Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

Temple

About

Known as Bright Hill Temple, this Buddhist monastery on Bright Hill Road in Bishan is Singapore's largest Mahayana Buddhist temple. Venerable Zhuan Dao built it in 1921 to spread Buddhism and give monks a place to stay.

Written by DealSingapore from the facts in the English Wikipedia article on Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.

Facts and sources

Names
EN Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery中文 光明山普觉寺한국어 콩멩산포각시 사원 Wikidata Q2890360
Planning area
Bishan URA Master Plan 2025
Opening hours
Not in our sources: see the official site NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
Official site
kmspks.orgWikidata
Data
/api/sight/kong-meng-san-phor-kark-see-monastery.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents

Getting there

Bright Hill · Exit 2 The exit nearest this place, 344 m in a straight line (station 395 m). Not a walking route Open in Google Maps

Nearby

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park Park and garden · 652 m away Lower Peirce Reservoir Nature reserve and island · 1483 m away Masjid Al-Muttaqin Mosque · 1499 m away

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