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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.