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here, so you'll see many blind people on the streets, some of who work in the area's mas-
sage parlours.
South of Brickfields across the Klang river are located the Royal Museum (in the old
Istana Negara) and, atop Robson Heights, the spectacular Thean Hou Temple. Bangsar's
major sight is the private contemporary-art gallery attached to Sekeping Tenggiri.
THEAN HOU TEMPLE
See
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.
BUDDHIST TEMPLE
SRI KANDASWAMY KOVIL
( 2274 2987;
www.srikandaswamykovil.org
;
3 Lg Scott; 5.30am-9pm; monorail Tun Sambanthan)
Founded
by the Jaffna Sri Lankan community in 1909, Brickfield's major Hindu temple is dedic-
ated to Lord Murgan and the mother goddess Sri Raja Rajeswary. It's marked by an elab-
orate
gopuram
(gateway), flanked by banana trees and is a riot of colourful Hindu gods
and goddesses inside. One of the temple's major events is the 10-day
Mahotchava Festival
held around May with celebrations including processions of the wooden deities.
HINDU TEMPLE
BUDDHIST MAHA VIHARA
( 2274 1141;
www.buddhistmahavihara.com
;
123 Jln Berhala; KL Sentral)
Founded in 1894 by Sin-
halese settlers in Brickfields, this is one of KL's major Theravada Buddhist temples.
You'll pass over a half-moonstone to enter the polychromatic main shrine hall which in-
cludes a large reclining Buddha. Meditation classes take place on Monday and Thursday
at 8pm, chanting classes on Tuesday and Friday at 7.30pm. The Friday session is followed
by a dharma talk at 8pm. Classes and longer courses are run on a donation basis. The
temple is a hive of activity around Wesak Day when a massive torchlight parade with
multiple floats starts from here and works its way around the city.
BUDDHIST TEMPLE
SEKEPING TENGGIRI
( 017-207 5977;
www.tenggiri.com
; 48 Jln Tenggiri, Taman Weng Lock; by appointment; Bangsar)
If
you're not a guest at the adjoining guesthouse (
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)
you'll need to make an ap-
pointment to view landscape architect Ng Seksan's superb collection of Malaysian con-
temporary art, so large that he's turned over a whole house to store and display it. View
pieces by top talents including Phuan Thai Meng, Samsudin Wahab, Justin Lim and
Rajinder Singh.
ART GALLERY
LITTLE INDIA FOUNTAIN
FOUNTAIN
