Yangon
West Yangon District
Seikkan Township

Kheng Hock Keong

The Kheng Hock Temple, also known as the Kheng Hock Keong, is the largest and oldest temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu in , Burma. It is located on the corner of Sintodan Street and Strand Road in .
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  • Opening hours: 5:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Place of worship
  • Description: largest and oldest Mazu temple in Yangon, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Fu Xing Khaint Hote” and “Kheng Hock Keong Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guanyin Gumiao Temple and Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue.

Place of worship
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is one of two major Chinese temples located within in 's Chinatown, along with Kheng Hock Keong. The temple is located on Maha Bandula Road and is dedicated to Guanyin, a Buddhist bodhisattva who corresponds to the Burmese Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. is situated 990 feet northeast of Kheng Hock Keong.

Synagogue
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The is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in downtown , . Completed in 1896 to replace an earlier wooden synagogue that was erected in 1854, the current stone synagogue is the only synagogue in Myanmar. is situated 1,900 feet east of Kheng Hock Keong.

Buddhist temple
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The is a Burmese Buddhist located in the heart of downtown , occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. is situated 3,600 feet east of Kheng Hock Keong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Latha Township.

Neighborhood
The of or so called Tayoke Tan lies west of the which is located in the centre of Downtown Yangon. 19th Street, Yangon is the main centre of the city's .

Suburb
is located in the western part of downtown , and shares borders with Lanmadaw township in the west, Pabedan township in the east, Seikkan township and Yangon river in the south, and Dagon township in the north.

Suburb
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is located in the center of downtown , . The township is home to Bogyoke Aung San Market and Theingyi Market, two of the largest markets in all of Yangon.

Kheng Hock Keong

Latitude
16.77259° or 16° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
96.14868° or 96° 8′ 55″ east
Inception
1863
Open location code
7M8RQ4FX+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 471718493
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q6401291
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Chinese—“Kheng Hock Keong” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ခိန့်ဟုတ်ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Chinese: “慶福宮”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kheng Hock Keong”. Photo: Sky89, CC BY-SA 3.0.