VISIT TO KEK LO SI TEMPLE, PENANG'S MOST FAMOUS AND HISTORIC CHINESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE DEDICATED TO BUDDHA, KUAN YIN AND THE DIVINE GODS AND GODDESSES WHO LOVE, PROTECT AND GUIDE US TOWARDS HEAVEN AND A BLESSED LIFE AND AFTERLIFE! KEK LO SI IS PENANG'S MOST IMPORTNAT ATTARCTION OF THE SPIRITUAL KIND SO THIS IS A MUST-SEE TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SPIRITS!

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THE NIGHT BEFORE KEK LO SI VISIT, RJ CHONG AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER RP CHONG HOSTED DINNER FOR ME AT NORTHAM FOOD COURT LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE SEA WHICH WAS OF NO USE AS IT WAS PITCH BLACK AND I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. ANYWAY I WAS CRAVING FOR CHAR KOAY TEOW AND I GOT IT! PLUS CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM PIE AND A MONSTER JUG OF ICE LEMON TEA. DELICIOUS!

 RJ CHONG, SOON TO BE DR RJ CHONG BY NEXT YEAR, HIS GF ASHLEY TAN, WANG YING WHOSE BF IS RP CHONG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE STUNNED PENANG WITH HIS FLORAL ENSEMBLE

RJ CHONG AN DGF ASHLEY TAN

RP CHONG AND HIS GF WAN YING

FIRST MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF KEK LO SI TEMPLE COMPLEX IN PENANG

WHEN KEK LO SI WAS COMPLETED, CHINA HAD AN EMPEROR WHO SUMMONED THE ABBOT BEOW LEAN TO BEIJING IN 1904 TO CONGRATULATE HIM AND GIVE HIM SACRED TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS WHICH ARE STILL WITH THE TEMPLE

KUANYIN PAVILION AT LEFT  AND HISTORIC KEK LO SI TEMPLE AT RIGHT

LOCATED ON A HILL FACING THE SEA KEK LO SI IS MALAYSIA'S BIGGEST TEMPLE COMPLEX WHICH WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1890 AND 1930 UNDER ABBOT BEOW LEAN. THE MAIN TEMPLE IS THE 7-STORE TEMPLE OF 10,000 BUDDHAS AS IT CONTAINS 10,000 ALABASTER STATUES BIG AND MIDDLING AND SMALL STATUES OF BUDDHA. AT RIGHT IS THE 120-FT TALL STATUE OF KUANYIN

MAIN TEMPLE

ASHLEY TAN AND RJ CHONG

CENTRAL COURTYARD IS VERY IMPERIAL LOOKING 

ASHLEY TAN AND RJ CHONG 

ARTISTIC

ASHLEY TAN AND RJ CHONG

ELEGANT AND STATELY

BUDDHA THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

RJ CHONG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH BUDDHAS WHO CREATED THEM

ONLY BUDDHA CAN SAVE US IN THIS KALPA WHEN THE END COMES SO PRAY TO BUDDHA AND KUANYIN

INSIDE THE SHRINE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE PRAYS TO BUDDHA ALWAYS 

BRAHMA THE 4 FACED BUDDHA 

THE 4 HEAVENLY KINGS WHO PROTECT BUDDHISM FROM FALSE RELIGIONS 

THE 18 LOHANS OR ENLIGHTENED ONES 

WHAT IS WITH THE EYES

THE 120 FT BRONZE STATUE OF KUAN YIN THE GODDESS OF MERCY 

PRAY TO KUAN YIN THE MOST COMPASSIONATE ONE

KUANYIN WILL GUIDE US TOWARDS SALVATION 

PRAY TO KUANYIN

MY SON DEDIONE KEE AND I PRAY TO KUAN YIN DAILY AS SHE MADE US AND WILL SAVE US 

I LOVE KUANYIN THE MERCIFUL ONE 

MY CONDO HAS MANY STATUES OF KUAN YIN 

RJ CHONG  AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

I CANNOT BELIEVE MINNIE MOUSE IS HERE ALSO

VERY KERWEI THE SPELLING 

ANOTHER BUST OF KUAN YIN

RJ CHONG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT 

STILL AT IT 

DATO KEE HUA CHEE PRAYS TO KUAN YIN AND BUDDHA 

ONLY KUAN YIN AND BUDDHA CAN SAVE US WHEN JUDGMENT DAY COMES

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS ENLIGHTENED 

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS BLESSED BY THE GODS 

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS OF DIVINE STOCK 

RJ CHONG, ASHLEY TAN AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

BLESSED TRIO BY BUDDHA AND KUAN YIN