Friday, June 3, 2011
Skywatch Friday - Little India - Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
My World Tuesday - Sultan Mosque
Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, with only repairs carried out to the main hall in the 1960s and an annex added in 1993. It was gazetted as a national monument on 14 March 1975. You can read more about the mosque from source.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Skywatch-Friday-St. Joseph's Church
Looking at the church from another angle. Geez, I am such a poor photographer...lol.
I took this photo of the church from Waterloo Complex through this rounded structure. If only the small tree would not obstruct the view, it would look better.
The taller building opposite the church is the National Library which I had posted earlier.
Closer look at the church's beautiful windows.
My second sister is a catholic and sometimes she comes to this church for service. My family is like my country, we have buddhist, taoism, christain, catholic and free thinkers and we live in harmony. :)
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
My World Tuesday-Walking trip along Coleman Street-St. Andrew's Cathedral
This is the famous St Andrew's Cathedral which is protected under the heritage law.
I love the beautiful architectural design of the church. You can read more about it in here.
Monday, March 16, 2009
My World Tuesday-Sri Marriamman Temple
Visitors to the temple need to remove their footwear before entering the temple.
You can view another post on this temple in my previous post.
This is the Sri Marriamman Temple in Chinatown. This temple is very old dated back 1827. Photographers always love to take photo of these figurines on top of the entrance of the temple. I like to be a bit different so I took some photos of the side of the building of the temple. It is very interesting.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My World Tuesday - Sculpture Square
The church was formerly known as "Malay Church" because they conduct their services in malay to cater to malay speaking christains. For more of its rich history you can view their offical website.
Love the beautiful windows of the church.
Around the church you can also see lots of sculptures.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Part 2
Still in the vicinity of kwan Im Temple, I spotted some people touching the laughing buddha. The laughing buddha belongs to a shop in the background just next to the Kwan Im temple. The shop sells mainly buddhist statues, artefacts, charms, etc. The owner was smart to attract customers by placing a huge laughing buddha outside his shop. Not sure how it started, but everyone seems to touch the laughing buddha for luck, blessings and etc.
And no, I dont follow suit, never went to touch the laughing buddha....lol. No. 1, am a free thinker, No. 2, since SARS(a deadly unknown disease), never wanted to touch anything that have so many people touch.
I know of a friend who dont go out because it is 14 (means sure die in cantonese)....lol. So you could only see him out in the street except on the 14th of every month, dont he go to work on the 14? And someone I knew had No. 8(means prosper in chinese) on his car license plate, house number, telephone telephone, etc but now he is a bankrupt. I am just happy and contented with each day waking up still alive. :)
Sorry for the shaky video...lol. I was minding my steps and not holding the camera properly.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
The main religions are Islam, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism.
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple is a very famous temple in waterloo street. The temple is also involved in charity work, contributing to several health and educational organisations. For more information on the temple you can view wikipedia.
On auspicious date, the temple will be very crowded. Outside the temple were some vendors selling incense papers, josssticks and lotus flowers.
The lotus flower is a favourite as the goddess of mercy is always depicted standing inside the lotus flower.
For more photos of place of worship in my blog, you can view them here.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
The temple was built in the heart of Chinatown and houses some museums. More than 60,000 donors have given the temple $45 million and 270kg of gold. The gold was later melted and rebuilt into a 3.6m-high stupa to house the tooth relic.
Day view of the temple.
Night View of the temple.
You can visit the temple website to know more of it. http://www.btrts.org.sg/Eng_Index.html
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sri Marriamman temple in Chinatown
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Answer to Door Quiz
The doors are part of a Hindu temple, Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple located in Chinatown . Gordon explained very well in his comments in my previous post.
At the door, devotees ask God to grant their requests by ringing the bells before entering. So that is the reason why the bells are there. They also purify themselves by washing their hands and feet, and sprinkling water on their heads. (Source: Uniquely Singapore)
I will post the pictures of the temple tomorrow. It will be very lovely and beautiful.
Friday, February 1, 2008
QUIZ NO. 1
I will tell you in another post where this door is and why the bells are there, after you have fun answering the quiz. Sorry no prize for guessing right cause I am a poor blogger with no sponsors...hahaha.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Chinese New Year 2008
I noticed most of them have lotus flowers with them. As this is a buddhist temple, the lotus flower has a meaning.
In Buddhism it is believed that the lotus is a water lily that grows in murky ponds and takes its roots in the black soil. Just as the beautiful lotus blossom grows from the mud, human beings can also detach themselves from suffering, to rise above the earthly and blossom as Buddhas.
Significantly, the color of the lotus too has an important bearing on the symbology associated with it:
1). White Lotus (Skt. pundarika; Tib. pad ma dkar po): This represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.
2). Red Lotus (Skt. kamala; Tib: pad ma chu skyes): This signifies the original nature and purity of the heart (hrdya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion and all other qualities of the heart. It is the flower of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.
3). Blue Lotus (Skt. utpala; Tib. ut pa la): This is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, and signifies the wisdom of knowledge. Not surprisingly, it is the preferred flower of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.
4). Pink Lotus (Skt. padma; Tib. pad ma dmar po): This the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself."
(Source:http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/general_symbols_buddhism.html)