Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple
Puu Jih Shih Temple is a Buddhist temple located at the hilltop of Tanah Merah at Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1987 and officiated by Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Chief Minister of Sabah at the time.Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Sandakan, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Puu Jih Shih Temple” and “Tokong Puu Jih”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Agnes Keith House.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral, or Sandakan Cathedral, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 3 km east of Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple.
Agnes Keith House
Museum
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agnes Keith House is a historic house museum in Sandakan District, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo. Agnes Keith House is situated 3½ km east of Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple.
Duchess of Kent Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Duchess of Kent Hospital is a government founded rural general hospital located around 3.2 kilometres from the town centre of Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Duchess of Kent Hospital is situated 3 km northeast of Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandakan.
Sandakan
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandakan is a city of almost 440,000 people in Sabah, Borneo. It is the gateway to Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary and the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary.
Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple
- Categories: Chinese temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.83426° or 5° 50′ 3″ northLongitude
118.08642° or 118° 5′ 11″ eastOpen location code
6PQWR3MP+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1812247036OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q28219582
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Malay—“Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普济寺”
- Chinese: “普濟寺”
- Estonian: “Puu Jih Shih”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Puu Jih Shih”
- Malay: “Tokong Puu Jih Shih”
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