The halls of Kek Lok Si rising up the hillside, with the Guanyin pavilion and the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas above, in daylight.

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Kek Lok Si

Kek Lok Si is a Buddhist temple complex on a hillside at Air Itam on Penang Island, built between 1890 and 1930 on the initiative of the abbot Beow Lean. Its halls climb the slope to the seven-storey Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and a 36.57-metre bronze statue of the goddess Guanyin stands under a pavilion above. Visitors are welcome with modest dress.

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Is Kek Lok Si free?

Yes. Entry to Kek Lok Si is free.

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