Goddess of Mercy Temple

The Goddess of Mercy Temple, likewise referred to informally as Kuan Yin Teng or Kong Hock Keong, is a Taoist sanctuary in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. Situated at Pitt Street, it was first worked in 1728, making it Penang's most established Taoist sanctuary. Today, the Goddess of Mercy Temple is devoted to the Taoist Goddess of Mercy, Guanyin. Nonetheless, the sanctuary had been initially settled for the love of Mazu, an ocean deity. Following a convergence of ethnic Chinese into George Town after the establishing of the settlement in 1786, the sanctuary progressed into one committed to Guanyin in 1824; by at that point, it likewise started to work as an impartial go between the opponent Cantonese and Hokkien people group.

While the sanctuary's more mainstream capacities have since been passed on to the Penang Chinese Town Hall, it holds its religious essentialness and stays well known among Penangites of Chinese plunge. It turns into a point of convergence for Chinese merriments, for example, the yearly devour days for Guanyin and the Jade Emperor's Birthday, drawing in fans from crosswise over Southeast Asia. The sanctuary, worked at an expense of 4,000 Spanish dollars, was committed to Mazu, an ocean goddess loved by the Hokkiens as a supporter for seafarers. At the time, Penang Island was scantily populated and the sanctuary, worked by the nautical Hokkiens, was found generally nearer to the ocean.