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    The Goddess of Mercy Temple (Chinese: 觀音亭; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-im-têng), also known as Kuan Im Teng or Kong Hock Keong, is a Mahayana Buddhist temple within...
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    The Thean Hou Temple (Chinese: 乐圣岭天后宫/樂聖嶺天后宮) is a six-tiered temple of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located...
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    Kek Lok Si (redirect from Kek Lok Si Temple)
    It was inspired by Beow Lean, the chief Chan Buddhist monk of the Goddess of Mercy Temple at Pitt Street in 1887; he had served earlier in the Kushan...
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    Guanyin (redirect from Goddess of mercy)
    Chinese folk religion. She was first given the appellation "Goddess of Mercy" or "Mercy Goddess" by Jesuit missionaries in China. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin...
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    Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thih-koan-im; lit. 'Iron Goddess of Mercy'; Standard Chinese pronunciation [tʰjè.kwán.ín]) is a variety of Chinese oolong tea that originated...
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    of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi in the form of an adolescent girl. She is variously described by various traditions of Hinduism to either be a form of Parvati...
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    Hock Keong Temple, also known as the Goddess of Mercy Temple, in the early 18th century. The Hindus also constructed the Sri Mahamariamman Temple in 1833;...
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    romanized: Bahuchara Mātā) is a Hindu goddess of chastity and fertility in her maiden aspect, of the incarnation of the Hinglaj. The goddess grants favours, especially...
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    (해수관음 대불), the Sea Goddess Buddha of Mercy, who is an aspect of Guanyin. A pagoda (2020) Guests rubbing the belly of a statue of Budai (2007) Hwaeomsa...
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    Goddess of Mercy Temple) Kuan Im Teng (as pronounced in the Hokkien dialect) was established in 1892 and is over 100 years old. This Goddess of Mercy...
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