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Modern · Buddhist · Singapore
Tai Pei Yuen Temple
Balestier, Singapore · 1.3271°, 103.8489°
GuanyinModern—
Sacred since
1938 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1938; rebuilt 1964
Modern
History & significance
A Buddhist temple in Singapore's Balestier district, founded in 1938 as the Kuan Yin lodge by Chow Siew Keng, who had come from Guangdong two years earlier, and rebuilt in 1964. Under later abbesses it became known for charitable work, running a free clinic from 1980 and distributing rice dumplings to welfare homes from 1984.