Kuan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple

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  • Address
    178 Waterloo St, Colonial District
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Bugis

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Dedicated to Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy, this is one of Singapore's busiest temples. Flower sellers, fortune tellers and incense-wielding devotees swarm around the entrance and rub the belly of the large bronze Buddha Maitreya nearby.

Next door is the polychromatic Hindu Sri Krishnan Temple with its magnificent silver-and-gold shrine. Pragmatic worshippers from the Kuan Im Temple also burn joss sticks here for extra insurance.