Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Singapore

A HUGE Buddhist temple over 5 floors! I loved our visit to here as we started at the roof garden where we saw a monk turning a huge prayer wheel, which he explained for was world peace. The rooftop garden was a serene escape from the bustle of Singapore.

The next floor down held a musuem which had some amazing artifacts from China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia etc. It explained the story of Buddha, albeit a little confusingly, and also housed lots of Buddha relics.

The floor below had even more artifacts stored, and also donations and gifts that had been given to the temple.

The next floor was a mezzanine level, so as we were viewing the wax statues of honorable monks we were also able to view the ground floor which was the main temple area. As we wandered around the monks began to bang on gongs, and a ceremony started. Magical to witness!Read more