Kek Lok Si Temple Tourism
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Top 5 Reviews on Kek Lok Si Temple
PlatinumForeverDUS
5.0Wrote on 25 Jun 2024
A must go visiting Georgtown and / or Penang island
Great place to go - recommend start from the top and walk down step by step - not at all commercialized as stated in some of the reviews - you may see many wonderful flowers / trees in the temple
201serenay
1.0Wrote on 21 Jun 2024
Kek Lok Si temple - commercialised and terrible experience
We find that the whole place is so commercialised. Plenty of merchandise (non-religion related, refer to pic attached) on sale, leaving limited space for visitors to sit in the waiting area for the tram rides. The waiting area was stuffy (unless you are queuing near to the ticket booth) and one of the visitors was vaping away in the queue, resulting the nearby visitors to the risk of second-hand smoking.
Rooombiter
5.0Wrote on 26 May 2024
Well worth exploring
We visited this temple before going to Penang Hill. It is apparently the largest temple in Malaysia and we were told by our guide that it continually being built higher and made more impressive funded by donations from visitors and the devoted people who make their way here. There is also a scheme where people can have the name of a loved one or a prayer written on a roof tile for a price and these generate income for the temple. It is certainly an interesting site to anyone I would imagine, we enjoyed looking at the statues and imagery. It was very peaceful when we visited with exotic birds singing and insects buzzing everywhere. The only slight disappointment was that some of the statues were covered in plastic as there was refurbishment going on but the temple is so large that there is plenty of things to see. We really enjoyed ourselves exploring and having visited many Buddhist temples around the world, I would say that this is my favourite.
jebuc
4.0Wrote on 14 Apr 2024
Large complex
This was a large complex . Could spend hours looking round . Great architecture and lots to explore. Lot of shops as well.
danceinclouds
1.0Wrote on 19 Mar 2024
Tourist trap
Avoid spending your time and energy going there; it's essentially a tourist trap. The construction remains incomplete, giving everything a fake appearance. Its focus is more on commercialism than religious significance.
