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The Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple (also known as St Michael Buddhist Temple) is located at St. Michael's Road in Bendemeer,
Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple-Singapore
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The Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple (also known as St Michael Buddhist Temple) is located at St. Michael's Road in Bendemeer, Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. The temple is the primary Sri Lanka Buddhist temple of its kind in Singapore. It is one of the Theravada
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...
Buddhist temples in Singapore which is founded years back from Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. It is operated by the Singapore Sinhala Buddhist Association which was established in 1920.
Bodhi tree
A Bodhi tree (''Ficus religiosa''), can be seen in the compound of the temple, with four Buddha images placed on each direction.Activities and management
The monks conduct regularDhamma
Dharma (; sa, धर्म, dharma, ; pi, dhamma, italic=yes) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. Although there is no direct single-word translation for '' ...
events including sutta discussions, meditation practices, chanting, pujas and blessings for devotees all year round. This temple is also a center for Sri Lankans to celebrate their cultural activities such as New Year in April. Other than that Buddhist festivals are celebrated in each year including Vesak Festival.
See also
* Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple *Burmese Buddhist Temple
The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Maha Sasana Ramsi; my, သာသနာ့ရံသီ မြန်မာဘုရားကျောင်း; ) is the oldest Theravada institution and the only Burmese Buddhist temple of its kind in S ...
* Palelai Buddhist Temple
* Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association
* Aaloka Buddhist Center
* Bodhiraja Buddhist Society
* Vipassana Meditation Centre
* Buddhism in Singapore
Buddhism in Singapore is the largest religion in Singapore, practiced by approximately 31.1% of the population as of 2020. In 2015, out of 3,276,190 Singaporeans polled, 1,087,995 (33.21%) of them identified themselves as Buddhists.
Buddhism was ...
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Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple-Singapore
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