Places of Interest - Penang : The Pearl of Orient



		This is the largest Buddhist Temple complex in Malaysia and one of the finest in South-East Asia. Work on the Kek Lok Si Temple, built on a hill in Air Itam began in the year 1890 and took more than two decades to complete. The temple is dominated by the seven-tier Ban Po Thar pagoda whick rises 30 metres high. The pagoda combines Chinese, Thai and Burmese Architecture and craftmanship. The octoganal basi is typically Chinese, the middle tiers Thai and the spiral dome Burmese.