Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

By: Benjamin






Last week I got a chance to visit Buddha Tooth Relic Temple at South Bridge Road in Chinatown with some of my best friends from my class. I saw many tourists from Europe and Asia came to visit the Temple regardless of different origins, cultures and religions and Temple data shown that 50,000 visitors visited every month. There are seven activities carried out everyday such as Morning Opening Ceremony – Broad Bell and Drum Ritual, Morning Chanting, Opening of the Mountain Gate, Maitreya Buddha Ceremony, View of Scare Buddha Tooth Relic, Evening Closing Ceremony – Drum, Bell and Board Ritual and closing Mountain Gate is the last ceremony. Visitors are allowed to view the relic at most of the time and not allowed to take photographs or videos at 4th story of the temple.








The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum is a living cultural monument in the heart of Chinatown , It is dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha (Future Buddha) also known as Ari Meiteiya Buddha in Burmese. It is such a grand and magnificent Chinese temple, In the Temple main attraction is the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic in a magnificent Relic Stupa composed of 420kg of gold donated by devotees. Every day the inner chamber will be unveiled at stipulated timings in a ceremony conducted by resident monks and the public can view the Relic Stupa. Temple includes the Buddhist Culture Museum, Eminent Sangha Museum, Tripitaka Relic Chamber, Exhibition Hall. There are many collections of Buddhist artifacts from Asian countries, such as Myanmar, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan and etc.







Temple consists of five stories building, on the rooftop, visitors can admire the pure elegant blooms of the Dendrobium Buddha Tooth, an orchid species specially named after the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum. Visitors can also rest and enjoy refreshing tea and healthy vegetarian snacks in the cozy Lotus Heart Tea House on the 2nd floor or visit the Dining Hall in the basement where free vegetarian meals are distributed daily. A shop on the ground floor allows visitors to purchase offering items, including the Dendrobium Buddha Tooth orchid and a range of books, CDs, handicrafts and commemorative souvenirs.









Visitors are advised to dress conservatively as this is a place of worship. Even entry to the Temple is free of charge and open from 7 am to 7 pm open daily. Temple itself just beside Singapore Chinatown Heritage Center and it is also a unique selling point for Singapore Tourism Board. Chinatown is well-known for every tourist to see heritage, art, culture, shopping and dining and also close to many famous attractions at one go. I do pray for everyone that I known and signed visitor book as well, I hope you should not miss this wonderful museum if you want to have a good understanding of the religion of Buddhism and way of learning by your heart.






Entry : Free

Location : South Bridge Road, Chinatown

Wish to know more, please visit at http://www.btrts.org.sg/