Visit to Kek Lok Si Temple

We finally made it to the temple a few evenings ago. Having been warned to expect a large crowd, we left our house at 7.30 p.m. The road up to the Kuan Yin Pavilion is steep and rather tough to negotiate, so I was told and for a not so experienced driver like myself, I felt it would be safer to take a taxi, which we did.

I must say the temple is well worth a visit with its dazzling display of lights. Unfortunately I only have an average digital camera which ran out of battery half way, so I was unable to take many or very good pictures!

Coming back to the temple ... after alighting from the taxi, we made our way up the steps leading to the pavilion housing the gigantic bronze statue of Kuan Yin. Completed in 2002, it stands 30.2 m. high. We had seen it before on an afternoon trip but at night, it was breathtaking. Our friendly and well informed taxi man told us that approximately 230,000 light bulbs and 10,000 lanterns were used to light up the temple (for 33 days) in conjunction with Chinese New Year and also to symbolize peace, luck and prosperity. The temple is 119 years old and the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas which is over 35 metres in height is reputed to be one of the largest pagodas in Malaysia.


Here are a few photos I managed to take before my camera conked out.

The magnificent bronze statue of Kuan Yin housed in its new pavilion

Colourful lanterns and beautifully carved columns

If you have not visited the temple yet, do so - you have until March 13th!

P.S. The first picture at the top was taken from
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