A Buddhist monastery run by a group of Buddhist nuns located adjacent to the road leading to the Penang hill station in Air Itam Penang. Here the locals called the temple Biao Hiong Lim in Hokkien dialect. The main praying hall housed Lord Buddha and several deities. A couple of other buildings and the nuns living quarters plus the columbarium filled the compound. Overall this place is very clean and tidy, a good job done by the nuns in running a decently nice place of worship. The temple is shape and built according to Chinese cultural architecture with dragons and pagoda design structure. Not too far from the praying hall there's a place close to my heart, the remains of my parents are placed inside this columbarium. On a daily basis this place is keep nice and clean except during festive season like Cheng Beng, when there are lots of activities inside the dorm things can get pretty messy. The left over by visitors can be an eye-saw. My assessment on a general scale, I am giving it a good rating based on the overall quality of hygiene and good governance they practices. If you wanted some peace and a quiet surrounding to strengthen your inner peace, you shouldn't miss out this place, with a windy and soothing atmosphere will surely calm your inner peace. Never miss this place whenever I m back here, visiting my parents. Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Give me a Like if you find this article informative.

A reasonably kept columnbarium and temple. There are 2 types of method for people to pray for their pass away friends and family. 1. Ash put in the column location. 2. A God position column. All those are protected by dragon, phoenix and chin lin in building structure. Inside is bhudda. During Chinese New Year and ching ming，there are a lot of people. Yesterday my father and I came because my brother returned home from a far far away country. We visited our great grandma.

The place is clean and peace. Hopefully everyone can cooperate to take care the praying equipment so that everyone can use them with good condition to pray the deceased.

Occasionally visit the temple for prayers. When you are here will feel peace and calm. Quite limited parking space during festive season, okay with normal days. Lighting up around CNY.

One of the most beautiful and well-maintained Mahayana Buddhist temples in Penang island. I remember coming here when I was still in school roughly 15 years ago and returning now, everything still looks pristine. I’d argue that the temple looks even more impressive now.

Why limited time available during Cheng Beng Festival? How about the foods we bought for pray ancestors and found the Gate closed? Think over on this.

Buddhist temple in penang hill worth to visit

A famous Buddhist temple. Crowded during March & April during which Chinese pray to their ancestors (Cheng Meng). They provide compartments for storing urns containing ashes of the deceased.

Very humble and traditional Buddhist temple and columbarium in the shadow of Guan Yin, Goddess of Mercy (large statue up the hill under a columned dome). Early April this place gets very busy due to chengmang celebrations. If you are a tourist, this is a historic site to see.

A serene temple and columbarium on the road leading to Penang Hill Railway Station. The main shrine hall (front) is dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha and his two main disciples. On the back in the same shrine space is Amitabha Buddha flanked by Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattvas. A side shrine on the side (up a few flight of steps) is dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and his attendants, plus Manjushri and Samantabhadra are located on the recessed right and left side of Ksitigarbha. Inside the shrine halls and also on the a larger building on the back and further up the slope are columbarium niches and places for ancestral tablets. During major festivals like Tomb Sweeping Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, the temple holds big Dharma sessions and can be very crowded.

Its been our family temple for many generations and it gotten better time with more greeneries. Havent the chance to meet the new abbot as we hv not been back for a while since the last abbot. Always a calm aura about it. However, the place isnt entirely wheelchair friendly. Its clean and bright with amenities. We love that it hasnt become another tourist spot because it really isnt but a respectable place for prayers and ancestories. So grateful to the sanghas and the volunteers with the relentless upkeeps.

A well kept columbarium and temple.

1st visit probably after 2 decades. Like a trip of walking down memory lane.

Pray ancestors and my father here. columbarium places required for maintenance, not only Buddha prayer places only.

Wanted to visit but was told they only open half day (12pm) now. When i came back the 2nd time caretaker uncle said theyre closed for visits until further notice due to the risk of new omnicron variant.

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this is where all members of my family laid to rest.... definitely worth a visit!

This place is old BUT credit to the staff as they have maintained the place well, clean, neat and conducive for prayers. It's peaceful and good for the souls to rest there.

A place to escape from the busy city. They offer Buddha classes too

Temple with columbarium set in a serene atmosphere with the soothing sound of Buddhist chantings n the scent of burning joss sticks wafting in the air. Here I am staring at pagoda tiers n spires as the cool morning breeze caresses my face n my eyes are fixed on the middle station n upper station of the Penang Hill railway line in the background. Sitting here in the shade, the temple is an oasis of calm with the faint sounds of passing traffic far in the background. Come Cheng Beng n Chinese New Year each year, the temple becomes a hive of activities with visitors from near n far. But for now, I find some peace here. Temple n the niches are old now. No fancy landscaping, no pipe-in music n the walkways are narrow. Parking is limited. Private residences are built close to the temple.

One of the Penang oldest temple and cemetery.

Columbarium not very well maintained but definitely an improvement over the last 10 years. They have banned open burning of paper offerings which make it more tolerable. However cleanliness of the interior of the columbarium is not up to par. The place is dusty and the inner rooms are poorly ventilated.