| VOP Code: | KSN596 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Goddess of Mercy temple |
| Keywords: | Pitt St / Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling, Religious Site, Kuan Im Chinese temple |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: on the corner of Stewart Lane, opposite China St, next door to the Chinese Chamber of commerce. Large open granite forecourt, Details: Hokkien Style architecture, the temple is used by Chinese from many different origins, its original name Kong Hock Keong – Cantonese and Hokkien temple, Materials: much of the original fabric has been lost in repeated modifications. Masonry walls, lime plaster and lime mortar, timber structure to the roof with decorative medallions of cut and paste ceramic shard work, Personalities: dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy and the Ma Chor Poh the patron saint of seafarers, George Town |
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| Source: | The KSN Collection |
Goddess of Mercy temple
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Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the Archives and Special Collections, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London, for providing access to the Light Letters Collection. We are particularly indebted to Susannah Rayner, who was head of Archives and Special Collections at SOAS Library and Erich Kesse, the Digital Library Project Officer at SOAS Library. Our gratitude goes to Dr. Mulaika Hijjas, Professor Ernst Ulrich Kratz and Dato’ Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop. Our appreciation is also extended to Zulqarnain Abu Bakar, Muhaimin Sulam, M Pisol Mat Isa, M Nuri al-Amin and Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob of the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
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