Burmese Buddhist Temple: Main Gate
Burmese Buddhist Temple: Shrine Hall (interior)
Burmese Buddhist Temple
SINGAPORE
The temple was founded in 1875 by a Burmese gentleman, U Thar Hnin. It began as a small temple and gradually grew in importance. The temple was relocated to its current location in 1988 and the building was completed in 1990. It has become a religious landmark and was listed as a National Heritage Site
The temple is built in Burmese architectural style with intricate teak carvings from Myanmar. The new temple contains a shrine hall, a meditation hall, a multi-purpose hall, a library, and monastic living quarters. The temple houses a 3.4 m high Buddha statue weighing 10 t. It was sculpted from marble procured from Sagyin Hill, Myanmar, and was completed in 1918. It is currently the largest marble Buddha statue outside Myanmar. Within the temple compound, a Bodhi tree shelters a Buddha image, a scene reminiscent of the Buddha’s enlightenment.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, page 111.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F},
pages = 111,
title = {{Burmese Buddhist Temple}},
volume = 1,
year = {2016}}