Poh Ern Shih Temple

A Buddhist temple set on a small hilltop by Chwee Chian Road, built to remember villagers and Allied and Japanese soldiers who died in the 1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang. Its first abbot, the American monk Sumangalo, was the first Westerner to head a Buddhist temple in Singapore.

Written by DealSingapore from the facts in the English Wikipedia article on Poh Ern Shih Temple.

Names

EN Poh Ern Shih Temple中文 报恩寺한국어 포언시 사원日本語 報恩寺 Wikidata Q7207742; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)

Planning area

Queenstown URA Master Plan 2025

Opening hours

Not in our sources NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01

Data

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