Prosperity God (Chai Sen) - Indian Version

Today is final day of Chinese New Year celebration.

However, my photo is nothing to do with ChapGoMeh. It is a Prosperity God that I saw during the CNY Open House in Penang. The unusual about it is that he was an indian. When I saw him, he was greeted with lots of crowd. Lucky for me, when I asked him to post for me, he gladly did althought he was tired and sweating heavily(under thick uniform).

Happy ChapGoMeh(aka Chinese Valentine Day) everyone!!

Chinese New Year - Kek Lok Si

According to Lunar calendar, the 1st day of Chinese New Year is on the 29th of Jan 06. On this special occasion, Kek Lok Si (Penang, Malaysia) hang thousands of lanterns. The lanterns will be cover almost every available spots and will be light up every evening around 7:30 pm till dawn. Below are some of them,









Pagoda with lanterns






lanterns covering every corner
















Buddha statues








Kek Lok Si Lightup view