Tan Gong Miao-Tanjung Tualang / 譚公廟-丹戎督亞冷

Tan Gong Miao-Tanjung Tualang / 譚公廟-丹戎督亞冷.

Location:- Jalan Homan, Tanjung Tualang, Perak / 丹戎督亞冷, 霹雳州.

aka Tam Kung Miao.

After a visit to a orang asli village nearby, we decided to have lunch at a small-town known as Tanjung Tualang. This small town was once a bustling tin mining area in the early 1900s. And today, it is more famously known for its large freshwater prawns.

After a good lunch at the nearby restaurant, I’ve decided to have a walk around till I came upon a Pai Lou leading to a temple. This temple is dedicated to the worship of its patron deity Tan Gong / 譚公. This deity is known to have special ability to forecast the weather and to heal diseases. It has a large hall right in front of the temple for it festival purposes.

Its interior is fill with wall painting of deities. These includes The Eighteen Arhats / Shi Ba Lou Han / 十八羅漢 and 8 Immortals / Ba Xian / 八仙. There is no historical record on when this temple is establish but there is a bell hanging in the temple engraved with the date GuangXu year 33 (1907). It also states that this bell is donated to the temple on an auspicious date by a company called Yi Shun (義順公司). This would give some clue to it founding date.

It’s center altar is dedicated to the worshipped of it’s main patron deity, Tan Gong / 譚公. On its right, the red faced, Guan Sheng Da Di / 關聖大帝 and on its left, Goddess Guan Yin Pu Sa / 觀音菩薩.

An adjoining altar to the left is dedicated to the worshipped of Tai Sui Ye, Da Bo Gong / 大伯公 and the Laughing Buddha, Bu Dai / 布袋 aka Xiao Fo / 笑佛. Another altar adjoint to the right is dedicated to the worshipped of Qing Shui Zu Shi / 清水祖師 along with small plaque behind listing names of multiple celestial deities. The god of Prosperity, Cai Shen Ye / 財神爺 and Tian Hou Niang Niang / 天后娘娘 is also worshipped on this side.

Other deities worshipped in this temple includes Da Bo Ye / 大伯爺, Marshall Zhao Gong Ming / 趙公明, Tiger General Bai Hu / 白虎, Na To Gong / 嗱督公, etc.

No further information can be obtain here as there were nobody around during our time of visit.