I came across this standing Buddha in a temple near Tumpat town. I think the temple is named Wat Pikulthong. Please correct me if I were wrong…
Wat Machimmaram has one of the largest sitting Buddha in
Wat Photivihan houses the largest reclining Buddha in
If you plan to visit the temples in Tumpat, do spare your stomach. Within the compounds of the temples, there are food stalls serving Thai food.
Many, many years ago, there was a plan to construct a Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) statue in the
Now back to the standing Buddha in the first photo shown above. The hand gesture of the Buddha symbolizes abhaya, or “fearless”. If you think Kelantan is a scary place, I hope my posts have dispelled the fear in you 
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Didn't I say a PAS ruled state is actually better? Haha!
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ReplyDeleteSadly, my home-state, Perak, is now back to BN :(
O.o I'm surprised! Of all the places it was Kelantan...
ReplyDeleteAnd it's very sad to note the recent happenings around your (and my) hometown. =/
Well, the Kuan Yin statue finally get to be erected anyway. But it's not yet completed despite yrs have gone by.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna visit this town on my next trip to Kelantan. It's definitely one of the hidden gems of the state.
Oh there's a mistake. What I mean is the shelter housing the huge statue.
ReplyDeleteAre the ones in the picture your parents?
ReplyDeletei remembered last time after visiting all this statues of Buddha...my then very young cousin bro asked us,
ReplyDeletethere's so many buddha like standing buddha, sitting buddha, and sleeping buddha...is there any dancing buddha ar?
we guffawed like nobody's business :D
Of your list of temples, I have only been to the Kek Lok See Temple in Penang, many years ago.
ReplyDeleteVery grand, very clean, very magnificient.
Hope to go Kelantan someday too. Do I hear that in Islamic states, guys and gals have to queue in different counters to pay?
day-dreamer
ReplyDeleteHaha... I know many people would be surprised.
kyh
Yes, the Kuan Yin statue is erected, after so many years.
宝茹
Yes, they are my parents.
annant
Never heard of dancing Buddha, and the 'sleeping Buddha' is actually not sleeping. Reclining Buddha is the better term.
shingo
Oh yes, men and women have to be in different queues.
sigh, look who is always saying Chinese is racism type...
ReplyDeleteeven our temples are not left alone by them...crazy...
*hey, if that is your parent, I think you look very like your mum*
safeheaven was me =D
ReplyDeletedunno why blogger detected my deleted blog =(
Looks like u went to quite a few places in Kelantan. Beautiful pics.
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ReplyDeleteHaving been to the US, I would said that Chinese are indeed racist. We like to brag about our 5,000 year culture. We bill ourselves as 'Descendants of Dragon' with 'black hair, black eyes and yellow skin'. Heck, don't we know that US President is a black?
Neo
Not really, I only had 3 days in Kelantan, and I had to take care of my parents. Actually, I planned to visit fishing village but couldn't make it.
1 nation.. one spirit!
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ReplyDeleteYes!
now i think kelantan looks like a pretty ok place to visit. not that ulu after all.
ReplyDeletexin
ReplyDeleteActually, Kelantan is slightly ulu, but that's exactly why I went there.
Living in a big city, I want to enjoy small town charm during my holidays :)
Wow! Looks incredible! And yeah, you mentioned sumptious Thai food huh! =)
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ReplyDeleteThai food there was cheap ;-)
信奉"睡觉"的人都拜睡佛的.....
ReplyDelete迷迭香
ReplyDeleteI also 信奉"睡觉", haha...
Beautiful! It does look very Chinese.
ReplyDeleteZhu
ReplyDeleteThe first and third temples mentioned actually have Thai style architecture.