first time there... went along because there was transport available. :P
it was still bustling even though it was nearing midnight, there was a continuous stream of devoutees the whole time we were there.
the prayer offerings package costs $2, consisting of 6 items: incense, candles, joss paper, another piece of 'petition' joss paper, crackers and tea leaves. the whole process of offering incense to the various deities has been systemised.
you start off with placing the offerings on the table. next you light one candle on each side. once your incense are lit too, just follow the numbers and proceed from station 1 to 12. a small card-sized note at each station even tells you the correct number of incense sticks to offer to the deity.
after that is done, you can proceed to offer the joss paper in the fiery mini pagoda.
what's so different about this temple?
1 of the stations is the indian elephant-headed god, ganesha while another i don't even have any knowledge of. hmm... so this is the temple that a certain minister had commented on how multi-culturalism had seeped into our everyday lives.
surreal.
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