Saturday, October 25, 2008
This new grand Burmese Buddhist Temples is the replacement o the previous small BBT from from Kinta Rd. U Kyaw Guang went to Sagyin Hill, famous for its superior quality marble used in making Buddha image. He bought a large marble weighing more than ten tons at a buddha image was sculputured out of that blocked in 1918. This marble Buddha was then carried over to Singapore in 1921.Inside, there was a few Myanmar monks. Their robes were all interesting stuff. I learnt that they have no possessions at all. All their clothes , food are donated stuff ): And their government is constantly survielling them, even if they are out of Burma. ooh.
This is one of the mural walls. interesting huh? It shows the process of how the Marble Buddha was transported here in Singapore. Some interesting facts i learnt :
the bump on the Buddha head is not his hair in a bun, but because he has too much brains that his skull can't contain it.
His fingers are equally long, which symbolises equality.
This temple took a long time to be finish building, because those builders build whenever they have the money, not after they raise enough funds.
Think this burmese temple exist here for all the homesick Burmese to pray here.
Saw lots of interesting burmese words like : Agga, Maha, pandita, ven etc. I seriously have no idea what they mean. I want to go Burma.
GREENified , 2:26 PM