After our breakfast at Restaurant Kong Heng, we came to the famous cave temples in Ipoh. The first cave temple that we visited and so eye catching is Ling Sen Tong cave temple.
It is located next door to Nam Thean Tong and Sam Poh Tong just off Jalan Gopeng on the southern outskirts of Ipoh. Ling Sen Tong probably picks up a lot of tourist visitors who are heading to those more famous cave temples.
This temple is quite different from its neighbours. The garden in front is decorated with colourful statues of characters from Chinese mythology such as the Monkey King from the classic tale Journey to the West, the Ji Gong and others.
The almost cartoon-like caricatures of dragons, the Goddess Kuan Yin and other figures give the temple a children's theme park atmosphere. Issac and Annabelle were so facinating with all the interesting statues around the court yard.
The cave itself is very shallow and is more like an overhang of the hill Gunung Rapat which looms above the temple.
Although the courtyard outside may resemble a children's garden, the cave temple itself appears to attract many whom come to pray and we can see the roof of the cave which has been stained black by the smoke of countless joss-sticks.
After spending some time here, we just walked to the Nan Thean Tong Temple through the connecting courtyard.
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