Thian Hock Keng Temple

My buddy and I saw this beautiful temple in Chinatown this Tuesday. It was closed on that day and we could not explore this oldest Hokkien temple.

From Wikipedia

Thian Hock Keng[1] (Chinese天福宮pinyinTiānfú GōngPe̍h-ōe-jīThian-hok-kiong or the Tianfu Temple, literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"),[2] is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien (Hoklo) people in the country. Another shrine at the back is Buddhist dedicated to Guanyin, the Mahayana Buddhistbodhisattva of mercy.

Thian Hock Keng was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.

Thian Hock Keng temple is located at Telok Ayer Street










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