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Photo: Kek Lok Si Temple
Built in
1890 on a hill slope, it is the largest Buddhist temple
in Southeast Asia.
It consists
of a maze of gardens, courts and passages and the seven tier "Pagoda
of Ten Thousand Buddhas".
The 30 metre
pagoda is a mixture of Chinese, Thai and Burmese
architecture. The octagonal base is Chinese, the middle
tier is Thai and the spiral dome Burmese.
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