Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple
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| Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple | |
|---|---|
 The temple in 2024, showing the main prayer hall (left) and Datuk Kong/Hindu shrines (right) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Taoism Buddhism Hinduism Malay mysticism |
| Location | |
| Location | Loyang, Singapore |
.svg)  Location in Singapore | |
| Coordinates | 1°22′15″N 103°58′11″E / 1.3708°N 103.9697°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Temple |
| Established | c. 1980 |
The Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple is an architectural complex in Loyang, Singapore, known for housing the idols of both Taoist and Hindu deities as well as a Malay shrine. The temple had its roots in a small hut by the beach that was destroyed by a fire in 1996. It reopened further inland in 2000 before moving again seven years later.
The temple was first illegally[1] established near the coastline of Loyang, Singapore, in the 1980s. According to tradition, a few local fishermen elected to house the idols of Tua Pek Kong and other Taoist and Hindu deities that they had discovered at the beach in a makeshift zinc-plated shrine for public worship.[2][3]
Soon after, a Malay shrine was added to the temple after the villagers at Loyang "received a sign" to do so.[4] The initial structure and all of the original idols—bar that of Tua Pek Kong—were destroyed by a fire in 1996. A considerably larger temple was built near the original site in 2000 and christened the Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple.[3] It relocated to 20 Loyang Way—approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the sea—in August 2007.[5]
In December 2019, the temple was included as part of the 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) "architectural highlights walk" in the National Heritage Board's Pasir Ris Heritage Trail.[6]
