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Vesak celebrations at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See The monastery premises consist of stupas , [ 16 ] prayer halls, [ 17 ] crematorium and columbarium which houses over 200,000 niches , [ 18 ] [ 19 ] bell and drum towers, and an outdoor statue of Avalokitesvara [ 20 ] stands between the Dharma Hall and the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas. [ 21 ]
Venerable Hong Choon became the abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery [4] in 1943, administering the temple and representing it at social and Buddhist functions for over four decades, propagating Buddhism in Singapore.
He founded the Phor Kark See Temple in 1920. The temple was built in 1921 on a plot of land donated by Chinese businessman, Tay Woo Seng , and subsequently became known as the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, after the location "Bright Hill" that it was built on.
Kwang Sheng has served as the president of the Singapore Buddhist Federation since 2006, [4] and became the sixth abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery [5] in 2004. . He has been the chief administrator of the KMSPKS [6] since 1995 and established the Buddhist College of Singapore in 2005
The Bright Hill Crematorium and Columbarium, located within Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, [15] provides crematoria services and facilities to store ashes of the deceased. [14] The other crematorium and columbarium are located in Tse Tho Aum Temple, another Buddhist temple along Sin Ming Drive. [16]
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery; Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple; Kwan Yin Chan Lin; Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery; Poh Ern Shih Temple; Singapore Buddhist Lodge;
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
The first pile for the temple’s extension programme was driven in by the late Most Venerable Seck Hong Choon, the Chief Abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple on 15th January 1987.