagore in Tamil Nadu. Lying at the junction of King Street and Chulia Street in Penang, it stands out by its whitish paintwork, like the White Mosque. A star pupil of art pioneer Lee Cheng Yong (1913-74) at the Chung Ling High School in Penang, Chong Hon Fatt was conferred the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (which carries the title Dato’) by the Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri. Previously, his highest point was the Retrospective given in his honour by the Penang State Government in 2012, back at the revered institution after a solo there in 1997. In 2007 and 2009, he was commissioned by the Chinese authorities under the Fortified Towers Under The Sun Project, to paint the World Unesco tulou (tower fortress buildings) sites in Guangdong and Fujian respectively. He had done a total of 50 works, from several trips. He is noted as a painter who chases the sun and would pack up if it is the rainy season. Other topical focus included the Penang Jetties (postcards), the Mosques In West Malaysia (Art Case Galleries, 2001) and calendar commissions by the Kelang Terminal (1990), Malaysia Smelting and Kontena Nasional (both 1991).