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Origin of Buddha Tooth Relic
in 2002,Ven .Cakkapala decidedto hand over the Buddha Tooth Relic ( which he had reverently enshrined for 22 years ) to Ven.Shi Fazhao to be safeguarded .He exhorted the new guardian that,should the opportunity arise,he is to build a monastery for the relic,so that Buddhists from everywhere may gather in Singapore to pay reverence to it.These people,it was hoped,may in this way connect with the Buddha and hence increase in blessings and wisdom.Having been so urged by Ven.Cakkapala,Ven.Shi Fazhao resolved to be secluded in a one-year DharmaLotus Blossom Retreat and conceived during the retreat not only the name”Buddha tooth Relic Temple & Museum”,but also an architectural style based on the Buddhist mandala and integrated with the art culture of Buddhism in the Tang dynasty.Naturally the classical ethos of the building has be matched with a site with a long history.Loaded with significance for early Chinese immigrants,and also being the locus of the roots of Chinese culture here.Chinatown became the choice for the building of the new Temple.