Thni Kong Tnua

Outside view of Thni Kong Tnua
Interior view of Thni Kong Tnua

The Thni Kong Tnua, or Jade Emperor's Pavilion, is a Taoist temple located in Air Itam, Penang. It is located at the base of Penang Hill near the funicular rail station.

The temple was built in the 1860s by members of the ethnic Chinese Hokkien community in Malaysia and underwent a restoration beginning in 2002.[1][2]

Footnotes

  1. Timothy Tye. "Jade Emperor's Pavilion". AsiaExplorers. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. Ong Yee Ting (17 October 2006). "Seat of the Jade Emperor God". The Star online. Retrieved 18 March 2009.


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