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Modern · Buddhist · Singapore
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
Rochor, Singapore · 1.3009°, 103.8530°
Guanyin (Kuan Yim), worshipped here in her Cundi formModern—
Sacred since
1884 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1884; rebuilt 1895 and 1980
Modern
History & significance
A Chinese Buddhist temple on Waterloo Street in Singapore's Rochor district, begun in 1884 after the firm Chen Liang Cheng gave the land, and rebuilt in 1895 and again in 1980. Its image of Cundi, a form of Guanyin, draws crowds of worshippers seeking good fortune.