{"id":2974,"date":"2012-10-16T12:16:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T12:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:15","slug":"penang-buddhist-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=2974","title":{"rendered":"Penang: Buddhist Temples"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Burmese Buddhist Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This morning we went to the Thai Consulate to apply for 90 visa.\u00a0 We had 5 hours to kill waiting for our passports to be stamped, so we visited two nearby Buddhist Temples, had an early lunch, and visited the Penang Museum.<\/p>\n

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Temple of the Reclining Buddha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Penang Museum traces all of the peoples and religions that shaped Penang.\u00a0 Buddhists from Siam and Burma, Hindus from India, Arabs and Jews (Bagdadi Jews), Indonesians (Acehnese, Javanese, Minangkabau), Chinese, Malays, and Europeans.\u00a0 There are Confucian, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist temples, mosques, Catholic convents, and churches (the synagogue closed in 1976).<\/p>\n

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Offerings with personal messages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Figure at Temple of the Reclining Buddha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sign above display of books on Buddhism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Laura points to Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Feet of Buddha (Reclining)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Laura near the Penang Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Burmese Buddhist Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Reclining Buddha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Feet of Buddha (Burmese)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning we went to the Thai Consulate to apply for 90 visa.\u00a0 We had 5 hours to kill waiting for our passports to be stamped, so we visited two nearby Buddhist Temples, had an early lunch, and visited the Penang Museum. The Penang Museum traces all of the peoples and religions that shaped Penang.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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