Thian Hock Keng

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158 Telok Ayer St, Singapore 068613

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N1° 16' 51.8" E103° 50' 51.1"   (1.2810555555556, 103.84752777778) Start navigation »

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Thian Hock Keng (literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"), also known as the Tianfu Temple, is a temple built for the worship of Mazu ("Ma Cho Po"), a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien (Hoklo) people in the country. Another shrine at the back is Buddhist dedicated to Guanyin, the Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.
Thian Hock Keng was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.

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