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Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple (Chinese: 觀音堂佛祖廟; pinyin: Guānyīn Táng Fózǔ Miào) is a traditional Chinese temple situated at 178 Waterloo Street in Singapore. The temple is of significance to the Buddhist community among Chinese Singaporeans , and is believed to bring worshippers good luck after praying to the Kuan Yin or ...
The full temple complex, which was constructed over ten years, [6] was sanctioned at a ceremony on November 8, 1997, [4] at which Jy Ding, presiding as founder [2] and abbot [8] also created the Zen Buddhist Order of HsuYun and named Chuan Zhi Shakya as the Orders first Abbot, someone born in Indiana. The architect was the American-Chinese ...
Less than 1% of Hawaii’s 1.4 million residents are Hindus and on Kauai, the number of Hindus may not even How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii's lush Kauai ...
Train frequencies varies from 5 to 7 minutes depending on peak hours. [18] Bras Basah station has an unpaid link to the nearby Bencoolen station on the DTL. [19] The station is located underneath Bras Basah Road between the Singapore Art Museum and the Li Ka Shing library of the Singapore Management University. [1]
The temple is the most authentic structure of traditional Chinese palatial (imperial) style in North America. Its design is based on the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The International Buddhist Temple features golden tiles on its two-tiered roof, flared eaves, [1] and two scholar's courtyards.
In Burmese, the name of Guanyin is Kwan Yin Medaw, literally meaning Mother Kwan Yin (Goddess Guanyin) (ကွမ်ယင်မယ်တော်). In Indonesian, the name is Kwan Im or Dewi Kwan Im. She is also called Mak Kwan Im "Mother Guanyin". In Sinhala, the name is Natha Deviyo (නාථ දෙවියෝ). In Hmong, the name is Kab Yeeb.
After World War II, the temple was re-opened in February 1946. A minister's house was added about 1950. A small shrine on the steps leading to the temple with a statue of Jizō (Ksitigarbha) dedicated on May 25, 1961. [6] It was added as site 10-47-7222 to the state of Hawaii registry of historic places on March 9, 1991. [7]
In 2009, the temple added a worship service in English, and planned on a slow transition to primarily English services. [4] The Shingon Shu Hawaii temple commissioned the creation of a ceiling panel (tenjo-e) that depicts the Taizokai mandala which measures 600 square feet (56 m 2). Done in original pigments mixed by Japanese artisans and ...