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KL has plenty of Buddhist temples but none as visually striking as this one. Rising
out of the leafy surrounds of Robson Heights in four terraced levels, this architecture is the
stuff of pure Chinese fantasy, with dazzling mosaic dragons and phoenixes flying off the
eaves and snaking around columns. It's all built to house effigies of the heavenly mother
Thean Hou as well as Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy, and Shuiwei Shengniang, goddess
of the waterfront. Visit on festival days and weekends to see the temple at its most lively.
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