Seng Guan Temple

PHILIPPINES, Manila

The temple was founded in 1931 by a group of Chinese Buddhist devotees, and it was later built with funds raised by monks Xingyuan and Ruijin and their devotees. It was destroyed by fire in 1949, with only the Buddha statues remaining, and was rebuilt in the same year. There were large-scale expansions in the following years and in 1995 a seven-story modern building was constructed.
The main building occupies approximately 3,000 sq m and houses the Great Hero Hall, bell and drum towers, Avalokitesvara Hall, Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, sutra repository, library, Gallery of Buddhist Cultural Artifacts, and meditation center. Construction of the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda started in 1973 and took six years to complete. It consists of a large central pagoda surrounded by four smaller ones. They are in Thai style with bell shaped bodies, nine stacked rings, and a slim spire.