Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple, Singapore (26 July 2017)
Beo San Hood Chor Temple (GPS: 1.31616, 103.85785), also written as
Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple 廟山南海佛祖, is a small temple on
Race Course Road, in the
Lavender neighbourhood of
Kallang,
Singapore. It is dedicated to Kuan Yin, the ever popular Goddess of Mercy to whom childless couples pray to for blessings. This is a Hokkien temple that was established in in the 1920s, when the hniau3hu1 or joss ash was brought over from the Shi Miao Shan Temple, in
Fujian Province, China.
The patron deities of Beo San Hood Chor Temple is known collectively as the Three Mountain Emperorors, or in Mandarin 三山国王 (Sān Shān Guó Wáng). The are deitified historical personalities who are venerated, particularly by the Teochews, for having defended the country during the Ming Dynasty.
Address
Beo San Hood Chor Temple
443 Race Course Road,
Singapore 218687
Tel: 65-62934683
Getting there
The nearest MRT station is the
Farrer Park MRT Station (NE8).
Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple. (26 July 2017)
Guardian lion of Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple. (26 July 2017)
Guardian lion of Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple. (26 July 2017)
Beo San Hood Chor Temple (10 July 2006)
Beo San Hood Chor Temple on google Street View
Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple (Aug 2016)