THE 150-year-old Kon Yin Temple in Gopeng is famous for the Song Zi Guan Yin deity (Goddess of Mercy) among devotees who seek her blessings especially for a child.

This is because Guan Yin encounters sentient animals such as elephants, tigers and birds on her journey to attain Buddhahood. Ho, 52, came up with the idea of using sand art drawings to depict ...

Guan Yin descends from the heavens on a lotus flower. In a white robe, the Goddess of Mercy is surrounded by a soft, golden light. She dips a sprig of willow in a vase and sprinkles holy water ...

The goddess of mercy, Guan Yin, is 18m tall and has been assembled from 96 pieces of granite in an engineering and construction feat combining Chinese and Australian ingenuity and craftsmanship.