Chinatown Singapore
by ล่ะอ่อนคิ้วหนา
Oct 30, 2024
#tripBlessingsForNewYear 5 Spiritual Spots in Singapore🇸🇬
Singapore is not just about the Merlion. For the New Year🌟
Let's go worship and ask for blessings. Here’s a collection of beautiful and famous temples—
Chinese temples, Indian temples—to pray for love, luck,
and success. It’s easy to follow the trail, just take the subway to each place.
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📌Buddha Tooth Relic Temple &
Museum (Wat Phra Kiew Kaew and Museum)
Located in Chinatown, this Chinese temple is very beautiful.
The interior is exquisitely designed and displays Buddhist art.
Inside the temple is the Buddha’s tooth relic, which is the
tooth of the Buddha himself.
⏰ Opening hours: 7:00 AM — 7:00 PM
🚈 How to get there: Take the subway to China Town station, Exit C, then a 5-minute walk
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📌Yueh Hai Ching Temple
The red thread temple of Singapore, perfect for love blessings.
Worship the deity Yue Lao for blessings in relationships and love.
How to worship: Take 9 incense sticks. After lighting them,
go inside to pray for success in work first. Then place the sticks
in the incense burner on the right. Next, pray for good health
and place the sticks in the same right incense burner. Lastly,
pray to the deity Ma Zhou at the incense burner on the left
for safe travels.
To ask for love: Tie a red thread around the deity Yue Lao,
and place money in an envelope at the base of the deity.
Then clearly describe your ideal partner, specifying details
and how soon you want to meet them. Don’t forget to take
some candy or sweets back with you to complete the ritual.
⏰ Opening hours: 8:00 AM — 5:00 PM
🚈 How to get there: Take the subway to Raffles Place station, Exit D, then a 3-minute walk
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📌Sri Thendayuthapani Temple
Another important Hindu temple in Singapore. In 2014, it was declared a national monument.
The temple’s interior is stunning with colorful Hindu architecture.
It is dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is believed that worshippers
of Lord Murugan receive his protection, courage, leadership,
and strength to accomplish their endeavors.
⏰ Opening hours: 7:00 AM–12:00 PM and 5:30 PM–8:30 PM
🚈 How to get there: Take the subway to Fort Canning station, Exit B, then a 5-minute walk
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📌Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple
One of the oldest Hindu temples in Singapore, dedicated to Goddess Sri Veeramakaliamman or Kali.
In the past, it was a refuge and spiritual sanctuary for Indian workers in Singapore who prayed for protection from dangers.
Every November, the temple hosts the fire-walking festival called Theemithi.
⏰ Opening hours: Open daily 5:30 AM–12:00 PM and 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
🚈 How to get there: Take the subway to Little India station, Exit E, then a 10-minute walk
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📌Hong San See Temple
Built to honor the deity Guang Shi Zun Wang, this temple is a national monument of Singapore.
It is famous for blessings related to health and family.
How to worship: Offer cookies, sweets, and joss paper on the central table first.
Then worship the deity Tian Gong (Heavenly Lord) at the front door.
Next, light 3 incense sticks at the first incense burner.
After that, go upstairs to worship the deities Guang Shi Zun Wang, Cheng Huang, and Guan Yin, lighting 3 incense sticks at each altar.
They provide amulets to take home for good luck.
⏰ Opening hours: Open daily 8:00 AM–9:00 PM
🚈 How to get there: Take the subway to Fort Canning station, Exit A, then a 10-minute walk
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