Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery

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  • Address
    184E Jln Toa Payoh, Toa Payoh
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  • Phone
    625 96924
  • Transport
    bus: 238 three stops from Toa Payoh bus interchange

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Lonely Planet review

Nestled in a corner of the Toa Payoh HDB housing estate, the photogenic Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, aka Siong Lim Temple, is a little out of the way, but it's well worth the journey. The atmospheric interior of the 1912 structure soars up to red- and ochre-hued ceilings, thick beams stained with decades of incense smoke. When the rain drowns out the traffic noise, you could be anywhere in time.

Surrounded by neatly tended bonsai, the newer temples next door are also beautifully decorated.