The Huat Tian Keong temple in Bercham is a unique place of worship with 88 types of Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu deities in its cave.
Among them are statues of the ‘Laughing Buddha’, Lord Ganesha, Thailand’s monk Lombok Khoon, a Siamese God ‘Lusi’ (King of Bomoh) and the temple’s main deity Huat Tian Keong (Datuk Hitam).
The Huat Tian Keong cave temple in Bercham is 100-years old.
There are also the figurines of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Temple treasurer Sunny Mangal Singh said the temple had been in existence for over 100 years.
He said he had sourced the statues from all over the world to be placed at the temple located on a 3.2ha site.
A 60-feet tall dragon statue is neatly placed on the outside of the cave making it look like it is descending from the top of the cave.
Sunny posing with the statue of the Siamese God 'Lusi' at the temple grounds.
To fulfill a vow for his business to flourish, Mangal Singh also constructed a feng shui mountain in 2004.
He added that in 2008, the state government had declared the area as a temple reserve land.
“People of all races from all over the country and even tourists have been visiting this cave temple. The temple committee had also set up a restaurant for the devotees to get refreshments. We rely on donations and the profits from the restaurant is used to pay for utility bills,” he said. – By MANJIT KAUR, Photos by LEW YONG KAN
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