Heavenly Queen Temple (Melbourne)

Heavenly Queen Temple
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Geographic coordinates 37°47′55″S 144°54′51″E / 37.7987173°S 144.9141895°E / -37.7987173; 144.9141895
Heavenly Queen Temple
Traditional Chinese 天后宮
Literal meaning Heavenly Queen Palace
The statue of Mazu

The Heavenly Queen Temple[1][2] is a temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu, the deified form of the 10th-century Fujianese girl Lin Moniang, located in Footscray, a neighborhood of Maribyrnong in Melbourne, Australia. It is Australia's largest Chinese temple and includes a 50-foot (15 m) statue of Mazu imported from Nanjing, China. Construction on the temple complex is slated to continue until 2019, but the main hall was opened to the public by 2015.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the Heavenly Queen Temple", Former official site, Melbourne: Heavenly Queen Temple, 2009, Archived from the original on 2011-02-08 .
  2. ↑ "About Us", Official site, Melbourne: Heavenly Queen Temple, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Green, Derek (30 May 2015), "The Queen's Birthday", The Westsider, Melbourne .
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