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📍Address: Jln Balik Pulau, 11500 Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang 🕰️bOpening hours: Daily from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm 🏖️Environment/Facilities: Hot weather, bring an umbrella or small fan, quite a lot of tourists. 💰Average price per person: Take the cable car up to 6 ringgit per person Ke Lok Si or Ke Lok Si (Chinese: 極樂寺; "Temple of Heaven"[1][2]) is a Buddhist temple located in Ayer Itam, Penang, Malaysia. It is the largest Buddhist temple in the country[3] and is an important religious destination for tourists from Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. The temple was built between 1890 and 1930 under the leadership of Abbot Beow Lean. The temple's most important permanent object is the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda of King Rama VI of Thailand, which is seven storeys high. And the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva made of bronze, 36.57 meters (120.0 feet) high. This temple combines elements and traditions of Mahayana, Theravada and local Chinese beliefs. #malaysiatrip #Kekokkila #GuanyinTemple #PenangMalaysia
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