Malaysia — Exploring Dhammikarama Burmese Temple

Last Wednesday’s article left Wat Chayamangkalaram behind as I took you across the street to Dhammikarama Burmese Temple. The image above was taken at that latter location. It’s a statue of the Hindu deity Garuda. So, today I’ll show you around Dhammikarama, and this Wednesday we’ll finish up Dhammikarama, move on to Choo Chay Keong Temple, and then head over to Armenian Street. Next week we continue our look at the world-famous murals of Armenian Street, then go to Chew Jetty.

And as I mentioned last week, while Wat Chayamangkalaram is an explosion of colors, Dhammikarama Burmese Temple offers its own wonderful sights. Not better. Certainly not worse. Just different. But the difference is mostly attributable to Dhammikarama being a Burmese temple while Chayamangkalaram is in the Malaysian Siamese style.

As one might expect, Dhammikarama Burmese Temple is a historical site:

A fun statue here is of Panca-Rupa, a mythical creature that combines the trunk and tusks of an elephant, face of a lion, the legs and ears of a horse, deer antlers, the scaly body and tail of a fish, and the wings of Garuda. Here, a pair of Panca-Rupa are depicted protecting Earth:

Let’s finish up today with a look at the grounds:

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