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Modern · Buddhist · Singapore
Burmese Buddhist Temple
Novena · 1.3284°, 103.8469°
Gautama Buddha (white marble image)ModernTraditional Burmese
Sacred since
1875 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founded 1875; present temple 1991
Modern
History & significance
Singapore's Theravada temple in the Burmese tradition, begun in 1875 by U Thar Hnin and rehoused on Tai Gin Road in 1991; it is described as the only Burmese temple outside Myanmar built in the traditional Burmese manner, with teak carving throughout. Its 3-metre image, carved in 1918 from Sagyin marble and shipped 2,500 km to Singapore in 1921, is the largest pure white marble Buddha outside Myanmar.