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While most VIPS,donors and devotees were having their dinner just below this...
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A vegetarian dinner was held attended by hundreds of Buddhist devotees before...
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part of the crowd at the dinner.
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Thousands of lantens hanging around the temple
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The world famous pagoda which attracted millions of visitors around...
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outside the main shrine hall of the "Buddha of Five Directions"
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One of the five Buddha statue in the shrine hall.
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Buddhist and motivational books were given free whoever like to read them.
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It is an open space where the lighting of lanterns ceremony was held.
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Offering of Buddhas were mainly consisted of fruits,flora...
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Buddhist monks of Mahayana tradition waiting for the opening ceremony.
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Buddhist nuns waiting patiently.
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The kek Lok Si temple is also famous for its beautiful and well managed gardens.
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the hanging flora with the light bulbs by their side.
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I prefered skipping the dinner so that I can take a better picture before...
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The dinner was over and devotees started swarming to the ceremonial area.
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a family of three; husband, wife and daughter.
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Cutting of ribbons by VIPs and donors to mark the start of the ceremony.
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before the lights were on.
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the sky was getting darker and it was how it looked like just before...
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VIPS and devotees waiting for the chanting ceremony to be performed by...
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monks from other Buddhist temples in Penang were also invited to attend the...
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Chief abbot of Kek Lok Si temple,Rev Seck Jit Heng checking the arrangements.
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offering of incense to the Buddhas by donors.
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one, two, three......press and the lights were on!
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there you are...the lights slowly were set on part by part of the whole...
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Buddhist devotees started to hit the huge bell.
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visitors admiring the lit up lanterns and lights.
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using a tripod, this picture was taken at their request.
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lights at the main shrine hall.
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light bulbs were everywhere,mostly on trees and walls.
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lights of the pagoda
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A few days later, I went up the temple again on the 19th 0f Jan at...
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lights around other shrine halls
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green bulbs on green trees.
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thousands of lanterns everywhere.
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bulbs and lanterns all over the place.
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19th Jan, three days away from Chinese New Year
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the pagoda behind the shrine hall
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taken on the 19th Jan, four days after the ceremony I went in again...
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towards the entrance of the Pagoda
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the lights with the dark background
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part of the lighted monastery but that was not all, behind the...
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view from another shrine hall.
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small bulbs placed around small trees are like those blinking stars in the sky.
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Small and big pagodas
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This pavilion was built many years ago with the Gotama or Sakyamuni Buddha...
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lanterns and bulbs, thousands of them.
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hanging below these lanterns were cards written with names of donors such as...
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it's one of the several stairways to the pagoda
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Gardens of lights and it's only once a year you can see this during the...
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Because this place was not lighted up during my previous two visits, I went...
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the white statue is also a Kuan Inn statue built during the late seventies by...
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another garden of lights at the Kuan Inn statue
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the original plan of the statue with an octagonal pavilion covering...
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a monk trying to explain to visitors about the unfinished plan and...
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devotees buying incense for prayers
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visitors were also encouraged to donate a tile for the roof of the...
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a donor writing his name on the tile
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foreign tourist watching
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and then they also signed up and donate. Rm20.00 for each tile with...
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the lotus made of bronze which the statue stands. Please note the roof tiles...
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it is a banner telling visitors about the funding of building the...
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the bronze statue of Kuan Inn build in Shanghai, China and shipped here in...
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the round stone is actually the pillars of the pavilion waiting to...
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Pillars of the pavilion
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the words of the " Heart Sutra" being inscribed on the huge wall.
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more pillars of the pavilion waiting to go up.
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writing down the names of donors on the roof tiles with Chinese brush.
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various souvenirs were on sale to raise fund and the most eye catching...
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It's the Monkey Year
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visitors reading the message of completing the pavilion project.
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the Kuan Inn statue and its surrounding area at night. When is the pavilion...
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Kek Lok Si at night only during the Chinese New Year celebration.
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looking at the Goldfish in the pond.
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the dreams of Buddhist in Malaysia finally came true and more projects are on...
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one of the pillar that supports the pavilion
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It was almost at2.00am at Air Itam town and all was quiet after the fireworks...
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this picture was taken about one kilometer from the temple
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