Kek Look Seah Temple
| Kek Look Seah Temple | |
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| File:Kek Look Seah Temple.jpg Front view of the temple | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Ipoh |
| State | Perak |
| Country | Malaysia |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Chinese temple, pagoda |
| Established | 1964[1] |
Kek Look Seah Temple (Chinese: 極樂社; also called as Kek Lok Seah Temple) is a Chinese temple located in Taman Happy of Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The temple is known for its planchette divination and has a medical room where Chinese medicine is given – which is not common for many Buddhist temple.[2] This persistently making it being mistakenly referred to many people as a Dejiao establishment despite it is a Buddhist temple of Mahāyāna branch.[2]
Kek Look Seah literally means "Sukhāvatī Society" in the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
History
[edit | edit source]The temple was established in 1960 by a group of like minded Buddhists guided by planchette divination from the Buddhas, in a small terrace house with treatment service of traditional Chinese medicine to those who are in need especially to poor people.[1]
Features
[edit | edit source]The temple is one of the main Buddhist centre in local community. During Buddha's Birthday (Wesak), the centre with the local supports who stay in the community will organise a great vegetarian feast in front of the altar for prayers before eaten by the attendees. The foods served are all in vegetarian as Buddhist teachings always encourage people to consume more vegetables.[3] The temple also has crematorium services located far from the temple area in Bercham (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[4]
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Exterior view of meditation centre at the temple.
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A large urn located in front of the gate at the temple.
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Main pagoda at the temple.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Kek Lok Si, Penang, Malaysia: shares a similar name in Chinese
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
