Burmese Buddhist Temple (Singapore)

Burmese Buddhist Temple

缅甸玉佛寺
The Burmese Buddhist Temple at 14 Tai Gin Road
Monastery information
Full name	Maha Sasana Ramsi
Order	Theravada
Established	1875
People
Founder(s)	U Thar Hnin, U Kyaw Gaung
Abbot	Sayadaw U Pannavamsa
Site
Location	Novena, Singapore
Coordinates	01°19′42.30″N 103°50′48.74″E / 1.3284167°N 103.8468722°E / 1.3284167; 103.8468722
Public access	yes

The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Mahā Sāsanā Raṃsī; Burmese: မဟာသာသနာ့ရံသီ မြန်မာဘုရားကျောင်း; Chinese: 缅甸玉佛寺; pinyin: Miǎndiàn yùfósì) is the oldest Theravada institution and the only Burmese Buddhist temple of its kind in Singapore.^[1] Founded in 1875, the temple moved from its original Kinta Road premises to Tai Gin Road off Ah Hood Road in Novena in 1988. The temple houses the largest pure white marble statue of the Buddha outside Myanmar, and has become a religious landmark for Burmese and Singaporean devotees to make merit and take part in merit-sharing activities alike.