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Dhammikarama Burmese Temple

location_on Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia
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About Dhammikarama Burmese Temple

Dhammikarama Burmese Temple, situated at the Pulau Tikus suburb in George Town, is the sole Burmese Buddhist sanctuary in the State of Penang, Malaysia. Worked in 1803, it is additionally the most established Buddhist sanctuary on Penang Island. The sanctuary is arranged specifically crosswise over Burmah Lane from Wat Chaiyamangkalaram, a Thai sanctuary. Built up as a kyaung, Dhammikarama Buddhist Temple fills in as a withdraw for Buddhist lover, with a priests' quarters, a preceptees' hotel and a library inside the sanctuary grounds. Numerous statues of the Buddha and legendary animals are scattered inside the sanctuary, including a couple of winged figments known as 'Panca Rupa' and a tremendous wall painting portraying the Renunciation of the Buddha.

At the season of composing, the Chief Abbot of Dhammikarama Burmese Temple is U Pannavamsa, who is additionally the Chief Abbot of the Burmese Buddhist Temple in Singapore. Dhammikarama Burmese Temple was set up in 1803 as the Nandy Moloh Burmese Temple. The site where the sanctuary currently stands had been acquired by one of the sanctuary's female benefactors, Nonya Betong, from George Layton for 390; the land was consequently conceded by the then Lieutenant-Governor of the Prince of Wales Island, Sir George Leith. The principal Chief Abbot of the sanctuary was U. Nandamala.

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