Modern · Buddhist · Malaysia

Sam Poh Tong Temple

Ipoh, Perak · 4.5637°, 101.1154°

Buddha (Mahayana)Modern—

Sacred since

1890 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

1950s (cave hermitage from 1890)

Modern

History & significance

A Mahayana temple built inside a limestone cave at Ipoh, taken as a meditation hermitage in 1890 by a monk from China who lived there until his death and kept up by monks and nuns after him; the present temple buildings date from the 1950s, and the cave paintings blend Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu imagery.

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