Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongHean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai Nibong (7 February 2019)


Hean Leng Kong Temple (GPS: 5.3401, 100.30306) is a Chinese temple in Sungai Nibong, Penang. Located along Jalan Aziz Ibrahim, it grew from a small shrine to its present size.

In 2017, the temple made the news when crowds of Chinese people, some traveling as far as Singapore, came to the temple to touch its Arapaima gigas fish, known locally as dragon fish. According to devotees, there is a specific procedure to follow in order to ensure the prosperity is transferred. One must first offer prayers to the God of Prosperity at the temple before touching the fish, and one must touch it from head to tail, otherwise one might only strike consolation prize.1

As of 2019, Hean Leng Kong Temple was in the midst of another expansion project which will replace the existing temple building with a larger, grander one, and was collecting funds for the project.

Hean Leng Kong Temple is on the Map of Jalan Aziz Ibrahim


Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongThe grand arch of Hean Leng Kong Temple (7 February 2019)


Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongThe existing temple building of Hean Leng Kong. (7 February 2019)


Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongThe porch of Hean Leng Kong Temple. (7 February 2019)


Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongNotice to visitors to Hean Leng Kong Temple not to place offerings of non-vegetarian sources in the inner halls. (7 February 2019)


Hean Leng Kong Temple, Sungai NibongThe dragonfish of Hean Leng Kong Temple. (7 February 2019)

References

  1. The Star (6 Aug 2018): This is no fishy story!

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