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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 new six-storey building was designed by Lee Coo, who is also the architect behind the Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall of the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple. [10] Occupying a 46,938-square-foot (4,360.7 m 2 ) freehold site, [ 1 ] the new Poh Ern Shih is an architectural synthesis of classical features combined with modern eco-friendly ...
Ven. Shi Fa Zhao, the current president and abbot of Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, was approached by STB to redevelop the temple. Besides stipulating the building design to be ‘traditional’, it is also requested that the temple contains facilities and hold events for both locals and tourists.
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery; S. Singapore FA; T. Tou Mu Kung Temple