Some history about how the statue was 1st built by some rich guy.
Few trips to KTM resort ago,i hear of a myth from an old Chinese taxi driver that the man in the history tablet above was traveling from Sillypore to Batam,there was a storm,his boat capsized,he blur blur dont know how landed at where the statue was now currently being situated ,safe and sound. In his blurriness,he seems to see Guan Yin floating under a lotus flower with the Monkey God riding on a cloud behind her. He assumed that the Guan Yin saved his life,he went between Indonesia,Malaysia and Sillypore to continue doing his business,finally make his 1st pile of gold. He is grateful to Guan Yin for being alive,came to Batam to build this statue of Guan Yin facing Sillypore.
According to what i read online,due to the contradiction of where the Guan Yin Statue is facing,the Indonesia Govt has a few times ordered the tearing down of the statue but dont know what happen,it still stands tall today. I heard from some taxi drivers in Batam,the Indo Governor body cannot anyhow tear down religious places,not even to land developers. Just hearsay.
Circling the Guan Yin statue were portraits of the 108 other different Buddhas. With the Buddhist prayer chanting surrounding the cooling wind with some drizzling rain drops and looking over at the open sea facing Sillypore,there was an indescribable kind of peace and serenity just standing there.
The floor was wet,everything else was wet and we were all w/o umbrella. But the rain was like off and on,so we didnt exactly got ourselves too wet tho. Nice cooling bright but yet hot weather...hehehe...
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