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Modern · Buddhist · Singapore
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
Bishan, Singapore, Singapore · 1.3614°, 103.8360°
Gautama Buddha and Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara)Modern—
Sacred since
1920 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1920-21
Modern
History & significance
A Mahayana Buddhist monastery in Bishan, Singapore, founded in 1920-21 by the Venerable Zhuan Dao on land given by the businessman Tay Woo Seng and later supported by the Aw brothers. Its grounds hold a large bronze Buddha, an outdoor Guanyin statue and a Bodhi sapling descended from the tree at Anuradhapura.