Religious sites · Chinatown

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is a Buddhist temple complex on South Bridge Road in Singapore's Chinatown. It was completed in 2007 and combines a working temple with museum galleries and a roof garden.

The red and gold multi-tiered facade of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Singapore's Chinatown — The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple seen from the Maxwell MRT entrance. Chainwit. · CC-BY-4.0

Why it matters

The building is recent but deliberately built in a Tang-derived idiom, which makes it a useful counterpoint to the older places of worship a few doors along the same street.

Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.

Good for

Rainy day — An enclosed complex on a street that also carries a Hindu temple and a mosque within a short walk.

These are editorial judgements, not verified facts.

Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: OneMap national gazetteer (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: OneMap national gazetteer (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - official site (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.
address.formatted: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - official site (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

The previously held coordinate carried a stated precision of roughly one kilometre. It has been replaced with the national gazetteer's address point for the temple, which is precise to about 20 m.

Official information

Address: 288 South Bridge Road, Singapore
Access: public
Setting: indoor
Admission: Not verified — see official website
Status: active

Official website →

Point: 1.28149, 103.84424 · venue location · known to about 20 m
Verified: Verified against an official geospatial source, 2026-09-07
Source: Singapore Land Authority

Replaced the Phase 1 discovery-tier point, 27.6 m away, with an authoritative one. Both describe the same place; the difference is a change of source and of recorded role, not a correction of a wrong location.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Visit information

Checked 2026-09-07

Hours: Published per date rather than as a weekly pattern
Booking: No booking needed
Access: public · arrival point is the venue location
Worth knowing: The temple publishes no single standing timetable. Read on the operator's site: the Roof Garden is temporarily closed from 3 September 2026 to 15 December 2026 for layout works.

Roof Garden: The Roof Garden is temporarily closed for layout works from 3 September 2026 to 15 December 2026. (as published, until 2026-12-15)

Checked against Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum on 2026-09-07. Operational details can change — confirm with the operator before travelling.

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