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Modern · Buddhist · Singapore
Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple
Bendemeer, St. Michael's Road · 1.3269°, 103.8629°
Gautama Buddha (brass image presented by Jawaharlal Nehru)Modern—
Sacred since
1920 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founded 1920; present temple opened 1952
Modern
History & significance
A Theravada temple begun in 1920 by the Singapore Sinhala Buddhist Association; Sir Franklin Gimson laid the foundation stone of the present building in 1949 and it opened in 1952. It holds a brass Buddha given by Jawaharlal Nehru and a Bodhi tree descended, by way of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, from the tree at Bodh Gaya.