Sasanaramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple

Singapore


Next door to the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, this towering temple is guarded by two chinthes (lion-like figures) and houses a beautiful 3.5m tall white-marble Buddha statue, decorated somewhat bizarrely with a 'halo' of different-coloured LED lights.


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