Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

One of the primary temples in this very ethnically diverse city is the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. I am honestly puzzled and pretty confused with the Buddhist custom of memorializing various parts of the Buddha's body. Here there is supposedly one of his teeth enshrined in a gold stupa. It just seems inconsistent with such a peaceful and contemplative system that the Buddha's body would be so desecrated to have bones and teeth scattered throughout Asia.

I took some decent photos of the temple which is in Chinatown and very close to my hotel. I am having extraordinary difficulty uploading photos from this location. I will try but for those interested you may have to wait until I get home to see.

I have one more day in Singapore before flying to Bangkok on Thursday. This has not been my favorite place but I do give the cuisine an A plus. The residents are very friendly and helpful to a needy tourist like me. Above I mentioned diversity. I am amazed that Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian all have a significant presence and everyone seems to be very convivial with each other. Being here and even more so in Malaysia has softened my view of Islam. Instead of scary shrouded terrorist types the Muslims here are smiling, friendly, helpful non jihadists; at least all that I have met.