Pandemic forces Malaysia’s biggest Buddhist Temple to go online 03 Feb 2021 / 22:59 H.
GEORGE
TOWN: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a lot of changes and even Penang’s iconic 130-year-old Kek Lok Si Temple in Air Itam has not been spared as its annual lighting-up ceremony will only be done via live streaming online.
Annually, hundreds of people would gather around the temple to witness the lighting-up ceremony which would transform the temple into a fairyland of lights.
Kek Lok Si Temple trustee, Datuk Seri Steven Ooi said the ceremony, scheduled for Feb 7, would proceed through live streaming as devotees are not allow to gather in the temple due to the standard operating procedure (SOP) during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period.