Kwan Yin Tong Temple is a cave temple located at the foot of Gunung Rapat on Jalan Gopeng, Ipoh.
Gunung Rapat is an impressive limestone karst tower which contains a number of other nearby cave temples such as Sam Poh Tong, Nam Thean Tong, Ling Sen Tong and Kek Lok Tong.
The cave at Kwan Yin Tong extends for about 20 metres under the cliff. The floor of the cave has been paved over with marble tiles and the lower sections of the walls have been smoothed off and whitewashed. The upper walls and roof have been left in their original natural cave state.
The temple is Buddhist and dedicated to the Bodhisattva Guanyin commonly known as the Goddess of Mercy.
Numerous statues of Guan Yin, both large and small line the walls of the cave temple, together with colourful murals.
There are stalls selling Guan Yin statues, incense and other temple paraphernalia.
Stairs off to the side of the temple lead to a higher level with a Buddha in seated position. But it was gated that we unable to go up, and we do not intend to go up as well.
A terracotta pagoda stands outside the cave.
Here we are, selfie with the big Kuan Yin Statue.
This is the little 2 kiddies with their Daddy selfie with the Kuan Gong behind.
And that, ended our cave temple visit in Ipoh. We only realise that we missed out the Perak Tong Cave Temple, Kek Lok Cave Temple, and other little smaller cave temples.
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