On this past P-day, we visited a Chinese Temple and a Hindu Temple.  We took our 4 JB elders with us and had a fun time.  This Chinese Temple is just about a block from our Molek Pine Apartment Complex.  We drive by it often, but have never entered.  With the upcoming Chinese New Year, it is open to the public.  Notice the beautiful stone carved columns.  The red and yellow lanterns are everywhere in the city during the new year festivities.

 On the 2nd floor of the Chinese Temple, sits this very large statue of a Buddha.  This statue was about 12 feet high and quite big across.  The hand painting, on the blue wrap and the pants, was gorgeous.  It had just rained really hard and you could only enter the Chinese Temple with your shoes off.  To take this picture, I had to step into the puddles of rain and got both my socks wet.  It was a joy to put your wet feet back into your shoes.

 At the front entrance of the Chinese Temple was this huge wall of stone sculptures.  Each square was about 4 foot in width and length and had all sorts of various animals carved into them.  This one is carving of a dragon.  The one next to it was a carving of a tiger.  These carvings were on either side of the giant doors to the entrance.

 Here is our newest elder to the JB District, Elder Pierce.  He is standing in front of one of the shrines inside the temple.  There were shrines all over the place.  This one was in the front entrance and then there were more in each corner of the first floor and others on the 2nd floor.  In the top corner of the 2nd floor was a large section of tiny stone figures.  There must have been a few hundred, sitting in their own individual little compartment.  Each compartment was lit up and the elders told us they represented blessings to the people.

 In the center of the 1st floor was this display of dozens of smaller statues.  I don't know if they were available for purchase, but we watched this little old Chinese gentleman cleaning each little statue and keeping the place in perfect order.  He was arranging flowers to place around the temple.  The Chinese Temple was an amazing building.

 After the Chinese Temple, we went to visit a Hindu Temple in Plentong.  Here, Linda and I stood along side of one of the statues.  The entire complex was quite large to walk through and the caretakers explained to us that weddings and worship take place here each week.

 Here is another statue sitting in front of a pool of water.  Behind the statue was all sorts of pictures of children.  We don't know the significance of the pictures, but they were quite beautiful.  On each corner of this small pool was a statue of a crane with water spilling out of its mouth into the pool. 

 This was the best statue of the day.  This monkey faced statue was about 20 to 30 feet high and it was used for marriages.  The caretakers told us that this statue was for the groom to stand in front of and worship.  If he said the correct prayer, he would be granted fertility.  I don't see the connection between fertility and a monkey, but that's what we were told.  When we drive to Pres. John's home, we pass this statue all the time. 

 This statue was at the entrance of the Hindu Temple.  One man is in the center and the two little men on each side are holding up the horses.  Very beautifully painted.  The little box, with the yellow sign in front of the statue is for donations.
I put 5 ringgit in each box.  Above this statue was another one, all in gold.  It was a chariot pulled by 4 golden horses.  The whole thing was life size.  It was gorgeous.

Here is the lovely Hindu goddess, my sweetheart.  I went to a stand, next to the entrance of the Hindu Temple, where they sold these beautiful hand woven lei made out of chrysanthemums and roses.  It only cost 25 ringgit.  Linda put it on for the picture and then never wore it again.  It was quite heavy, but the lady who sold it to us asked Linda if she could have a picture of her in her store.  We enjoyed our fun P-day visiting temples.