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Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple (Chinese: 觀音堂佛祖廟; pinyin: Guānyīn Táng Fózǔ Miào) is a traditional Chinese temple situated at 178 Waterloo Street in Singapore. The temple is of significance to the Buddhist community among Chinese Singaporeans, and is believed to bring worshippers good luck after praying to the Kuan Yin or ...
In 1974, Kwan Im Restaurant a Chinese vegetarian restaurant operated by the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple next door, opened in the hotel's lobby. In May 1976, in a positive review of the restaurant for the New Nation , Violet Oon noted that the restaurant had "established a reputation for serving good food at reasonable prices."
The street, which previously extended to Stamford Road, has been shortened after the construction of the Singapore Management University's city campus and the MRT station. There are several well-known landmarks, including the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple , Maghain Aboth Synagogue , Sculpture Square , and Sri Krishnan Temple .
Sri Krishnan Temple (Tamil: ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணன் கோயில், transl. Srī kiruṣṇaṉ kōyil) is a Hindu temple in Singapore. [1] Built in 1870 and gazetted as a national monument of Singapore in 2014, it is one of Singapore's oldest temples and is the only South Indian temple in Singapore dedicated to Krishna and his consort Rukmini.
Nanhai Guanyin Temple was built in the 5th year of Period Chunhua (990) in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). At that time it bore the name Nanhai Guanyin Palace (Chinese: 南海观音庙). The temple was enlarged burned, and rededicated several times throughout Chinese history till now, the present version was completed in 1996.
All three houses were built in the early 1900s. In the 1910s, 56 Waterloo Street was owned by Mohammed Cassim Mansor. Lim Sin Tat and his family lived at 58 Waterloo Street until the 1930s, while Philip Julian Low Gek Seng lived at 54 Waterloo Street from the 1920s to the later 1940s. Aik Hua Hang Finance Limited moved into 56 Waterloo Street ...
The building is one of several on Waterloo Street to have been renovated under the scheme, along with the Stamford Arts Centre, the Singapore Calligraphy Centre, which houses the Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore, 54-58 Waterloo Street, which currently houses The Theatre Practice, and 60 Waterloo Street, which currently houses Dance ...
Wat Ananda, prominent Thai Buddhist temple in Singapore Modern architecture of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Singapore Main article: Buddhism in Singapore This is a list of Buddhist temples , monasteries , stupas , centres and pagodas in Singapore for which there are Wikipedia articles.