Kew Ong Yah Temple

This is the page from the October month of the ATC Heritage calendar 2009. It shows the Hougang Tao Mu Gong otherwise more commonly known as the Temple of Kew Ong Yah ( the 9th Deity ).
It is situated along Upper Serangoon Road and was established by the late Mr Ong Choo Kee, a businessman.
Devotees normally gather on the morning of the 9th Day of the Lunar month and they will accompany an urn of burning josssticks placed on a special sedan chair. The procession will then proceed to the Whampoa River to welcome the deity. Today that ceremony has shifted to the Serangoon River.
Quite often, a "tangki" or temple medium in a trance -like state will be along too.