Sentul Travel Guide

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Things to Do  

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  The temple's exterior is here. Visitors in reality have not much of choice to snap its exterior but only from this same angle as mine. The reason is the water tower that built behind the temple just happened to be as tall as the temple and no matter where I stand, the focus... 

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Now that the Chinese Joss-sticks is involved. Look at the photo where you can see a golden bowl in the middle front portion of the structure in blue. That's typical Malaysian-Chinese Joss-sticks use to pray for money and prosperity but somehow also involved here with the Sri... 

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  This is the Qilin I mentioned at the bottom of the doorway as decoration purpose to make a cross cultural mix temple. If that's they concept, the name has to change to Sri Lankan-Chinese temple. 

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  This is the doorway but the day I visit it was closed. Instead I walk through via the small side door.The construction was partly sponsored by Malaysian-Chinese therefore if you look closer at the doorway, it has two stone Qilin (Chinese Lion) placing at each side of the... 

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  This is very obvious right in the middle of the temple so that visitors can see not only the Buddha but also able to notice the existence of someone else which is also very important.I thought the Buddha taught his followers to forget names and don't take oneself too... 

Sri Lankan temple

Sri Lankan temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  If you visit Sentul, please try the Sri Lankan temple. This Buddhist temple was partly sponsored by the local Tanglang (Malaysian-Chinese) where you can see they have carvings of donator's names on the walls. Please remember their names as that was the Buddha's teaching?The... 

Nightlife  

Night Market / Pasar Malam
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Night Market or more known as Pasar Malam is a market that is held from evening until 10pm . This is a good way to observe the life of locals . Pasar Malam sells basically almost anything, from food to clothing, small electronics to medicine .

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Written Mar 20, 2008

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Transportation  

Sentul LRT station
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Sentul LRT station

Sentul LRT station is a Light Rail Station station operated by Rapid KL in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is served by Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line. This station is not situated anywhere near the Sentul Komuter station despite their similar name. As this station is located in the southern area of Sentul, it is built to cater the traffic in Sentul, Titiwangsa and its surroundings. Sentul LRT station was opened to public in 1998.

Written Mar 21, 2008

Phone: 1-800-38-8228

Website: www.rapidkl.com.my

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Off The Beaten Path  

Brahmin's Association

Brahmin's Association, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Brahmin's Association is a modern architecture next to a temple, though I don't know much about religion Hindu, it makes me curious anyway. 

Hindu Temple

Hindu Temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Picture is a Hindu temple located very near Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple. Around this location has many temples of Hindu and local Chinese, mostly built in the early days. 

Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple

Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  This is upstair of temple, visitors can enter but make sure you wash you legs using the water tap at the entrance, take off shoes as usual. 

Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple

Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  I don't have so much easy time to write about all my uploaded photos for Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple, I just want to share some photos with tourists, you don't have to rate them but look enough. This architecture is white and orange mainly, doors and windows were in dark... 

Kasipillay Road

Kasipillay Road, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Kasipillay Road has something to offer tourists. I saw so many temples around this location and some are quite interesting, especially the orange top Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple. 

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Kompleks Mutiara

Kompleks Mutiara, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Kompleks Mutiara, 3 1/2 MilesJalan Ipoh , 51200 Kuala Lumpur. This location is in within Sentul, Segambut and Kepong. For shopping is good, you have KFC McDonald's as usual and many other shops in a big complex. 

Sentul market

Sentul market, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Sentul is well known in more Indian populations than other places of Kuala Lumpur. You should try Sentul. 

Made in Sentul products

Made in Sentul products, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Let you taxi driver know that you want to visit Sentul off Jalan Ipoh. Once in Sentul, ask your taxi to send you to the wet market. 

Shoes outside

Shoes outside, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  Local custom is very obvious here in Chubadak. I saw shoes left outside the door to prevent dirts coming from outside as you already saw how bad the condition out there. 

Street shrine of Tanglang

Street shrine of Tanglang, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  After looking at the Hindu shrine, walk a few steps to another banyan tree also by the roadside. This time it was a work by Tanglang (Malaysian-Chinese). Tanglang and Hindu of Malaysia have many similar lifestyles, the one so obvious is street shrine. 

Street shrine of Hindu

Street shrine of Hindu, Sentul

 l_joo Says:  I put this shrine here because I believe it represent Sentul which is more inhabited by the Indians. This shrine is located at the corner, very obviously noticeable even for beginner. 

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